Great crime story and another beautiful soundtrack
from the good old times in this Guru Dutt production.
Dev Anands's inspector hunts the man behind the
murder of a newspaper editor. Minoo Mumtaz can be
seen in the lovely happy Boojh mera kya naam re

C.I.D.

Direction: Raj Khosla, Guru Dutt production: 1956

Cast: Dev Anand, Shakeela, Waheeda Rehman, KumKum
DVD in hindi audio with english subtitles, black & white, region free
India Ultra Distributors edition

VERY enjoyable burning train action in the good old
catastrophe genre. Help! There's a fire on the Super
Express. An army of famous actors and a sensational
burning train effect that beats the crap out of the CGI
of today, a real moving train wagon on fire

The Burning Train

Direction: Ravi Chopra, production: 1980

Cast: Dharmendra, Vinod Khanna, Parveen Babi, Jeetendra
DVD in hindi audio with english subtitles, black & white, region free
India Moserbaer edition

Obsessed love in the house of exctoplasm and a
melodrama ghost story film noir. Hysterically over-
wrought but with a hallucinatory Edgar G Ulmer pulse
to it, and with a beautiful soundtrack. A Masterpiece
The hypnotic Yeh Raat Phir Na Aayegi makes me cry

Mahal

Direction: Kamal Amrohi, production: 1949

Cast: Ashok Kumar, Madhubala, Vijayalaxmi, Kanu Roy
DVD in hindi audio with english subtitles, black & white, region free
India Eagle edition

Crime-thriller with spookery and another house of
ectoplasm with scenes resembling those of Mahal.
It was a dark and stormy night .... a beautiful female
apparition dressed in white haunts poor Dr. Anand
A wandering soul or an elaborate heist plan ?

Woh Kaun Thi ?

Direction: Raj Khosla, production: 1964

Cast: Manoj Kumar, Sadhana, Seema, K.N. Singh
DVD in hindi audio with english subtitles, black & white, region free
India Ultra Distributors edition

A nice dvd edition of an indian artmovie classic
drama where a family father suddenly disappears
and the family are left thinking about the reason.
A taut psychological drama and with a glorious
Shabana Azmi ... as always

Ek Din Achanak

Direction and script: Mrinal Sen, production: 1989

Cast: Shabana Azmi, Aparna Sen, Arjun Chakraborty
DVD in hindi audio with english subtitles, region free
India Shemaroo edition

A Romantic Masterpiece and maybe the Greatest
Love Story Ever Told. Magically beautiful drama
with haunting visuals, music and sensational
performances from Manisha and Shahrukh. Social
commentary and romance from Master Ratnam

Dil Se - The Greatest Love Story Ever Told.... and it's true

Direction: Mani Ratnam, production: 1998

Cast: Shahrukh Khan, Preity Zinta, Manisha Koirala
DVD in hindi audio with english subtitles, region free
India Moserbaer and US/UK Eros edition

A Very unusual and intense Female Revenge
indie drama thriller with the icon Madhuri Dixit.
A film that surprisingly was shown on swedish
TV at the end of the 1990's, and the first Bolly-
wood film i saw .... and i was hooked for life

Mrityudand (The Death Penalty)

Direction and production: Prakash Jha 1997

Cast: Madhuri Dixit, Ayub Khan, Shabana Azmi
DVD in hindi audio with english subtitles, region free
US/UK DEI-Eros edition - mono 162 min

Ram Gopal Varma crime classic where a duo
takes over the Mumbai gangster world. Devgan
is good and Vivek impresses in his film debut.
A Really, really cool soundtrack with the song
Khallas makes this film even slicker

Company - almost 15 years since Ramu's genre classic

Direction: Ram Gopal Varma, production: 2002

Cast: Ajay Devgan, Vivek Oberoi, Manisha Koirala
DVD in hindi audio with english subs, region free
US/UK Eros edition

A Bollywood Crime Masterpiece !
Ramu defined the indian gangster genre with
this great film about Satya's career from an
underling to the Mumbai criminal top
Great actors, direction and script

Satya -The Other Side of Truth - a Masterpiece !

