Diwali week is finally here, and we’re all trying to get into the festive mood. This year, the festival of lights is on a Saturday, but it doesn’t make any difference because work from home has made every day a weekday. Plus, the pandemic has put a pause on all social gatherings and celebrations. So it seems that Diwali, too, this year, is going to be spent at home with family or flatmates. While you find your perfect outfits and mithai for Diwali, we suggest adding a few celebratory movies to your plans too, for that extra sparkle! Check out our specially curated Diwali weekend watchlist to bring the happy vibe into your home.
1. Queen
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Dumped by her fiance, a sheltered young woman decides to go on her honeymoon to Europe alone, embarking on an exhilarating journey of self-discovery.
Watch on Netflix.
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2. Aisha
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In this adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel Emma, Aisha thinks she is the perfect matchmaker. Despite Arjun’s warning, she continues to interfere in others’ lives at the cost of her own relationships.
Watch on Disney Plus Hotstar.
3. Love Per Square Foot
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Individually, Sanjay and Karina don’t earn enough to be able to buy a home, so they decide to enter into a marriage of convenience.
Watch on Netflix.
4. Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
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A travel-loving Bunny meets bookworm Naina on a trip. With opposite ambitions in life but a surprising emotional connect, the two are left in a fix about their relationship.
Watch on Amazon Prime Video.
5. Jab We Met
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A heartbroken Aditya runs into a bubbly Geet who is about to elope with her boyfriend Anshuman. What happens when their journeys get mixed up?
Watch on Zee5.
6. Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety
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Sonu and Titu are childhood friends. Titu, who has always been naive, falls in love with Sweety, who Sonu thinks is too good to be true.
Watch on Amazon Prime Video.
7. English Vinglish
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Forever mocked by her husband and kids for not being fluent in English, a small-town entrepreneur takes a leap of faith in herself by enrolling in an English language class while visiting her sister in the USA.
Watch on Zee5.
8. Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
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Three friends go on a bachelor trip to celebrate the groom’s last days of singlehood only to realise certain truths about their respective lives that they had been avoiding all along.
Watch on Amazon Prime Video.
9. Lootcase
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What will you do when you find a bag full of cash? Nandan Kumar faces a similar dilemma when a bag triggers a chain of chaos in his life.
Watch on Disney Plus Hotstar.
10. Dhol
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Four lazy friends want to make easy money and plan to get married to a rich girl. But their plan goes awry when they get entangled with the criminal world.
Watch on Disney Plus Hotstar.
11. Hungama
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The lives of a bunch of complete strangers get entwined due to mistaken identities landing them in confusing and hilarious situations.
Watch on Disney Plus Hotstar.
12. Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan
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The Tripathi family is busy gearing up for an unusual wedding when something even more unusual hits them smack on their smiling, shaadi ready faces.
Watch on Amazon Prime Video.
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13. Dream Girl
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An unemployed man finally finds a well-paying job as a call centre operative with a twist — he talks to his clients as Pooja, a mysterious woman with a soothing voice.
Watch on Zee5.
14. Shubh Mangal Savdhan
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A soon to be married couple finds themselves in a tricky situation when they realise that the groom suffers from erectile dysfunction.
Watch on Zee5.
15. Badrinath Ki Dulhania
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Badrinath Bansal falls hopelessly in love with Vaidehi Trivedi not realising the drastic differences in their ideologies that could shatter their lives.
Watch on Amazon Prime Video.
We would love to hear from you too! Comment below with your favourite films that you would like to add to this Diwali weekend watchlist and why.