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'''Hindu mythological and devotional cinema''' refers to films based on the [[Puranas]] and [[Hindu texts|Hindu literature]]. Up to 1923, 70% of Indian films belonged to this genre. However, after a number of such films started failing, the film industry began experimenting with other genres such as [[historical drama]]s and "socials" - films with contemporary settings.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Explorations_in_New_Cinema_History/Qs-_QWbBH_gC?hl=en&gbpv=0 |title=Explorations in New Cinema History |publisher=[[Wiley (publisher)|Wiley]] |year=2011 |editor-last=Daniel Biltereyst |pages=303-305 |editor-last2=Philippe Meers |editor-last3=Richard Maltby}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Narayan|first=Hari|date=2019-03-02|title=‘Deities and Devotees — Cinema, Religion and Politics in South India’ review: The god in Telugu films|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-reviews/deities-and-devotees-cinema-religion-and-politics-in-south-india-review-the-god-in-telugu-films/article26409221.ece|access-date=2020-09-15|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Krishnaswamy|first=Dr S.|date=2013-09-26|title=Made a social impact|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/made-a-social-impact/article5170841.ece|access-date=2020-09-15|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

There have been several successful Indian film related to Hinduism, some of which have mythological references.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ramnath|first=Nandini|title=Prophets and profit: The miraculous world of Indian devotional films|url=http://scroll.in/article/753217/prophets-and-profit-the-miraculous-world-of-indian-devotional-films|access-date=2021-03-23|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US}}</ref>

==List==
Following list is arranged alphabetically:

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Film
! Language
|-
| 1990 || [[Aadi Velli]] || Tamil
|-
| 1971 || [[Aathi Parasakthi]] || Tamil
|-
| 1986 || [[Aayiram Kannudayaal]] || Tamil
|-
| 1948 || [[Abhimanyu (1948 film)|Abhimanyu]] || Tamil
|-
| 1983 || [[Adi Shankaracharya (film)|Adi Shankaracharya]] || Sanskrit
|-
| 1972 || [[Agathiyar]] || Tamil
|-
| 1935 || [[Alli Arjuna (1935 film)|Alli Arjuna]] || Tamil
|-
| 1995 || [[Ammoru]] || Telugu
|-
| 1942 || [[Ananthasayanam (1942 film)|Ananthasayanam]] || Tamil
|-
| 2003 || [[Annai Kaligambal]] || Tamil
|-
| 1997 || [[Annamayya (film)|Annamayya]] || Telugu
|-
| 2012 || [[Arjun: The Warrior Prince]] ||Hindi
|-
