12 Underrated Bollywood Movies on Netflix and Amazon Prime

3. Parched

Director – Leena Yadav
Starring – Tannishtha Chatterjee, Radhika Apte
Streaming Platform – Amazon Prime

Parched is a story of four Rajasthani women, who live in a constrained male-dominated society. The movie addresses the different difficulties faced by women regulated by rules and norms made by dominant men. The movie also aptly depicts female desires, sexual abuse, and pierces through the notions of what a woman must be.

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2. Peepli Live

Director – Anusha Rizvi & Mahmood Farooqui
Starring – Omkar Das Manikpuri &Raghuvir Yadav
Streaming Platform – Netflix

Peepli Live starring Omkar Das Manikpuri and Raghuvir Yadav in the lead roles is a satirical take on a very serious issue involving farmer’s suicides. The film’s plot kicks off when Natha elects to commit suicide to get some monetary compensation from the government. But, situations turn upside down when his impending suicide becomes an overnight sensation with news media harassing and surveilling him 24/7 to capture the rare event.

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1. Dhanak

Director – Nagesh Kukunoor
Starring – Hetal Gada & Krrish Chhabria
Streaming Platform – Netflix

Best Underrated Bollywood Movies on Netflix: Exploring an array of emotions of human nature, indie director – Nagesh Kukunoor’s Dhanak showcases a beautiful sister-brother story with Hetal Gada and Krrish Chhabria playing the lead roles. The narrative of the film begins when Pari, after seeing a poster of Shah Rukh Khan promoting eye donation, takes her visually impaired brother to the actor’s shooting spot hoping to get his eye cured.