Best Indian Movies
by BluDiMado | created - 24 Nov 2013 | updated - 06 Jun 2014 | PublicMy favorites, not necessarily in order
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1. Asoka (2001)
R | 180 min | Action, Biography, Drama
The epic tale of King Asoka's life is recounted.
Director: Santosh Sivan | Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Danny Denzongpa, Hrishitaa Bhatt
Votes: 15,197 | Gross: $0.70M
Best music, great story, amazing pictures and a sublime Shah Rukh Khan as prince Ashoka!
2. Jab Tak Hai Jaan (2012)
Not Rated | 176 min | Drama, Romance
An uncompromising film on true love from the legendary and unforgettable director Yash Chopra which is fascinatingly distinctive and contemporary.
Director: Yash Chopra | Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Katrina Kaif, Anushka Sharma, Anupam Kher
Votes: 59,106 | Gross: $3.05M
Yash Chopra, Rhaman, Gulzar, and a great Shah Rukh Khan at his best: simply perfect!
3. Veer-Zaara (2004)
Not Rated | 192 min | Drama, Family, Musical
"Veer-Zaara" is a saga of love, separation, courage, and sacrifice. A love story that is an inspiration and will remain a legend forever.
Director: Yash Chopra | Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Preity G Zinta, Rani Mukerji, Kirron Kher
Votes: 57,403 | Gross: $2.92M
Magical, beautiful, entertaining: superlatives are a must
4. Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995)
Not Rated | 181 min | Drama, Romance
When Raj meets Simran in Europe, it isn't love at first sight but when Simran moves to India for an arranged marriage, love makes its presence felt.
Director: Aditya Chopra | Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Amrish Puri, Farida Jalal
Votes: 77,139
5. Swades (2004)
Not Rated | 189 min | Drama, Musical
A successful Indian scientist returns to an Indian village to take his nanny to America with him and in the process rediscovers his roots.
Director: Ashutosh Gowariker | Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Gayatri Joshi, Kishori Ballal, Smith Seth
Votes: 98,442 | Gross: $1.22M
6. Paheli (2005)
Not Rated | 140 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A folk tale - supernatural love story about a ghost who falls in love with a newlywed woman.
Director: Amol Palekar | Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Rani Mukerji, Anupam Kher, Naseeruddin Shah
Votes: 14,252 | Gross: $1.41M
Magical
7. Dedh Ishqiya (2014)
Not Rated | 152 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Two lousy crooks find paradise in the seven stages of love.
Director: Abhishek Chaubey | Stars: Huma Qureshi, Naseeruddin Shah, Madhuri Dixit, Vijay Raaz
Votes: 7,494
8. Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003)
Not Rated | 186 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Naina, an introverted, perpetually depressed girl's life changes when she meets Aman. But Aman has a secret of his own which changes their lives forever. Embroiled in all this is Rohit, Naina's best friend who conceals his love for her.
Director: Nikkhil Advani | Stars: Preity G Zinta, Shah Rukh Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Jaya Bachchan
Votes: 75,395 | Gross: $1.79M
9. Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (2008)
Not Rated | 167 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A breathtaking, goose flesh igniting, awe inspiring love journey of an ordinary man Suri and his 'total opposite' love Taani.
Director: Aditya Chopra | Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Anushka Sharma, Vinay Pathak, M.K. Raina
Votes: 53,557 | Gross: $2.07M
Romance at its best
10. Om Shanti Om (2007)
Not Rated | 162 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
In the 1970s, Om, an aspiring actor, is murdered, but is immediately reincarnated into the present day. He attempts to discover the mystery of his demise and find Shanti, the love of his previous life.
Director: Farah Khan | Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Arjun Rampal, Kirron Kher
Votes: 49,694 | Gross: $3.60M
Indian movie about Indian cinema
11. Don 2 (2011)
Not Rated | 148 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Don turns himself in and escapes with Vardhaan from prison, following which he recruits a team to steal currency printing plates from a bank in Berlin.
Director: Farhan Akhtar | Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Florian Lukas, Om Puri, Priyanka Chopra Jonas
Votes: 58,357 | Gross: $3.68M
Great sequel to a great movie
12. Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006)
Not Rated | 193 min | Drama, Romance
Dev, a former football player is married to Rhea, a successful fashion editor. Maya is a kindergarten teacher who is married to Rishi, an outgoing event planner. These couples' lives intersect and they each question their own marriage.
Director: Karan Johar | Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Rani Mukerji, Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan
Votes: 21,738 | Gross: $3.28M
Never say goodbye is fantastic
13. Mohabbatein (2000)
Not Rated | 216 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
A film about the battle between love and fear, between two stubborn men and their opposing beliefs and the outcome of the love stories of 3 couples.
