Film Indian Cinema

[VP89]

Anyone watch it? I only watch Bollywood films alongside Hollywood but kept the thread title open in case there are some hidden gems in other industries.

Thankfully there are more and more original, watchable Indian films these days. They still lag behind Hollywood in the Thriller/Action genres though.

Anyone want to share their favourites? Looking forward to any upcoming films?

I watched the film on M.S Dhoni and was really pleasantly surprised given I have no interest in cricket. Thought it was brilliant:

Spoiler: M.S. Dhoni Trailer (w/subtitles)

 

[R.N7]

Bollywood is uncharted territory for me, maybe the biggest one.

I've seen and enjoyed Pather Panchali and The Music Room by Satyajit Ray though.

 

[horsechoker]

Cinema doesn't get much better than this

 

[RedTiger]

Bollywood is uncharted territory for me, maybe the biggest one.

I've seen and enjoyed Pather Panchali and The Music Room by Satyajit Ray though.

Bengalis for the win

 

[VP89]

Cinema doesn't get much better than this

Yeah sadly that "masala" brand that's a genre specific only to eastern cinema seems to have generalised what Bollywood is about

 

[ghagua]

Grew up watching Bollywood movies. Sholay and Deewar my all time favorite Bollywood movies.

 

[RedTiger]

Grew up watching Bollywood movies. Sholay and Deewar my all time favorite Bollywood movies.

Yeah, I very much like the old school films as well. I don't tend to go out of my way to watch any Bollywood nowadays unless my wife happens to be watching something on star plus.

 

[VP89]

Yeah, I very much like the old school films as well. I don't tend to go out of my way to watch any Bollywood nowadays unless my wife happens to be watching something on star plus.

Fecking Star Plus

Movies now have gotten a lot better though. Don't get me wrong, 98% of the releases are still turd but the other 2% are gems.

 

[R.N7]

 

[prath92]

Anyone watch it? I only watch Bollywood films alongside Hollywood but kept the thread title open in case there are some hidden gems in other industries.

Thankfully there are more and more original, watchable Indian films these days. They still lag behind Hollywood in the Thriller/Action genres though.

Anyone want to share their favourites? Looking forward to any upcoming films?

I watched the film on M.S Dhoni and was really pleasantly surprised given I have no interest in cricket. Thought it was brilliant:

Spoiler: M.S. Dhoni Trailer (w/subtitles)

most of the bollywood films of late go along the 'masala' brand especially movies by most big stars except maybe aamir khan. To be honest, better films are made regionally and then are remade into Hindi these days (including Singham shown above).

 

[Moby]

The last movie I watched was Kapoor and Sons, which was quite a decent watch.

The best one of the last few years for me is Lunchbox.

 

[berbatrick]

Love sex aur dhokha was great, and can easily be found online for free. Watching it with English subs you will lose a bit of the language, because it does the Delhi tone/vocabulary very well, and that can't be translated. Still an excellent film. It's the last Hindi film I've seen and I wrote this just after watching: https://www.redcafe.net/threads/the-redcafe-movie-review-thread.165633/page-844#post-20336072


Lunchbox is on my list.

 

[Raees]

The last movie I watched was Kapoor and Sons, which was quite a decent watch.

The best one of the last few years for me is Lunchbox.

Lunchbox was quality. Watched a few weeks back and it was a brilliant film.

 

[harshad]

Gangs of Wasseypur Part 1 & 2

The last hindi movie I watched in theaters was Dangal, which was decent.

 

[RedTiger]

This is good a place than any to post this. My friend is an up and coming director in Mumbai and is currently casting for a couple of roles for an indie film.

If anyone is interested or knows anyone who would be interested then please contact.

Please visit the facebook page as i'm sure he'll appreciate the publicity.

 

[VP89]

Looks very good. I loved Bajerao so quite excited for this:

 

[KM]

Watched Newton three days ago, probably the best hindi movie I've seen in years.

 

[The Outsider]

Do all the Bollywood films have dancing and singing?

 

[VP89]

Do all the Bollywood films have dancing and singing?

No.

Dancing and signing still exists in most films but it's put far more into context rather than just randomly plotted in the film.

The proper directors give a reason for the song and seamlessly put it in, they also lessen the song to just 1-2 minutes.

 

[Dirty Schwein]

Don't really watch Bollywood at all. Never have but willing to take a chance of someone can recommend a good horror. Obviously, it would need subtitles or I won't know what the feck is going on.

