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Do you like watching courtroom drama films? Well, be of any Indian language, courtroom dramas always keep the viewers fascinated to the screen due to their suspense and unveiling of twists and subplots. Here we present to you a quick list of 10 Indian Courtroom drama films that have been released in the last decade and are streaming right now on Amazon Prime.
1) Movie Name: Shahid (2013)
Cast: Rajkummar Rao as Azmi; Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub, Prabhleen Sandhu, and Baljinder Kaur.
Shahid is a Hindi film directed by Hansal Mehta. The film talks about the real-life story of Shahid Azmi, who was a lawyer and human rights activist and was killed in 2010.
2) Movie Name: Jolly LLB 2 (2017)
Cast: Akshay Kumar, Huma Qureshi, Annu Kapoor, Kumud Mishra, and Saurabh Shukla
Directed by Subhash Kapoor, Jolly LLB 2 is set in Lucknow. The courtroom drama story is based on a lawyer Jagdishwar Mishra who changes his approach to fight with a corrupt police officer in order to get justice for a dead victim of a fake encounter.
3) Movie Name: Pink (2016)
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Taapsee Pannu, Kirti Kulhari, Andrea Tariang, Angad Bedi, Tushar Pandey, Piyush Mishra, and Dhritiman Chatterjee.
Pink is a Hindi courtroom drama film that sheds light on the importance of understanding when a woman says NO. The story challenges the perspectives of society towards women who fight against powerful people to get justice.
4) Movie Name: Nerkonda Paarvai (2019)
Cast: Ajith Kumar, Shraddha Srinath, Abhirami Venkatachalam and Andrea Tariang
An official remake of the Hindi film Pink, Nerkonda Paarvai is a Tamil film that touches on the sensitive aspects of what women go through when they are challenged with questions about their modern lifestyles.
5) Movie Name: Vakeel Saab (2021)
Cast: Pawan Kalyan, Nivetha Thomas, Anjali, Ananya Nagalla, Prakash Raj, and Shruti Haasan.
Directed by Venu Sriram and an official remake of the Hindi film Pink, Vakeel Saab talks about the notions of society towards single, independent middle-class women who live in Hyderabad. The film criticizes the double standards adopted by society when men get the leverage of adopting certain behaviors that are easily acceptable by society. But when it comes to women, they are supposed to live by only certain norms and if they don’t follow the same, they are tagged as immoral.
6) Movie Name: Section 375 (2019)
Cast: Akshaye Khanna, Richa Chadda, Meera Chopra, and Rahul Bhat.
Directed by Ajay Bahl, the Hindi film Section 375: Marzi Ya Zabardasti? is based on Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code laws of the country. The film is a battle on ethical issues faced by two lawyers when they battle on to get justice in a rape case. Famous film director Rohan Khurana is accused by his assistant costume designer Anjali Dange on the charges of rape. Tarun Saluja, a senior criminal lawyer believes that Law is a fact and Justice is abstract and not to get emotionally involved in a case. On the contrary, Hiral, another lawyer believes that justice is served only when a person gets fully involved in the case.
7) Movie Name: One Day: Justice Delivered (2019)
Cast: Anupam Kher, Esha Gupta, Kumud Mishra, and Anusmriti Sarkar
Directed by Ashok Nanda, One Day: Justice Delivered is a Hindi film that talks about a retired Judge Tyagi’s struggles as he tries to solve a case where key people of the state capital go missing in a mysterious manner. Things become more troublesome when crime branch officer Rathi analyzes the cases and makes sensational claims.
8) Movie Name: Ponmagal Vandhal (2020)
Cast: Jyothika, R. Parthiban, K. Bhagyaraj, Thiyagarajan, Pratap K. Pothan, and Pandiarajan.
Directed by J.J. Fredrick, Ponmagal Vandhal is the story of a courageous lawyer who reopens the case of a 15-year-old case of serial killer. From the case, the serial killer who is no more has allegedly kidnapped and killed young girls. But her search for justice quickly turns into a fight against corruption and child abuse.
9) Movie Name: Jai Bhim (2021)
Cast: Suriya, Lijomol Jose and Manikandan with Rajisha Vijayan, Prakash Raj, Guru Somasundaram, and Rao Ramesh
Directed by T. J. Gnanavel, Jai Bhim is a courtroom drama film based on the 1993 Cuddalore incident. The themes of state violence and police bias are explored against a poor community. Sengeni and Rajakannu, a couple from the Irular tribe become a victim of police corruption. The case gets led by Justice K. Chandru who tries to strengthen the bond between Dalits and Muslims.
10) Custody (2023)
Cast: Naga Chaitanya, Arvind Swamy, Krithi Shetty, Priyamani, R. Sarathkumar and Sampath Raj
Directed by Venkat Prabhu, Custody is a run-action drama about Siva, a regular police constable who gets the task of producing a witness from police custody to the courtroom. What is surprising is the fact that Siva finds out that the whole police department wants the witness to be dead. Will Siva be able to stay loyal to his duty or will he adopt a unique way to find out the truth?
Did we miss out on any movie that you believe is one of the best courtroom drama films streaming on Amazon Prime? If yes, feel free to share your thoughts in the comments below.
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