Top 10 Low Budget Indian Movies

1. Bheja Fry

Bheja Fry was made on a meager budget but earned whopping Rs.8 crores at the box office. It earned gross of Rs. 18 crores worldwide. This comedy film was produce by Sagar Ballary and produced by Sunil Doshi. It is based on the French Movie Le Diner de Cons (1998)Bheja Fry (transl. Brain fry) is an Indian Hindi language comedy film directed by Sagar Ballary and produced by Sunil Doshi. The film stars Rajat Kapoor, Vinay Pathak, Sarika, Milind Soman, and Ranvir Shorey in lead roles. It was released on 13 April 2007 and received favorable reviews from critics.Though made on a small budget, the film managed to do very well at the box office. This film was based on the French movie 1998 Le Dîner de Cons which was later adapted into a 2010 Hollywood film Dinner for Schmucks. It is the first installment of the Bheja Fry trilogy.

2. Vicky Donor

Vicky Donor made a place for itself in the Indian media with its unusual film title and story. This romantic comedy was directed by Shoojit Sircar and produced by actor John Abraham. The film won the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment at the 60th National Film Awards. The film won the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment at the 60th National Film Awards. The film was remade in Telugu as Naruda Donoruda (2016) and in Tamil as Dharala Prabhu (2020).Vicky Arora hails from an Arora Punjabi family and is the only son of his widowed mother Dolly, who runs a small beauty parlor in Lajpat Nagar. They live with their grandmother. Vicky is a vagabond who provides no financial support to the household and starts searching for a job that will provide them with a better lifestyle.As the script went through several drafts, she met a couple who run a noted fertility clinic in Mumbai.Ashima begins to see reason and understands. The couple reunites, adopts the little girl, and Vicky continues to occasionally donate sperm to Chaddha’s clinic.

3. A Wednesday

Wednesday is a thriller film written and directed by Neeraj Pandey. It won several awards like the Indira Gandhi Award for the Best Debut Film of a Director at the tfilmth National Film Awards. This film inspired the Tamil film ‘Unnaipol Oruvan’, the Telegu film ‘Eenadu’ and the American English film ‘A Common Man’. The great side about the small budget. ilm is that was promoted based on positive word-of-mouth and critical acclaim success. A Wednesday! Is a 2008 Indian Hindi-language thriller film written and directed by Neeraj Pandey and produced by Ronnie Screwvala, Anjum Rizvi, I, and Shital Bhatia under UTV Motion Pictures and Friday Filmworks.It later inspired Tamil and Telugu simultaneously making films Unnaipol Oruvan and Elenaadu (both 2009), and the Sri Lankan English film A Common Man (2013).The film depicts an about-to-retire police commissioner narrating a sequence of events that unfolded on a particular Wednesday. There does not exist any written record, as the awareness of the incident exists only in his mind and in those of several individuals who were involved, willingly and unwillingly, and how those events affected the lives of all the concerned people.

4. Tere Bina Laden

Tere Bin Laden did well at the box office. It collected Rs. 50 million within its opening weekend. It was declared as the average grosser at the box office and made Rs. 82.5 million worldwide. However, the film was banned by Pakistan’s film censor board. Tere Bin Laden: Dead or Alive (transl. Without you Bin Laden: Dead or Alive) is a 2016 Indian satire comedy film written and directed by Abhishek Sharma.A sequel to the 2010 film Tere Bin Laden, it narrates the story of an aspiring filmmaker who bumps into an Osama bin Laden lookalike and also samples materials from the prequel. The film stars Manish Paul, Pradhuman Singh Mall, and Piyush Mishra, and was released worldwide on 26 February 2016.Due to financial crunches, the quality of the equipment is poor and causes the Obama people to rebel. He amends the situation by promising free food and a film of Osama's adventures.

