11 Bollywood Movies You Need to See in 2019

Release date: January 11

Starring: Anupam Kher, Akshaye Khanna, Suzanne Bernert, and Aahana Kumra

The Accidental Prime Minister is based on Sanjaya Baru's 2014 memoir of the same name about the time he served as an advisor to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the early aughts.

Release date: January 25

Starring: Kangana Ranaut, Atul Kulkarni, and Jisshu Sengupta

This film tells the real life story of the warrior queen, Manikarnika, the first woman in history to fight against the British. The 22-year-old queen was one of the leaders of the Indian rebellion in the late 1850s, evening dressed as a man to fight in battle. Bad. Ass.

Release date: February 1

Starring: Anil Kapoor, Juhi Chawla, Sonam Kapoor, Rajkummar Rao, Abhishek Duhan, and Regina Cassandra

Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga has everything you need in a movie. Romance? Check. Comedy? Check. Touching coming-of-age story? Check, check, check.

Release date: February 14

Starring: Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt

Gully Boy is another film that's based in fact, specifically on the life of Divine and Naezy, underground rappers from Mumbai.

Release date: March 8

Starring: Amitabh Bachchan, Taapsee Pannu, Akash Puri, and Ali Fazal

Hollywood isn't the only film capital in the remake business. Badla is a reboot of the 2016 Spanish thriller film Contratiempo, about a man arrested for murdering his married lover.

Release date: March 29

Starring: Kangana Ranaut, Rajkummar Rao, Shaheer Sheikh, Amyra Dastur, Jimmy Shergill, and Satish Kaushik

When it comes to hitting every note possible in a movie, Mental Hai Kya is about as close as you can get. It's described as an "adult black comedy crime thriller." We're in.

Release date: April 19

Starring: Madhuri Dixit, Sonakshi Sinha, Alia Bhatt, Hiten Tejwani, Varun Dhawan, Aditya Roy Kapur, Kunal Khemu, and Sanjay Dutt

Not much is known about this hotly anticipated film that has been in the works for 15 years, but has been kept quite secret. However, its star Sanjay Dutt has said, “it's an emotional film about two families. Basically, it's more of a drama. It's more about values and characters and it's an interesting film.”

Release date: May 10

Starring: Tiger Shroff, Tara Sutaria, and Ananya Panday

This sequel to 2012's mega hit Student of the Year, which launched the careers of Bollywood stars Alia Bhatt, Sidharth Malhotra, and Varun Dhawan, apparently includes a cameo from...Will Smith? There's not yet a trailer for this flick, but please enjoy the trailer for the original, above, and get excited!

Release date: June 5

Starring: Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif, Tabu, Disha Patani, and Sunil Grover

The movie has mostly made headlines thanks to almost-star Priyanka Chopra, who left the project in 2018 and was replaced by Katrina Kaif. There was speculation at the time that Priyanka's decision to leave the film had something to do with her romance with Nick Jonas, so, you know ~drama~.

Release date: June 21.

Starring: Shahid Kapoor and Kiara Advani

Kabir Singh is a remake of the south Indian movie Arjun Reddy, and follows an alcoholic, anger-prone surgeon who goes down a dark path when his ex marries someone else.

Release date: December 20

Starring: Amitabh Bachchan, Ranbir Kapoor, Divyendu Sharma, Alia Bhatt, Dimple Kapadia, Vikram Gokhale, Dhruv Sehgal, Priyal Gor, Nagarjuna Akkineni, and Mouni Roy

This fantasy film is set to be the first in a trilogy and is sure to be positively epic.