Movies like The Chef

If you like "The Chef" you are looking for light, inspirational and entertaining movies about / with indians, rebel, family relations, dysfunctional family, parents and children, family life and love and romance themes of Comedy, Musical and Drama genre shot in India.
Find your next favorite and similar movies in two steps: 1. Identify all themes of interest from this film (block below). 2. Look for them in the presented list.
The Chef (1972)
 8.1
 4K
The Chef (1972)
Original name: बावर्ची
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Drama, Family
Country: India
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Squabbling Sharma family has a dubious reputation of not having any cook last there for more than a few months. Word spreads out about this family to such an extent that no person wants to be employed as a cook in this household, ironically named Shanti Nivas. Then one day a young man named Raghu offers to work as a cook, and he is hired. Raghu quickly gets a grip on his job and on each of the family members, and soon the squabbles and arguments come to an end. And then the Sharmas find the family jewels and Raghu missing
Style: light, inspirational, entertaining, sentimental, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious
Audience: date night
Plot: indians, rebel, family relations, dysfunctional family, parents and children, family life, love and romance, society, family problems, disagreement, eccentric family, master and servant, power relations, love, dancing, school, genius, alcoholic, happiness, house, wrestling, orphan, office, philosophy, school teacher ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: india, asia
Keyword: trunk

Movie in categories

Most similar movies to The Chef

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, semi serious, humorous and sentimental films with plots about bollywood, hindi, love and romance, family relations, fall in love, couples and parents and children mostly in Drama, Comedy and Musical genres. Some movies like The Chef: King Uncle (1993), Darling Child (1971), We Are Family (2010), Waqt: The Race Against Time (2005), Stanley Ka Dabba (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Watch Trailers From This List to Choose a Movie
 5.2
 3K
King Uncle (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: India
Duration: 171 min.
Story: Ashok Bansal has a traumatic childhood which teaches him that money matters most to people, even more than their kids. Ashok starts hating poor people & starts working hard to get out of poverty, at the expense of his own family. However, ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, touching
Audience: family outing
Plot: orphan, family problems, family relations, alcohol abuse, rich and poor, adoption, womanizer, mischievous children, society, love and romance, domestic disturbance, obnoxious boss ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Darling Child (1971)
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Family
Country: India
Duration: 121 min.
Story: A teenage girl will not accept her family's attempt to arrange a marriage for her, as her heart is currently too full of love for the movies and heartthrob actor "Dharmendra."
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, touching
Plot: middle class, indians, love and romance, youth, obsession, actor's life, fall in love, artists and showbiz, family relations, teenage love, teenage life, parents and children ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
We Are Family (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: India, Australia, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Maya is the perfect mother. Her life revolves around her three childerens, Aleya ( Aachal Munjal ), Ankush ( Nominath Ginsberg ), and Anjali ( Diya Sonecha ). Who thinks nothing much then the world of her. Despite being divorced from her husband, ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, uplifting, humorous, touching ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: family problems, couples, family relations, family life, parents and children, rivalry, couple relations, family drama, dysfunctional family, cancer, household, photographer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Waqt: The Race Against Time (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 153 min.
Story: A chronic illness leaves Ishwar with only a few months to live. His son Aditya is extremely reckless. To make him realise his responsibilities, Ishwar throws his son out of the house.
Style: captivating, semi serious, realistic, touching
Plot: father son relationship, family life, teaching the ways of the world, love and romance, family problems, estrangement, living with parents, fish out of water, parents and children, redemption, life is a bitch, family in crisis ...
Time: year 2005, 21st century
Place: asia, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Movie in collections
feel good movies
13548
humorous movies
22119
india movies
1668
Stanley Ka Dabba (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: India
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Stanley studies in the all-boys Holy Family High School in Andheri East, Mumbai. While his class-mates bring their own tiffin-boxes, Stanley does not do so on the pretext that his mother is away. His friends share their food with him, much to the ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, sentimental, humorous, inspirational ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: social relations, power relations, teachers and students, food, student, teacher, elementary school, professor, teenager, youth, cooking, hunger ...
