8 best Hindi romantic movies on Hotstar that are hard to miss: From Masaan to Lootera

Take a notebook to note down this awesome list of Hindi romantic movies that you can enjoy on Disney+ Hotstar with your friends and partner!

By Arpita Sarkar

Updated on Feb 07, 2024 | 12:18 AM IST | 1M

Image Credit: Screengrabs from Masaan and Lootera

Romantic movies involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for theatrical or television broadcasts that focus on the emotions, passion, and affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Usually, their journey is shown through dating, courtship, or marriage. These films search for romantic love as the main plot focus.

At times, lovers face obstacles such as finances, physical illness, various forms of discrimination, emotional restraint, or family resistance. As with all very strong, deep, and intimate romantic relationships, the tensions of everyday life, temptations (of trust), and compatibility differences enter into the plot of romantic films.

Bollywood has been producing several romantic movies every year. Being one of the favorite genres of almost everyone, here is a list of Hindi romantic movies on Hotstar.

Check out the list of 8 best romantic movies on Hotstar

1. Dil Bechara (2020)

Running Time: 1h 41mins
IMDB Rating: 8.3/10
Movie Genre: Drama, Romance, Comedy
Movie Star Cast: Saif Ali Khan, Sushant Singh Rajput, Sanjana Sanghi, Swastika Mukherjee, Sahil Vaid, Saswata Chatterjee
Director: Mukesh Chhabra
Writer: Shashank Khaitan, Mukesh Chhabra, Suprotim Sengupta, Scott Neustadter
Year of release: 2020
Where to Watch / OTT Platform: Disney+ Hotstar

Dil Bechara is a heart-warming love story about two young people who are struggling with life-threatening illnesses. Kizie Basu, who recently moved to Jamshedpur from Zambia with her parents, is devastated to learn that she has thyroid cancer. As a result, she must wear a tube around her nose and carry an oxygen cylinder with her at all times.

2. Humko Deewana Kar Gaye (2006)

Running Time: 2h 32mins
IMDB Rating: 5.2/10
Movie Genre: Drama, Romance
Movie Star Cast: Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif, Bipasha Basu, Anil Kapoor, Bhagyashree
Director: Raj Kanwar
Writer: Abbas Tyrewala, Vipul Amrutlal Shah
Year of release: 2006
Where to Watch / OTT Platform: Disney+ Hotstar

Aditya (Akshay Kumar), an engineer, travels to Canada for training. There he meets Jia (Katrina Kaif), a beautiful woman from an influential family. Fate keeps pushing the pair together, and even though both are already betrothed to others, Adi and Jia fall in love.

3. Masaan (2015)

Running Time: 1h 49mins
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
Movie Genre: Drama, Romance
Movie Star Cast: Vicky Kaushal, Pankaj Tripathi, Richa Chadha, Sanjay Mishra, Shweta Tripathi, Satyakam Ad, Saurabh Choudhary, Nikhil Sahni, Bhagwan Tiwari
Director: Neeraj Ghaywan
Writer: Neeraj Ghaywan, Akbar Allahabadi, Bashir Badr, Brij Narayan Chakbast
Year of release: 2015
Where to Watch / OTT Platform: Disney+ Hotstar

The sacred city of Varanasi, which is located on the banks of the Ganges, punishes transgressors of morality brutally. A young girl from a different caste captures the heart of Deepak, a young man from a low-income neighborhood sums up Masaan.

4. Shaadi Ke Side Effects (2014)

Running Time: 2h 25mins
IMDB Rating: 3.5.5
Movie Genre: Comedy, Romance
Movie Star Cast: Farhan Akhtar, Vidya Balan, Purab Kohli, Ram Kapoor, Gautami Kapoor
Director: Saket Chaudhary
Year of release: 2014
Where to Watch / OTT Platform: Disney+ Hotstar

Shaadi Ke Side Effects starring Farhan Akhtar and Vidya Balan is one of the best romantic movies on Hotstar. Speaking about the story, Siddharth and Trisha lead a happy marital life until Trisha gets pregnant and they find themselves struggling with the challenges of parenthood even after the arrival of their baby.

5. Lootera (2013)

Running Time: 2h 22mins
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10
Movie Genre: Romance, Drama
Movie Star Cast: Ranveer Singh, Sonakshi Sinha, Vikrant Massey, Divya Dutta, Adil Hussain, Pratap Jaiswal, Arif Zakaria, Govind Pandey
Director: Vikramaditya Motwane
Writer: Anurag Kashyap, O. Henry
Year of release: 2013
Where to Watch / OTT Platform: Disney+ Hotstar

If you are a lover of romantic movies, Lootera is one of the best picks. In the story of the 2013 film, Pakhi, an aristocrat's daughter, falls in love with an archaeologist in 1953. Unbeknownst to her, he conducts a double life that jeopardizes their relationship.

6. Finding Fanny (2014)

Running Time: 1h 42mins
IMDB Rating: 5.7/10
Movie Genre: Comedy, Adventure, Romance
Movie Star Cast: Deepika Padukone, Arjun Kapoor, Dimple Kapadia, Naseeruddin Shah, Pankaj Kapur
Director: Homi Adajania
Writer: Homi Adajania
Year of release: 2014
Where to Watch / OTT Platform: Disney+ Hotstar

One of the popular romantic movies is Finding Fanny. The romance-comedy drama follows Ferdie, an old postman, who decides to find his lost love Stefanie, whom he calls Fanny, and embarks on a road trip with Angie, Savio, and Rosie. Don Pedro, a lustful artist, also accompanies them.

7. Shiddat (2021)

Running Time: 2h 26mins
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10
Movie Genre: Drama, Romance
Movie Star Cast: Sunny Kaushal, Radhika Madan, Mohit Raina, Diana Penty, Diljohn, Floriane Andersen, Diljohn Singh
Director: Dheeraj Rattan, Shridhar Raghavan, Pooja Ladha Surti
Writer: Bhushan Kumar, Dinesh Vijan, Firuzi Khan
Year of release: 2021
Where to Watch / OTT Platform: Disney+ Hotstar

Shiddat is one of the best romantic movies that you can enjoy on the OTT platform. A unique love story of Jaggi (Sunny Kaushal), who is madly in love with Kartika (Radhika Madan). He decides to swim across the seven oceans to meet her and stop her marriage.

8. Kaabil (2017)

Running Time: 2h 19mins
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
Movie Genre: Drama, Action, Crime, Romance
Movie Star Cast: Hrithik Roshan, John Abraham, Emraan Hashmi, Yami Gautam, Kajal Aggarwal, Ronit Roy, Rohit Roy
Director: Sanjay Gupta
Writer: Siraj Ahmed, Sanjay Masoomm
Year of release: 2017
Where to Watch / OTT Platform: Disney+ Hotstar

Kaabil is a Bollywood movie about the life of Rohan (played by Hrithik Roshan), a young man who is blind and earns his living as a dubbing artist. Rohan is talented in manipulating his voice and mimicking people. One day, he meets Supriya (played by Yami Gautam), another blind person, and they fall in love.

They get married and are very happy, dreaming of a bright future together. However, their happiness is short-lived when Supriya is raped by Amit (played by Rohit Roy), the brother of a powerful minister, and his friend Wasim (played by Sahidur Rahaman).

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