abreakfromlife Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 So I'm looking to watch some Indian Bollywood movies.....are there any good recommendations out there? Good being a relative term, I know, LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pink Fairy Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 I enjoyed "Bride and Prejudice." You can probably guess the plot line! ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangermom Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Bride and Prejudice is a good gateway drug--you can figure out some of the conventions without getting too unusual. I love and adore Bollywood movies, here are some of my favorites: Lagaan--historical drama of ~1900, villagers vs. British officers. Lots of cricket, fascinating anyway. Devdas--a tragedy, lavish production. Swades--a NASA scientist goes back to get his old nanny. Very patriotic, Mother India. Veer-Zaara--a love story between a Pakistani girl and an Indian man. You'll cry a lot. Kandukonden Kandukonden--"Sense and Sensibility" in Tamil. Great movie, unfortunately the subtitles on the DVD lag a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melenie Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 I watched The faraway bride last week, it was fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cricket Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Bride and Prejudice is a good gateway drug--you can figure out some of the conventions without getting too unusual. I love and adore Bollywood movies, here are some of my favorites: Lagaan--historical drama of ~1900, villagers vs. British officers. Lots of cricket, fascinating anyway. Devdas--a tragedy, lavish production. Swades--a NASA scientist goes back to get his old nanny. Very patriotic, Mother India. Veer-Zaara--a love story between a Pakistani girl and an Indian man. You'll cry a lot. Kandukonden Kandukonden--"Sense and Sensibility" in Tamil. Great movie, unfortunately the subtitles on the DVD lag a bit. Swades is one of my favorites! Devdas is good but watch it with a giant box of kleenex. The others are good too. I haven't seen Kandukonden Kandukonden. I'll have to find that. It sounds great. Another good one is Black, very different from the typical Bollywood movie. It's a version of the Helen Keller story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Lynn Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 I have seen this one - Kal Ho Naa Ho. It is enjoyable, long, but in the end, enjoyable. My dd and her friends really like it. They introduced it to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangermom Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 I have seen this one - Kal Ho Naa Ho. It is enjoyable, long, but in the end, enjoyable. My dd and her friends really like it. They introduced it to me. Oh, yeah, I like that one. It's got some good music. I've decided that movie has the most Indian plot of any I've seen. :) ETA: And Indian movies are all that long. That's how they work, they're 3 hours long with an intermission and they always have songs. It takes me days to watch one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Monsoon Wedding has a Bollywood feel though it's not a Bollywood movie. Lagaan is very long but fun. Bride and Prejudice is way over the top and silly, but it's worth watching, especially since Sayid from Lost is in it. :) I'll have to make a list from this thread! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abreakfromlife Posted August 31, 2009 Author Share Posted August 31, 2009 this is great! I knew the hive would come through.....my husband is going to have a cow over all these movies, LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarenNC Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 :lurk5: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caitilin Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Bunty and Babli (I think that's how it's spelled) is really fun too. And not a quite so typical Bollywood plotline either, IMO. :tongue_smilie: Enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HRAAB Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 I tried watching Monsoon Wedding, but I don't do well with 'language' and my dh doesn't tolerate it at all. Is language (profanities) an issue in all these movies? Janet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangermom Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Bollywood movies are pretty wholesome in language. The subtitles are, anyway. There may have been a couple of swear words in one or two of the more thriller-y ones, but I don't recall any off the top of my head. They also don't have kissing or bedroom scenes, BUT they manage to get quite steamy anyhow. The girls often wear less than you would wish. Short skirts and bare midriffs are certainly seen. I have been quite surprised at the violence in a couple of them--if it's a thriller, it's guaranteed to be pretty violent. Sarfarosh, for example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleepymommy Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 Khube Kushi Kabi Gham - great movie Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge - my all time fav! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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