Time: year 2011, 21st century
Place: asia, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Raja Hindustani (1996)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 177 min.
Story: This is a story of a handsome young taxi driver, Raja, who falls in love with a beautiful rich girl, Aarti. Despite her family's disapproval Aarti marries Raja and goes to live with him in his village. Aarti's stepmother, uncle and cousin ...
Style: semi serious, feel good, realistic, humorous, romantic ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: rich and poor, family relations, fall in love, social differences, couples, society, love and romance, newlyweds, love, fight, perfectionist, road trip ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
 6.3
 3K
Hero No. 1 (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Rajesh Malhotra (Govinda) is the son of a wealthy businessman Dhanraj Malhotra (Kader Khan). However, he is not happy at his home since his father does not let him live his life his way. He escapes from his home and reaches Europe. Meena (Karishma ...
Style: funny, romantic comedy, semi serious, realistic, humorous
Plot: father, fall in love, love and romance, couple relations, parents and children, meet the parents, family relations, couples, shrewd, father son relationship, servant, insurance agent ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
We Stand United (1999)
Genre: Drama, Musical
Country: India
Duration: 177 min.
Story: The trials and challenges of a joint family in India, whose parents are Ramkishen and second wife Mamta, and have three sons and a married daughter. The eldest son is handicapped since birth, and is from Ramkishen's first wife. Mamta, the ...
Style: entertaining, romantic, serious, realistic, emotional ...
Plot: wedding, stepmother stepson relationship, family relations, family business, remorse, brother brother relationship, brother sister relationship, tradition, happiness, husband wife relationship, celebration, vacation ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: asia, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Movie in collections
Seeta and Geeta (1972)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 162 min.
Story: The story is about identical twins (played by Hema Malini) who are separated at birth and grow up with different temperaments. The twins then swap places.
Style: humorous, sentimental, semi serious, realistic
Plot: disorder, twins, family relations, female protagonist, fall in love, dishonesty, twin sister, strong female character, revenge, mistaken identity, women, greed ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
The Ungrateful (1973)
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 146 min.
Story: Somnath (Somu) lives in a shanty house in a Delhi slum with his widowed mom, and unmarried sister, Sarla. He is friendly with Calcutta-based wealthy Vikram (Vicky) Maharaj. When Vicky's dad, Damodar, has a heart attack and is advised to take ...
Style: realistic, touching, semi serious, humorous, contemplative ...
Plot: factory worker, factory, anti capitalism, introspection, social differences, working class, hidden identity, hopes, family relations, father son relationship, capitalism, irony of fate ...
Time: 70s
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Chillar Party (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: India
Duration: 135 min.
Story: A gang of innocent but feisty kids who lead carefree lives in Chandan Nagar colony take own the big bad world of politics when one of their friend's life is endangered.
Style: feel good, humorous, captivating, light, parody ...
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot: youth, friendship, gang, fighting the system, mischievous children, rebellion, hopes, society, dog, parent child relationship, politician, satire ...
Time: year 2011, 21st century
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
 7.0
 549
Junglee (1961)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story: A humorless and pompous businessman goes wild when he falls in love. Now if only his domineering mother could understand his new lease on life.
Style: semi serious, realistic, sentimental
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: snobbism, fall in love, family relations, society, love and romance, social differences, parents and children, rich and poor, emotional blackmail, suicide attempt, getting home, affection ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: asia, india, kashmir
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Sometimes Yes, Sometimes No (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 158 min.
Story: Sunil belongs to a middle-class family, and is intent in pursuing his career with a music group, despite of his dad disapproval. Sunil is also in love with Anna, but Anna does not really love him, but likes him as a friend. Sunil is persistent, but ...
Style: emotional, powerful, inspirational, cult classic, romantic ...
Plot: indians, hindu, music band, unrequited love, studying, family relations, couples, love and romance, lifestyle, wooing, unfulfilled love, parents and children ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: india, asia, goa india
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
 5.6
 6K
M.K.B.K.M. (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 151 min.
Story: Harry is an industrialist who loves his daughter Bijlee, and the bond they share with Harry's man friday, Matru. Bijlee's plan to wed the son of a politician, however, brings twists and turns in the lives of Matru, Bijlee and Mandola.
