Looking for movies and series set in small towns with slices of comedy to crack up? Laapataa Ladies, the heartwarming tales of two newly married brides who get lost and swapped, highlights the issues lashed down on women by society. If this movie with its heart-wrenching and chuckling moments made your heart hungry for movies with small-town lives, here’s the list of movies to delve into.
Toilet: Ek Prem Katha (2017)
Toilet: Ek Prem Katha centers around the lack of toilets in rural villages. When the newly married Jaya discovers the lack of a toilet in the groom’s house, she decides to file for divorce, leaving Keshav with a strong urge to fight against open defecation and to ensure proper sanitation to win back his love. The movie not only supports the government’s campaign of promoting sanitation but also sheds light on ensuring basic needs as an important act of love.
Pad Man (2018)
Here comes another movie with Akshay Kumar. Pad Man is set in a rural village, where women struggle with period poverty and menstrual taboo. Laxmikant, the loving husband of Gayatri, gets upset to see his wife coping with an unhygienic rag during her period. Seeing this, Laxmikant is set to create an affordable pad for his wife and to tear away the age-old menstrual taboo to bring awareness.
Panchayat (2020)
Panchayat is a wonderfully woven series set in a fictionalized small town named Phulera, nestled in Uttar Pradesh, shedding light on the lack of proper job opportunities and the struggles of being trapped in a low-paying job. Abhishek, an engineering graduate from an urban area is left with the only option to join as a secretary of a panchayat office. His struggles amidst the harsh corners of reality, hurled away from his dream life, will surely make you thrilled to keep binge-watching.
Ghar Waapsi (2022)
Ghar Waapsi is a gripping series that centers around Shekhar, who has to return to the comfort of his homeland after being sacked from his job at Bangalore. Isn’t being jobless something shameful to admit? Yes, Shekhar decides to keep his unemployment to himself and to live within the pampered walls of familial love. But what will happen if he gets caught?