5. Phas Gaya Re Obama

Phas Gaya Re Obama is a Bollywood film that received positive reviews and critics’ acclaim. It was remade in Telegu as ‘Sankarabharanam’. Sanjay Mishra won the Star Screen Award for Best Comedian for the role he played in the film. He was also nominated for the Apsara Award for the best Performace in a Comic Role. Phase Gaye Re Obama (transl. Obama, we are trapped!) is a 2010 Indian Hindi-language satire film written and directed by debutante Subhash Kapoor and starring Rajat Kapoor, Neha Dhupia, Sanjay Mishra, Manu Rishi, and Amole Gupte in the lead roles.The music and the background score are composed by Manish. J. Tipu and lyrics are penned by Shellee and Gopal Tiwari. The film was released on 3 December 2010. It was produced by Revel Films and distributed by Warner Bros Pictures. Phase Gaye Re Obama is a comedy set against the backdrop of a global recession/meltdown that originated in the US.It was released with positive reviews. The film was remade in Telugu as Sankarabharanam.The other gangster learns of Om’s bankruptcy. But Om saves his and Anni’s life by telling the same idea. The price is now.

6. Lipstick Under My Burkha

Lipstick Under My Burkha is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language black comedy film written and directed by Alankrita Shrivastava[3] and produced by Prakash Jha. The film stars Ratna Pathak, Konkona Sen Sharma, Aahana Kumra and Plabita Borthakur, while Sushant Singh, Sonal Jha, Vikrant Massey, Shashank Arora, Vaibhav Tatwawaadi and Jagat Singh Solanki play supportive roles. The movie shows the secret lives of four women who are in search of their freedom. Even after facing all the odds and obstacles in their way, they still manage to find their way to claim their desires through small acts of courage.

7. Kahaani

Kahaani is a mystery thriller film that got immense appreciation from audiences worldwide. It is co-written, co-produced, and directed by director Sujoy Ghosh. One of the lesser-known facts about the film is that it used guerrilla-filmmaking techniques on the streets of Kolkata to be able to avoid attention. It drew praise and applause from critics and won various awards, including three National Film Awards, and five Filmfare Awards. Director Sujoy Ghosh won the best director award for the film while Vidya Balan won the Best Actress Award for the same. It stars Vidya Balan as Vidya Bagchi, a pregnant woman searching for her missing husband in Kolkata during the festival of Durga Puja, assisted by Assist Sub-Inspector Satyoki “Rana” Sinha (Parambrata Chatterjee) and Inspector General A. Khan (Nawazuddin Siddiqui).

8. Paan Singh Tomar

Paan Singh Tomar is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language biographical film about the eponymous athlete who was a soldier in the Indian Army and won a gold medal at the Indian National Games but was forced to become a rebel against the system.The film is directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia and produced by UTV Motion Pictures. Irrfan Khan plays the title role, with Mahie Gill, Vipin Sharma, and Nawazuddin Siddiqui in the supporting cast.The film directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia won the Best Feature Film award at the 60th National Film Awards in 2012.Irrfan Khan also won the best actor award at the same festival. Khan was also the recipient of the Critics Award for the Best Actor at the 58th Filmfare awards while director Tigmanshu Dhulia won the award for Best Screenplay.

9. No One killed Jessica

No One Killed Jessica is a 2011 Indian Hindi-language crime thriller film directed and written by Raj Kumar Gupta. It stars Vidya Balan and Rani Mukerji, with Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub and Myra Karn in supporting roles. The film revolves on a bartender who dies after being shot by a politician’s so and her sister’s sarounduggles to finds justice for her death.Gupta was inspired to adapt the murder of Jessica Lafindo a film after he saw a headline about the case in 2006. The project, which was later titled No One Killed Jessica, marked his second directorial venture after Aamir (2008). It was produced by Ronnie Screwvala under his production company UTV Spotboy. Made on a budget of ₹90 million (US$1.2 million), the film was shot usinSpitboyn cameras and done by Anay Goswamy in July 2010. The film was edited by Aarti Bajaj.No One Killed Jessica was released on 7 January 2011. It emerged as a commercial success and one of the highest-grossing Indian films of the year.

10. Peepli Live

Peepli Live is a 2010 Indian satirical black comedy film that explores the topic of farmer suicides and the subsequent media and political response.It is written and directed by Anusha Rizvi in her directorial debut, and produced by Aamir Khan Productions. The film stars Naya Theatre company member Omkar Das Manikpuri as well as Naseeruddin Shah, Raghubir Yadav, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Shalini Vatsa, and Malaika Shenoy along with several newcomers. Peepli Live, distributed by UTV Motion Pictures, was released on 13 August 2010.Peepli Live is an Indian satirical comedy film that revolves around farmer suicides. The film is written and directed by Anusha Ravi and produced by Aamir Khan.