Best 15 Marathi Movies in 2021 to Watch Now

Recent years have seen rapid growth with mature content in regional film industries. Now, we can’t perceive Bollywood as the only mainstream film industry at this point when the South and Maratha movie industries are winning viewers’ hearts. In the Maharashtra film industry, they release annually over hundreds of films. But we will top pick for you as some of these movies are even dubbed in multiple languages and are expected to remake in the Hindi film industry soon. This article will speak about some of the best Marathi movies in 2021 which have earned huge box office collections and gained a lot of praise from audiences.

1. Pandu

Originally released on 3rd December 2021 is an emotional, romantic, and drama genre film by Zee Studios. The story of the film is about a dedicated policeman who gives up his personal life before his work obligation. Though he marries his love, it’s interesting how unsettled things can go after a particular incident. Though he faces multiple troubles, however, then destiny seems to have some altogether different plans.

Box Office Collection: The film collected about Rs 5.3 Cr. within the first 13 days in the theatres.
The lead actors and actresses of the film are Kaushal Badrike, Bhau Kadam, Prajakta Mali, and Sonalee Kulkarni.
Available in: You can watch Viju Mane directed film Pandu on the Zee5 app.

2. Jhimma

The movie adopted the storyline of Dhome and starred celebrity actors like Siddharth Chandekar, Nirmiti Sawant, Suhaa Joshi, Sonalee Kulkarni, and Mrinimayee Godbole, and Kshitee Jog. The Crazy Few Films and Chalachitra Company film beautifully shows the travel journey of seven girls and all of them are of different ages and socio-cultural histories. The story proceeds to share how different opportunities heal personal wounds and how with this trip they learn to enjoy life.

Box Office Collection. The movie collected more than Rs 14 Cr within months.
Where to watch. Available on Amazon Prime Video.

3. Basta

Basta is a light mood cinema worth watching and laughing together with the whole family. However, we ranked Basta as one of the best Marathi films because of its screenplay and dramatic way of bringing an important social issue to light. The hilarious film is about Namdeo who tries to fulfill every demand of the groom’s family before marriage. However, things turn chaotic when Namdeo finds himself arrested on charges of dowry. It’s enchanting to watch if the wedding finally happens according to their plan or not!

Directed by: Tanaji Ghadge.
Duration: 2 hours.
Casting: Subodh Bhave, Parth Bhalerao, and Sayali Sanjeev.
Available at: Zee5 app.

4. Grey

Revenge has no ethics or boundaries and, in this context, Grey is one of the best Marathi movies to watch in the thriller, action, and drama genre in 2021. The revenge story surrounds Siddhant who plans to avenge the death of his family. He pairs up with adopted brother Ajmal and his wife Gayathri and chalks out a solid revenge plan.

Pallavi Patil, Pushkaraj Chirputkar, and Sharad Ponkshe.
Where to watch. Zee5

5. Bali

The horror movie Bali was first released in the second half of April 2021 and is one of the best Marathi films in the horror genre. Director Vishal successfully maintained the suspense throughout the movie and showed the panicked condition of a single father who figured out the mysterious behavior of his son. After his son suddenly collapses and is treated in a hospital, the father finds it skeptical when he sees his son communicating with a dubious nurse.

Lead actors. Kartik Nishander and Arjun Singh Baran.
Film Duration. 103 minutes.
Where to watch. Prime Video.

6. Pension

Another 2021 release Pension has taken an effort to deviate its storyline from other typical Indian romance movies. Marathi Director Laxman Dhumal and Pundalik Yoshida have tried to bring out the reality of the daily lifestyles of rural India. The movie is about the financial hardships of a family, three balus, his mother, and grandmother based on the pension of their grandfather. The plot proceeds with a survival story of the family who finds it difficult to expense the bare minimum needs with eight hundred rupees pension only.

Pension the Marathi film has covered the daily life conflicts of the people in slum areas on shortages over basic amenities. This has made the movie scenes more realistic.

Lead actors. Nilambari Khamkar, Sonali Kulkarni, and Sumit Gutte. (Their acting is praiseworthy).
Streaming on: Eros now, Jio Cinema

7. June

June is one of the best Marathi movies in 2021 which today’s youngsters will enjoy watching. While filming near Aurangabad, the film captured some of the best romantic scenes. The producer cum writer of June has taken inspiration from his personal experience and tried to visualize the academic and other problems faced by today’s youth. The Nikhil Mahajan-produced movie is about a healing love story when an engineering guy met a woman during rough patches of their life.

Neha Pendse, Siddharth Menon, Jitendra Joshi, Kiran Karmakar, Sneha Raikar.
Vaibhav Khisti and Suhrud Godbole
Streaming on. Planet Marathi.

