Top 10 Lengthiest Bollywood Movies

1. Mera Naam Joker Story Soon >> Read More... (4.44)

This super hit from Raj Kapoor Raj Kapoor was a renowned actor, director, and pro >> Read More... is a journey of a boy from his tens to his old age. The movie captures his life story in 3 distinct life transitions. His struggles, their resolutions and the events that lead up to them all make part of its narrative. Due to the same reason, the movie ended up with a run time of four hours and forty-four minutes!

2. Tamas (4.34)

This period drama is about Hindu-Muslim relations in a post-partition India. The story revolves around a guilt-ridden outcast, Nathu who in his innocence blames himself for a riot that breaks out in his village. He decides to leave the village and starts on a journey with his ailing mother and pregnant wife. He is joined by another distressed couple and takes shelter in a Gurudwara.

3. LOC: Kargil (4.15)

The movie is a war drama about India-Pakistan Kargil war. The story captures lives of Indian soldiers embroiled in a war and although India won it, the cost of winning sits heavily on every Indian. There are back stories to most of the soldiers and their impact on their present day lives while they fight an enemy across the border. The movie ends up being some four hours and fifteen minutes long.

4. Hum Saath Saath Hain (3.48)

This ‘ Sooraj Barjatya Sooraj Rajkumar Barjatya, also known as Sooraj Bar >> Read More... ’ film is a story of three brothers and their undying love for each other. All the brothers have their stories and their character development, owing to which the movie runs for three hours and forty-eight minutes. The weddings and song and dance sequence add to it for sure.

5. Lagaan (3.44)

India’s entry for Oscar, this movie is the story of a village underdog who sets his village free of tax payment for three years in a pre-independence India. ‘ Aamir Khan Aamir Khan or Mohammed Aamir Hussain Khan is Bolly >> Read More... ’s character and his triumphs are well documented in the movie, so much so that the movie has a run time of three hours forty-four minutes!

6. Mohabbatein Click to look into! >> Read More... (3.36)

Remember the arm stretching call to love by Shah Rukh Khan Shah Rukh Khan or also known as SRK is a prominent >> Read More... , it was this movie. He pitched a winter love so honestly that people were automatically driven to the theatres. Little did they know that they’d have to be sitting for three hours and thirty-six minutes. But when you are watching Shah Rukh Khan, no one complains.

7. Salaam-E-Ishq Click to look into! >> Read More... (3.36)

This movie packed six love stories in one film narration. Six. All the love stories develop side by side, and the audiences are made to witness the said development. As much as the audience was left confused, trying to understand one story as it jumps to another; they were also left with three hours and thirty-six minutes of their life being spent in a theatre doing it.

8. Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (3.35)

Karan Johar Karan Johar is one among the top ten celebrities i >> Read More... made this movie trying to normalise extra marital affairs. Epic fail. But that wasn’t the only thing that the audiences came out complaining about. The movie is three hours thirty-five minutes long. That is a lot of popcorn for a bad movie.

9. Jodhaa Akbar Click to look into! >> Read More... (3.33)

Hrithik Roshan Hrithik Roshan with his unimaginable dance moves i >> Read More... and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is a popular Indian actress >> Read More... lend their royal charm to the portrayal of an epic Mughal lord, Akbar and Jodha. The movie is a period drama love story. Thus the director had to pack a lot of facts and feelings in one installment of narration. The result is a three hours thirty-three minutes long narration.

10. M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story (3.10)

This 2016 biopic on Indian cricket captain ‘ Mahendra Singh Dhoni Mahendra Singh Dhoni Ak MS Dhoni or Dhoni was born >> Read More... ’ has his entire life put up on the giant screen. The life, love, cricket and more had to be delivered in one movie. Needless to say, that the movie was long. Some three hours ten minutes long. But we are not complaining, and that’s the only criticism of the movie.