Bollywood Underrated Little Gems
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- DirectorVic SarinStarsJimi MistryKristin KreukNeve CampbellDuring the turmoil and violence of Partition, a Sikh ex-soldier, haunted by war, offers shelter to a young Muslim woman who has been separated from her family.
- DirectorOmung KumarStarsRandeep HoodaAishwarya Rai BachchanRicha ChadhaBiopic of Sarabjit Singh, a farmer residing at Bhikiwind, Punjab, near the Indo-Pak border, crossed the border after having a couple of drinks. However, he was mistaken to be an Indian spy and was sentenced with capital punishment.
- DirectorNishikant KamatStarsParesh RawalKay Kay MenonIrrfan KhanA moving portrayal of the 2006 train bombings in Mumbai, this Indian drama follows the interconnected stories of several strangers.
- DirectorAvinash ArunStarsAmruta SubhashDevadhar ArchitParth BhaleraoA 11-year-old Indian boy who has just lost his father is forced to adapt to a new school in a small village. The story is about how he copes up and how life has to move on transforming a young mind into an adult day by day.
- DirectorRaam ReddyStarsThammegowda S.ChannegowdaAbhishek H.N.In a South Indian village, a centenarian's funeral brings together his free-spirited son, inheritance-hungry grandson and girl-crazy great-grandson.
- DirectorRam Gopal VarmaStarsDeepak DobriyalMahie GillZakir HussainAn aspiring movie actress and her boyfriend are arrested and charged with Homicide.
- DirectorRam Gopal VarmaStarsVivek OberoiShatrughan SinhaSudeepA killer bandit decides to become a politician in order to avenge deaths in his family.
- DirectorRam Gopal VarmaStarsAbhishek BachchanAntara MaliRiteish DeshmukhAbhinav (Abhishek Bachchan) and Reva (Antara Mali) are two, middle-class citizens in the big city of Mumbai. Both are trying to get a breakthrough in their individual profession. Abhinav wants to be an actor and Reva wants to be a choreographer. Both meet, fall in love and spend some intimate moments together. Abhinav tries to help Reva out, things get better when he gets his first film offer. However, Reva refuses his help and wants to make it on her own. Abhinav has become a huge star. She eventually gets her first offer to choreograph but the director wanted to approach Abhinav through her. Eventually both of them drift apart and break up. Reva finally gets a genuine offer to choreography by Diwakar (Ritesh Deshmukh), who really likes her style and work. Reva by now has become a huge star, and soon she is given the offer to work with Abhinav. The rest of the film focuses on whether Abhinav and Reva can put their differences aside and if they get back together.
- DirectorRam Gopal VarmaStarsSanjay DuttUrmila MatondkarParesh RawalNandu, a small-time thief, is assigned to smuggle an unknown packet for a petty amount. With the police pursuing him, Nandu has to elude them and deliver the packet on time.
- DirectorRam Gopal VarmaStarsJ.D. ChakravarthiJayasudhaMaheshwariA family buys a farmhouse situated near a haunted graveyard. Soon, they are under attack.
- DirectorKetan MehtaStarsSmita PatilNaseeruddin ShahOm PuriIn colonial India, subedars (tax collectors) went from village to village with soldiers, often demanding more than taxes. A subedar commands Sonbai, a beautiful and confident woman whose husband is away in the city, to sleep with him. She slaps him and flees for safety to a spice factory where women grind chillies into fine powder. The aged factory guard, Abu Mian, locks the door behind her, refusing to open it to the soldiers, to the cowardly village men led by the mayor, and to the subedar himself. The town's teacher, who follows Gandhi, and a few women, led by the mayor's wife, protest ineffectually against this village-approved rape. The stage is set for a final confrontation.
- DirectorSanjay PatelStarsRahul BhatTillotama ShomePrashant BarotResigned to his fate as a worker in a notoriously shoddy chemical plant, Jay realizes that he must not only find a way to support his family, but also overcome grave social and legal injustice in the system.
- DirectorAmar KaushikStarsAshish ChhipaRajkummar RaoShraddha KapoorIn the small town of Chanderi, the menfolk live in fear of an evil spirit named "Stree" who abducts men in the night. Based on the urban legend of "Nale Ba" that went viral in Karnataka in the 1990s.
- DirectorBejoy NambiarStarsDulquer SalmaanDhansikaSai TamhankarAn anthology, telling the story of four different people, each story revolving around four different elements: Earth, Fire, Wind and Water.
