1. Gol Maal (1979)
Gol Maal is one of the best comedy movies, starring Amol Palekar, Utpal Dutt, and Bindiya Goswami. The movie is directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee and written by Rahi Masoom Raza and Sachin Bhowmick.
IMDB Rating: 8.5/10
Storyline: Ramprasad works for Bhavani, who stops his representatives from demanding any changes. Things take a comical turn when Bhavani Shankar, Ram Prasad's conservative boss, sees him at a hockey match; Ram quickly invents a twin brother, Lakshmana, who loves singing.
This causes problems as Bhavani wants to recruit Laxman as a music teacher for his daughter Urmila, and ram manages to perpetuate the deception, inevitably falling in love with Urmila. Further complications arise when Urmila falls in love with one of the twins while her father wants her to marry the other.
2. Chhoti Si Baat (1976)
Choti Si Baat is one of the best Hindi romantic comedy films directed by Basu Chatterjee and starring Ashok Kumar, Vidya Sinha, Asrani, and Amol Palekar.
IMDB Rating: 8.3/10
Storyline: Arun (Amol Palekar) is a shy, charming, unmarried man. He works in a private firm in Bombay, dreams of romancing Prabha (Vidya Sinha). Arun falls in love with Prabha and follows her, yet he lacks the confidence to move towards her.
When Arun is determined to share his feelings with Prabha, Prabha's friend Nagesh steps in to foil Arun's plans. To win over his love for Prabha, Arun travels to Lonavala to seek the help of expert Colonel Julius Nagendranath Wilfred Singh and then begins his training in assertiveness.
3. Baton Baton Mein (1979)
Baton Baton Mein is one of the best Indian romantic comedy films starring Amol Palekar, Tina Munim, and Asrani. The movie was produced and directed by Basu Chatterjee.
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10
Storyline: Nancy and Tony meet routinely on their everyday drive to work and gradually fall in love. But Nancy has a past where she was betrayed by a boy whom she loved. Tony is reluctant, and this is the thing that costs him Nancy's love. And soon, Nancy's mother starts looking for her son-in-law elsewhere.
Nancy doesn't like it, but she accepts what her mother wants. Then Tony realizes that he really loves Nancy and cannot live without her, and Nancy also confesses his love for her, and they get married.
4. Naram Garam (1981)
Naram Garam is a comedy-drama film directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee and starring Amol Palekar, Swaroop Sampat, Shatrughan Sinha ans Utpal Dutt.
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10
Storyline: Ram Prasad earns a nominal wage of Rs.150/- per month. He is in love with Kusum. Ramprasad lets Kusum and his father stay at his master's house. Ram Prasad refuses to marry Kusum unless he earns a decent wage and has better accommodation.
Their troubles are compounded when their supervisor, Gajanan, their employer's rude garage-owner brother, Kali Shankar, and their Bhavani herself approach Kusum's father for marriage.
5. Chitchor (1976)
Chitchor is a comedy-romantic film starring Amol Palekar, Zarina Wahab, and Vijayendra Ghatge. The movie was written and directed by Basu Chatterjee.
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10
Storyline: Geeta's sister arranges her marriage with a young engineer(Vijayendra Ghatge), their father accidentally brings the wrong man (Amol Palekar) home. Geeta and Vinod fall in love.
Life is good until another letter from Geeta's sister arrives. Geeta's father is shocked to read that the engineer Meera (Geeta's sister) was sent to meet the family has not arrived yet, but is coming soon.
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