Cult Classics from Bollywood
by sauravvishal007 | created - 19 Jan 2014 | updated - 12 Apr 2017 | PublicCherry picked best movies for class lovers
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1. Anand (1971)
Not Rated | 122 min | Drama, Musical
The story of a terminally ill man who wishes to live life to the fullest before the inevitable occurs, as told by his best friend.
Director: Hrishikesh Mukherjee | Stars: Rajesh Khanna, Amitabh Bachchan, Sumita Sanyal, Ramesh Deo
Votes: 35,306
Will teach you how to live
2. Satya (1998)
Not Rated | 170 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An innocent man is embroiled in underworld after being falsely charged and sets out to punish the perpetrators who subjected his life to misery.
Director: Ram Gopal Varma | Stars: J.D. Chakravarthi, Manoj Bajpayee, Urmila Matondkar, Paresh Rawal
Votes: 16,700
Will make you see how a gangster is made out of all odds
3. Masoom (1983)
Not Rated | 165 min | Drama, Family
A happy family goes through turbulent times because of a big mistake by one of the family members.
Director: Shekhar Kapur | Stars: Naseeruddin Shah, Shabana Azmi, Jugal Hansraj, Urmila Matondkar
Votes: 4,404
Father-son love against all odds
4. Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (2013)
Not Rated | 186 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
The truth behind the ascension of Milkha Singh, who was scarred by of the India-Pakistan partition.
Director: Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra | Stars: Farhan Akhtar, Kousi Orfahli, Deepak Singh Rawat, Japtej Singh
Votes: 72,294 | Gross: $1.63M
Making of a legend
5. Like Stars on Earth (2007)
PG | 162 min | Drama, Family
An eight-year-old boy is thought to be a lazy trouble-maker, until the new art teacher has the patience and compassion to discover the real problem behind his struggles in school.
Directors: Aamir Khan, Amole Gupte | Stars: Darsheel Safary, Aamir Khan, Tisca Chopra, Vipin Sharma
Votes: 206,648 | Gross: $1.22M
Psychology of a child who is made to suffer by the herd mentality of achieving everything, and his creativity in play.
6. Guru (2007)
Not Rated | 166 min | Drama
A villager, Gurukant Desai, arrives in Bombay 1958, and rises from its streets to become the GURU, the biggest tycoon in Indian history.
Director: Mani Ratnam | Stars: Mithun Chakraborty, Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Madhavan
Votes: 24,987 | Gross: $2.09M
About the man who taught us the art of Beating deadlines rather then just meeting them.
7. Udaan (2010)
Not Rated | 134 min | Drama
Expelled from his school, a 16-year old boy returns home to his abusive and oppressive father.
Director: Vikramaditya Motwane | Stars: Rajat Barmecha, Ronit Roy, Manjot Singh, Ram Kapoor
Votes: 47,403 | Gross: $0.01M
A character bound to follow the aspirations of his dad, but his flight is beyond that.
8. Robber (I) (2013)
Not Rated | 136 min | Drama, Romance
An aristocrat's daughter falls in love with a visiting archaeologist, but he holds a secret that could drive them apart.
Director: Vikramaditya Motwane | Stars: Ranveer Singh, Sonakshi Sinha, Barun Chanda, Adil Hussain
Votes: 16,886 | Gross: $0.38M
An offbeat love story, will touch your hearts.
9. Bol (2011)
Not Rated | 151 min | Drama
A female convict on death row, her last wish is to tell her story to the media.
Director: Shoaib Mansoor | Stars: Humaima Malik, Manzar Sehbai, Shafqat Cheema, Iman Ali
Votes: 9,195 | Gross: $0.15M
Plight of women in Pakistan because of chauvinism towards male dominated society.
10. The Legend of Bhagat Singh (2002)
Not Rated | 155 min | Action, Biography, Drama
The story of a young revolutionary who raised an armed resistance against the British rule in India.
Director: Rajkumar Santoshi | Stars: Ajay Devgn, Sushant Singh, D. Santosh, Akhilendra Mishra
Votes: 17,290
Biopic on an Intriguing Figure
11. Gangs of Wasseypur (2012)
Not Rated | 321 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A clash between Sultan and Shahid Khan leads to the expulsion of Khan from Wasseypur, and ignites a deadly blood feud spanning three generations.
Director: Anurag Kashyap | Stars: Manoj Bajpayee, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Tigmanshu Dhulia, Richa Chadha
Votes: 103,797
Flashback of Tarantino Cinema with flavors of Desi masala
12. LOC: Kargil (2003)
Not Rated | 255 min | Action, Drama, History
Based on the real story during Kargil war fought between India and Pakistan in 1999.
Director: J.P. Dutta | Stars: Sanjay Dutt, Ajay Devgn, Saif Ali Khan, Suniel Shetty
Votes: 3,404
Documentary of war which will trigger patriotism
13. Highway (I) (2014)
Not Rated | 133 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Right before her wedding, a young woman finds herself abducted and held for ransom. As the initial days pass, she begins to develop a strange bond with her kidnapper.
Director: Imtiaz Ali | Stars: Alia Bhatt, Randeep Hooda, Durgesh Kumar, Pradeep Nagar
Votes: 30,429 | Gross: $0.53M
Masterpiece
14. Rang De Basanti (2006)
Not Rated | 167 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
The story of six young Indians who assist an English woman to film a documentary on the freedom fighters from their past, and the events that lead them to relive the long-forgotten saga of freedom.
Director: Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra | Stars: Aamir Khan, Soha Ali Khan, Siddharth, Sharman Joshi
Votes: 122,352 | Gross: $2.20M
15. Ankhon Dekhi (2013)
107 min | Comedy, Drama
After 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.
