Sahil's Best of Bollywood (25)
This is a Tribute to IMDB and its users on the 25 Anniversary of the website. This is personal favorite from Bollywood (off beats I may say) produced over the past 25 years. I feel that bulk of movies that Bollywood churns are a total waste of time with no story line, sub-standard to zero acting, buffoonery marketed as comedy, confused direction and even blatantly plagiarized plots and story-lines which the industry stalwarts try to sell as inspiration. Given the above constraints this is list of my personal best which the industry comes out once in a while and more by accident.
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- DirectorVikas BahlNitesh TiwariStarsIrfan KhanSanath MenonRohan GroverA gang of innocent but feisty kids who lead carefree lives in Chandan Nagar colony takes on the big bad world of politics when one of their friend's life is endangered.
- DirectorDibakar BanerjeePravin E. BirjeStarsAnupam KherBoman IraniParvin DabasA Delhi-based retired middle-class man tries half-heartedly to get his land back from a swindling property dealer with the help of his sons and their friends.
- DirectorNeeraj PandeyStarsAnupam KherNaseeruddin ShahVeerendra SaxenaA retiring police officer reminisces about the most astounding day of his career. About a case that was never filed but continues to haunt him in his memories - the case of a man and a Wednesday.
- DirectorRajkumar HiraniStarsAamir KhanMadhavanMona SinghTwo friends are searching for their long lost companion. They revisit their college days and recall the memories of their friend who inspired them to think differently, even as the rest of the world called them "idiots".
- DirectorAnurag KashyapStarsKay Kay MenonRaj Singh ChaudharyRaja ChaudharyA law student witnesses deception, homicide, and crime after being elected as General Secretary of his college.
- DirectorRam Gopal VarmaStarsAjay DevgnMohanlalManisha KoiralaA small-time gangster named Chandu teams up with Malik, a low-level enforcer for a criminal syndicate. Together they eliminate all their enemies, becoming the most feared gangsters in Mumbai.
- DirectorShashant ShahStarsVinay PathakSarita JoshiRajat KapoorA man who loves to make "to-do lists" makes one last bucket list when he realizes he is about to die.
- DirectorNila Madhab PandaStarsGulshan GroverHarsh MayarPitobashAn impoverished boy forms an unlikely and unstable friendship with the lonely son of a nobleman.
- DirectorAnurag KashyapStarsManoj BajpayeeNawazuddin SiddiquiTigmanshu DhuliaA clash between Sultan and Shahid Khan leads to the expulsion of Khan from Wasseypur, and ignites a deadly blood feud spanning three generations.
- DirectorRam Gopal VarmaStarsJ.D. ChakravarthiManoj BajpayeeUrmila MatondkarAn innocent man is embroiled in underworld after being falsely charged and sets out to punish the perpetrators who subjected his life to misery.
- DirectorShyam BenegalStarsShreyas TalpadeAmrita RaoRavi KishanAn educated man spends his days writing letters for the varied inhabitants of his small, poor, and illiterate village, in this political and social satire.
- DirectorUmesh ShuklaStarsParesh RawalAkshay KumarMithun ChakrabortyA shopkeeper takes God to court when his shop is destroyed by an earthquake.Very well adapted to the Indian Context although the plot has been lifted from the Australian movie 'The Man who sued God'.
- DirectorBasu ChatterjeeStarsDeepak QazirAmitabh SrivastavaPankaj KapurOne dissenting juror in a murder trial tries to influence the verdict with his personal prejudices and biasesAn adaptation of 12 Angry men although nowhere near the original but was a good effort
- DirectorLuv RanjanStarsKartik AaryanAshish ChhipaRaayo S. BakhirtaNishant starts dating Charu while his roommates Rajat and Vikrant already have girlfriends in Neha and Rhea respectively. Trouble starts when the guys feel that their girlfriends are dominating them.Portray's the flux that the modern day Indian society is undergoing and the grey shades of the so called "empowered modern Indian woman" and the impact that it is having on society. It also shows the pros and cons of getting married in a very subtle and comic way....the story starts from "...and they lived happily ever after" where most of the Bollywood *beep* ends..A must watch I would say.
- DirectorPriyadarshanStarsJackky BhagnaniPriya AnandRajpal Naurang YadavThree friends who come together to help a fourth friend elope with his lover, come together once again to teach the couple a lesson, when they part away.
- DirectorAijaz KhanStarsRajpal Naurang YadavTia BajpaiRakesh BediIt's a quirky situational comedy that tickles your funny bone, unexpectedly. The ensemble cast of actors that creates a laugh riot, that escalates in to a hangama ~ that will leave you chuckling, gurgling and laughing out aloud. So, leave your scowls, jowls and frown lines at home, and laugh like you've not done, in a long long time.Light-hearted comedy and sarcasm on what the institution of marriage has become in India (in some cases at least).
- DirectorSubhash KapoorStarsRajat KapoorNeha DhupiaSanjay MishraOm Shastri, a recession victim comes to India to sell his ancestors property to clear is debt. On reaching he comes to know that selling the property will make his family homeless in India. Later he is kidnapped by goons thinking a rich NRI.
- DirectorAnshul SharmaStarsAnnapoornaV.M. BadolaRampal BarsewalA man under pressure due to the countrys growing inflation rates comes up with a unique idea to deal with the rising prices. However, things go wrong and his naivety lands him in big trouble.
- DirectorShoojit SircarStarsAyushmann KhurranaYami GautamAnnu KapoorA man is brought in by an infertility doctor to supply him with his sperm, where he becomes the biggest sperm donor for his clinic.
- DirectorRajat KapoorStarsSanjay MishraSeema PahwaRajat KapoorAfter a distressing incident, a Delhi man vows to believe only what he can see, but his new ideals soon take his life in extreme directions.
- DirectorRitesh BatraStarsIrrfan KhanNimrat KaurNawazuddin SiddiquiA mistaken delivery in Mumbai's famously efficient lunchbox delivery system connects a young housewife to an older man in the dusk of his life as they build a fantasy world together through notes in the lunchbox.
- DirectorShoojit SircarStarsRaashi KhannaJohn AbrahamNargis FakhriAn Indian intelligence agent journeys to a war-torn coastal island to break a resolute rebel group and meets a passionate journalist.
- DirectorNitin KakkarStarsSharib HashmiInaamulhaqKumud MishraIn Mumbai, affable Bollywood buff and wanna-be-actor Sunny, who works as an assistant director, fantasizes on becoming a heart-throb star. However, at every audition he is summarily thrown out. Undeterred, he goes with an American crew to remote areas in Rajasthan to work on a documentary. One day an Islamic terrorist group kidnaps him for the American crew-member. Sunny finds himself on enemy border amidst guns and pathani-clad guards, who decide to keep him hostage until they locate their original target. The house In which he is confined belongs to a Pakistani, whose trade stems from pirated Hindi films, which he brings back every time he crosses the border. Soon, the two factions realize that they share a human and cultural bond. The film shows how cinema can be the universal panacea for co-existence.
- DirectorSagar BallaryStarsVinay PathakRajat KapoorSarika ThakurRanjit, who makes fun of idiots, gets completely annoyed when he invites a tax inspector and a singer to his house.
- DirectorAnurag BasuStarsDharmendraGautam KapurIrrfan KhanSix different stories, about nine people, each with different issues and problems, all occurring within one place: the METRO.