Direction: RGV, script: Anurag Kashyap, production: 1998

Cast: J.D. Chakravarthy, Manoj Bajpai, Urmila Matondkar
DVD in hindi audio with english subtitles, region free
US/UK Eros edition

Darjeeling Tea region Himalaya western ? Action
drama thriller where police officer Amitabh fights
against the brutal gang of Amjad Khan and Rakhee
plays the blind damsel in distress

Barsaat Ki Ek Raat

Direction and co-script: Shakti Samanta, production: 1981

Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Rakhee, Amjad Khan
DVD in hindi audio with english subtitles, region free
India Reliance Home Video edition

Very Good horror drama about a young possessed
girl. Surprisingly well done and taut to be a Bolly
horror film. Toned down in its style and with real
suspense. Not trashy and one of the best horrors
i've seen from Bollywood where not many are good

Gehrayee

Direction: Arunavikas, production: 1980

Cast: Shreeram Lagoo, Padmini Kolhapure, Anant Nag
DVD in hindi audio with english subs, region free
India Shemaroo edition

Trashy but entertaining ghost story about a
revengeful gipsy ghost woman waiting for her
beloved to return. A lot of poor acting and bad
effects but still somewhat fun and Dimple is
fine as the female apparition dressed in white

Bees Saal Baad

Direction: Raj Kumar Kohli, production: 1988

Cast: Dimple Kapadia, Anupam Kher, Mithun Chakraborty
DVD in hindi audio with english subs, region free
India Captain Video edition

Ku ku ku ku ku ku ku ku .... Listen to the

Youtube video Choli ke peeche kya hai

Masala action drama with Madhuri Dixit
and Sanjay Dutt as the murderer Ballu
OK entertainment with Dutt in Hyper mode
and with the astonishin Super Hit song and
dance number Choli ke peeche kya hai

Khal Nayak (The Villain)

Direction: Subhash Gai, production: 1993

Cast: Sanjay Dutt, Madhuri Dixit, Neena Gupta
DVD in hindi audio with english subtitles, region free
US/UK Eros edition -180 min

A Very Good and charming romance melodrama
about Khanna's arrival to the US, working as a
taxi driver and falling in love with the gorgeous
Aish. She's working at a burger joint at minimum
wages and looks stunning in her uniform - Wow

Aa Ab Laut Chalen

Direction: Rishi Kapoor, production: 1999

Cast: Aishwarya Rai, Akshaye Khanna
DVD in hindi audio with english subs, region free
India Shemaroo edition

GREAT Bollywood Film Noir at it's best.
Cool slick looking psychological thriller where
a married couple has problems with ghosts.
Sensational sexbomb femme fatale is Bipasha.
Would love to have this on a Blu-ray

Raaz

Direction: Vikram Bhatt, production: 2002

Cast: Bipasha Basu, Dino Morea, John Abraham
DVD in hindi audio with english subtitles, region free
US Tipsmusic edition - 151 min

Entertaining crime thriller with a lot of twisting
where Khanna's lawyer is defending Devgan's
suspected murderer. And then there's the
lovely Urmila Matondkar also, a talented cast
this is for sure

Deewangee

Direction: Anees Bazmee, production: 2002

Cast: Ajay Devgan, Urmila Matondkar, Akshaye Khanna
DVD in hindi audio with english subtitles, region free
US Spark edition

Not less than 50 song and dance numbers
with the Mumbai film industry's greatest
female stars incl. Karisma Kapoor, Urmila
Matondkar, Rani Mukherjee, Manisha Koirala,
Twinkle etc. 204 minutes, songlist see link

Bollywood Beuty Queens

Music DVD

Cast: Diverse actresses
DVD with hindi audio, region free
US Video Sound edition

Yet another masterful Mani Ratnam drama
depicting love as the victim for religious
hatred and bloody riots. A hindu falls in
love with a moslem woman and goes to
Bombay to live in peace, but ...