 

[VP89]

Don't really watch Bollywood at all. Never have but willing to take a chance of someone can recommend a good horror. Obviously, it would need subtitles or I won't know what the feck is going on.

Indian cinema can't do horror. Best to avoid tit all together or consider a well written love story/thought provoking flick

 

[Maradona10]

Looks very good. I loved Bajerao so quite excited for this:

Same here. Think Ranveer does a good job on his characters. Rarely watch hindi movies these days but you can pick and chose will probably know which movie will be good and which will be a masala fest.
Judwa2 will be shit, i dont like the actor even. Newton should be good, you can make out a movie from a trailer if its worth watching or not.

 

[AshRK]

Hindi cinema has gone down big time. Same story, same boring cast, none of the new stars are half good. Music has become bang average thanks to those rappers and same tune music. Miss those 90s and 2000s years.

 

[RedDevil@84]

Miss those 90s and 2000s years

You mean Govinda and Karishma?

 

[RedDevil@84]

On the topic, Indian cinema is much more than Bollywood.
Malayalam, Tamil industries come out with more than decent movies every year. I have heard there are interesting movies in Marathi/Bengali as well.

 

[AshRK]

You mean Govinda and Karishma?

Unfortunately even they were far better than these varun dhawans, arjun kapoor sonakshi sinha et al.

 

[AshRK]

On the topic, Indian cinema is much more than Bollywood.
Malayalam, Tamil industries come out with more than decent movies every year. I have heard there are interesting movies in Marathi/Bengali as well.

Watched vikram vedha. (tamil movie). Very good movie.

 

[Moonred]

There are plenty of good regional as well as parallel Hindi cinemas which are good quality. Mainstream has to pander to the masses and stars to make money which makes them cliched. India produces way too many movies and its impossible to casually find the good ones from the crap.

 

[AshRK]

There are plenty of good regional as well as parallel Hindi cinemas which are good quality. Mainstream has to pander to the masses and stars to make money which makes them cliched. India produces way too many movies and its impossible to casually find the good ones from the crap.

The problem is story writing. It has become crap. This is why I have always hated this 100 cr. Club 200 cr. Club. The crap like judwaa 2 , great grand masti have earned more than 100 crore.

 

[Neutral]

Bollywood is uncharted territory for me, maybe the biggest one.

I've seen and enjoyed Pather Panchali and The Music Room by Satyajit Ray though.

He was a GOD.

 

[VP89]

Unfortunately even they were far better than these varun dhawans, arjun kapoor sonakshi sinha et al.

Beg to differ for me.. Good actors today like rajkumar rao and nawazuddin siddiqui would have never got a look in back in the 90s.

90s and early 200s was all about cheese, running around the trees and ripping of Hollywood flicks with a Davidson Dhawan banner on it. I also really like seeing the work of Ranvir, Ranbir, Deepika, Shahid, etc. Today.

Today we see a wider array of films rather than chocolate boy Switzerland bullshit. Eg. Udta Punjaab, Gangs, Kapoor and Sons, Rocket Singh, etc.

 

[AshRK]

Beg to differ for me.. Good actors today like rajkumar rao and nawazuddin siddiqui would have never got a look in back in the 90s.

90s and early 200s was all about cheese, running around the trees and ripping of Hollywood flicks with a Davidson Dhawan banner on it. I also really like seeing the work of Ranvir, Ranbir, Deepika, Shahid, etc. Today.
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Today we see a wider array of films rather than chocolate boy Switzerland bullshit. Eg. Udta Punjaab, Gangs, Kapoor and Sons, Rocket Singh, etc.

You are choosing to pick the worst from 90s and 00s and picking the very best from today. The likes of Rajkumar rao, sidhique are rare exception. Let us compare the main stars. The likes of varun , shahid , arjun kapoor would not even hold a candle to srk, ajay, aamir, akshay, salman etc.

Good movies are few and far. Ranveer is a very good actor and I have been a big of ranbir but ranbir is not doing anymore quality movies. I think we have been vastly underrating the acting skills of srk, ajay , aamir.

 

[AshRK]

Fecking Star Plus

Movies now have gotten a lot better though. Don't get me wrong, 98% of the releases are still turd but the other 2% are gems.

Lol how have they gotten better if 98 percent are turds. Hindi cinema have gone crap which is a sad truth. I miss those good comedy movies which was actually funny. Even thrillers were regularly made and were better. Not a fan of romantic movies but even they were vastly better and easy to sit through.