Style: humorous, captivating, feel good, light, independent film ...
Plot: couples, supportive parent, parents and children, on the road, family relations, social relations, politician, landowner, feminist, alcoholism, femininity, father daughter relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, seattle, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Namastey London (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India, UK
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Indian-born Manmohan Malhotra decided to re-locate to London, England, established himself, returned to India, got married to Bebo, and after a period of 4 years got a visa for her so that she could live with him. Shortly thereafter she gave birth ...
Style: romantic, realistic, feel good, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot: culture clash, family relations, couples, love triangle, looking for love, parents and children, love and romance, couple relations, fall in love, wedding planning, tragic love, diaspora ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: india, london, england, europe, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
 6.8
 16K
Tanu Weds Manu (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Manu comes to India to find a bride for himself and falls for Tanu at first sight but Tanu, a free spirited girl has no plans of marrying him.
Style: feel good, humorous, sentimental, semi serious, light ...
Audience: date night
Plot: looking for love, rebelliousness, fall in love, rebellion, couples, rejection, wedding, anthropology, femininity, middle class, feminist, punjabi ...
Time: y2k, year 2011, 21st century
Place: asia, india, delhi
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Immortal Love (1972)
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 143 min.
Story: Amar Prem (Eternal Love) shows a off and on loving relationship between a small boy Nandu and a nautch girl Pushpa (Sharmila Tagore). Pushpa is seperated from her Husband and is brought to Calcutta to work as a Nautch girl. Here she meets Anand ...
Style: serious, realistic, touching, sentimental, emotional
Plot: prostitute, true love, rebel, affair, female protagonist, happiness, loneliness, prostitution, sadness, unrequited love, maid, affection ...
Time: 70s
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Straight from the Heart (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India, Hungary
Duration: 188 min.
Story: Indian-based traditional family of Pundit Darbar (Vikram Gokhale) gets a visit from Sameer Rafilini (Salman Khan), from Italy, who has come as a pupil to learn music and singing. Darbar and his family accept him. Sameer meets Nandini (Aishwarya ...
Style: realistic, sentimental, romantic, semi serious, touching ...
Plot: dancing, love triangle, unrequited love, forbidden love, tradition, loveless marriage, unfulfilled love, love of one's life, couples, couple relations, dishonesty, forced marriage ...
Time: 90s
Place: india, asia, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Movie in collections
asia movies
2972
70s movies
70s
4539
date night movies
3819
society movies
12700
English Babu Desi Mem (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 170 min.
Story: Vikram Mayur, a wealthy Indian, born and raised in England, returns to his ancestral home in Bombay, India to look up his late brother's eight-year-old son Nandu raised by his caring aunt Bijuriya in which Vikram is torn between choosing to ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous
Plot: hindu, orphan, pregnancy, fall in love, moral dilemma, couple relations, love and romance, family relations, couples, family life, family gatherings, death in the family ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: india, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 6.7
 14K
Yes Boss (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 163 min.
Story: There are lots of poor people in India who want to get rich soon. A woman named Seema is one of them. She is very beautiful and has an admirer by the name of Sidharth. This man is very rich, and says he wants to marry Seema. But Seema finds out that ...
Style: entertaining, romantic, semi serious, realistic, sentimental ...
Audience: date night
Plot: womanizer, affair, hindu, couple relations, dishonesty, fall in love, love and romance, model, couples, infidelity, chaos and mayhem, love triangle ...
Time: 90s
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 8.5
 2K
Friendship (1964)
Genre: Drama, Family, Musical
Country: India
Duration: 163 min.
Story: Mr. Gupta passes away after an accident while on duty, leaving behind his ailing wife and school-going son, Ramnath. Both await for some compensation, and when they are informed that the company does not accept liability for Gupta's death, his ...
Style: black and white, realistic, serious, sentimental, emotional
Plot: blindness, blind man, orphan, friendship, blind character, homelessness, friendship between men, compassion, cripple, beggar, friends, family relations ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: asia, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
This Youth Is Crazy (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 160 min.
