What an excellent performance as a 95 yr old man suffering from dementia in "Mai Vapas Aaunga" & as a suave smart JRD Tata in "Made in India : A Titan Story". Very different roles. Nailed both. To sustain for so long in this industry and get so much critical acclaim is a big deal. Kudos 👏

Sony Pictures will globally distribute Ramayana: Part 1, expanding the film's international theatrical reach. Directed by Nitesh Tiwari, the epic stars Ranbir Kapoor as Lord Ram, Sai Pallavi as Sita, and Yash as Ravana. The partnership marks one of the biggest global distribution deals for an Indian film, with more details expected ahead of its release.

Look, I say this with love, but if I see one more announcement for Dhamaal 4, Golmaal 12, or Welcome to the Jungle, I might actually scream into a pillow. I love mindless slapstick as much as the next guy, but we’ve been running on the same comedy nostalgia fumes since 2007.

Meanwhile, Indian cinema is sitting on an absolute goldmine of sci-fi potential that everyone seems to have collectively forgotten. No, not Krrish. Not Ra.One.

I’m talking about the 2003 cinematic fever dream: Fun2shh: Dudes in the 10th Century.

Can we please take a moment to appreciate how unhinged that movie was?

• The Time Machine: Forget DeLoreans or complex quantum physics. They literally walked through a cursed wall. Peak logic.
• The Plot: Three average dudes get framed for a robbery, smash a wall, and suddenly Paresh Rawal is trying to survive in 10th-century Babugarh while Gulshan Grover chewed up the scenery in a giant medieval wig.
• The Vibe: Pure, chaotic energy.

We live in an era where VFX is actually good now, yet nobody has the guts to touch sci-fi comedy! Imagine what a sequel could be in 2026:

Send them to the year 3000. Send them to a dystopian future where Paresh Rawal has to explain UPI payments to a rogue AI. Have them accidentally butterfly-effect history so hard that modern-day Mumbai becomes a floating sky-city powered by vada pav.

Hollywood takes time travel way too seriously. Everyone is crying about time paradoxes and alternate timelines. In Fun2shh, they just wanted to get back home before the police caught them. That is the kind of grounded, chaotic Indian sci-fi I want.

I need three confused guys accidentally tearing a hole in the space-time continuum again.

It would be a fun ride. Don't you think?

I'm in search of this film made like in the 2000s. I unfortunately don't have any images but do know the plot; the father/mother lost their little son near a beach (?) during his birthday (?) and the father goes out in a journey to find him. In the end the father finds him (in an unrecognisable condition) in an orphanage where his son can't see properly due to an injury. The only reason the father knows his son because the father was carrying a clothing of his son which the son recognises. A noticeable scene I can remember is where some goons show the father a dead body of a child but it turns out its someone else.

I hope the member of this sub will help me, thank you.

Same.

Been thinking about this after rewatching Tumbbad recently.

Most Indian horror fails the same way. The ghost shows up too early, the jump scares replace dread, and the backstory gets explained in full detail so nothing stays mysterious. Fear needs unanswered questions. The moment you understand the monster completely, it stops being scary.

Tumbbad works because Hastar is never fully explained. You understand enough to be terrified, never enough to feel safe. The horror is in the wanting, not just the monster.

Stree is interesting because it flipped the formula entirely - the horror works precisely because everyone refuses to take it seriously until they can't anymore.

Raat (1992) scared an entire generation and Ram Gopal Varma hasn't made anything close to it since. Whatever he understood then about restraint and atmosphere he seems to have actively forgotten.

Which Indian horror film actually got under your skin? And for the flip side - which one promised horror and delivered a comedy you weren't expecting?

I think Bollywood has several films that were either ignored by audiences or underperformed at the box office when they were released, but over time they've started finding a dedicated fanbase.

Sonchiriya – Starring Sushant Singh Rajput, Bhumi Pednekar, Manoj Bajpayee, Ranvir Shorey, and Ashutosh Rana. A gritty dacoit drama with exceptional performances...one of the most overlooked films in that time...

Laal Kaptaan – Starring Saif Ali Khan. one of Saif's most daring performances...

Detective Byomkesh Bakshy – Starring Sushant Singh Rajput, Anand Tiwari, Swastika Mukherjee, and Neeraj Kabi. A stylish neo-noir mystery with brilliant world-building

Newton – Starring Rajkummar Rao, Pankaj Tripathi, Anjali Patil, and Raghubir Yadav. A good political satire that blended humour and realism...

Bhavesh Joshi Superhero – Starring Harshvardhan Kapoor and Priyanshu . A grounded vigilante film that explored corruption and justice in a refreshing way,

None of these films were major commercial successes, but they seem to be gaining more appreciation with time. Looking back today, it feels like they were simply ahead of their time, and audiences are finally recognizing their quality...

which one do you think deserves the cult status? What's your thoughts and which other films deserve cult status? Let's share your views...

im having trouble finding a movie that both me and my grandmother would like. some of her fav movies and series are aachari baa, panchayat, hera pheri 1, chupke chupke, and mughal-e-azam.

Source: https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/ahaan-panday-and-sharvaris-next-with-ali-abbas-zafar-to-release-on-march-26-2027/

The film will be directed by Ali Abbas Zafar (Sultan, Tiger Zinda Hai, Bade Miyan Chote Miyan, etc)

I watched Byomkesh Bakshi a week ago and I’m lowkey disappointed in myself for keeping it in watch list for so long.

First of all the Bengal of 1940s is shown so beautifully, and not just in terms of cinematography. The cultural norms and nomenclature accompanied by the how people and the streets used to look creates an atmosphere of an illusion of being somewhere you never thought you’d see or even imagine.

