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Top 10 Bollywood movies
We look back at the best movies down the years
Akshay Kumar staked a legitimate claim as the real king of Bollywood this week. His action comedy, Singh is Kinng is on course to shatter box office records as the most succesful opening weekend for a single film. With around $15m in reciepts it will do Akshay's emerging reputation as a bankable star no harm at all.
Bollywood insiders, however, have not even placed the film in their top 10 movies of all time. Here we pick out a list of ten of the best Bollywood films of all time. Hardcore fans might disagree with our list. If you do, send in your suggestions. But if you're new to Indian cinema, and want a good benchmark of ten great films to begin your lifelong Bollywood affair this is our beginner's guide to Bollywood classics.
MOTHER INDIA 1957
Much-loved as one of Bollywood’s most pro-female films, this epic saga of the sufferings of an Indian peasant woman has an inherent and perennial appeal, so successful it’s often described as the Indian equivalent of Gone with the Wind.
Bollywood insiders, however, have not even placed the film in their top 10 movies of all time. Here we pick out a list of ten of the best Bollywood films of all time. Hardcore fans might disagree with our list. If you do, send in your suggestions. But if you're new to Indian cinema, and want a good benchmark of ten great films to begin your lifelong Bollywood affair this is our beginner's guide to Bollywood classics.
MOTHER INDIA 1957
Much-loved as one of Bollywood’s most pro-female films, this epic saga of the sufferings of an Indian peasant woman has an inherent and perennial appeal, so successful it’s often described as the Indian equivalent of Gone with the Wind.
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