10 Favourites
It’s an impossible task to put together a definitive list of the ten greatest Bollywood films since opinions will vary wildly on the matter. Some who stick to the frivolous, more escapist side of Hindi movies will never take to dark Deepa Mehta fare while those favouring said serious cinema might rather chew their own arms off rather than be caught enjoying a Salman Khan rom-com. My tastes tend to lie somewhere inbetween and so I’ve come up with a list of ten (mostly recent) of my favourite Indian films that also acts as a good starter for anyone looking to get into commercial Indian cinema. They are, in alphabetical order…
ANBE SIVAM (2003, d. Sundar C.)
AWARA (1951, d. Raj Kapoor)
BLACK (2005, d. Sanjay Leela Bhansali)
DIL CHAHTA HAI (2001, d. Farhan Akhtar)
DILWALE DULHANIA LE JAYENGE (1995, d. Aditya Chopra)
HEY RAM (2000, d. Kamal Haasan)
KANNATHIL MUTHAMITTAL (2002, d. Mani Ratnam)
KUCH KUCH HOTA HAI (1998, d. Karan Johar)
LAGAAN (2001, d. Ashutosh Gowariker)
SWADES (2004, d. Ashutosh Gowariker)
I’ll be posting a mini-review for each in the coming weeks.
2 Comments »
Oooh! You should post this over at Bollywoodbloggers too - we’re trying (probably in vain) to make a list of people’s lists of this sort!
August 4, 2006 @ 11:55 am
Look forward to reading them. I’ve only seen Lagaan (which is ace), Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (which channel 4 played a few years ago). Man, whatever happened to C4 anyway? They used to be ace for Asian cinema. I keep meaning to check out Black also.