The lives of nine people living and working in the city of Mumbai change drastically when their fates intertwine with each other. However, they are decided to rise above their emotions. The musicals, the melodrama, the romance, the comedy. It features an ensemble cast that carries some of Indian cinema’s most refined stars and several other young talents. It’s a must watch for those who enjoy melodrama and romance with a wonderful soundtrack it captures the spirit of the city in all its beauty and flaws. Released: 11 May 2007 (India) Director: Anurag Basu Awards: Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor, MORE Music director: Pritam Chakraborty, Raju Singh
2 D-Day (2013)
The film follows a team of highly trained intelligence officers who are on a mission to nab one of India’s most wanted terrorist's Intelligence officer Wali Khan and a team of highly-trained officers is set to nab Goldman, Huma Qureshi, Irrfan Khan, and Arjun Rampal are absolutely brilliant but good old Rishi Kapoor steals the show with an intense achievement as a ruthless mafia don. One of India's most wanted terrorists. However, an unintended error puts their mission in danger. Release date: 19 July 2013 (India) Director: Nikhil Advani Awards: Filmfare Award for Best Editing, MORE‘ .
3. Matrubhoomi
A movie even most Indians might have not heard about, which is quite a shame because this Manish Jha directed
Set in an unspecified time frame when incessant female infanticide has left a rural Indian society without women, ‘Matrubhoomi:
It is scary world that Jha creates, infused with a sense of realism and urgency previously unseen in Indian cinema.
4. Gulaal (2009)
Anurag Kashyap’s uncrowned masterpiece is possibly one of the most underrated Hindi movies of all time. Back in 2009.
Set in modern-day Rajasthan, the film follows a young, naive, idealistic law student who gets entangled in the politics of the state while discovering his own identity and the disturbing truths of a society repressed by the very forces that dictate its moral values.
Dilip, a law student from Rajpur, is assaulted and abused by a gang led by Jadhwal. In his quest for revenge, he gets embroiled in the dirty world of politics. Release date: 13 March 2009 (India) Director: Anurag Kashyap Music director: Piyush Mishra, Hitesh Sonik Nominations: Filmfare Award for Best Story, MORE
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6. Company (2002)
There was a time when Ram Gopal Verma knew his stuff.
‘Company’, in many ways, could be recognized as a religious sequel to ‘Satya’ and is part of RGV’s gangster film series.
Set in the slums of Mumbai, the film follows a young man who rises to the top of Mumbai’s feared underworld gang.
Stars popular actors Ajay Devgan, Manisha Koirala, Vivek Oberoi and also features the imaginary South Indian actor Mohanlal in a special appearance as a Police officer.
Chandu, a henchman, and Mallik, a local hothead, join hands to form a gang. As their gang gains a reputation, tension arises between them and they eventually fall apart.
Release date: 12 April 2002 (India) Director: Ram Gopal Varma Film series: Gangster
7. Maqbool (2003)
‘Maqbool’ was the first episode of Vishal Bharadwaj’s unofficial Shakespearean trilogy that was followed by ‘Omkara’ in 2006 and ‘Haider’ in 2014.
Irrfan Khan delivers arguably his greatest performance backed brilliantly by a deadly beautiful Tabu who gracefully slips into the venomous veins of Lady Macbeth.
Maqbool, an underworld don's henchman, falls in love with his boss's mistress, Nimmi, who advises him to kill the don and become the next leader. Release date: 30 January 2004 (India) Director: Vishal Bhardwaj Adapted from: Macbeth Awards: National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor, MORE
8. Firaaq
‘Firaaq’ is a criminally underrated political drama that takes a devastating look into the lives of ordinary people wrecked by the Gujarat riots in 2002, the film traces the emotional journey of ordinary people - some who were victims, some perpetrators and some who choose to watch silently.
The film chronicles the lives of several people directly and indirectly affected by the massacre and takes place within a day.
Starring: Naseeruddin Shah, Tisca Chopra, Deepti Naval, and a young Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Nandita Das. The film received immense critical praise across various international film festivals and won two Nation Film Awards for Editing and Art Direction.
Based on riots that took place in Gujarat in 2002,
Release date: 20 March 2009 (India), Director: Nandita Das,
Awards: Filmfare Critics Award for Best Film, More.
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