8. Kaanbhatt

Kannbad is a Marathi regional effort of bringing back beliefs in ancient Hindu scriptures and how science mingles with Vedic scriptures hitherto. The story revolves around Prabhat who runs away from his Pathshala because he was not interested in knowing the Vedas. But his perception changed after he started learning the original scriptures. Since then, his journey of spreading Vedic awareness began.

Lead actor and actresses. Rugved Mule, Bhavya Shinde, Sanjeev Tandel, Vipin Borate.
Directed by Aparna S Hosing.
OTT platform. Zee5 app.

9. Darling

Sameer Asha Patil’s directed film is about a love triangle and the acting of the lead actors are committing till the end. The movie opens with the love story of Tushar and Babli and how madly they want to marry each other. However, the situation turns complicated when Babli decides to marry a guy whom her parents consider right for her. But suddenly there are major plot twists and viewers will ride an unexpected journey accordingly.

Lead actors and actresses. Prathamesh Arab, Nikhil Chavan, and Ritika Shrotri.
Box Office collection. 3-4 crore approx.
Where to watch. Jio Cinema, Prime Video.

10. Well Done Baby

Life after marriage isn’t smooth. The protagonists Meera and Aditya also are not happy about their marriage life and thought about separating. But on the verge of ending their relationship, they heard about the good news of becoming parents and thought about trying to work out their marriage once again. Will they become happy?

Marriage, parenting, drama, romance, divorce.
Pushkar Jog, Priyanka Taiwar, Sonali Khare, Archana Maku Tapuria, Amruta Khanvilkar
Available on. Prime Video.

11. Oh My Ghost

Oh my Ghost is a horror comedy movie directed by Wasim Khan and tells about the suicidal tendency of young Jaggu. Jaggu an orphan boy neglects to see any rays of hope in his life have tried many times to attempt suicide but every time failed. Until a day arrived when he came face to face with real ghosts who changed his opinion about life. Often horror comedies are over dramatic and lag in capturing the main plot essence. However, with Prathamesh Parab’s amazing acting and engaging plot line it remained one of the best Marathi movies of 2021.

Leading actor and actress. Kamal Sharma, Prathamesh Parab, Kurush Deboo, Prem Gadhavi, and Pankaj Vishnu.
Film duration. 129 minutes.
Streaming on.

12. Pocket Money

Pocket Money the Marathi film is about teenage mistakes and later regretting their decisions. The film shows how a group of a childhood friends was tricked by a corrupt police officer to buy alcohol. They try to come out of the trap and every time regrets their wrong decision.

Leading actors and actresses. Rajesh Deo, Pratibha, Yatin Karyekar, and Arun Nalawade.
Available in. Rent @Rs 99 from Hungama or watch it on MX Player for free.

13. Jayanti

The film was released last year in November and has also shown the positive influence of popular figures like BR Ambedkar, and Chatrapati Shivaji in the main lead’s life. If you are craving to watch something Romantic but Dramatic then Jayanti is a perfect pick. The story revolves around a typical mafia Santya who falls in love with Pallavi. The lead actress, Palavi is a local teacher and positively transforms his life. This Sailesh Baliram Narwade directed film has been rated 3 out of 5 stars by critics.

Box office Collection: less than one crore.
Lead actors and actresses: Titeeksha Tawde, Milind Shinde, Amar Upadhyay, Raturaj Wankhede.
Where to watch: streaming on Amazon Prime Video.

14. Ajinkya

Here’s one of the romantic best Marathi movies to watch this monsoon season. The story is all about taking either a dilemmatic stance between romance or ethics against ambition. The main lead actor is an ambitious corporate business entrepreneur who is ready to take every step to achieve greater heights. He won’t think twice about practicing unfair means for the sake of his waited success. It is at his peak point of success that he had to take a pause and think about his past deeds.

Film duration. 143 minutes.
Starring. Prarthana Behere, Uday Tikekar, Pallavi Patel, and Bhushan Pradhan.
Where to watch. Prime Video

15. Peter

Very few Indian films raise the question of child psychology based on some cruel childhood experiences. Peter is a small bug and it was raised by Dhanya a young jolly boy. Soon Dhanya developed a beautiful bond with Peter without knowing the unthinkable consequences. His father and uncle sacrificed Peter out of some utter superstition which impacted Dhanya’s psyche. The film tried to highlight childhood innonce and how due to some peculiar reasoning and superstitious beliefs adults are the perpetrators of animal cruelty.

Lead actors and actresses. Prem Borhade, Amol Pansare, Manisha Bhor.
Film duration. 103 minutes.
Available on. zee5

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All these 15 best Marathi movies in 2021 are positively reviewed by the viewers and have a solid plotline to keep you engaged. While the above rom-com movies will bring a satisfactory glee to your face, thrilling movies like Grey will make you witness many nail-biting moments. Other than that, many movies like Peter and pension also try to convey some really important social message, thus making you more aware at the end of each film.