Dumb Charades: Random Movie Names for Bollywood, Telugu, Tamil and Hollywood

What is Dumb Charades?

Dumb charades is the Indian party classic: one team whispers a film name to a member of the other team, who has to act it out without a sound while their team guesses against the clock. This generator does the whispering. Pick a language pack — 150 Bollywood titles, 75 Telugu, 80 Tamil, 80 Hollywood — and the actor alone sees the secret card. A 90-second timer runs while the team shouts.

The page also has the standard hand signals (number of words, small word, book, past tense), the rules most families play by, and the full movie lists by language for picking your own.

Dumb charades rules and hand signals

Two teams. Team A whispers a film name to one player from Team B, who acts it out silently while Team B guesses against the clock. Then the roles swap. One point per film guessed exactly. The signals everyone uses:

• Number of words: hold up fingers.
• Which word: fingers again, then act that word.
• Small word (the, of, ka, ki): finger and thumb close together.
• Sounds like: tug your earlobe, then act a rhyming word.
• Whole title: a big circle with both arms.
• Film / book / song: crank a camera, open palms, or pretend to sing (silently).
• Past tense: wave a hand over your shoulder.

Not allowed: speaking, mouthing words, humming, spelling with fingers, pointing at objects in the room.

Bollywood movie names for dumb charades (140)

Telugu movie names for dumb charades (76)

Tamil movie names for dumb charades (80)

Hollywood movie names for dumb charades (79)

Dumb charades for kitty parties, sangeets and offices

For a kitty party use the Bollywood pack and 90 seconds. For a sangeet, mix Bollywood and the regional pack the families know. For an office party choose Hollywood and cut the timer to 60 seconds. The game rotates actors if you add names, and the same phone can run Antakshari afterwards.

🎵 Next: Antakshari

Game setup

How to play Dumb Charades

1. Split into two teams and add player names so turns rotate.
2. Choose a language pack. The actor taps Deal and sees the secret film name — nobody else looks.
3. Tap Start: the actor signals the number of words, then acts each word with no speaking, no lip-reading, no pointing at objects.
4. The team guesses out loud until they get it or the 90 seconds end. One point per film.
5. Swap teams. Most points after equal turns wins.

How many players?

Dumb Charades works with 4+ players and a typical round takes about 20–40 min. Recommended age: 8+.

Best occasions

Tips

• Start with the mildest mode and escalate as the room warms up.
• Agree on a forfeit for players who refuse a prompt — ten squats is a classic.
• Use Party Mode for bigger text when the phone is passed around.

Dumb Charades FAQ