“Movies about movies” remain one of the most beloved genres of storytelling across languages and cultures. From François Truffaut’s Day for Night and Farah Khan’s Om Shanti Om to Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time In Hollywood and Japanese zombie comedy One Cut of the Dead, there’s never a dull moment when passionate directors turn the camera onto the excesses, exhilaration and madness of being filmmakers.
These movies often come from a self-reflexive and lived-in space, but not all of them are about filmmaking. Some reveal filmmaking as an inspiration, and instead stem from a life full of cinephilia, escapism and geeky fondness for films. Here are five of the most diverse Hindi movies about movies.
