Top 3 Indian Movies you must see!

The Indian Cinema Industry is the most productive in the world with 1000 movies a year. However brillant movies are few. Indeed the first aim of Indian Cinema is entertaining people by providing masala movies. These ones are composed of all ingredients (comedy, romance, dance, fiction) to touch the public, and ensure commercial success. Actually producers of these movies don't care so much of critics. But recently, some directors want commercial success with an huge critical reception. This new wave brought Indian Cinema Industry international attention. Particularly, the patriotic movies have received the international and national public’s acclaim.
I would quote three patriotic movies which worth seeing. The Music for these movies is composed by AR Rahman, two Oscar Winner, Academic winner for slumdog Millionnaire...There is no surprise !


Roja, released in 1992 is a Tamil movie directed by reputed director Manirathnam. The movie deals mainly with Terriorism : The story revolves around a woman who struggles to find her husband, military ingineer devoted by his motherland, captivated by terrorists. It doesn’t portray terrorists as criminels, but as human being blinded by patriotism… Indeed, it describes difference between two types of Patriotism: Chavinism and nationalism. Arranged Marriages are also quoted: how the love could be possible even after an arranged marriage. There are 5 songs, composed by AR Rahman, his first music film album…a trendsetter album. Beautiful village landscapes are filmed for the song “Chinna, Chinna Aasai,” and cold Cashmire in romantic song “Pudhu Vellai Mazhai”. The movie conquers everyone’s heart and made Tamil Nadu movie Industry (Kollywood) famous in whole India.

Lagaan, released in 2001 is an Hindi movie directed by a new director Asthosh Gowariker. It’s an historical fiction movie: it took place in 1983 in Gujarat. It focuses on Indian peasants who were oppressed by increasing taxes on the wheat, during Victorian period. The fiction part interferes when a courageous man decided to challenge rough British soldier in his village, not by violence, not by pacific strikes, but ….by a game of cricket. The interesting part is how he managed to convince villagers to join his team. Three long hours of excitement, suspense, romance, comedy. All actors including British and Bollywood actors did their role magnificently. The director made every character unique. Also The mix of Indian and Western music was genuinely done by AR Rahman and integrated well with the plot. It’s the movie which opened the door to western public: it is the first nominated Oscar Indian movie. And Lagaan is listed as number 4 in on Channel Four's "50 Films to See Before you Die"…I’m right, am I?

Rang de Basanthi, released in 2006 directed by the director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, it is his first movie...and he made a wonderful entry to Bollywood. The story revolves around a british reporter who wants to make a movie on Indian freedom fighters. She casts 4 irresponsibles graduate students and made them "revolutionaries" who struggle against the corruption made by Indian politicians. This movie is a genious attempt by directors for his story-telling ( drawing a parallelism between the past with freedom figters and the present with movie's heros), for story's originality, and song picturazation. The editing is superb, as is The Music by AR Rahman. Songs are youthful and use punjab and arabis music. It's the one of rare Bollywood movies in which has no lip-sync songs. And the climax is one of the best in recent years...touching and tragic. In one word, the movie is technically brillant.

Three movies I quoted are patriotic, beg many awards, and praised by public, and earn commercial success. And two of movies cast british actors, which proves that Indian cinema Industry seeks foreign talent and wants to extend its market to international public.