Director: Rajat Kapoor | Stars: Sanjay Mishra, Seema Pahwa, Rajat Kapoor, Taranjit Kaur
Votes: 12,809
16. Humsafar (2011–2012)
35 min | Drama, Romance
Khirad and Ashar are a couple who are pressured into marriage due to the untimely death of Khirad's mother. However, Sara, Ashar's best friend, is heartbroken because she is in love with him.
Stars: Fawad Khan, Mahira Khan, Atiqa Odho, Navin Waqar
Votes: 4,534
17. 1971 (2007)
PG-13 | 136 min | Action, Drama, War
Based on true facts, the film revolves around 6 brave soldiers who escape from the clutches of the Pakistan Army and risk death with honour and courage with sacrifice towards their journey home.
Director: Amrit Sagar | Stars: Manoj Bajpayee, Ravi Kishan, Deepak Dobriyal, Kumud Mishra
Votes: 2,722
18. Shahid (2012)
Not Rated | 129 min | Biography, Drama
The account of Human Rights lawyer Shahid Azmi, an ordinary citizen with an extraordinary commitment to justice.
Director: Hansal Mehta | Stars: Rajkummar Rao, Prabhleen Sandhu, Mohd. Zeeshan Ayyub, Baljinder Kaur
Votes: 17,745
19. Lakshya (2004)
Not Rated | 186 min | Action, Drama, Romance
An aimless, jobless, irresponsible grown man joins the army and matures into a battlefield hero.
Director: Farhan Akhtar | Stars: Hrithik Roshan, Preity G Zinta, Amitabh Bachchan, Om Puri
Votes: 25,540 | Gross: $0.75M
20. Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015)
Not Rated | 163 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
An Indian man with a magnanimous heart takes a young mute Pakistani girl back to her homeland to reunite her with her family.
Director: Kabir Khan | Stars: Salman Khan, Harshaali Malhotra, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Kareena Kapoor
Votes: 97,682 | Gross: $8.18M
21. Zindagi Gulzar Hai (2012–2013)
42 min | Romance
A school teacher was left by her husband with her 3 daughters and marries another women for the sake of getting a male child. The story focuses on gender biasness and the difference between the classes in terms of the affluence level.
Stars: Sanam Saeed, Fawad Khan, Samina Peerzada, Sheheryar Munawar
Votes: 4,267
22. Ugly (2013)
Not Rated | 128 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The case of a missing girl takes us through a journey of human greed and brushes upon the egos and repressed emotions of the characters.
Director: Anurag Kashyap | Stars: Rahul Bhat, Ronit Roy, Tejaswini Kolhapure, Vineet Kumar Singh
Votes: 23,511
23. Roja (1992)
137 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
A woman from a village in Tamil Nadu marries a sophisticated city dweller and moves with him to Kashmir, where all is rosy - until he gets kidnapped by militants.
Director: Mani Ratnam | Stars: Arvind Swamy, Madhoo, Pankaj Kapur, Nassar
Votes: 13,711
24. Black Friday (2004)
Not Rated | 143 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A film about the investigations following the 1993 serial Bombay bomb blasts, told through the different stories of the people involved --police, conspirators, victims, middlemen.
Director: Anurag Kashyap | Stars: Kay Kay Menon, Pawan Malhotra, Aditya Srivastav, Dibyendu Bhattacharya
Votes: 21,994 | Gross: $0.03M
25. Zakhm (1998)
Not Rated | 125 min | Drama
Amidst religious riots, a son deals with his mother's life-threatening injuries, and her last request.
Director: Mahesh Bhatt | Stars: Ajay Devgn, Pooja Bhatt, Nagarjuna Akkineni, Sonali Bendre
Votes: 3,526
26. Bombay (1995)
Not Rated | 130 min | Drama, Romance
A Hindu man and a Muslim woman fall in love in a small village and move to Mumbai, where they have two children. However, growing religious tensions and erupting riots threaten to tear the family apart.
Director: Mani Ratnam | Stars: Arvind Swamy, Manisha Koirala, Nassar, Kitty
Votes: 13,702
27. Amal (2007)
101 min | Drama
When Amal impresses an eccentric millionaire with his humility and humanity, he unknowingly becomes the old man's beneficiary.
Director: Richie Mehta | Stars: Rupinder Nagra, Naseeruddin Shah, Seema Biswas, Koel Purie
Votes: 2,226
28. ...Yahaan (2005)
142 min | Drama, Romance, War
In the disputed territory of Kashmir, a young Muslim woman meets and falls in love with a Hindu man. As a result of their love and desire for marriage, they commit the greatest sin according to those wrapped up in the Kashmiri conflict.
Director: Shoojit Sircar | Stars: Jimmy Shergill, Minissha Lamba, Yashpal Sharma, Mukesh Tiwari
Votes: 1,211
29. Maqbool (2003)
Not Rated | 132 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The intrigue of the Shakespearean tragedy 'Macbeth' is transposed to the Mumbai underworld.
Director: Vishal Bhardwaj | Stars: Irrfan Khan, Tabu, Pankaj Kapur, Naseeruddin Shah
Votes: 12,009
30. Tum Bin...: Love Will Find a Way (2001)
Not Rated | 158 min | Drama, Romance
Shekhar accidentally kills his associate Amar, and decides to watch over Amar's company and take care of his family and friends. However, he falls in love with Amar's fiancé Piya.
Directors: Anubhav Sinha, Anupam Sinha | Stars: Priyanshu Chatterjee, Himanshu Malik, Sandali Sinha, Raqesh Bapat
Votes: 3,790
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