Top 5 Movies of India!

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I am a big lover of Hindi movies. My favorite pastime is watching movies with friends, either at home or in the theater. One day, one of my friends asked me about the top five Indian movies that have significantly influenced the themes of Bollywood films. We discussed this at length, and I realized that many of these iconic films are known for their unforgettable Bollywood songs. Finally, I came up with these five major Indian movies:

1> Mother India: The biggest hit of 1957. A movie directed by Mehboob Khan. Lead role was played by Nargis with Sunil Dutt, Raaj Kumar and Rajendra Kumar. This movie left a big impact on the society. The movie goes ahead in the flash back of the Radha, played by Nargis. The film did the business of over INR. 40 million. After this movie Sunil Dutt married to Nargis.

2> Mughal-E-Azam: One bigger success of Bollywood, just after three years of Mother India. Mughal-E-Azam came in 1960. This movie actually took 9 years to finish. It was a super duper hit. It broke the record of Mother India, which was later broken by Sholay. The movie was the love story of the Mughal prince Salim, who later became Jahangir. This movie was directed by K. Asif. and the lead roles are played by Dilip Kumar, Prithviraj Kapoor, and Madhubala.

3> Sholay: The movie which has changed the mainstream cinema of India, later it was recognised as the “Film of the Millennium” by BBC India in 1999. This movie has earned around US $ 60 million. The film was produced by G.P. Sippy and directed by his son Ramesh Sippy. Lead roles are played by Sanjeev Kumar, Dharmendra, Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini, Jaya Bhaduri, and Amjad Khan. Gabbar Singh became the well known name in each and every house of India.

4> Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge: DDLJ was one of the bigger hits of 1995. The movie was directed by Aditya Chopra. Lead roles are played by Shahrukh Khan, Kajol, Amrish Puri and Anupam Kher. It is one of my all time favorite movie. I watched this movie 23 times in theater so far and will again go to watch it if I found it playing in any of my near by theaters. The story of the movie was the love story of two NRI’s which was liked by every one.

5> Lagaan: The first major hit of the 21st century in Bollywood. It was released on 15th June 2001. It was the third Hindi language film to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The movie was directed by Ashutosh Gowarikar, and the lead role was played by Aamir Khan, Gracy Singh, Rachel Shelley, and Paul Blackthorne. The film was the story of the 19th century. Director of the movie Lagaan, Ashutosh Gowariker, once said that it was almost impossible to make Lagaan. This movie Lagaan was the India’s official nomination for the 2002 Oscars.

Although there are so many films made in Mumbai in Hindi, but I decided to make this list based on the discussion with my friends. I hope you would love this post and I will be waiting for your comment on this.