Seven Bollywood games that work at a house party, a kitty party, an office party or a family Diwali. Each one comes with cards you can use tonight.
Or skip the prep.saaki has nine Bollywood games, from Emoji Hits to Filmy Lines, ready on one phone. Bollywood Night is free.
Any number, two teams
Teams take turns singing songs that start with the last letter of the other team’s song. Still the best game for a loud room. Cards and answers
4+, two teams
Act out a movie or song title, no talking. Bollywood titles make it twice as funny. Cards and answers
2+
A film or song title written in emojis. Read it out, guess it, argue about it. Cards and answers
Perform a famous dialogue; your team names the film. Extra points for the eyebrow. Cards and answers
4+
One person hums a song, no words. The team guesses. Harder than it sounds after midnight. Cards and answers
A topic, 20 seconds, three songs. “Songs with a colour in the title.” Go. Cards and answers
A song title translated into English, word for word. Sing the real one. Cards and answers
Two teams, a scorekeeper, five rounds of ten minutes each. Start with something everyone can do (emoji quiz), put the loud one in the middle (dumb charades), end on music (rapid fire or antakshari) because that is when people start singing anyway.
Ask guests to come as a character. Give the best costume a prize. Then play filmy lines in character: Chulbul Pandey doing Mogambo is worth the whole evening.
Bollywood emoji quiz, dumb charades with movie and song titles, filmy dialogues, hum the song, rapid fire song rounds, literal translations of song titles and antakshari.
Yes: the emoji quiz, dialogue quiz and translation quiz on this site all have answers under each card.