100 Bollywood FilmsBollywood film is the national cinema of India, describing movies made in Mumbai, distributed nationally across India and with their own production, distribution and exhibition networks worldwide. This informative screen guide reflects the work of key directors, major stars and important music directors and screenplay writers. Historically important films have been included along with certain cult movies and top box office successes. No guide to Hindi film would be complete without discussing: Mother India, the national epic of a peasant woman's struggle against nature and society to bring up her family; Sholay, a 'curry western' where the all-star cast sing and dance, romance and kill; Dilwale Dulhaniya le jayenge, the greatest of the diaspora films, in which two British Asians fall in love on a holiday in Europe before going to India where they show their elders how to incorporate love into family traditions; Junglee, showing how love transforms a 'savage' (junglee) who yells 'Yahoo!' before singing and dancing like Elvis, creating a new youth culture; Pyaasa, dramatically shot in black and white film with haunting songs as the romantic poet suffers for his art in the material world; Fans of Bollywood film can debate Rachel Dwyer's personal selection of these 101 titles while those new to the area will find this an invaluable introduction to the best of the genre. |
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Achhut kanya Franz Osten 1936 | 12 |
Aradhana Shakti Samanta 1969 | 26 |
Bandini Bimal Roy 1963 | 40 |
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Aamir Khan actors Akhtar Amit Amitabh Bachchan Amrish Puri Anand Bakshi Asha Ashok Kumar audience Azmi B. R. Chopra Bimal Roy Black and white Bollywood brother Chandni Colour comedy dance Deewaar Dev Anand Devdas Dharmendra Dial dialogues Dilip Kumar director falls in love father film's genre girl Gulzar Guru Dutt hero heroine Hindi cinema Hindi film Hrishikesh Mukherjee images Indian cinema Jaan Kabhi Karan Kishore Lyrics Manoj Kumar marry Mehboob mins Mother India murder Muslim Nargis Nasir Naushad performance phool picturised played Pooja popular Prakash Pran Prod R. D. Burman Raj Kapoor Raja Rajesh Khanna Ravi realises Rishi Kapoor role romantic Salim-Javed Sanjay Sanjeev Kumar Santoshi scene Selected Cast Shah Rukh Shashi Kapoor Shekhar shot Shyam Sikandar Singh singing songs star story Story/Scr./Dial style Subhash theme Vijay Anand village Vinod Khanna Vyjayanthimala Waheeda Rehman Yash Chopra young Zeenat Aman