Best Hindi Movies

[Ram Bhakt]

Hi Folks, I used to watch a lot of movies back in India ( 1 movie every weekend in the theater) and after moving to US I started watching lot of hollywood movies. They are kind of addictive and now I find bollywood movies totally crap. They have no story, jarring artificial techno-beat kind of music that I absolutely abhor, and really bad acting. Result is that I seldom rent new bollywood movies. There are a few exceptions, of course. Hence this thread. Recently I watched "Page 3" and I liked it very much.

Interesting thing is that I do rent bollywood oldies ( from 50s to 70s) from NetFlix and I really love them. They have all the things ( excellent music, acting, and story that makes at least some sense) that new movies lack. In the past year I have watched all Guru Dutt's, lots of Dev Anand, Shammi Kapoor, Raj Kumar, etc.

So lets post some good movies. Movies that one can really enjoy watching.

Let me start with this:

Recent Releases:
Page 3
D
Company

Oldies:
Any movie with music by Shankar Jaikishan
Satya

[Kishore Dandu]

I don't want to take anything away from your opinion about Hollywood. SOme good movies you might be thinking with good story + from hollywood may not be directly from Hollywood. They could be from England or from Pixar(which is not really hollywood but an off shoot).

Please tell this to hollywood movie studio guys:"You are producing movies(almost all of them) with great story lines". I bet they will take you to free lunch and give some movie passes.

I gave the above statement because the consensus among hollywood officianados is:"It is very difficult to find good story lines lately". That is why we are seeing major shifts towards sequels and prequels.

BTW many bollywood fans did not like 'D'.

[Ram Bhakt]

Originally posted by Kishore Dandu:
I don't want to take anything away from your opinion about Hollywood. SOme good movies you might be thinking with good story + from hollywood may not be directly from Hollywood. They could be from England or from Pixar(which is not really hollywood but an off shoot).

You are absolutely correct. Some hollywood movies are total lifts from other regions. Eg. The Ring was totally copied from Japanese The Ringu. I am sure there are tons of others.

I don't necessarily have any problem with copying as long as the final product is actually good. That is where I see that many bollywood copy movies fail. For eg. Heartbreakers was good but "Bach ke rahna re baba" was horrible. Then Mrs. Doubtfire was great and Chachi 420 was also good. Anyway, we are digressing.

I just want to know some good movies that I can watch, man! If some one or you didn't like 'D', fine. I would like to know what movies others or you think are worth watching

BTW, I am not saying that all hollywood movies are great. Some are really crap. But my observation is that % of crap movies in hollywood is substantially less than in bollywood. Please debate this in another thread if you want to

[Ganpi Srinivasan]

my $0.02 - of late there are no good hollywood movies coming out. Everything seems to be a sequel or a movie version of a videogame/cartoon series. I've swtiched to watching Independent movies and foreign language movies (French / Italian).

Last English movie that I really enjoyed watching was "Shattered Glass" - a gud one if someones really interested!
[ January 20, 2006: Message edited by: Ganpi Srinivasan ]

[Ram Bhakt]

Originally posted by Ganpi Srinivasan:
my $0.02 -

Thanks! But I am sorry I will have to return them to you. I am looking for Hindi movies There is another thread for English movies.

[Manish Hatwalne]

Mr. & Mrs. Iyer
Hanumaan (you should know...you're Ram Bhakt )
Saath Saath (old -- Farooq Sheikh & Dipti Naval)
Herapheri (Paresh Raval etc)
Sur (Luky Ali)

more later...

- Manish

[Ram Bhakt]

Originally posted by Manish Hatwalne:
Mr. & Mrs. Iyer
Hanumaan (you should know...you're Ram Bhakt )
Saath Saath (old -- Farooq Sheikh & Dipti Naval)
Herapheri (Paresh Raval etc)
Sur (Luky Ali)

more later...

- Manish

OK, Hanumaan, Saath Saath and M M Iyer are all set for this weekend.

Yes, Herepheri was a laugh riot. I loved it so much. Deva re Deva ...

Let me dig some about Sur..never knew that Lucki Ali is/was an actor too. What is it about? I hope it is not too senti.

[Manish Hatwalne]

He's not such a good actor...but movie is good.

Sur is about a music teacher and his innocent but talanted student and his own ego. Beautiful, haunting songs as well....provided you like his voice.