| 1964 || [[Arunagirinathar (film)|Arunagirinathar]] || Tamil
|-
| 1971 || [[Arutperunjothi (1971 film)|Arutperunjothi]] || Tamil
|-
| 2014 || [[Avatharam (2014 Telugu film)|Avatharam]] || Telugu
|-
| 1964 || [[Babruvahana (1964 film)|Babruvahana]] || Telugu
|-
| 1977 || [[Babruvahana (1977 film)|Babruvahana]] || Kannada
|-
| 2011 || [[Badrinath (film)|Badrinath]] || Telugu
|-
| 2007 || [[Bal Ganesh]] || Hindi
|-
| 2009 || [[Bal Ganesh|Bal Ganesh 2]] || Hindi
|-
| 1972 || [[Bala Bharatam]] || Telugu
|-
| 1954 || [[Bedara Kannappa]] || Kannada
|-
| 1976 || [[Bhakta Kannappa]] || Telugu
|-
| 1946 || [[Bhakta Prahlad (1946 film)|Bhakta Prahlad]] || Hindi
|-
| 1932 || [[Bhakta Prahlada (1932 film)|Bhakta Prahlada]] || Telugu
|-
| 1942 || [[Bhakta Prahlada (1942 Telugu film)|Bhakta Prahlada]] || Telugu
|-
| 1967 || [[Bhakta Prahlada (1967 film)|Bhakta Prahlada]] || Telugu
|-
| 1983 || [[Bhakta Prahlada (1983 film)|Bhakta Prahlada]] || Kannada
|-
| 1960 || [[Bhakta Raghunath]] || Telugu
|-
| 1973 || [[Bhakta Tukaram]] || Telugu
|-
| 1948 || [[Bhaktha Jana]] || Tamil
|-
| 1957 || [[Bhaktha Markandeya]] || Tamil
|-
| 1942 || [[Bhaktha Naradar]] || Tamil
|-
| 1966 || [[Bhimanjaneya Yuddham]] || Telugu
|-
| 1936 || [[Bhishma (1936 film)|Bhishma]] || Tamil
|-
| 1962 || [[Bhishma (1962 film)|Bhishma]] || Telugu
|-
| 1940 || [[Bhookailas (1940 film)|Bhookailas]] || Telugu
|-
| 1958 || [[Bhookailas (1958 film)|Bhookailas]] || Telugu
|-
| 1958 || [[Bhookailasa (film)|Bhookailasa]] || Kannada
|-
| 1919 || [[Bilwamangal]] || Silent
|-
| 1991 || [[Brahmarshi Vishwamitra]] || Telugu
|-
| 1977 || [[Chakradhari (1977 film)|Chakradhari]] || Telugu
|-
| 1965 || [[Chandrahasa (1965 film)|Chandrahasa]] || Kannada
|-
| 1958 || [[Chenchu Lakshmi]] || Telugu Tamil
|-
| 1956 || [[Chintamani (1956 film)|Chintamani]] || Telugu
|-
| 1977 || [[Daana Veera Soora Karna]] || Telugu
|-
| 1962 || [[Dakshayagnam (1962 film)|Dakshayagnam]] || Telugu
|-
| 2008 || [[Dashavatar (film)|Dashavatar]] || Hindi
|-
| 1976 || [[Dasavatharam (film)|Dasavatharam]] || Tamil
|-
| 1960 || [[Dashavathara (film)|Dashavathara]] || Kannada
|-
| 1960 || [[Deepavali (1960 film)|Deepavali]] || Telugu
|-
| 1977 || [[Devathalara Deevinchandi]] || Telugu
|-
| 1999 || [[Devi (1999 film)|Devi]] || Telugu
|-
| 1980 || [[Devi Dharisanam]] || Tamil
|-
| 2001 || [[Devi Putrudu]] || Telugu
|-
| 1974 || Devi Sri Karumariamman || Tamil
|-
| 2000 || [[Devullu]] || Telugu
|-
| 2019 || [[Dharmaprabhu]] || Tamil
|-
| 1972 || [[Dheivam]] || Tamil
|-
| 1990 || [[Engal Swamy Ayyappan]] || Tamil
|-
| 1973 || [[Ganga Gowri (1973 film)|Ganga Gowri]] || Tamil
|-
| 2008 || [[Ghatothkach]] || Hindi
