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Free Bollywood movies: full Hindi films, published by the studios

55 films

Hindi cinema reaches the open web by a different road. None of the films here is free because a copyright ran out; each one was uploaded by the company that owns it: Shemaroo Movies, Ultra Movie Parlour, Goldmines and NH Studioz. Each one plays with the channel's advertising, and none asks you to sign in.

Because the owners decide, this list moves more than the public-domain collections do. A film can be taken down or moved to a paid service whenever its owner chooses, so the date of the last check on each film page is worth a glance before you settle in.

The oldest title is Aandhi from 1975, directed by Gulzar. Basu Chatterjee's 1986 comedy Chameli Ki Shaadi, with Anil Kapoor, and Hameshaa from 1997 cover the older end, while Teri Meri Kahaani from 2012 and Ardh from 2022 represent the newer one.

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Films in this collection

What the four channels publish

Shemaroo Movies and Ultra Movie Parlour supply almost all of the list, in roughly equal shares. Shemaroo leans towards comedy and family films such as Sallu Ki Shaadi, Challo Driver and Main Hoon Part Time Killer. Ultra's uploads include the older dramas, Aandhi, Apnapan and Dana Paani among them, along with action pictures from the late 1980s like Jeete Hain Shaan Se.

Goldmines and NH Studioz contribute a handful each. Hameshaa and Parwana come through NH Studioz; DJ and Thiri through Goldmines.

Comedy is the most common genre across the collection, followed by drama and action. The running times are long. The median is two and a quarter hours, a dozen titles pass the two-and-a-half-hour mark, and United Kacche is listed at 207 minutes.

Five decades of Hindi film

Among the titles with a confirmed release year, the list spreads across five decades. Aandhi and Apnapan come from the 1970s; Chameli Ki Shaadi, Jeete Hain Shaan Se and Dana Paani from the late 1980s; Mast Kalandar, Bhagyawan, Maahir and Hameshaa from the 1990s. After that comes a steady line of releases such as Chura Liya Hai Tumne from 2003, Mere Baap Pehle Aap from 2008 and Main Hoon Part Time Killer from 2014.

Aandhi, with Suchitra Sen and Sanjeev Kumar, is the one to start with if you want the older end of the catalogue. Mere Baap Pehle Aap, a Priyadarshan comedy, is a good example of comedy, the genre the channels upload most, with the long running time that goes with it.

More than half of the collection has no year recorded at all, and those titles lean heavily towards comedy, with action a distant second. They are complete films all the same, uploaded by the same four companies.

Dubbed films on the list

Some titles began life in another Indian language and appear here in Hindi-dubbed versions. Viduthalai Part 1 was made in Tamil and Raja Raja Chora in Telugu. The channels publish dubbed films alongside original Hindi productions, and the catalogue files them under Hindi because that is the language of the upload.

If you want the original-language version, the Tamil and Telugu catalogues are the place to look, though a dubbed upload does not guarantee that the original is also free.

Watching free Bollywood movies with adverts

Ad breaks on a long Hindi film add up, and the channel decides how many there are. The film page cannot predict the count, but it does say plainly that advertising is involved and names the channel, so you know whose upload you are opening.

For a first pick from the older titles, Chameli Ki Shaadi is a light comedy from 1986 that runs 142 minutes. For something shorter, Ardh runs 84 minutes and Stalker 87, the only Hindi titles under an hour and a half apart from Unlock.

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Questions people ask

Who publishes these films?

The rights holders, on their own YouTube channels: Shemaroo Movies, Ultra Movie Parlour, Goldmines and NH Studioz. Nothing here comes from a third-party re-upload, and each film page names the channel so you can see whose upload it is.

Why call it classics when some films are recent?

The name follows the channels, which mix their back catalogue with recent releases. The list holds Aandhi from 1975 and Dana Paani from 1989 alongside Ardh from 2022. For every Hindi title in one place, see the Hindi catalogue.

Can I watch these outside India?

At the last check, the offers in this collection covered every country in the catalogue's region list, including India, the United Kingdom and the United States. A channel can restrict a single film by region at any time, so the Where line on the film page is the one to trust.

Why do some films show no release year?

Where a year could not be confirmed, the field is left blank instead of guessed. Nayak and Bagheera are two examples. The runtime, channel and check date are still given for every one of them.

Are these complete films or edited versions?

Complete films, uploaded in full by the companies that hold the rights. The catalogue does not list trailers, song reels or clip compilations. Runtimes range from Unlock at 64 minutes to United Kacche at 207, and the typical title here needs a whole evening.