- DirectorMukul AbhyankarStarsManoj BajpayeeTabuAnnu KapoorSushant Dubey checks in at a beach resort of Mauritius late night with his lovely wife Aparna and three-year-old daughter, Titli, who has high fever. As Aparna wakes up the next morning, she is horrified to find Titli missing. The distressed couple goes from pillar to post in a vastly spread resort to search for her, but Titli seems to have disappeared. The police is informed and the most reputed police officer Ramkhilawan Buddu of the Mauritian police force enters the scene. Different people, different viewpoints, different versions about the child going missing turns into a cat and mouse game.
- DirectorKushal SrivastavaStarsKay Kay MenonRaima SenMandira BediIn the misty town of Manali, ACP Ashwini Dixit attempts to solve a series of mysterious murders happening in a single night, which might be connected to the night club, Vodka Diaries.
- DirectorAnurag KashyapStarsVineet Kumar SinghJimmy ShergillZoya HussainA boxer struggles to make his mark in the boxing world.
- DirectorAtanu MukherjeeStarsManoj BajpayeeSmita TambeAdarsh GouravAfter his father dies in a car accident, a boy rediscovers his lost connections and familial ties, confronting untold secrets and memories on his way.
- DirectorDeepa MehtaStarsPreity G ZintaGick GrewalVansh BhardwajChand, a young Punjabi woman, travels to Canada to marry a man she has never met. They live in a crowded suburban house and Chand has to also put up with her husband's abusive behavior.
- DirectorPartho GhoshStarsJackie ShroffNana PatekarManisha KoiralaNewly married Suraj and Shivangi are on honeymoon where they meet Vishwanath - who claims that Shivangi is his wife.
- DirectorGulzarStarsRekhaNaseeruddin ShahAnuradha PatelMeeting accidentally five years after their divorce, a couple reflects on how their marriage collapsed despite transparency.
- DirectorKanti ShahStarsMithun ChakrabortyMukesh RishiMohan JoshiWhen a coolie's family is murdered by a group of gangsters and politicians, he swears revenge on them.
- DirectorVidhu Vinod ChopraStarsShabana AzmiAmol PalekarNaseeruddin ShahWhen a starlet is murdered on a film location, a detective arrives to investigate the cast and crew.
- DirectorSagar SarhadiStarsFarooq ShaikhSmita PatilNaseeruddin ShahA young man challenges traditional customs by standing up to the father of the woman he loves, who has promised her to a wealthy expatriate.
- DirectorGulzarStarsShabana AzmiUtpal DuttNaseeruddin ShahThe film is about married couples of urban India having extramarital relations and adultery. Based on Gulzar's own story "Seema", the film portrays the relationship between a theatre director, Sudhir, who neglects everything but his work and is struggling to establish his theatre group. His wife Seema is also the leading lady in the theatre group but is left alone as Sudhir is involved in his work. Things take a turn when Sudhir's friend TK turns up and woos Seema.
- DirectorBharathirajaStarsRajesh KhannaPoonam DhillonAruna IraniAnand lives a wealthy lifestyle in Bombay in a palatial house, and runs a business 'Export India'. While shopping at Roopsagar Clothing Store, he meets one of the Sales Clerks', Sharda, and falls in love with her. Shortly thereafter he proposes to her, she accepts, and both marry at the Registrar of Marriages. Sharda is shown around Anand's house, and the guest-house which houses his ex-convict father. Sharda soon settles in, establishes a Devi Maa Durga Mandir, but will find her life turning upside down when she discovers a deadly secret from Anand's past.
- DirectorGovind NihalaniStarsAmitabh BachchanOm PuriFardeen KhanJoint Commissioner of Police Dev Pratap Singh, a duty-bound, self-righteous officer, and Special Commissioner Tejinder Khosla, the balancing force between the political interests of Chief Minister Bhandarker and Dev's commitment to the law, are lifelong friends, each with his own ideals. Farhaan, a law graduate, was brought up with ideals of non-violence and patriotism. Dev unwittingly gives Farhaan the wound that plunges him into rage and violence after witnessing the death of his father during a peace demonstration. Taking advantage of the situation, corrupt politician Latif sets the vulnerable young man on a path of violence and destruction that threatens to ignite the city. Aalyn is the light in Farhaan's life. Beautiful and innocent, the young woman also gets caught in extraordinary circumstances that transform her life and she dares to stand up for the truth.
- DirectorAshok MehtaStarsArjun RampalManisha KoiralaKalpana PanditAn idealistic lawyer wants to help the poor get justice, but lacks finance, so plans to rob a bank, alongside his love interest. His black n white emotional nature, leads to an unforgivable deed, which he severely repents.