Director: Aditya Chopra | Stars: Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Uday Chopra, Jugal Hansraj
Votes: 33,346
Chopra movies are a must-see for everybody
14. Chennai Express (2013)
Not Rated | 141 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
A man travelling to Rameswaram via Chennai express for his late grandfather's ashes immersion finds himself in trouble after helping a don's daughter and her cousins board the train.
Director: Rohit Shetty | Stars: Deepika Padukone, Shah Rukh Khan, Sathyaraj, Nikitin Dheer
Votes: 63,506 | Gross: $5.31M
Newest SRK and Deepika movie: super-funny ;)
15. Fanaa (2006)
Not Rated | 168 min | Action, Drama, Romance
A sweet blind girl Zooni meets a flirty Rehan. She ignores her friends' warnings. It's her time to discover life. Is she making the right love choice?
Director: Kunal Kohli | Stars: Aamir Khan, Kajol, Rishi Kapoor, Tabu
Votes: 35,025 | Gross: $2.10M
Beautiful "comeback" of Kajol
16. 3 Idiots (2009)
PG-13 | 170 min | Comedy, Drama
Two 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".
Director: Rajkumar Hirani | Stars: Aamir Khan, Madhavan, Mona Singh, Sharman Joshi
Votes: 433,856 | Gross: $6.53M
17. 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: 206,499 | Gross: $1.22M
18. R... Rajkumar (2013)
Not Rated | 146 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
An aimless ruffian starts working for a drug baron and his mission is to kill the rival, whose niece he eventually falls for.
Director: Prabhu Deva | Stars: Shahid Kapoor, Sonakshi Sinha, Sonu Sood, Govardhan Asrani
Votes: 6,681
19. Dil To Pagal Hai (1997)
Not Rated | 180 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
A grand musical about three passionate and dreamy characters: Rahul, Pooja and Nisha. Will their dreams come true? Will they find their true love?
Director: Yash Chopra | Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Madhuri Dixit, Karisma Kapoor, Akshay Kumar
Votes: 24,324
Yash Chopra movie with a superb Madhuri Dixit
20. Pardes (1997)
Not Rated | 191 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
Kishorilal wants an Indian bride for his westernised son. He gets him engaged to Ganga, his friend's daughter, and brings her to USA. But she shares a deeper bond with Arjun, Kishorilal's foster son.
Director: Subhash Ghai | Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Mahima Chaudhry, Amrish Puri, Apurva Agnihotri
Votes: 16,002
21. Kaminey (2009)
Not Rated | 130 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The desperate lives of two estranged twin brothers converge over missing drugs, politics, racial prejudice, corrupt cops and an unplanned pregnancy.
Director: Vishal Bhardwaj | Stars: Shahid Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Deb Mukherjee, Shivkumar Subramaniam
Votes: 18,115 | Gross: $1.29M
22. Aurangzeb (2013)
Not Rated | 137 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Kingship knows no Kinship and there can be only one Emperor in Aurangzeb's world. In Gurgaon, to bring down a criminal the law has to think like one.
Director: Atul Sabharwal | Stars: Arjun Kapoor, Zahrah S Khan, Prithviraj Sukumaran, Rishi Kapoor
Votes: 4,480
23. David (I) (2013)
Not Rated | 155 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The lives of three different men named David are about to change forever.
Director: Bejoy Nambiar | Stars: Vikram, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Vinay Virmani, Tabu
Votes: 2,841
24. Kahaani (2012)
Not Rated | 122 min | Mystery, Thriller
A pregnant woman's search for her missing husband takes her from London to Kolkata, but everyone she questions denies having ever met him.
Director: Sujoy Ghosh | Stars: Vidya Balan, Parambrata Chattopadhyay, Indraneil Sengupta, Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Votes: 65,848 | Gross: $1.04M
25. Aaja Nachle (2007)
Not Rated | 137 min | Drama, Family, Music
Dia's dance teacher is dying. She returns to the town where she learnt to live and dance and most importantly to save the endangered Ajanta theatre.
Director: Anil Mehta | Stars: Madhuri Dixit, Darshan Jariwala, Raghubir Yadav, Divya Dutta
Votes: 3,553 | Gross: $0.47M
A lovely Madhuri, great music
26. Rowdy Rathore (2012)
Not Rated | 140 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A con man uncovers a deadly secret and must save his lady love, the small-town locals and the little girl who insists she's his daughter, from the mob.
