Best Drama movies on hotstar

Actors : Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Pranitha, Pawan Kalyan, Boman Irani,
Directors : Trivikram Srinivas,

The scion of a powerful family is tasked with retrieving an estranged family member.

Actors : Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Randeep Hooda, Rani Mukerji, Saqib Saleem,

One hundred years of Hindi cinema is celebrated in four short stories showcasing the power of film.

Actors : Abhishek Bajaj, Tamannaah Bhatia, Karan Singh Chhabra, Sahil Vaid,
Directors : Madhur Bhandarkar,

A one-of-a-kind story of a female bouncer, the film follows Babli Bouncer (Tamannaah Bhatia). It explores the various facets of the profession, which is usually dominated by men.

Actors : Saif Ali Khan, Deepika Padukone, Manoj Bajpayee, Amitabh Bachchan,
Directors : Prakash Jha,

A decision by India's supreme court tests a man's friendships and loyalty.

Actors : Lucy Aarden, Lillete Dubey, Danesh Razvi, Sonam Kapoor,
Directors : Shome Makhija,

When a twist of fate leaves Gia blind, she must summon every ounce of courage to rebuild her life. But when she becomes the sole witness to a heinous crime, she unwittingly enters a deadly game of cat and mouse with a dangerous criminal.

Actors : Pankaj Kapur, Naseeruddin Shah, Tabu, Irrfan Khan,
Directors : Vishal Bhardwaj,

The intrigue of the Shakespearean tragedy 'Macbeth' is transposed to the Mumbai underworld.

Actors : Pranitha, Shilpa Shetty Kundra, Meezaan Jafri, Paresh Rawal,
Directors : Priyadarshan,

A sequel of the 2003 film Hungama.

Actors : Mrunal Thakur, Rashmika Mandanna, Dulquer Salmaan, Sumanth,
Directors : Hanu Raghavapudi,

An orphan soldier, Lieutenant Ram's life changes, after he gets a letter from a girl named Sita. He meets her and love blossoms between them. When he comes back to his camp in Kashmir, he sends a letter to Sita which won't reach her.

Actors : Nithya Menon, Thilakan, Dulquer Salmaan, Siddique,
Directors : Anwar Rasheed,

An urbane chef from a well-to-do family with very high ambitions goes on to find approval from his conservative father, true love and the real purpose of his life.

Actors : Nandamuri Balakrishna, Meka Srikanth, Jagapathi Babu, Pragya Jaiswal,
Directors : Boyapati Srinu,

Balakrishna plays a fierce devotee of Lord Shiva, who stands tall against evildoers.

Actors : Bobby Simha, Lakshmi Menon, Nassar, Siddharth,
Directors : Karthik Subbaraj,

An aspiring director targets a ruthless gangster because he wants to make a violent gangster film. His discreet attempts to research the gangster fail miserably. Finally when he gets caught snooping, things hit the fan.

Actors : Seema Pahwa, Taranjit Kaur, Rajat Kapoor, Sanjay Mishra,
Directors : Rajat Kapoor,

Ankhon Dekhi centers around Raje Bauji, played by Sanjay Mishra who, after a dramatic incident, decides that he will only believe what he sees with his eyes.

Actors : Aamir Khan, Karisma Kapoor, Johnny Lever, Suresh Oberoi,
Directors : Dharmesh Darshan,

India's biggest box office hit of 1996, Raja Hindustani is a musical drama about a poor cab driver who marries a rich woman and the struggles they face after marriage.

Actors : Jaswant Singh Dalal, Janhvi Kapoor, Deepak Dobriyal, Mita Vashisht,
Directors : Siddharth Sengupta,

The film is the official remake of Tamil movie Kolamaavu Kokila, which tells the story of an innocent girl who gets pulled into the notorious world of cocaine smuggling.

Actors : Shahid Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan, Richard McCabe, Kangana Ranaut,
Directors : Vishal Bhardwaj,

A love triangle forms against the backdrop of the Second World War.

Actors : Akshay Kumar, Sonakshi Sinha, Sonali Bendre, Imran Khan,
Directors : Milan Luthria,

After killing his mentor, a gangster comes into power to rule over Mumbai. In the process he falls for an aspiring actress, nevertheless he finds that his protege has fallen for her too which leads to enmity between them.

Actors : Kunchacko Boban, Unnimaya Prasad, Gayathrie, Rajesh Madhavan,
Directors : Ratheesh Balakrishnan Poduval,

A reformed thief's fight for justice when an innocent act to defend himself places him in loggerheads with the high and mighty of society.

Actors : Sidharth Malhotra, Rakul Preet Singh, Pooja Chopra, Manoj Bajpayee,
Directors : Neeraj Pandey,

After finding out about an illegal arms deal, a military intelligence officer goes rogue with highly sensitive data related to his organization, causing his mentor: a colonel, to hunt him down.

Actors : Anupam Kher, Ravi Teja, Gayatri Bhardwaj,
Directors : Vamsee,

A legendary real-life robber of Stuartpuram, Andhra Pradesh called Tiger Nageswara Rao in the 1970s, who was noted for his ingenious ways of evading the police and prison.

Actors : Amir Boutrous, Vijay Kumar Dogra, Nishant Dahiya, Nushrratt Bharuccha,
Directors : Pranay Meshram,

An ordinary Indian girl gets trapped in a war-torn land and survival is her battle.