Desi party games you can start in ten seconds
Indian party games built entirely on the inside jokes a desi room already shares. From Bollywood party games to the inevitable arguments over chai. No setup, no apps to install.
Bollywood Charades
Random Hindi film titles, graded easy to hard. Filter by decade.
Bollywood Pictionary
One Hindi movie to draw. One timer to stress everyone out.
Desi Showdown
A desi trivia game where you guess the top five answers before getting three strikes.
Filmy Tilt
A Bollywood guessing game where you hold the phone up so everyone but you can read it. Sixty seconds per round.
Guess Karo
A desi word game where you describe a term without using the three obvious banned words.
More Games
New games are currently in development. We just need to stop arguing over the exact rules long enough to actually publish them. Check back soon.
Which game for which room
A room that will stand up. Bollywood Charades or Filmy Tilt. The only real limit is finding someone actually willing to perform.
A room that will not stand up. Desi Showdown or Guess Karo. Keep in mind, the loudest chachu still gets to yell from the sofa.
A room with paper on the table. Bollywood Pictionary. The only game that needs pen and paper.
A room spanning three generations. Desi Showdown. It focuses on food, weddings and family.
The unknown room. Guess Karo. If you aren't sure of the vibe yet, start here. It easily survives a group that turns out quieter than expected.
Why these exist
Desi Mauj started because a housewarming needed a game, and everything online was written for a different room entirely. It was all westernized. No one was talking about Shah Rukh or mithai or chai.
So, we built this for our own folks. The film pool is graded by how hard a title is to act, not just how famous it is. The word lists are checked against what a desi room actually says out loud. The survey questions are based on arguments that have genuinely happened.
Every game here is free. The printable packs in our Etsy store are just how the site keeps the lights on.
Printable packs
Printable versions of these games are on Etsy, as instant downloads.
From the blog
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- Indian Family Feud: 10 Questions With Answer Boards
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- Bollywood Movies for Pictionary: 45 Hindi Films You Can Actually Draw
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- Pongal Games for Family: 12 That Work in a Full House
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