If you’ve ever played dumb charades (aka damsharas) with friends, you already know the truth: the game isn’t about acting. It’s about surviving.
One person is flapping like a confused pigeon, the other is shouting random words like “DIWALI… HORSE… CHICKEN… MANDOLA??” and somehow everyone ends up laughing more than guessing.
Below you’ll find 40 Hindi movies split into two deadly-fun categories:
- 20 Long Hindi Movie Names (maximum tongue-twister energy)
- 20 Weird / Difficult-to-Act Titles (maximum “HOW do I mime this?” energy)
Why These Hindi Movies Are Perfect for Dumb Charades
A title becomes dumb-charades gold when it has:
- Too many words (your teammate forgets the first half by the time you act the second half)
- Odd phrases or niche words (Mandola? Tanakpur? Byomkesh?)
- Abstract ideas (time, emotions, ajeeb-dastaan vibes)
- Total chaos (some titles sound like a full WhatsApp message)
20 Long Hindi Movie Names for Dumb Charades
These titles turn a simple round into a full cardio session for your hands and face.
1. Ghode Ko Jalebi Khilane Le Ja Riya Hoon
Released: 2022. Cast: Raghuvir Yadav, Ravindra Sahu (and team).
A title so long, you’ll finish acting and still be on word 4.
2. Ghar Mein Ho Sali To Pura Saal Diwali
Released: 2001. Cast: Reena Chudasma, Sanjeevani Gupta, Anil Nagrath (and others).
This movie feels like a family drama. A festival, and a warning in one sentence.
3. Tu Meri Main Tera Main Tera Tu Meri
Released: 25 Dec 2025. Cast: Kartik Aaryan, Ananya Panday, Neena Gupta, Jackie Shroff.
Perfect because everyone will think they know it and still mess it up.
4. Andheri Raat Mein Diya Tere Haath Mein
Released: 16 May 1986. Cast: Dada Kondke, Amjad Khan, Usha Chavan.
Legendary dumb charades material. Dark night + lamp + hand = chaos.
5. Paap Ko Jalaa Kar Raakh Kar Doonga
Released: 1988. Cast: Dharmendra, Govinda, Anita Raj, Farah.
Very filmy. Very dramatic. Acting it out makes it look like you’re doing karate on invisible sins.
6. Raja Ko Rani Se Pyaar Ho Gaya
Released: 2000. Cast: Arvind Swamy, Manisha Koirala.
The movie name is both sweet & classic, and surprisingly hard when the timer is ticking.
7. Hey Ram Hamne Gandhi Ko Maar Diya
Released: 2 Mar 2018. Cast: Pratima Kazmi, Subrat Dutta, Samiksha Bhatnagar.
Title hits hard. Acting it out is even harder without starting a debate.
8. Life Mein Time Nahi Hai Kisi Ko
Released: 18 Oct 2019. Cast: Krushna Abhishek, Rajneesh Duggal, Shakti Kapoor, Rajpal Yadav.
This is basically everyone’s real life, which makes it funny and confusing.
9. Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga
Released: 2019. Cast: Anil Kapoor, Sonam Kapoor, Rajkummar Rao, Juhi Chawla.
Romantic vibe title, but in dumb charades, it becomes 2 minutes of pointing and expressions.
10. Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyoon Aata Hai?
Released: 2019. Cast: Manav Kaul, Nandita Das, Saurabh Shukla.
Your acting will look like: “Albert… angry… why??” and your friends will still guess something else.
11. Once Upon Ay Time In Mumbai Dobaara!
Released: 15 Aug 2013. Cast: Akshay Kumar, Imran Khan, Sonakshi Sinha.
The spelling alone makes people panic. The acting makes people cry.
12. Hello! Hum Lallan Bol Rahe Hain
Released: 15 Jan 2010. Cast: Rajpal Yadav, Preeti Mehra.
This one is basically you doing a fake phone call and hoping for a miracle.
13. Main Madhuri Dixit Banna Chahti Hoon
Released: 15 Jan 2010. Cast: Rajpal Yadav, Preeti Mehra.
Fun title and very Bollywood. Great for dramatic “I want to become…” acting.
14. Hum Aapke Dil Mein Rehte Hain
Released: 1999. Cast: Anil Kapoor, Kajol (with Anupam Kher and others).
Acting “dil mein rehna” without speaking is a whole spiritual journey.
15. Dulhan Wahi Jo Piya Man Bhaye
Released: 1977. Cast: Prem Krishen, Rameshwari, Madan Puri (and more).
Classic wedding vibes. Still tricky when you’re miming “approved bride” in 30 seconds.
16. Jis Desh Mein Ganga Rehta Hain
Released: 2000. Cast: Govinda, Sonali Bendre.
Simple words, but the combo messes people up fast.
17. Ghar Mein Ram Gali Mein Shyam
Released: 15 Jan 1988. Cast: Govinda, Neelam, Khushbu Sundar.
Acting “Ram” and “Shyam” without saying names? Enjoy.
18. Main, Meri Patni Aur Woh
Released: 2005. Cast: Rajpal Yadav, Rituparna Sengupta, Kay Kay Menon, Varun Badola (plus narration by Naseeruddin Shah).
The “Woh” is where teams lose their sanity.
19. Mere Baap Pehle Aap
Released: 2008. Cast: Akshaye Khanna, Genelia D’Souza, Paresh Rawal (and others).
