Social Sign On: 20 Best Inspirational Movies for Children in Hindi

This is the second part of the series “20 Best Inspirational Movies for Children”. Unlike first part where plenty of films to choose form the released films list. This is not the case for Indian films made in Hindi language. Although, thanks to the changing trends in Hindi film industry (Bollywood) that now there are movies made for children’s too. Otherwise it would have been a challenging task to compile list of 10 movies itself, forget about a list of 20. Here 80% of the list are from the movies that been made in past 3-4 years only.

If Bollywood or Hindi Film Industry would have behaved same way that it was earlier then I must have to list some blockbusters which are highly recognized by masses but they may not have provided any learning for kids. E.g. Sholay, has lots of good entertainment and Morales we all adults or child can relate to but when I had watched that movie first time as a child I thought being Dacoit is a pretty cool profession. As a child wanted badly to become one. I assume no parent wants this kind of interpretation their child will make after watching any movie, that’s why excluding many of the popular Hindi movies from this list. Here is the list of Hindi (Bollywood) movies suitable for children of age 5 or 6+ years, again in no particular order.

S.No	Movie	Details
1.	Chillar Party	It’s a story about group of kids from a society trying to help out a street dog when order came out to clean up all street dogs from the city. It teaches the morale that if Kids want they can achieve anything
2.	Anjali	The story is about a two-year-old girl Anjali who is mentally challenged and terminally ill. Her father, hides her from the mother letting his wife believe that the child died at birth. This movie portrayed kids as they are in day-to-day life – naughty, adventurous, mischievous, singing and playing and indulging in little gang wars. To find the amazing performance of Anjali itself, makes this movie worth a watch.
3.	Hawaa Hawaai	This is the movie recently released. Here the child protagonist want to win the skating competition but quite skeptical about doing so. His overcoming struggle was presented in really nice manner.
4.	Tare Zameen Par	The main protagonist Ishaan Awasthi is a dyslexic child in this film but the film is not entirely a sob story. The subject and the child's experiences have been showcased gently and deftly and Ishaan Awasthi’s superlative performance makes this a must watch for any child movie list.
5.	Stainley Ka Dabba	Like last two movies in this list, this too was also written by Amol Gupte. In this movie he acted as the teacher. It’s a story of school-teacher, who forces children to share their food with him, forbids one from entering the school until he brings his own Tiffin/Lunch-box.
6.	The Blue Umbrella	This is story about a little girl living in small place earned a blue umbrella. The neighboring shopkeeper tried to steal that umbrella and changed the color to Red, so that he did not get caught. This Vishal Bharadwaj movie teaches about controlling greed, envy and jealousy etc.
7.	Halo	This is Santosh Sivan's cute film about a motherless child who loses her dog Halo and her journey to find and release that dog.
8.	I Am Kalam	An impoverished boy forms an unlikely and unstable friendship with the lonely son of a nobleman.
9.	BumBumBole	This is the Hindi adaptation of movie Children of Heaven. Either of the movies are watchable for kids of that age. When the brother loses his sister's shoes, they both decide to share their shoes while going to school to avoid getting in trouble from parents. A movie with great lessons on sharing, telling truth and taking care of younger sibling.
10.	Hanuman	This is the story of the super hero from our own Mythology, The Hanuman. This story has lots of antidotes from various mythologies including Ramayan. So the movie comes up with the package of good messages from those mythologies.
11.	Ferrari Ki Sawaari	This is the movie from the makers of 3 Idiot. This movie teaches many morals along with the most important one – Honesty. It’s a story of a young boy and also about a Ferrari and how that Ferrari makes that boy's dreams of playing cricket at Lords a reality.
12.	ChakDe India	This is a sports film where Indian women hockey team won the world cup against all odds under the guidance of a coach who was already been labelled as traitor to the country. A true story of team spirit.
13.	3 Idiots	Story of three friends where two friends search for the third one with multiple backstories. It’s about friendship and dreams. It’s a good watch for your child if he sits through the whole movie. Most kids of his age may not. As mentioned earlier what movie is an adult’s favorite may or may not be enjoyed by all kids. Still every child is different and things can’t be generalized in this way.
14.	Bhootnath	Here a Kid met the Ghost of the house they moved in recently. He didn’t accept the existing of the Ghost and the fun begins. Even the next part Bhootnath Returns has also some good social messages.
15.	Lagaan	The peoples of a village in pre-independent India stake their future on a game of cricket against their ruthless British rulers. This movie help to learn leadership skills among other characteristics like importance of taking risk etc.
16.	Swades	A successful Indian scientist returns to his village to take his nanny to America with him and in the process rediscovers his roots. A story told in simple format to understand the complicacy.
17.	Hum Hai Rahi Pyar Ke	Character of Aamir Khan (Rahul) inherits his sister's three kids along with her business and house. He finds it difficult to adjust to his new life. To add to that, he had unknowingly given shelter to a runaway to-be bride. A hassled Rahul lands in further trouble when he refuses the advances of his boss' daughter. The spoilt kids and the runaway girl finally come around to help Rahul save his business, and the house.
18.	TaRaRumPum	A movie not so commercially successful but do teach children’s about living in scarcity. Being car racing and two kids as center of attraction of this movie will make kids a great watch.
19.	Krrish	The film had all the action, emotion and drama needed for success in theatres. Even its first part Koi Mil Gaya was also a good one. Although not including that movie in this list because I had already mentioned E.T. at Hollywood list. Krrish being the continuation of Koi Mil Gaya series is definitely a fun ride for any child.
20.	Mr. India	This is kind of India’s first super hero movie. Where protagonist after putting a watch go invisible. If needed for your kid do fast forward the “Kate Nahi Kat te Din Ye Raat….” Song, otherwise this movie is very much watchable by children’s of that age. Chances are they may like Mogambo more than Mr. India, but trust me, due to lots of child actors in that movie this will not be that addicted like Sholay’s Gabbar. They will definitely find someone else to imitate.

Bonus Five

I did not had to struggle much to find five more apart from already promised 20 movies. Mentioned below five movies with details mostly from IMDB, that will fit into this extended bonus list.

S.No	Movie	Details
1.	My Friend Ganesha	This is a series which children enjoy when an 8 year old boy and Lord Ganesha solved many problems.
2.	Anand	The classic story of a terminally ill man who wishes to live life to the full before the inevitable occurs, as told by his best friend.
3.	Gandhi	The lawyer who became the famed leader of the Indian revolts against the British rule through his philosophy of nonviolent protest.
4.	Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar	A rich brat and a poor chap try to woo a girl, with their rivalry culminating in the most prestigious college event - the marathon cycle race.
5.	Munna Bhai Series	A two part series where in first part Munna bhai sets out to fulfill his father's dream of becoming a doctor and in second part met Mahatma Gandhi.