BollyRiddl

BollyRiddl is a daily Bollywood movie guessing game. There is one Mystery Movie a day, the same for everyone, and you get seven guesses to name it. It is free and you don't need an account to play.

How to play

1. Type the name of any Bollywood movie released in or after 2000 and submit it as your guess.
2. The game compares your guess with the Mystery Movie and shows only what the two films have in common.
3. Use what you learn to make a better guess. You have seven guesses in total.
4. A new Mystery Movie appears every day at midnight IST.

At the start you know nothing about the Mystery Movie except that it was released in or after 2000. Every guess, right or wrong, tells you something.

Reading the clues

After each guess, the board fills in the details your guess shares with the Mystery Movie.

• Year of release. The game tells you whether the Mystery Movie came out before or after your guess. After a few guesses you have a range, such as "between 2001 and 2009."
• Genre. Any genre the two films share is revealed. Genres are listed alphabetically, not by importance.
• Cast. Any actor who appears in both films is revealed, along with their position in the Mystery Movie's credits. We store the top nine credited cast members of each film.
• Director, production house, music director and writer. Each one is revealed if both films share it.

What does not match is just as useful. If you guess a Karan Johar film and the director stays hidden, the Mystery Movie was not directed by Karan Johar. If none of your guess's actors appear, you can rule all of them out.

A worked example

Say the Mystery Movie is Rang De Basanti (2006).

First guess: Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001). The game shows that the two films share one genre, Drama, and that the Mystery Movie was released after 2001. Nothing else matches. So you also know that Shah Rukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan and Kajol are not in the Mystery Movie, and that Karan Johar did not direct it.

Second guess: 3 Idiots (2009). Now the board shows Aamir Khan, Sharman Joshi and R. Madhavan as cast members 1, 3 and 8 of the Mystery Movie. It was released between 2001 and 2009, and its genres include Comedy and Drama.

An Aamir Khan film from the mid-2000s with Sharman Joshi and Madhavan in it: Rang De Basanti. Solved in three.

Lifelines

If you are stuck, the game helps you out.

• After your 4th guess and again after your 6th, you can choose any one hidden cell on the board and reveal it.
• After your 7th guess, you can unlock three more guesses.

Lifelines are optional. Solving without them is the harder win.

Ways to play

• Today's game. One Mystery Movie a day, the same for every player.
• Past days. Missed a day? Every earlier puzzle can be played from the archive inside the game. You can also see how other players did on past puzzles.
• Unlimited. Log in with Google to play as many rounds as you like from a pool of 250 movies. A movie never repeats within a session.
• Multiplayer. Create a room, share the link, and play the same set of movies as your friends. Fewer guesses score more points, each lifeline costs a point, and the leaderboard appears once everyone has finished.
• Set a movie for friends. Log in, pick any movie as the mystery, and send the link. Each friend gets one attempt, and everyone sees who solved it and in how many guesses.

Tips for fewer guesses

• Open with a big ensemble film. A first guess with a large, well-known cast tests many actors at once.
• Pick a year in the middle. A first guess from around 2012 cuts the possible years roughly in half, whichever way the answer falls.
• Change everything on your second guess. If the first guess matched little, choose a film with a different cast, director and production house so you test new names.
• Watch the cast positions. An actor shown as cast member 1 or 2 is a lead. That rules out their cameos and supporting roles.
• Use the big production houses. A guess from a studio with a long list of films tells you a lot, whether it matches or not.
• Save a lifeline for the cell that decides it. When two or three films still fit, reveal the detail that separates them.

Frequently asked questions

When does the game reset?

A new Mystery Movie appears every day at midnight IST.

Can I play an older game?

Yes. Use "Past Days' Games" inside BollyRiddl to play any earlier day.

My movie isn't on the list. Why?

We aim to include most Bollywood movies released from 2000 onward. If one is missing, tell us through the feedback form in the game and we will add it.

Some movie details look wrong. Why?

Our movie details come from public sources and can be incomplete. Send a correction through the feedback form and we will fix it.

Why is an actor missing from a movie?

We store the top nine credited cast members of each film, in the order they are credited. An actor further down the credits will not appear.

How are genres ordered?

Alphabetically, not by importance.

Do I need an account?

No. The daily game and past days work without one. Logging in with Google is only needed for Unlimited, Multiplayer rooms and setting a movie for friends.

What information do you collect?

See our Privacy Policy for what we collect and why.

How can I support the creators?

BollyRiddl is free. If you enjoy it, you can buy us a coffee.