|-
| 1995 || [[Ghatotkachudu]] || Telugu
|-
| 1979 || [[Gnana Kuzhandhai]] || Tamil
|-
| 2001 || [[Grama Devathe]] || Kannada
|-
| 2005 || [[Hanuman (2005 film)|Hanuman]] || Hindi
|-
| 1951 || [[Hanuman Patal Vijay]] || Hindi
|-
| 2018 || [[Hanuman vs Mahiravana]] || Hindi Tamil
|-
| 1968 || [[Harichandra (1968 film)|Harichandra]] || Tamil
|-
| 1955 || [[Harishchandra (1955 film)|Harishchandra]] || Malayalam
|-
| 1985 || [[Harishchandra Shaibya]] || Bengali
|-
| 1961 || [[Indrajeet (Sati Sulochana)]] || Telugu
|-
| 1990 || [[Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari]] || Telugu
|-
| 2013 || [[Jagadguru Adi Shankara]] || Telugu
|-
| 1975 || [[Jai Santoshi Maa]] || Hindi
|-
| 1939 || [[Jothi (1939 film)|Jothi]] || Tamil
|-
| 1941 || [[Kacha Devayani]] || Tamil
|-
| 1954 || [[Kalahasti Mahatyam]] || Telugu
|-
| 1974 || [[Kaliyuga Kannan]] || Tamil
|-
| 1978 || [[Kanchi Kamakshi]] || Tamil
|-
| 1967 || [[Kandhan Karunai]] || Tamil
|-
| 1979 || Kanthar Alangaram || Tamil
|-
| 2000 || [[Kann Thirandhu Paaramma]] || Tamil
|-
| 1971 || [[Kannan Karunai]] || Tamil
|-
| 1998 || [[Kannathal]] || Tamil
|-
| 1973 || [[Karaikkal Ammaiyar (1973 film)|Karaikkal Ammaiyar]] || Tamil
|-
| 1964 || [[Karnan (1964 film)|Karnan]] || Tamil
|-
| 1958 || [[Karthavarayuni Katha]] || Telugu
|-
| 1958 || [[Kathavarayan (1958 film)|Kathavarayan]] || Tamil
|-
| 1993 || [[Kollura Sri Mookambika]] || Kannada
|-
| 1973 || [[Komatha En Kulamatha]] || Tamil
|-
| 2001 || [[Kottai Mariamman]] || Tamil
|-
| 2006 || [[Krishna (2006 film)|Krishna]] || Hindi
|-
| 2012 || [[Krishna Aur Kans]] || Hindi
|-
| 1949 || [[Krishna Bhakthi]] || Tamil
|-
| 1961 || [[Krishna Kuchela]] || Malayalam
|-
| 1950 || [[Krishna Vijayam]] || Tamil
|-
| 1943 || [[Kubera Kuchela]] || Tamil
|-
| 1936 || [[Kuchela (1936 film)|Kuchela]] || Tamil
|-
| 2019 || [[Kurukshetra (2019 film)|Kurukshetra]] || Kannada
|-
| 1977 || [[Kurukshetram (1977 film)|Kurukshetram]] || Telugu
|-
| 1997 || [[Lav Kush]] || Hindi
|-
| 1963 || [[Lava Kusa]] || Telugu
|-
| 1950 || [[Maaya Rambha]] || Telugu
|-
| 2013 || [[Mahabharat (2013 film)|Mahabharat]] || Hindi
|-
| 2005 || [[Mahasadhvi Mallamma]] || Kannada
|-
| 1965 || [[Mahasathi Anasuya]] || Kannada
|-
| 1962 || [[Mahaveera Bheeman]] || Tamil
|-
| 1959 || [[Mahishasura Mardini]] || Kannada
|-
| 1939 || [[Manickavasagar (film)|Manickavasagar]] || Tamil
|-
| 1966 || [[Mantralaya Mahatme]] || Kannada
|-
| 1999 || [[Maya (1999 film)|Maya]] || Trilingual
|-
| 1957 || [[Mayabazar]] || Telugu Tamil
|-
| 1975 || [[Maya Maschindra (1975 film)|Maya Maschindra]] || Telugu
|-
| 1989 || [[Meenakshi Thiruvilayadal]] || Tamil
