7 engaging sci-fi films to explore: CTRL to Cargo

1. CTRL (2024)

The focus of Ananya Panday’s CTRL is the lives of a young couple who are well-known social media influencers: Nella Awasthi and Joe Mascarenhas. After Nella discovers Joe is cheating on her, the world of the supposedly “perfect couple” shifts. In her wrath, she chooses to delegate control of her life to the AI program CTRL in order to remove all of their shared photos and movies. When Joe actually disappears, things take a surprising turn.

2. Bade Miyan Chote Miyan (2024)

Two strong officers are entrusted with apprehending the most heinous enemy who might pose the greatest harm to India in the updated, action-packed version. With both stars facing off against Kabir, who creates fully commanded robot warriors, Ali Abbas Zafar’s picture has a fantastic sci-fi feel.

3. Looop Lapeta (2022)

Loop Lapeta can be your one-stop shop for all things action, romance, and drama set against a science fiction backdrop. The story of Satya and Savi, a couple who fall into a gangster’s trap, is told in the official version of the German movie Run Lola Run. In order to save his life, his beloved Savi must raise a sizable sum of money in a hurry. As she becomes trapped in a temporal loop that delves into intricate themes of love, loyalty, and atonement, the film becomes even more captivating.

4. Dobaaraa (2022)

Dobaaraa is a time travel film, Antara Bhatt (played by Taapsee Pannu) and her spouse and child go to a new home. In her home’s closet, she discovers a television on which she can see a 12-year-old boy from 25 years ago conversing with her. The film centers on Bhatt’s attempt to rescue this little child from his background. When she wakes up and discovers that her husband is married to someone else and that her child never existed, the film takes an interesting turn.

5. Cargo (2019)

Cargo is undoubtedly a unique film that ensures continuous pleasure. In the film, Vikrant plays Prahastha, a rakshas (demon) whose main responsibility is to greet recently departed individuals on his spaceship, inform them of their cause of death, heal them, and erase their memories in order to get them ready for the passage into the next life. Yuvishka (Shweta Tripathi), a female assistant, is sent to Prahastha to help him with his workload. As one might anticipate, this female lead is a breath of fresh air as a lively astronaut who enjoys updating her fans on her adventures.

6. PK (2014)

The voyage of an alien who loses his remote control and falls on Earth via his spaceship is told in Aamir Khan’s famous and greatest performance, PK, which also examines many contradictions in Indian society. He makes friends with Jaggu, a TV reporter, while trying to get his remote back. PK’s straightforward, innocent, and childlike inquiries are incredibly thought-provoking since they reveal the hypocrisies of society and ultimately serve as a commentary on human nature.

7. Chamatkar (1992)

Chamatkaar centers on Sunder, a young guy who has trouble finding employment. After that, he encounters an enigmatic spirit who ends up serving as his guardian angel, assisting him in overcoming a number of difficult circumstances in life.