20 Best Bollywood Science Fiction Movies You Need to Watch
In today’s article, we will be covering the best Bollywood science fiction movies of all time. If some of you had enough of Hollywood sci-fi movies, or you think you have watched all that matter, and just want to try something new, check out our list of the best Bollywood sci-fi movies below.
Indru Netru Naalai (2015)
Elango and his astrologer friend Pulivetti Arumugam come in possession of a time machine and start profiting from it. However, their meddling with time prevents the death of a gangster, who begins to wreak havoc in their lives.
Dasavatharam (2008)
The plot of the film revolves around bringing together the lives of several individuals beginning in the 12th century and ending in the 21st century; the main person is a research scientist who develops a bio-weapon and makes sure that it is not acquired by a terrorist nation.
Several other people also get involved in the process and all their stories connect after the striking of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, thus bringing philosophical views into the picture.
Love Story 2050 (2008)
the Telugu film dealt with travel to the past as well as the dystopian post-apocalyptic future, Love Story 2050 was exclusively about traveling to a utopian future city of Mumbai in the year 2050. It is the first utopian time travel film of Bollywood.
Enthiran (2010)
The story revolves around the struggle of a scientist K. Vaseegaran to control his android humanoid robot named Chitti, after Chitti’s software is upgraded to give it the ability to comprehend and exhibit human emotions.
The project backfires when Chitti falls in love with Vaseegaran’s girlfriend, Sana, and is manipulated by Bohra, a rival scientist, into becoming homicidal.
Red Rain (2013)
A young scientist investigates a series of mysterious events such as the unexpected deaths of cattle and bright lights in the sky. He becomes convinced that they are caused by extraterrestrial life forms.
24 (2016)
A scientist invents the time machine but his evil twin brother is after it and will go to any lengths to get the device in his hands.
Action Replayy (2010)
The film follows a young man named Bunty, who enlists the help of his girlfriend’s grandfather, a scientist, when his parents are about to divorce. With the help of a time machine created by the scientist, he travels back to 1975 when his parents were unmarried, and tries to make them fall in love.
Ra.One (2011)
The film follows Shekhar Subramanium (Khan), a game designer who creates a motion sensor-based game with an immensely powerful virtual character Ra.One as the antagonist who is designed to be more powerful than the protagonist of the game, G.One (also played by Khan).
The former escapes from the game’s virtual world and enters the real world; his aim is to kill Lucifer, the game ID of Shekhar’s son and the only player to have challenged Ra.One’s power. Relentlessly pursued, the family is forced to bring out G.One from the virtual world to defeat Ra.One and protect them.
2.0 (2018)
The film follows the conflict between Chitti, the once dismantled humanoid robot, and Pakshi Rajan, a former ornithologist who seeks vengeance upon cell phone users to prevent avian population decline.
Aa Dekhen Zara (2009)
Ray Acharya (Neil Nitin Mukesh), a struggling photographer, has nothing going for him. He inherits a special camera from his grandfather, who was a scientist. His life then changes in a way that he could not have imagined in his wildest dreams.
The photographs produced by the camera predict the future. Ray uses the camera to obtain winning lottery numbers, winning horses, and also stock prices. His life becomes one big roller coaster ride that takes him from rags to riches and also helps him meet the love of his life, Simi (Bipasha Basu), a DJ with a mind of her own
However, Captain (Rahul Dev) finds out and chases Ray to get the camera for himself. Security authorities also chase Ray as they are aware that Ray’s grandfather was trying to create a camera that can predict the future. The chase leads them to Bangkok, where the climax unfolds.
Carbon: A Story of Tomorrow (2017)
Set in 2067, ‘Carbon’ focuses on the prevailing environmental issues in Delhi. The film showcases the scarcity of oxygen and water and its adverse effects on the environment and the forthcoming generations. This futuristic film portrays a scenario where there will be a dearth of oxygen and only carbon will prevail.
7 Aum Arivu (2011)
In the film, a medical student enlists the help of a circus artist, who is a descendant of Bodhidharma, to revive the legend’s skills and knowledge, while a Chinese man with hypnotic powers starts a government-planned biological war against India.
9 (2019)
In the film, a global crisis arises when a comet passes very close to the Earth for 9 days. The film explores Albert Lewis and his son Adam’s lives, as a direct result of the comet. 9 was released in India and Gulf Cooperation Council territories on 7 February 2019.
Maayavan (2017)
A series of murders are happening in the city, and a cop realizes that they are all eerily similar. Can he find out the link and capture the murderer before it is too late?
Koi… Mil Gaya (2003)
Koi… Mil Gaya focuses on Rohit (Hrithik Roshan), a developmentally disabled man who contacts an extraterrestrial being with his late father Sanjay’s (Rakesh Roshan) computer. The film follows his relationship with Nisha (Zinta), Rohit’s friend, who falls in love with him.
Krrish (2006)
It is the second installment in the Krrish franchise, being the sequel to Koi… Mil Gaya, and relates the story of Krishna, the son of the previous film’s protagonists, who inherits his father’s superhuman abilities.
After falling in love with Priya, he follows her to Singapore, where he takes on the persona of “Krrish” to keep his identity secret while saving children from a burning circus. From that moment on, he is regarded as a superhero, and must later thwart the plans of the evil Dr. Arya, who has a connection to Krishna’s father, Rohit, the protagonist of the previous film.
Vikram (1986)
Vikram, a cop who is mourning the death of his wife, is assigned to retrieve a missile. He is aided by a highly educated engineer Preethi, who holds the knowledge to disarm the nuke, in his mission.
Maanaadu (2021)
It revolves around a common man and a police officer, who are trapped in a time loop, on the day of a public conference of the chief minister and forced to live the same day over and over again.
Mr. India (1987)
It focuses on Arun Verma (Anil Kapoor), a poor street violinist and philanthropist who receives a cloaking device that grants him invisibility. While renting out his house to pay his debts, he meets the journalist Seema Sohni (Sridevi) and falls in love with her.
PK (2014)
The story follows an alien who comes to Earth on a research mission, only for the remote control for his spaceship to be stolen and sold to a godman; he befriends a television journalist and in his quest to retrieve the remote, questions religious dogmas and superstitions focused on Hinduism.
