
Shahid is a biographical film based on the life of lawyer and human rights activist, Shahid Azmi. It garnered positive reviews from critics and won the National Film Award for the Best Debut Film by a Director. The film stars Manoj Bajpai in the lead role. Chittagong (2012)Ĭhittagong, directed by Bedabrata Pain, is based on British India's Chittagong uprising. This film received a National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi. Even when he's being held hostage in Pakistan, his only hope for survival is Hindi films.

Filmistaan (2014)įilmistaan is the story of a filmy man from India who is mistakenly kidnapped and made to cross the border while shooting a film. What happens next will suck you into Titli's life! Source: YouTube 4. But Titli finds an unlikely ally in his new wife, Neelu, who nurtures her own frustrated dreams. His schemes are thwarted by his unruly brothers, who marry him off against his will. In the badlands of Delhi's underbelly, Titli, the youngest member of a violent car-jacking brotherhood, plots a desperate bid to escape the 'family' business which is shady as hell.

Sanjay Mishra has given a flawless performance in this one as the patriarch of a middle class family living in Old Delhi. Ankhon Dekhi (2013)Īnkhon Dekhi, directed by Rajat Kapoor, is a bittersweet tale of a man who has an epiphany and decides that he will only believe what he sees with his own eyes. The film was highly appreciated by critics and won a few awards at Cannes Film Festival as well. The second follows the journey of Deepak (Vicky Kaushal), who comes from a family that burns funeral pyres at the Varanasi ghats. One follows the journey of Devi (Richa Chadha), who has to deal with the loss of her boyfriend and overcome the guilt she feels for his death. Masaan follows two separate story arcs in the town of Varanasi that eventually converge. Here's a list of 50 such films which will satiate your desire for quality cinema: It's just that we don't get to hear much about them because of the marketing gimmicks of mainstream commercial movies, which these underrated ones can't generally afford. And there's no dearth of such quality movies in Bollywood either. However, every now and then, there comes some quality cinema to bring the sanity back in your life. And mind you, they never disappoint us because they deliver exactly what they promise - hopeless masala movies! Kudos.Every year we flock to multiplexes to catch our favourite stars do the same old slapstick formula movies like Dilwale, Rowdy Rathore, Dabangg and Ready (the list is endless) , over and over and over again. We need this kind of cinema which leaves you thinking after watching it and spread the cognizance that there is a whole different life which does not belong to chiffon cinema. The acting is powerful and actors have delivered the dialect to the perfection. The long shots and silence describe every nuance and it does not require pages of conversation or dialogs. Every character has a motive and it has been designed carefully. It may not be everyone's movie but niche will surely appreciate this because it has a breath of fresh air and it does not rely on pompous or larger than life characters. The resurrection and resurgence is not an easy nut to crack. If you belong to hell, all the roads will bring you back and there is no redemption at all. However, there are plethora of complexities and struggle.

They can go to any length chasing the dream of being better and living a layman's life.

This is not your every Friday film it induces a challenge for the viewer and shows that people are surviving in any condition. The poverty, covet to live a better life and crime are the main components of the film. They do not have any remorse doing these felonies but everyone is combating the cruelty of life. Three brothers live their lives doing random car-jacking in Delhi's dark side with their father. Kanu Behl has surely an eye for the avant-garde cinema and directs this cruel and unrepentant film. "Titli" keeps all the clichés aside and gives you some hard-hitting cinematic experience.