- Manish

[Ramender Mall]

My list-->

1. Ek Hasina Thi.(not a Hit, but movie was good)
2. No Entry.(Hilarious)
3. Sholay
4. Akhiri Rasta(Amitabh Bachchan)
5. Anand
(quite sure that u have seen, last three, already)

-Ramy....

[Anand Prabhu]

Haven't watched many Hindi movies as I watch them only on recommendations. But some of the ones that I liked are:-

New
1) Teen Deeware
2) HeraPheeri
3) Baazigar (not so new)

Old
1) Sholay
2) Sahib, Bheebi aur gulam
3) Shree 420
4) Aawaara

[Anjali S Sharma]

1. Lakshya (my all time favorite)
2. Anand
3. Gool Maal
4. Chupke Chupke
5. Black
6. Swadesh
7. Jewel Thief

[Chetan Parekh]

Originally posted by Anjali S Sharma:
1. Lakshya (my all time favorite)

:roll:
It was movie without any script

[Anjali S Sharma]

Originally posted by Chetan Parekh:

:roll:
It was movie without any script

It had a superb storyline. What made you feel it had no script??

[R K Singh]

Here is a part of my list

Ankahe
Katha
Sparsh
Mahal(I have seen it 5 times and can watch another 5 times)
Garam Hawa(I saw that movie on DD atleast 12-14 yrs back, but is still fresh in my mind)

enough for today.

[ankur rathi]

Originally posted by Chetan Parekh:

:roll:
It was movie without any script

Hey, It was another good movie from Farhan.


[ January 24, 2006: Message edited by: rathi ji ]

[Manish Hatwalne]

Originally posted by R K Singh:
Here is a part of my list

Ankahe
Katha
Sparsh
Mahal(I have seen it 5 times and can watch another 5 times)
Garam Hawa(I saw that movie on DD atleast 12-14 yrs back, but is still fresh in my mind)

enough for today.

If you like Garam Hawa, you should like "Pinjar" as well -- excellent performances by Manoj Bajpaye and Urmila (yes, she can act) and "haath chhoote bhi to rishtey nahi..." is just haunting.

- Manish

[R K Singh]

Originally posted by Manish Hatwalne:


"Pinjar" as well --

I have seen it in bit & pieces, and I liked it.

I think I liked the songs of Pinjar more than film(though yet to watch it properly).

I have read two novels of Amrita Pritam, one was collection of short stories and other was collection of her dreams and her relationship with Iqbal.
Both were too good.
I dont see much happening rt now in Hindi lireature. Looks like Surendra Mohan Pathak is ruling

[B.Sathish]

sarfarosh is my all time favorite...bcos that's the only hindi movie I've watched

[Zip Ped]

Vasstav
Maachis
Lakshya
D Company
Jo hita Wohi Sikandar
Dil Chahta hai
BLACK

[Zip Ped]

Let me put some emoticons that the movies potray:

Vasstav +
Maachis
Lakshya
D Company
Jo hita Wohi Sikandar
Dil Chahta hai
BLACK

sorry ran out of emoticons.

[agrah upadhyay]

Dushman-kajol double role
Main Aajad Hoon-Amitabh
Chocolate-new one
[ February 19, 2006: Message edited by: agrah upadhyay ]

[N Kriplani]

Mother India,
Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron,
Sholay,
Deewaar(old),
Madhumati(old),
Andaz Apna Apna,
Hungama,
Gol Maal,
Angoor

There are many others, but this is what I can think of the top of my head.

[Himanshu Bisht]

Originally posted by Anjali S Sharma:
1. Lakshya (my all time favorite)

mine too....

Its a wonderful movie.I watch it for motivation.
[ February 21, 2006: Message edited by: Himanshu Bisht ]

[Suhaasi Karnik]

Lakshya should be a motivation for all those kids who feel like losers, when nothing seems to be going right, no matter what decision you take.

[nishwas mahindra]

If a movie does not show any non-practical and non-logical thing and if it answers all questions raised by itself during those 2 and half hours without any loopholes, then you ought to like the movie irrespective of star cast .
And offcourse climax should be good.

satya
sarpharosh
dil chahta hai
anand
jo jita ...
ddlj
angoor
khoobsoorat

[Vinayak patil]

Hi,

This is my list

dil chahta hai
sadma
page3
black
sholay
deewar

-Vinayak