|-
| 1945 || [[Meera (1945 film)|Meera]] || Tamil
|-
| 1986 || [[Mel Maruvathoor Arpudhangal]] || Tamil
|-
| 2020 || [[Mookuthi Amman]] || Tamil
|-
| 1973 || [[Mooroovare Vajragalu]] || Kannada
|-
| 1977 || [[Murugan Adimai]] || Tamil
|-
| 2006 || [[My Friend Ganesha]] || Hindi
|-
| 2008 || My Friend Ganesha 2 || Hindi
|-
| 2010 || [[My Friend Ganesha 3]] || Hindi
|-
| 2000 || [[Nagalingam (film)|Nagalingam]] || Tamil
|-
| 2001 || [[Nageswari]] || Tamil
|-
| 1976 || [[Nagin (1976 film)|Nagin]] || Hindi
|-
|2022
|Nainai Nagapooshani Amman (upcoming)
|Tamil
|-
| 1959 || [[Nala Damayanthi (1959 film)|Nala Damayanthi]] || Tamil
|-
| 1986 || [[Nambinar Keduvathillai]] || Tamil
|-
| 1942 || [[Nandanar (1942 film)|Nandanar]] || Tamil
|-
| 1963 || [[Nartanasala]] || Telugu
|-
| 1985 || [[Navagraha Nayagi]] || Tamil
|-
| 1964 || [[Navakoti Narayana]] || Kannada
|-
| 2013 || [[Naveena Saraswathi Sabatham]] || Tamil
|-
| 1974 || [[Nomu (film)|Nomu]] || Telugu
|-
| 2017 || [[Om Namo Venkatesaya]] || Telugu
|-
| 2002 || [[Padai Veetu Amman]] || Tamil
|-
| 2000 || [[Palayathu Amman]] || Tamil
|-
| 2010 || [[Panchakshari]] || Telugu
|-
| 1965 || [[Pandava Vanavasam]] || Telugu
|-
| 2000 || [[Pandavas: The Five Warriors]] || English
|-
| 1957 || [[Panduranga Mahatyam]] || Telugu
|-
| 1950 || [[Parijatham (1950 film)|Parijatham]] || Tamil
|-
| 1967 || [[Parvathi Kalyana]] || Kannada
|-
| 1936 || [[Pattinathar (1936 film)|Pattinathar]] || Tamil
|-
| 1962 || [[Pattinathar (1962 film)|Pattinathar]] || Tamil
|-
| 1949 || [[Pavalakodi (1949 film)|Pavalakodi]] || Tamil
|-
| 2002 || [[Pilisthe Palukutha]] || Telugu
|-
| 1944 || [[Poompavai]] || Tamil
|-
| 2000 || [[Pottu Amman (film)|Pottu Amman]] || Tamil
|-
| 1965 || [[Prameelarjuneeyam]] || Telugu
|-
| 1933 || [[Radha Krishna (1933 film)|Radha Krishna]] || Bengali
|-
| 2000 || [[Rajakali Amman]] || Tamil
|-
| 1913 || ''[[Raja Harishchandra]]'' || Silent
|-
| 1985 || [[Raja Rishi]] || Tamil
|-
| 1967 || [[Ram Rajya (1967 film)|Ram Rajya]] || Hindi
|-
| 1964 || [[Ramadasu]] || Telugu
|-
| 2010 || [[Ramayana: The Epic]] || Hindi
|-
| 1996 || [[Ramayanam (1996 film)|Ramayanam]] || Telugu
|-
| 2007 || [[Return of Hanuman]] || Hindi
|-
| 1978 || [[Rudhra Thaandavam]] || Tamil
|-
| 1992 || [[Sabarimalayil Thanka Sooryodayam]] || Malayalam
|-
| 1958 || [[Sampoorna Ramayanam (1958 film)|Sampoorna Ramayanam]] || Tamil
|-
| 1971 || [[Sampoorna Ramayanam (1971 film)|Sampoorna Ramayanam]] || Telugu
|-
| 1936 || [[Sant Tukaram (film)|Sant Tukaram]] || Marathi
|-
| 1969 || [[Saptaswaralu]] || Telugu
|-
| 1958 || [[Sarangadhara (1958 film)|Sarangadhara]] || Tamil