Director: Prabhu Deva | Stars: Akshay Kumar, Sonakshi Sinha, Nassar, Yashpal Sharma
Votes: 23,841 | Gross: $0.78M
Super funny- and cool action
27. Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (2013)
Not Rated | 160 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Kabir and Naina bond during a trekking trip. Before Naina can express herself, Kabir leaves India to pursue his career. They meet again years later, but he still cherishes his dreams more than bonds.
Director: Ayan Mukerji | Stars: Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukone, Aditya Roy Kapoor, Kalki Koechlin
Votes: 51,440 | Gross: $3.83M
Great Deepika
28. Laaga Chunari Mein Daag: Journey of a Woman (2007)
Not Rated | 122 min | Drama, Family, Romance
A small town girl lands in big bad Mumbai to earn an honest living but faces a confrontation she would've never dreamt of in her wildest dreams.
Director: Pradeep Sarkar | Stars: Rani Mukerji, Jaya Bachchan, Konkona Sen Sharma, Kunal Kapoor
Votes: 2,710 | Gross: $0.68M
Sublime Rani
29. Mangal Pandey (2005)
Not Rated | 150 min | Biography, Drama, History
This is a film about the leader of the 1857 mutiny and his fight against the British rule.
Director: Ketan Mehta | Stars: Aamir Khan, Rani Mukerji, Toby Stephens, Coral Beed
Votes: 10,496 | Gross: $0.87M
30. Bhoothnath (2008)
Not Rated | 150 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Moving into a new house, a family witnesses an unfriendly ghost who wants to drive them away from the house. However, he befriends a little boy who changes his outlook forever.
Director: Vivek Sharma | Stars: Amitabh Bachchan, Juhi Chawla, Satish Shah, Rajpal Naurang Yadav
Votes: 11,270
Entertaining family movie
31. Dil Bole Hadippa (2009)
Not Rated | 148 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In a village where girls don't play cricket, Veera puts on a turban and beard and becomes Veer to fulfill her dreams and meets Rohan. And fun begins.
Director: Anurag Singh | Stars: Shahid Kapoor, Rani Mukerji, Anupam Kher, Dalip Tahil
Votes: 4,641
32. Yes Boss (1997)
163 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Rahul Joshi wants to be a successful businessman so he works hard for his boss Siddharth. One day Rahul meets Seema, an up and coming model, and he feels like he's finally met his match. Will Seema fall for Rahul?
Director: Aziz Mirza | Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Juhi Chawla, Aditya Pancholi, Kashmira Shah
Votes: 14,239
Funny and entertaining
33. Boss (I) (2013)
Not Rated | 143 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
After his younger son falls prey to a corrupt police officer, an honest old man summons his estranged elder son to save the day.
Director: Anthony D'Souza | Stars: Akshay Kumar, Shiv Panditt, Mithun Chakraborty, Ronit Roy
Votes: 11,845
34. Jab We Met (2007)
Not Rated | 138 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A depressed wealthy businessman finds his life changing after he meets a spunky and care-free young woman.
Director: Imtiaz Ali | Stars: Shahid Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor, Tarun Arora, Dara Singh Randhawa
Votes: 58,672 | Gross: $0.41M
35. Eklavya: The Royal Guard (2007)
Not Rated | 105 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
As the kingdom of Devigarh comes apart at the seams, an aging bodyguard attempts to protect the Royal Family, as well as keep its darkest secrets from ever coming to light.
Director: Vidhu Vinod Chopra | Stars: Amitabh Bachchan, Saif Ali Khan, Sanjay Dutt, Vidya Balan
Votes: 3,493 | Gross: $1.10M
36. Parineeta (2005)
Not Rated | 130 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
The lifelong romance between Lolita (Balan) and Shekar (Khan) is upset by the arrival of another man.
Director: Pradeep Sarkar | Stars: Vidya Balan, Saif Ali Khan, Sanjay Dutt, Dia Mirza
Votes: 9,588 | Gross: $0.80M
37. Kumki (2012)
148 min | Drama
The love between a mahout and an elephant.
Director: Prabu Solomon | Stars: Vikram Prabhu, Lakshmi Menon, Thambi Ramaiah, Ashwin Raja
Votes: 1,574
38. Queen (2013)
Not Rated | 146 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A Delhi girl from a traditional family sets out on a solo honeymoon after her marriage gets cancelled.
Director: Vikas Bahl | Stars: Kangana Ranaut, Rajkummar Rao, Lisa Haydon, Jeffrey Ho
Votes: 68,309 | Gross: $1.43M
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