Bollywood cinema has started giving out a more realistic and dynamic style of movie off lately. The unusual storyline, real-life stories, and engaging content have become the flavor of contemporary cinema. With more and more surprising and mind blogging plots impressing the audiences, the genre of legal movies are not lagging. Let us have a look at ten best witty Bollywood courtroom dramas of Indian cinema.
Aitraaz
Raj is a well-settled Engineer happily married to Priya, a lawyer. He happens to meet Sonia, his ex-girlfriend at his company’s promotion party. Sonia is now married to a much older owner of the company and wants to have an extramarital affair with Raj. She is lustful, deprived of sexual pleasure and in a meeting with Sonia at her office, she desperately forces herself on Raj. Raj denies her sexual approach, which becomes a nightmare for him as furious Sonia files rape attempt case on Raj. Aitraaz keeps you on toes with an excellent blend of lust, love, trust, loyalty, mystery, and thrill.
No one killed Jessica
No one killed Jessica is based on real-life story of a bold and enchanting model Jessica Lal hired by a lavish and high-class night club as a bartender. That night she is shot dead by Manish, a son of a prominent political leader. Sabrina is determined to put her sister’s murderers behind bars for seven years but fails miserably due to Manish’s status. Meera, a criminal reporter, is attracted to this case and decides to reveal the true story. Meera encourages Sabrina to gather back her old strength to fight for the justice of her sister. No one killed Jessica is an excellent film that speaks volumes on power, position, system, money, justice, unity, and women empowerment.
Rustom
Rustom, a tall and attractive Naval officer, falls for Cynthia, who is also incredibly gorgeous. They are happily married when one day Rustom has to leave for work, and Cynthia lets him go with a heavy heart. As Cynthia is emotionally deprived Vikram, best friend of Rustom takes advantage of her situation and teams up with his sister Priti to take revenge of public insult by Rustom. Vikram lures Cynthia, and they spend the night together. Cynthia confesses her mistake to Rustom and on learning about his wife’s infidelity, he is completely disturbed. He shoots Vikram and surrenders for committing the murder. Rustom is a superb romantic drama that symbolizes true love, trust, betrayal, treachery, infidelity, and forgiveness.
Jolly LLB 2
Jagdishwar Mishra is a struggling lawyer who has big dreams of becoming a successful lawyer, and to acquire it he is ready to do anything. Along with his assistant, he fights small cases in Kanpur for a survival. He desires to have a chamber for himself and happens to get an opportunity in getting one through giving a bribe. After saving every single penny, he is still short of some money which makes him commit a crime of duping a pregnant widower. A small mistake opens his eyes, and he prepares himself to fight a case against renowned advocate Mathur in the city of Lucknow. Jolly LLB 2 is a musical rom-com that signifies power, money, greed, betrayal, helplessness, love, justice and truth.
Pink
Minal, Falak, and Andrea are three independent women in early 20’s belonging to various sectors of India with particular professional spheres. They live together in a lavish South Delhi area on a rented apartment and the same locality lives a strange and gloomy person named Deepak Sehgal. A girl’s night out becomes a nightmare for them as Minal gets arrested for criminal injury. Pink is a crime thriller with elements of women empowerment, status, money, crime, and justice.
Batti Gul Meter Chalu
S.K, Nauti, and Tripathi are childhood friends who hang out, have fun, and enjoy their lives. S.K is a corrupt lawyer, Nauti is a proud fashion designer, and Tripathi is an owner of a small printing press. Their life is drastically changed when Tripathi receives an unreasonably high electricity bill of 1.5 lakhs and unable to solve his problem, he commits suicide. S.K is disheartened over his good friend’s demise and volunteers to fight his case against SPTL, a highly eminent electricity enterprise. Batti gul meter chalu is a crime drama with a mix of comedy, romance, music, and social conflict.
Damini
A young daughter-in-law of a prestigious family is a prime witness of a rape attempt on their househelp by her brother-in-law and his friends. Her family pressurises her to save the honor of their house, and Damini gives in. But a meeting with the maidservant awakens determination to fight for her rights. After several hardships, she comes across a former lawyer, and they both join hands to unleash the truth.
Veer Zara
An Indian pilot by profession, Veer falls for a bubbly Pakistani girl, Zaara belonging to a renowned political background. Zaara happens to visit India to immerse her late grandmother’s ashes. Destiny has other plans for them as Zaara is already engaged to Raza. The couple part ways with a heavy heart with any hope of meeting again. But the deep feelings about one another provokes them to meet again, but veer falls into a conspiracy and is arrested for being an Indian spy. Saamiya, a lawyer fights to unite Veer-Zaara after 20 years. Veer-Zaara is a heart touching story of true love.
Badla
Naina Sethi is a renowned young entrepreneur happily married with a kid. Naina’s world turns upside down when her lover is dead, and she is accused of murdering him. A prestigious defense lawyer Badal Gupta comes on board to help out Naina. They together work to solve the murder mystery which he has not committed. Badla is a powerhouse of jaw-dropping and nail-biting suspense thriller with a mix of mystery and crime.
Oh My God!
Kanji Mehta is an atheist but runs a shop that sells idols of god. He is against God, religion, devotion or prayer and anything related to almighty. For him, god is only the means to acquire money, so he makes use of people’s blind faith and sells the idols at high prices. His business is running fine until a natural calamity occurs and demolishes his entire shop. The earthquake enrages Kanji to the core, and he goes to the court to file a case on god. Oh my god is a film that beautifully conveys divine comedy, religion, fake ideology, right path, and true belief.