|-
| 1966 || [[Saraswathi Sabatham]] || Tamil
|-
| 1986 || [[Sarvam Sakthimayam]] || Tamil
|-
| 1957 || [[Sati Anasuya (1957 film)|Sati Anasuya]] || Telugu
|-
| 1967 || [[Sati Sumathi]] || Telugu
|-
| 1965 || [[Sathi Savithri]] || Kannada
|-
| 1967 || [[Sathi Sukanya]] || Kannada
|-
| 1978 || [[Sati Savitri (1978 film)|Sati Savitri]] || Telugu
|-
| 1957 || [[Sati Savitri (1957 film)|Sati Savitri]] || Telugu
|-
| 1965 || [[Satya Harishchandra (1965 Kannada film)|Satya Harishchandra]] || Kannada
|-
| 1965 || [[Satya Harishchandra (1965 Telugu film)|Satya Harishchandra]] || Telugu
|-
| 1977 || [[Satyavan Savithri]] || Malayalam
|-
| 1944 || [[Seeta Rama Jananam]] || Telugu
|-
| 1960 || [[Seeta Rama Kalyanam (1960 film)|Seeta Rama Kalyanam]] || Telugu
|-
| 1991 || [[Sendhoora Devi]] || Tamil
|-
| 1990 || [[Shabarimale Swamy Ayyappa]] || Kannada
|-
| 1972 || [[Shakthi Leelai]] || Tamil
|-
| 1966 || [[Shakuntala (1966 film)|Shakuntala]] || Telugu
|-
| 1939 || [[Shantha Sakku Bai]] || Tamil
|-
| 1988 || [[Shiva Mecchida Kannappa]] || Kannada
|-
| 1992 || [[Shivanaga]] || Kannada
|-
| 1955 || [[Shivasharane Nambekka]] || Kannada
|-
| 1954 || [[Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (film)|Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu]] || Hindi
|-
| 1976 || [[Sita Kalyanam (1976 film)|Sita Kalyanam]] || Telugu
|-
| 2012 || [[Sons of Ram]] || Hindi English
|-
| 1982 || [[Sree Ayyappanum Vavarum]] || Malayalam
|-
| 1962 || [[Sreerama Pattabhishekam]] || Malayalam
|-
| 2004 || [[Sri Anjaneyam]] || Telugu
|-
| 2002 || [[Sri Bannari Amman]] || Tamil
|-
| 1985 || [[Sri Datta Darsanam]] || Telugu
|-
| 1977 || [[Sri Krishna Leela (1977 film)|Sri Krishna Leela]] || Tamil
|-
| 1958 || [[Sri Krishna Maya]] || Telugu
|-
| 1966 || [[Sri Krishna Pandaveeyam]] || Telugu
|-
| 1971 || [[Sri Krishna Rukmini Satyabhama]] || Kannada
|-
| 1971 || [[Sri Krishna Satya]] || Telugu
|-
| 1966 || [[Sri Krishna Tulabharam]] || Telugu
|-
| 1971 || [[Sri Krishna Vijayamu]] || Telugu
|-
| 1972 || [[Sri Krishnanjaneya Yuddham]] || Telugu
|-
| 1996 || [[Sri Krishnarjuna Vijayam]] || Telugu
|-
| 1963 || [[Sri Krishnarjuna Yuddhamu]] || Telugu
|-
| 1967 || [[Sri Krishnavataram]] || Telugu
|-
| 1950 || [[Sri Lakshmamma Katha]] || Telugu
|-
| 1979 || [[Sri Madvirata Parvam]] || Telugu
|-
| 2001 || [[Sri Manjunatha (film)|Sri Manjunatha]] || Telugu Kannada
|-
| 1985 || [[Sri Raghavendrar]] || Tamil
|-
| 2001 || [[Sri Raja Rajeshwari]] || Tamil
|-
| 1978 || [[Sri Rama Pattabhishekam]] || Telugu
|-
| 2011 || [[Sri Rama Rajyam]] || Telugu
|-
| 2006 || [[Sri Ramadasu]] || Telugu
|-
