Courtroom comedies on OTT for you that highlight social issues through humour like Maamla Legal Hai
Maamla Legal Hai Season 2: Ravi Kishan led the cast ensemble consisting of Naila Grewal, Anant Joshi, Anjum Batra, and Nidhi Bisht donned as lawyers of fictional Patparganj premiered on Netflix to induce delightful laughter with courtroom comedy ‘Maamla Legal Hai.’ The series received applause for its exaggerated social realities brought to humour in a blanket of eccentric comedy so much so that Netflix India announced Mamala Legal Hai 2 on 4 April.
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Audiences surely get a tick out of courtroom comedies as they bring the grim and stark social realities in front with light-hearted hilarity.
So if ‘Maamla Legal Hai’ is your cup of tea, here are 6 more Bollywood courtroom comedies to bring a dose of laughter to you.
Lakhan Leela Bhargava (2024)
Justice is an overused noun and an undervalued verb. Ravi Dubey comes to the screen as Lakhan Leela Bhargav to challenge societal norms and deliver justice to those in need amidst existing prejudice based on his birth.
Stream the series on JioCinema
OMG 2 (2023)
Sex education talked with contextual references to religious texts, ain’t that something very less talked about in mainstream cinema? Pankaj Tripathi and Akshay Kumar collaborated to promote standardised sex education in schools and homes to remove the badge of taboo from subjects of sex and sexuality.
Batti Gul Meter Chalu (2018)
Helmed by Shree Narayan Singh, Batti Gul Meter Chalu highlights the issues of inflated electricity bills and faulty meters. Through the means of courtroom comedy the makers have accentuated the existence of ‘seamlessly harmless’ corruption in government officers and the exploitation of the gullible middle class benefiting private organisations.
Shahid Kapoor, Shraddha Kapoor, and Diveyendu Sharma starrer is available to stream on Zee5 and JioCinema.
Jolly LLB 2 (2017)
A courtroom satire with edges of comedy, Jolly LLB 2 is a critique of the Indian Legal and Judicial System where the enforcers and protectors of law are nothing more than the watchdogs of the affluent lending the “protection” against a price. The movie also became a part of real-life legal controversy for its use of ‘LLB’ in the title which some read as a humiliation of the Indian legal system.
Subhash Kapoor's directorial is available on Disney+ Hotstar.
Jolly LLB (2013)
A poignant critique of the monopoly of the wealthy in society and law and order. The movie accentuates the vulnerabilities of the homeless population of the country that finds a place only on the footpaths, that too is trampled down by the rich.
Featuring the phenomenal performer Arshad Warsi, versatile Boman Irani, and talented Amrita Rao, you can find the movie on Disney Hotstar.
And for those who are yet to watch the hilarious Maamla Legal Hai Season 1, the eight-episode series is streaming on Netflix.
