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Best Indian Films

By: Sanjib Dey

India is the world’s largest producer of films, producing close to a thousand films annually. About 600 of the total films produced are in Telugu and Hindi, approximately 300 each, while the remaining are in other languages like Bengali, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada etc. Here is a list comprising movies from all these different Indian languages. The selection is solely based on works of auteur, classics, critically acclaimed contemporary works & some mainstream names which are must watch.

 

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Sanjib Dey

3May13

Indian Cinema completes 100 years today. Long Live Indian Cinema !!

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Sanjib Dey

5Nov12

Thank you all for joining this list. Your suggestions are welcome !

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Nalini Misra

9Aug11

nice list as a starting point, but as an Indian cinephile I find many critical and essential titles missing: G.Aravindan's work? Rabindra Dharamraj's Chakra? Avtar Kaul's 27 Down? and from modern indian cinema the most glaring omission: John & Jane! Would love to see these added.. thank you!

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    Sanjib Dey

    10Aug11

    Thanks Nalini, for your effort to make this a more comprehensive list. I tried adding a few of your suggestions as these are the films I appreciate too. There are many other outstanding Indian films which aren't yet listed in MUBI data base- for example: Jahnu Baruah's " It's a Long Way to the Sea" & "The Catastrophe", Aribam Shyam Sharma's "Ishanou" , Tapan Sinha's "Kabuliwala" & "Aaj Ka Robinhood" ....an endless list !!!

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Sanjib Dey

17Aug10

Thank you John.

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