| 1963 || [[Sri Ramanjaneya Yuddha]] || Kannada
|-
| 1975 || [[Sri Ramanjaneya Yuddham]] || Telugu
|-
| 1938 || [[Sri Ramanujar]] || Tamil
|-
| 1964 || [[Sri Satyanarayana Mahathyam]] || Telugu
|-
| 1986 || [[Sri Shirdi Saibaba Mahathyam]] || Telugu
|-
| 1974 || [[Sri Srinivasa Kalyana]] || Kannada
|-
| 1979 || [[Sri Tirupati Venkateswara Kalyanam]] || Telugu
|-
| 1945 || [[Sri Valli (1945 film)|Sri Valli]] || Tamil
|-
| 1961 || [[Sri Valli (1961 film)|Sri Valli]] || Tamil
|-
| 2014 || [[Sri Vasavi Kanyaka Parameswari Charitra]] || Telugu
|-
| 1960 || [[Sri Venkateswara Mahatyam]] || Telugu
|-
| 1979 || [[Sri Vinayaka Vijayamu]] || Telugu
|-
| 1984 || [[Srimadvirat Veerabrahmendra Swami Charitra]] || Telugu
|-
| 1993 || [[Srinatha Kavi Sarvabhowmudu]] || Telugu
|-
| 1951 || ''[[Sudarshan (film)|Sudarshan]]'' || Tamil
|-
| 1941 || [[Surya Puthri]] || Tamil
|-
| 1975 || [[Swami Ayyappan (1975 film)|Swami Ayyappan]] || Malayalam Tamil
|-
| 1982 || [[Thaai Mookaambikai]] || Tamil
|-
| 2001 || [[Thaalikaatha Kaaliamman]] || Tamil
|-
| 1938 || [[Thayumanavar (1938 film)|Thayumanavar]] || Tamil
|-
| 1968 || [[Thirumal Perumai]] || Tamil
|-
| 1973 || [[Thirumalai Deivam]] || Tamil
|-
| 1970 || [[Thirumalai Thenkumari]] || Tamil
|-
| 1972 || [[Thiruneelakandar]] || Tamil
|-
| 1939 || [[Thiruneelakantar]] || Tamil
|-
| 1975 || [[Thiruvarul]] || Tamil
|-
| 1967 || [[Thiruvarutchelvar]] || Tamil
|-
| 1965 || [[Thiruvilaiyadal]] || Tamil
|-
| 1938 || [[Thukkaram]] || Tamil
|-
| 1969 || [[Thunaivan]] || Tamil
|-
| 1961 || [[Tulsi Vivah (film)|Tulsi Vivah]] || Hindi
|-
| 1968 || [[Uma Chandi Gowri Shankarula Katha]] || Telugu
|-
| 1963 || [[Valmiki (1963 Telugu film)|Valmiki]] || Telugu
|-
| 1963 || [[Valmiki (1963 Kannada film)|Valmiki]] || Kannada
|-
| 1978 || [[Varuvan Vadivelan]] || Tamil
|-
| 1941 || [[Vedavathi Alladhu Seetha Jananam]] || Tamil
|-
| 1968 || [[Veeranjaneya]] || Telugu
|-
| 1965 || [[Veera Abhimanyu]] || Tamil
|-
| 1965 || [[Veerabhimanyu]] || Telugu
|-
| 1949 || [[Veer Ghatotkach]] || Hindi
|-
| 1974 || [[Vellikizhamai Viratham]] || Tamil
|-
| 1979 || [[Velum Mayilum Thunai]] || Tamil
|-
| 1987 || [[Velundu Vinaiyillai]] || Tamil
|-
| 1996 || [[Vetri Vinayagar]] || Tamil
|-
| 1957 || [[Vinayaka Chaviti]] || Telugu
|-
| 1975 || [[Yashoda Krishna]] || Telugu
|-
| 1938 || [[Yayathi]] || Tamil
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Hindu devotional films]]
[[Category:Indian film-related lists]]
[[Category:Lists of films by common content]]
[[Category:Lists of films by source]]
[[Category:Lists of films by genre|Hindu devotional]]

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