 

[RedDevil@84]

You are choosing to pick the worst from 90s and 00s and picking the very best from today. The likes of Rajkumar rao, sidhique are rare exception. Let us compare the main stars. The likes of varun , shahid , arjun kapoor would not even hold a candle to srk, ajay, aamir, akshay, salman etc.

Good movies are few and far. Ranveer is a very good actor and I have been a big of ranbir but ranbir is not doing anymore quality movies. I think we have been vastly underrating the acting skills of srk, ajay , aamir.

I partially agree with both of you. I don't think that we can convincingly say one era was all better than the other. The only thing was good movies came far and between in the 90s. And now we can expect at least a few good movies every year at least.

2000s is more comparable to the current and has lot more good movies like 3 idiots, RDB, Chak De, TZP, Swades, Munna Bhai, Black etc

 

[R.N7]

Has anyone seen something from Mani Kaul or Ritwik Ghatak?

 

[djdhrubs]

Bollywood is uncharted territory for me, maybe the biggest one.

I've seen and enjoyed Pather Panchali and The Music Room by Satyajit Ray though.

Being bengali, born and brought up in London, his movies are the main ones I've been told about and shown. The Apu Trilogy are classics obviously. For some bizarre reason I haven't got round to watching the Music Room yet, but have seen several of his other movies, though not for many years.

I know very little about the rest of Indian cinema. Wish they'd make a good horror movie though. Seems to be an ignored genre in India (though I confess I don't actually know this for a fact, just never heard of a great Indian horror movie). The middle story in Teen Kanya by Satyajit Ray has some nice horror elements but never heard of a whole movie of that tone.

 

[RedDevil@84]

I don't think horror is completely ignored. There are some decent movies. Not an out and out horror movie like the ones you see in Hollywood, but some which has some jump scares and stuff.
Agree that Bollywood has come up with some crap horror in the 90s which used borderline softporn stuff to make the movie sell.

But some movies like Pizza (Tamil), Maya (Tamil/Telugu) are decent movies in the genre. I think even RGV has some decent Telugu horror movies.

 

[FCBarca]

I love Indian films, Bollywood and the more contemporary ones like Water. Been awhile but I'd watch anything Aamir Khan was in after Rang de Basanti

Linked to this, I love, love, love watching bhangra

 

[VP89]

You are choosing to pick the worst from 90s and 00s and picking the very best from today. The likes of Rajkumar rao, sidhique are rare exception. Let us compare the main stars. The likes of varun , shahid , arjun kapoor would not even hold a candle to srk, ajay, aamir, akshay, salman etc.

Good movies are few and far. Ranveer is a very good actor and I have been a big of ranbir but ranbir is not doing anymore quality movies. I think we have been vastly underrating the acting skills of srk, ajay , aamir.

You named Arjun as one of the biggest stars today, you cannot be serious? Also ranbir's latest in Ae dil hain mushkil was absolutely amazing. Real acting in a real film, unlike say K3G ironically with shah rukh which was full of cheesey puns.

I don't think I cherry picked at all, the 90s and 2000s were carried by 3 actors. They were terrific stars but only one was a genuine timeless talent of an actor (Aamir). Srk was a product of Yash Chopras brilliance and Salman a superstar that can sell shit on a stick.

Take an example of a relatively limited actor today in Siddharth Malhotra. He's not even close to a top star but he's actively doing different roles, which is a testiement to the diverse range of cinema today. His work in Brothers was actually very good, and Kapoor and Sons as well. Two films in stark contrast to one another. We'd have never ever seen that in the 90s.

There are films today that simply would never have been given the go-ahead by the producers in the 90s. Karan Johar is a good example of that today. He keeps posters of movies like Rang De Basanti rather than only his own ones, as a benchmark to do something different. You look at some of his productions and its a breath of fresh air. Ghazi attacks and Kapoor and Sons for example.

Bollywood today for all its cheese flaws (there will always be glossy piles of nothing to please the rural audience who like Masaaki flicks), the industry has moved very far in its genres and also broader arrays of talent.

 

[RedDevil@84]

Srk was a product of Yash Chopras brilliance

I don't like to pick a line from a post and comment, but SRK struggled in the industry for quite some time before settling in NRI, Rahul-type roles.
There were very few actors who would pick negative shaded roles like Baazigar, Anjaam or Darr. And for someone to achieve stardom with no friends in industry is really big thing. I may not like SRK's movie choices in last decade, but his acting talents are hardly to be dismissed or to be spoken along with someone like Salman.

Aamir for all his talent, did some real cheesy roles before taking a decision to do meaningful roles only.