This becomes a full comedy sketch in dumb charades. Highly recommended.
20. Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani
Released: 6 Nov 2009. Cast: Ranbir Kapoor, Katrina Kaif.
Popular title, but “ajab” and “ghazab” will test your facial expressions.
20 Weird / Difficult-to-Act Hindi Movie Names (AKS Difficulty)
Not always the longest titles, but definitely the most awkward to mime.
1. Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola
Released: 2013. Cast: Imran Khan, Anushka Sharma, Pankaj Kapur, Shabana Azmi.
The ultimate “what even is this word?” title. Guaranteed confusion.
2. Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana
Released: 2012. Cast: Kunal Kapoor, Huma Qureshi, Rajesh Sharma.
Chicken + Khurana = hilarious. Acting it = very strange poultry performance.
3. Miss Tanakpur Haazir Ho
Released: 2015. Cast: Annu Kapoor, Om Puri, Ravi Kishan, Rahul Bagga, Hrishita Bhatt.
Try acting “Tanakpur” and you’ll invent new hand gestures.
4. Badhti Ka Naam Dadhi
Released: 1974. Cast: Kishore Kumar, I. S. Johar, Bhagwan Dada, Ashok Kumar (plus cameos).
Beard-based cinema deserves respect. Charades makes it even better.
5. Khosla Ka Ghosla
Released: 2006. Cast: Anupam Kher, Boman Irani, Vinay Pathak, Ranvir Shorey, Tara Sharma.
Sounds like a rhyme, acts like a puzzle.
6. Bheja Fry
Released: 2007. Cast: Vinay Pathak, Rajat Kapoor, Sarika, Ranvir Shorey, and Milind Soman.
Acting “bheja” without talking makes you look like you’re trying to think it through.
7. Do Dooni Chaar
Released: 2010. Cast: Rishi Kapoor, Neetu Singh, Aditi Vasudev, Archit Krishna.
Math titles are fun until you realise you can’t say “two” or “four”.
8. Chameli Ki Shaadi
Released: 1986. Cast: Anil Kapoor, Amrita Singh, Om Prakash, Amjad Khan, Pankaj Kapur.
The “Who is Chameli?” problem is real in dumb charades.
9. Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!
Released: 2015. Cast: Sushant Singh Rajput, Anand Tiwari, Swastika Mukherjee.
Detective acting is easy. “Byomkesh” without speaking is not.
10. Tere Bin Laden
Released: 2010. Cast: Ali Zafar, Sugandha Garg, Pradhuman Singh.
Comedy gold, but only if your group knows the title.
11. Delhi Belly
Released: 2011. Cast: Imran Khan, Vir Das, Kunaal Roy Kapur, Poorna Jagannathan.
Acting “Delhi” + “belly” gets interesting. Keep it PG.
12. Peepli Live
Released: 2010. Cast: Omkar Das Manikpuri, Raghubir Yadav, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Naseeruddin Shah.
Short title, weird energy. Perfect for stumping casual Bollywood fans.
13. Ishqiya
Released: 2010. Cast: Vidya Balan, Naseeruddin Shah, Arshad Warsi.
Even if people know it, they’ll guess “Ishq…” something else first.
14. Batti Gul Meter Chalu
Released: 2018. Cast: Shahid Kapoor, Shraddha Kapoor, Yami Gautam, Divyendu Sharma.
Great because it’s basically three mini-scenes in one title.
15. Bareilly Ki Barfi
Released: 2017. Cast: Ayushmann Khurrana, Kriti Sanon, Rajkummar Rao (narrated by Javed Akhtar).
Cute, popular, and still tricky if nobody knows the city reference.
16. Dhanak
Released: 2016 (India release). Cast: Hetal Gada, Krrish Chhabria, Vipin Sharma (and team).
Beautiful word. Hard to mime unless you become a full rainbow.
17. Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota
Released: 2019 (India release; premiered 2018). Cast: Abhimanyu Dassani, Radhika Madan, Gulshan Devaiah, and Mahesh Manjrekar.
Acting “no pain” while everyone thinks you’re in pain is peak comedy.
18. Jal Bin Machhli Nritya Bin Bijli
Released: 1971. Cast: Sandhya, Abhijeet (with Vatsala Deshmukh, Dina Pathak).
Legendary weirdness. Also feels like poetry that attacks your timer.
19. Sasti Dulhan Mehenga Dulha
Released: 1986. Cast: Beena Banerjee, Dan Dhanoa, Mahesh Anand, Sudhir Dalvi.
You’ll act cheap vs expensive and still get “discount” shouted at you.
20. Murde Ki Jaan Khatre Mein
Released: 1985. Cast: Mehmood Junior, Kunal, Roma Manik, Paintal, Tuntun, Sunder.
Dead body + danger = what do you even do with your arms here? Exactly.
Quick Tips to Win Dumb Charades With These Movie Names
- Break the title into small chunks and act 2–3 words at a time.
- Use standard signs: movie (frame gesture), word count, sounds like, rhymes like.
- For long titles, focus on big keywords like Ghar, Diwali, Ghoda, Jalebi, Gandhi.
- For weird titles, act the role or vibe first (detective, wedding, comedy).
Final Word (Bollywood Fan to Bollywood Fan)
The best part about playing with Hindi movies for dumb charades is that you don’t need to be a professional actor. You just need confidence and friends who won’t record you.