SimilarScreen
Bawaal

Bawaal

Every love story has its own war

20236.52h 17m

Overview

Ajay Dixit, an ordinary history teacher in a high school, enjoys mini celebrityhood in his town courtesy of the fake image he has built. He shares a strained relationship with his newly-wed wife. Circumstances force him to take a trip to Europe for the World War II trail accompanied by his wife. Will his relationship with his wife survive this trip? Will he manage to win the war within?

Directed by Nitesh Tiwari
Written by Nitesh Tiwari, Shreyas Jain, Piyush Gupta
Produced by Sajid Nadiadwala
Box OfficeBudget: $6.0M0

Top Cast

Varun Dhawan

Varun Dhawan

Ajay Dixit

Janhvi Kapoor

Janhvi Kapoor

Nisha

Manoj Pahwa

Manoj Pahwa

Ajju's Father

Anjuman Saxena

Anjuman Saxena

Ajju's Mother

Prateek Pachori

Prateek Pachori

Bipin

V

Varun Tamta

Nisha's Father

Aparna Ghoshal

Aparna Ghoshal

Nisha's Mother

S

Shashie Vermaa

Principal

A

Agrim Mittal

Papon

G

Gunjan Joshi

Pandey

Themes & Keywords

holocaust (shoah)world war ii

About Bawaal

Bawaal is a drama, romance, action, history film released in 2023 exploring themes of holocaust (shoah), world war ii. Directed by Nitesh Tiwari, it stars Varun Dhawan, Janhvi Kapoor, Manoj Pahwa. Ajay Dixit, an ordinary history teacher in a high school, enjoys mini celebrityhood in his town courtesy of the fake image he has built. He shares a strained relationship with his newly-wed wife. Circumstances force him to take a trip to Europe for the World War II trail accompanied by his wife. Will his relationship with his wife survive this trip? Will he manage to win the war within?

Movies Similar to Bawaal

Discover titles like Bawaal — ranked by similarity and community votes

We found 15 movies similar to Bawaal

If you enjoyed Bawaal, you'll love these handpicked recommendations. Each title below shares similar themes, tone, and storytelling style. Our algorithm analyzes genres, keywords, director filmography, and cast connections to find the closest matches. Whether you're looking for the same emotional depth, narrative structure, or visual style, these picks are curated to deliver the best viewing experience for fans of Bawaal.

The Photographer of Mauthausen
47% Match

Spanish photographer Francesc Boix, imprisoned in the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp, works in the SS Photographic Service. Between 1943 and 1945, he hides, with the help of other prisoners, thousands of negatives, with the purpose of showing the freed world the atrocities committed by the Nazis, exhaustively documented. He will be a key witness during the Nuremberg Trials.

Lee
46% Match

Lee(2024)

Movie7.0/10

The true story of photographer Elizabeth "Lee" Miller, a fashion model who became an acclaimed war correspondent for Vogue magazine during World War II.

White Bird
45% Match

White Bird(2023)

Movie7.8/10

After being expelled from Beecher Prep for his treatment of a classmate with a facial deformity, Julian has struggled to fit in at his new school. To transform his life, Julian's grandmother finally reveals her own story of courage of her youth in Nazi-occupied France, where a classmate shelters her from mortal danger.

Schindler's List
44% Match

The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.

Sophie's Choice
44% Match

Stingo, a young writer, moves to Brooklyn in 1947 to begin work on his first novel. As he becomes friendly with Sophie and her lover Nathan, he learns that she is a Holocaust survivor. Flashbacks reveal her harrowing story, from pre-war prosperity to Auschwitz. In the present, Sophie and Nathan's relationship increasingly unravels as Stingo grows closer to Sophie and Nathan's fragile mental state becomes ever more apparent.

The Pianist
42% Match

The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of the war-torn city.

Conspiracy
41% Match

Conspiracy(2001)

Movie7.2/10

At the Wannsee Conference on January 20, 1942, senior Nazi officials meet to determine the manner in which the so-called "Final Solution to the Jewish Question" can be best implemented.

Life Is Beautiful
40% Match

A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale. His creative and happy life would come to an abrupt halt when his entire family is deported to a concentration camp during World War II. While locked up he tries to convince his son that the whole thing is just a game.

Charlotte Gray
30% Match

This is a drama set in Nazi-occupied France at the height of World War II. Charlotte Gray tells the compelling story of a young Scottish woman working with the French Resistance in the hope of rescuing her lover, a missing RAF pilot. Based on the best-selling novel by Sebastian Faulks.

The World Will Tremble
29% Match

The incredible, untold true story of how a group of prisoners attempt a seemingly impossible escape from the first Nazi death camp in order to provide the first eyewitness account of the Holocaust.

Hacksaw Ridge
29% Match

WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.