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Feb 7, 2023 · Our top 100 is a bulging, wildly varied collection of our favourites: there are rom-coms like Jab We Met, canonical ‘curry westerns’ like Sholay, eternal romantic touchstones like Dilwale...
Aug 27, 2020 · The Bollywood industry has produced some of cinema’s most spectacular and extravagant films, from its colorful, awe-inspiring musicals of the masala genre to the hyper-real films of parallel...
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- 'Mother India' (1957) This epic drama focuses on an impoverished woman who is forced to care for her two sons alone while surviving threats from a nefarious money-lender when her husband leaves the family in disgrace.
- Dil Chahta Hai (2001) This movie has it all. It's a romantic comedy. It's a drama. It's a heartfelt coming-of-age movie. Dil Chahta Hai, which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi, tells the stories of three college friends as they try to navigate life and love after graduation.
- Sholay (1975) This action-adventure Bollywood offering is a classic. The plot revolves around a retired police chief who sets out to catch a dastardly thief—with the help of two lesser criminals.
- Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995) You can't talk about Bollywood without mentioning Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge. The 1995 classic is widely considered the gold standard for Bollywood rom-coms, featuring a cheeky Shah Rukh Khan and starlet Kajol (and her signature unibrow) as two young people who fall in love on a backpacking trip across Europe.
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- Andhadhun (Translation: "Blindly"): 2018. In this black comedy/thriller, a piano player pretending to be blind ends up entangled in a crime when he happens to witness a murder.
- Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (Translation: "Something Happens"): 1998. A love triangle spanning decades, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai is the easiest introduction into Bollywood.
- Lagaan (Translation: "Taxation"): 2001. India’s last film to receive an Oscar nomination, the Aamir Khan-led period sports drama told the story of poor villagers who rise up against their ever-increasing taxes under colonial rule (Lagaan translates to “Taxation.”)
- Devdas: 2002. The story of Devdas dates back to a 1917 Bengali novel of the same name. Remade multiple times throughout Indian cinema and theater and across many languages, it’s a timeless and tragic tale about a love triangle between Devdas, his childhood flame Paro and a former courtesan Chandramukhi.
Anirudh Parmar is blind, but he does not let this impairment bind him down. He runs a school for the blind as a Principal. He meets with social worker, Kavita. Kavita is attracted to him, and he slowly also gets attracted to her. When marriage is proposed, both agree to marry each other.
Although Bollywood isn't Hollywood, it has no shortage of outstanding films. This is a list of some of the best, including mysteries, dramas, comedies, and romance; even one "typical" Bollywood treat with lots of dancing.
Mar 5, 2015 · Explore our list of the best Bollywood films ever made, voted for by leading Bollywood experts and critics. Here, we celebrate the popular face of Hindi movies – the huge films that...