Story: Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani features two polar opposite characters, who at one point were classmates in Modern School. The first is Naina Talwar (Deepika Padukone), a studious bespectacled young girl. The second is Bunny (Ranbir Kapoor), a carefree ...
Style: feel good, sentimental, humorous, semi serious, romantic ...
Audience: chick flick, date night
Plot: friendship, tourist, fall in love, free spirited, unfulfilled love, unfulfillment, adolescence vs adulthood, college graduate, self discovery, friends, hindu, coming of age ...
Time: year 2013, 21st century
Place: india, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Let's Be Friends! (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 149 min.
Story: Raj has always had a unrequited childhood crush on a friend named Tina, but Tina's best friend Pooja has always had a crush on Raj. When Raj's family move to England to get involved in an internet business, Raj promises Tina that he will ...
Style: semi serious, touching, feel good, humorous, romantic ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: love triangle, friendship, mistaken identity, fall in love, starting over, nothing goes right, youth, disorder, comedy of errors, true love, tragic love, hindu ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, england, asia, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Movie in collections
Through My Own Eyes (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Raje Bauji is a man in his late fifties, living out a dreary but eventful life in a small house in old Delhi where he lives with his extended family. A random incident is going to change his life in a dramatic way- though he does not realize it ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, psychological, humorous, experimental ...
Plot: family relations, eccentricity, midlife crisis, life turned upside down, anger, life lesson, renaissance, meaning of life, self awareness, hindu, cause and meaning, belief ...
Time: y2k, 21st century
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 7.7
 16K
Mr India (1987)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical, Sci-Fi
Country: India
Duration: 179 min.
Story: A poor but big-hearted man takes orphans into his home. After discovering his scientist father's invisibility device, he rises to the occasion and fights to save his children and all of India from the clutches of a megalomaniac.
Style: romantic, patriotic, uplifting, exciting, humorous ...
Plot: invisibility, invisible man, patriot, good versus evil, orphan, superpower, society, escapades, fighting crime, heroes, vengeance, rivalry ...
Place: asia, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Something Is Happening (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 177 min.
Story: Anjali is left heartbroken when her best friend and secret crush, Rahul, falls in love with Tina. Years later, Tina's young daughter tries to fulfil her mother's last wish of uniting Rahul and Anjali.
Style: realistic, sentimental, semi serious, humorous, romantic ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: friendship, love triangle, best friend, childhood friend, love, love and romance, youth, family life, crumbling relationship, unhappiness, family relations, couples ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: india, middle east, scotland, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Do Dooni Chaar (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A middle-class father in India struggles through a series of unexpected events for upholding respect and smiles.
Style: semi serious, humorous, sincere, captivating, light ...
Audience: family outing, chick flick
Plot: family relations, working class, society, social differences, ambition, parents and children, family life, friendship, road trip, middle class, hardcore, respect ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia, new delhi
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 156 min.
Story: A gangster sets out to fulfill his father's dream of becoming a doctor.
Style: semi serious, humorous, sentimental, funny, inspirational ...
Plot: hospital, mistaken identity, medical school, impersonating, starting over, parents and children, hidden identity, family disapproval, love and romance, pretense, lifestyle, ambition ...
Time: y2k, 21st century
Place: mumbai india, middle east, asia, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Six newly-married, diverse, honeymooning couples face marital bliss and discord, finding out more about themselves, their significant others and life in this happy-go-lucky, quirky drama.
Style: semi serious, humorous, touching, sentimental, realistic ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: honeymoon, newlyweds, couple relations, love and romance, social differences, couples, tour guide, crumbling marriage, society, on the road, love, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, goa india
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 6.7
 7K
Crazy (1992)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 185 min.
Story: Kajal is a beautiful and talented young woman who loves songs and dances and attends various shows. At one of the shows she attended she gets to meet Ravi, a popular singer and both are head over heel in love with each other and they soon got ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, exciting, emotional, humorous ...
Plot: love triangle, attempted rape, remarry, tragic love, widow, uncle nephew relationship, presumed dead, mother in law daughter in law relationship, singer, rescue, husband wife relationship, grieving widower ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: asia, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Watch Trailers From This List to Choose a Movie