- DirectorMadhur BhandarkarStarsRaveena TandonAtul KulkarniShri Vallabh VyasDelhi-based, liberal-thinking, politician-hating Anuradha Sehgal re-locates to Mumbai, finds employment, meets and weds the state's aspiring Chief Minister, Vivek Chauhan. She soon finds out that the Chauhan family is two-faced, while Vivek himself is a womanizer and an alcoholic; her movements will be restricted, and she will be physically abused. Things dramatically change when Vivek is arrested for murder and lodged in a cell. The Chauhans persuade her to stand for elections in Vivek's place, which she does. It is here she will witness the nexus between the underworld, businessmen, corrupt policemen and politicians, and that her life is not only in danger outside, but she may be burnt alive by her conservative in-laws who suspect her of having a widely publicized affair with Yeshwant Vardhe.
- DirectorHarish VyasStarsShivani RaghuvanshiAnshuman JhaEkavali KhannaAngrezi Mein Kehte Hein is a family drama and explores changing relationships between a middle aged couple. Its about the realization that sometimes just loving someone is not enough and expressing that love is equally important.
- DirectorShanker RamanStarsAkshay OberoiPankaj TripathiAamir BashirBased on true event this story revolves around kidnapping of Preeto which family has come to know from midnight call. The tales revolves as to how they family will be able to track Preeto..
- DirectorNagraj ManjuleStarsSomnath AwghadeRajeshwari KharatSuraj PawarIt is about a teenager from a Dalit (Oppressed caste) family, who lives at the village fringe, and falls in love with an upper caste girl.
- DirectorRavi JadhavStarsAtul KulkarniKishore KadamSonalee KulkarniA poor working man loses his job and decides to start a theater troupe.
- DirectorMahesh ManjrekarStarsNana PatekarMedha ManjrekarMrunmayee DeshpandeAfter he retires, an aging theatre actor and his wife begin to feel unwanted by their children.
- DirectorUmesh Vinayak KulkarniStarsNana PatekarDilip PrabhawalkarJyoti SubhashKeshya, a simple villager believes that god has arrived in his village but everyone disbelieves him. Later when the politics plays its part things take a drastic change.
- DirectorParesh MokashiStarsNandu MadhavVibhawari DeshpandeAtharva KarveIn 1913 India's cinema industry is born from Dadasaheb Phalke's efforts to make Raja Harishchandra (1913), India's first feature-length B&W silent film.
- DirectorShlok SharmaStarsShashank AroraPrince DanielShatakshi GuptaSet in the heart of Mumbai, ZOO depicts lifestyles in and around the ghetto co-existing with the people residing in the upmarket, high-rise buildings of Mumbai. It is a story of a bunch of youngsters trapped and fighting their existence, and traces their lives through 4 parallel tracks. The film delves and inter-weaves the lives of 2 teenaged Dharavi rappers, a coffee-shop waiter who runs his drug delivery at the coffee shop, an under-aged teenage girl who hasn't left her posh South Mumbai apartment in 2 years as she lives the guilt of accidently killing her friends, and another girl staying in the slums working as house help in upmarket Mumbai. As we follow them, we realize that either they are fighting their identities, or are trying to alter their realities or have reluctantly succumbed to it.
- DirectorHansal MehtaStarsRajkummar RaoRajesh TailangSatwant KaurA recounting of the story of infamous British-born terrorist Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, who kidnapped and murdered Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in 2002.
- DirectorDipesh JainStarsManoj BajpayeeRanvir ShoreyNeeraj KabiThe film is a psychological drama about a man who is trapped within the city walls and in his own mind. He attempts to break free to find a human connection.
- DirectorSyed Ahmad AfzalStarsRandeep HoodaAkshay OberoiRajneesh DuggalThe friendship of two men is tested when things go wrong in their blood theft business.
- DirectorSyed Ahmad AfzalStarsSandeepa DharArchana GautamAnurita JhaA man and his grandfather run a wedding company that tries to stop couples from eloping.
- DirectorAshvin KumarStarsKulbhushan KharbandaAnshuman JhaSoni RazdanA teenage British Kashmiri, Noor, retraces her roots. She is joined by Majid, a local Kashmiri boy who is more smitten by her exotic foreignness than her obsession to unravel the mysteries of their disappeared fathers.
- DirectorAijaz KhanStarsTalha Arshad ReshiVikas KumarRasika DugalEight year-old Hamid learns that 786 is God's number and decides to try and reach out to God, by dialing this number. He wants to talk to his father, who his mother tells him has gone to Allah. One fine day the phone call is answered.