Amar Akbar Anthony (1977)

Amar Akbar Anthony (Manmohan Desai, 1977) There is enough story in the forty minute opening of Manmohan Desai's Amar Akbar Anthony to f...

Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995)

Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (Aditya Chopra, 1995) English Title: The Brave Heart Will Take the Bride Only in Bollywood do you have films tha...

Kaagaz Ke Phool (1959)

Kaagaz Ke Phool (Guru Dutt, 1959) English Title: Paper Flowers I initially thought Pyaasa ( Thirst, 1957) is the greatest musicale ever ma...

Rang De Basanti (2006)

Rang De Basanti (Rakesh Omprakash Mehra, 2006) English Title: Paint It Yellow Sue (Alice Patten) is a British filmmaker who wants to make a ...

Jalsaghar (1958)

Jalsaghar (Satyajit Ray, 1958) English Title: The Music Room Satyajit Ray's Jalsaghar ( The Music Room ) is bookended by an image of an...

Black (2005)

Black (Sanjay Leela Bhansali, 2005) To say that Black is a departure for director Sanjay Leela Bhansali is somewhat of an inaccuracy. Bhans...

Shatranj ke Khilari (1977)

Shatranj ke Khilari (Satyajit Ray, 1977) English Title: The Chess Players In an early scene in Satyajit Ray's only Urdu language film Sh...

The Warrior (2001)

The Warrior (Asif Kapadia, 2001) Director Asif Kapadia's first feature film The Warrior is what a person may unbashedly describe as a m...

Swades (2004)

Swades (Ashutosh Gowariker, 2004) English Title: Our Country Almost every thinktank, hospital, educational facility, technical departments o...

Baazi (1951)

Baazi (Guru Dutt, 1951) English Title: The Wager Guru Dutt's Bollywood career can be said to have been a direct result of his friendshi...

Pyaasa (1957)

Pyaasa (Guru Dutt, 1957) English Title: Thirst The first Guru Dutt film I saw is Kaagaz Ke Phool ( Paper Flowers , 1959) , a film about a ...