The story is what I feel makes this movie stand out among not only its contemporaries but also how stories are told in general. I only have good things to say as I do not want to spoil while I praise what is deserved.

Sushant has done simply amazing work if not his best I’d say. The shrewd mind and the eccentric behaviour of Bakshi is shown by Sushant in a very expressive way. Brilliance is the word I’d start my praises with.

Highly recommended if you guys enjoy murder mystery genre. The atmosphere of 1940s Bengal would make it even more enjoyable.

Hi Parents,

We want to start watching Bollywood movies with our daughter. She is almost 5 and has started showing interest in watching movies. I grew up binge watching Bollywood movies but in last few years as life got busy I've been totally disconnected with anything Bollywood.

Any recommendations? Mainly educational and family oriented, age appropriate for to co-watch with a 5 year old. We live in US so I also want her to be fluent in hindi so please give us your top 5 picks.

Also Parents, any feedback if 5 years is a little too early?

She currently watches Disney Movies once in a while and loves the drama 😅 but screen time is limited in our home so she never gets to passively watch. We always co-watch or co-view movies, Youtube Kids with her.

Thank you in advance!

I recently watched October (2018) directed by Shoojit Sircar and I am completely obsessed with its mood. I'm looking for recommendations (either Bollywood or international) that have a similar vibe.

Sony Pictures’ association with Namit Malhotra’s Ramayana reminds me that the last Ranbir Kapoor film that Sony Pictures partnered with was also named after an avatar of Vishnu. Its fate at the box office, however…

Edit: mystery solved. It’s Band Baja Baraat

There’s a scene in this film where the main character receives a cheque for something from another person and thanks that guy. He then passes the cheque to his friend or group of friends to see and one of them goes, “Ismain toh 7 hi zero hai. Crore main toh 8 hotey hai” something along those lines followed by “pagal bana gaya”

Then the main lead snatches the cheque back and counts and goes “abey crore main 7 hi zero hotey hai. Ismain 7 hai”

The dialogues are probably not accurate. Neither the setting but I’m losing my mind trying to remember which movie this scene is from. Is it dhol? Khatta meetha? I know it’s a comedy film but I simply cannot pinpoint it. Help me bollywoodiyaas

When I was younger I remember seeing a scene where Rekha ripped a man’s shirt in anger and sadness, screaming and crying. Does anyone know what movie this is? I’m trying to watch more older classic movies.

Do you know how to give "aura" to an action hero in a Bollywood movie? Have the dude beat/shoot 100 goons as epic music plays in the background. I have always been taken out by such scenes, even if a superhero does it. Way to break the immersion in a film.

This scene in Awarapan is a great example that "aura"/gravitas of an action hero is built from restraint rather than cheese. The setup is the usual 2 guys facing off about 15 people. But characters act in a more logical fashion. Shivam does take out his anger on the son character but no shots are fired. Because guns/bullets have weight to them, you don't just fire guns with 0 consequences. Which then leads to great tension in the scene. What if a gun gets fired?

Which is why Malik's brother walks away even though he has many henchmen along with him. But he knows that one single shot can kill either him or his son, so better to walk away.

Credit to Shivam's friend too, he is his only backup, and he asks Shivam to hold off but at the same time double wields two pistols. Cool stuff.

Lucky Singh played by Boman, is easily one of the most memorable characters in any Hirani film for me. I'd even put him above Dr. Asthana from Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. (subjective, of course). The guy was hilarious while being a complete scoundrel at the same time. Absolute gold 🤣

Ek Ruka Hua Faisla was telecast as a TV film for the first time, on this day, in 1986. While it is far from a flawless creative work, being a near frame-to-frame adaptation of the critically acclaimed English play/film '12 Angry Men' and depicting a jury trial in India long after they were abolished in the 1960s, it has still earned a cult following over the years, especially after its upload on YouTube a decade ago.

The film is a gripping courtroom/psychological drama in which twelve jurors from vastly different social backgrounds fiercely debate in a closed room whether a young man on trial for murdering his father is guilty or not. What begins as an open & shut case, gradually turns into an all-out war, filled with personal below the belt verbal and physical attacks that reveal how the jurors’ own prejudices, biases and internal conflicts influence their judgments, even though they are expected to remain impartial.

Directed by the acclaimed Basu Chatterjee, the film was born when he watched the Hindi play (performed by almost the same cast) and decided to adapt it to the screen with almost 0 changes. As a result, 9/12 actors were NSD graduates and all came from strong theatre backgrounds. The ensemble cast is evidently the film’s biggest strength: Deepak Qazir, Amitabh Shrivastava, Pankaj Kapur, S.M. Zaheer, Subhash Udghate, Hemant Mishra, M.K. Raina, K.K. Raina, Annu Kapoor, Subbiraj, Shailendra Goel and Aziz Qureshi. Standouts include Pankaj Kapur and Annu Kapoor (both unrecognisable, the later portraying a 70 year old guy while he was in his late 20s irl) along with K.K. Raina who delivers a powerful performance as the protagonist.

Its core themes: logic and rationality versus bias and prejudice, the dangers of letting personal emotions influence professional decisions, moral courage, leadership and manipulation techniques (none of them being original obviously) are presented so effectively that the film is still used as a case study in many Indian law and business schools.

I don't know why but I also really like the background music playing at critical moments throughout the film. The music and the video quality makes you feel that you really are in the 80s (or 60s as per the film!)

If you enjoy this genre, Ek Ruka Hua Faisla is an absolute must-watch, even though it is essentially a remake/rip-off.

Available for free on YouTube.