Bombay

Direction: Mani Ratnam, production: 1996

Cast: Arvind Swamy, Manisha Koirala
DVD in hindi audio with english subtitles, region free
US/UK Eros edition

Super Cool 1970's Cult Action Comedy with
the Tall Man in his Groove. Gangster parody
where Amitabh plays his own doppelganger.
Cool clothes, hairstyles, song and dance and
The Ultimate Bollywood actress - Zeenat Aman

Don - An Absolute Bollywood Cult Classic!

Direction: Chandra Barot, production: Nariman Irani 1978

Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Zeenat Aman, Pran
DVD in hindi audio with english subtitles, region free
India Priya - Eagle edition

Another absolute Bollywood classic,
Ramesh Sippy's action revenge drama with
ultimate deadly duo Dharmendra and Amitabh
vs. brutal gangster boss Amjad Khan's Gabbar
Singh. Poor Amjad doomed to play Bad Guys

Sholay

Direction: Ramesh Sippy, production: 1975

Cast: Dharmendra, Amjad Khan, Amitabh Bachchan
DVD in hindi audio with english subtitles, region free
Thai Triple X edition PAL

Great Stuff with The Man in Black and the Oh
so luscious Goddess Zenat Aman. Entertaining
revenge drama thriller and with comedy in it too.
Pre-Masala Masala vibes but very good

Yaadon ki Baaraat

Direction: Nasir Husain, production: 1973

Cast: Dharmendra, Zeenat Aman, Ajit
DVD in hindi audio with english subtitles, region free
Thai Triple X edition PAL

A hailed by critics and winner of many awards
drama, maybe even melodrama, about friendship
and love. A chick flick that also men can watch?
Great actors and maybe a bit long, over 3 hours

Dil Chahta Hai

Direction: Farhan Akhtar, production: 2001

Cast: Aamir Khan, Akshaye Khanna, Saif Ali Khan, Dimple Kapadia
DVD in hindi audio with english subtitles, region free
US Excel Entertainment edition - 185 min

One of talented actress Matondkar's best
performances as a rich and beautiful
psychopath in a Bollywood crime thriller
version of Fatal Attraction

Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya

Direction: Rajat Mukherjee, production: 2000

Cast: Urmila Matondkar, Fardeen Khan, Sonali Kulkarni
DVD in hindi audio with english subtitles, region free
US/UK Eros edition

Romance, comedy, tragedy and bizarre action
- what's that ? Answer: Bollywood Masala
Aish and Abhishek, real time couple, they
pretend to be married in front of her big family

Dhaai Akshar Prem Ke

Direction, script and production: Raj Kanwar 2000

Cast: Aishwarya Rai, Abhishek Bachchan, Sonali Bendre
DVD in hindi audio with english subtitles, region free
US Bollywood Entertainment edition

An intense and unusual melodrama with a
fine Manisha and with a ditto, as always,
splendid Nana Patekar in a surprising non-
Bad Guy role for once. You have no idea
where this film will go. Interesting oddity

Yugpurush

Direction: Parto Ghosh, production: 1998

Cast: Nana Patekar, Manisha Koirala, Jackie Shroff
DVD in hindi audio with english subtitles, region free
US/UK Eros edition

23 song and dance numbers on a blurry
early Eros garbage DVD edition, with my
favourite actress the Nepalese wonder
Manisha Koirala. I.A. from 1942 A Love Story,
Bombay, Dil Se and Mann

Hits of Manisha Koirala

Music DVD

Cast: Manisha Koirala and other actors/actresses
DVD in hindi audio, region free
US/UK Eros edition

A Modern Classic Love Drama.
One of the most costly and elaborate indian
film productions ever and it looks fabulous,
like a dream. Shahrukh is great as the drinker
Devdas. Based on a much beloved novel

Devdas

Direction: Sanjay Leela Banshali, production: 2002

Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Aishwarya Rai, Madhuri Dixit
DVD in hindi audio with english subtitles, region free
US/UK Eros special limited box edition - 184 min

Another epic love super blockbuster love
drama from SLB, the director of Devdas
and Black, another hits movies.
But, he made the Turd Saawariya too, yuck!

Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam

Direction, script, production: Sanjay Leela Banshali 2000

Cast: Salman Khan, Aishwarya Rai, Ajay Devgan
DVD in hindi audio with english subtitles, region free
US Video Sound edition

Nana Patekar is very impressive as an ultra nasty
stepfather, and this was one of the last movies
Karishmas made before she took her long time-out
from the film industry

Shakti: The Power

Direction: Krishna Vamsi, production: 2002

Cast: Karisma Kapoor, Nana Patekar, Shahrukh Khan
DVD in hindi audio with english subtitles, region free
US/UK Eros 2 disc edition

Delightfully Trashy horror fantasy. It's Bad, funny
and very enjoyable with a lot of pace and wild
things going on. A Lovable mess when students
get killed in revenge for a rape. Crazy Bollywood

Jaani Dushman

Direction: Raj Kumar Kohli, production: 2002

Cast: Sunny Deol, Akshay Kumar, Manisha Koirala
DVD in hindi audio with english subtitles, region free
US Video Sound edition

Powerful epic from the 300 B.C. about the
brutal Asoka and his conversion and
quest to promote the Buddhistic faith.
One of the best performances from Khan

Asoka

Direction: Santosh Sivan, production: 2001

Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Ajit Kumar
DVD in hindi audio with english subtitles, region free
Thai MJC edition PAL

An OK romantic comedy with the gorgeous
Aish in a double role as twin sisters. Fluff,
but with some very nice looking song and
dance numbers from all over the world

Jeans

Direction: Shankar, production: 1998

Cast: Aishwarya Rai, Naseer Khan, Prashant
DVD in hindi audio with english subtitles, region free
US/UK Eros edition

A love story where the young student
Kittu falls in love with the filmstar Mallika,
played by Urmila, and saves her from a
nasty uncle

Mast

Direction: Ram Gopal Varma, production: 1999

Cast: Urmila Matondkar, Aftab Shivdasani
DVD in hindi audio with english subtitles, region free
US/UK Eros edition

Nice looking action drama and maybe a
Bollywood western, where 10 ex-soldiers
shall save a village from gangsters.
Urmila can be seen in the Über great
song/dance number "Chamma Chamma"

China Gate

Direction: Rajkumar Santoshi, production: 1998

Cast: Om Puri, Naseeruddin Shah, Amrish Puri, Urmila Matondkar
DVD in hindi audio with english subs, region free
US/UK Eros edition - 179 min

An enjoyable melodrama and salutation for
the indian woman, with great performances
from Madhuri Dixit and Manisha Koirala
Fun social commentary where almost all men
are stone-age oppressors of women

Lajja

Direction: Rajkumar Santoshi, production: 2001

Cast: Madhuri Dixit, Manisha Koirala, Rekha, Jackie Shroff
DVD in hindi audio with english subtitles, region free
US/UK Eros edition

Crime thriller and the bollywood version
of Alfred Hitchcock's Dial M for Murder
where the lovely Dimpla Kapadia is
threatened by bad guy Raj Babbar. The
key problem is there

Aitbaar

Direction: Mukul Anand, production: 1985

Cast: Dimple Kapadia, Raj Babbar, Suresh Oberoi
DVD in hindi audio with english subtitles, region free
Indian Eagle edition

Legendary action drama and Masala film
where Amitabh, the tall one, plays a
Coolie set for revenge. Huge blockbuster
where AB hurt himself so bad he almost died

Coolie - from Desai, the Masala film master

Direction: Manmohan Desai, production: 1983

Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Rishi Kapoor, Rati Agnihotri
DVD in hindi audio with english subtitles, region free
US IW edition

Slick Psycho Thriller about a young couple
on a car journey who picks up a hiker, the
psycho maniac Manoj Bajpai who excels in
role great actor as he is. With beautiful
Mali and then newcomer Oberoi

Road

Direction: Rajat Mukherjee, production: 2002

Cast: Vivek Oberoi, Manoj Bajpai, Antara Mali
DVD in hindi audio with english subs, region free
US/UK Eros edition

Intense crime thriller where the lovely Manisha
witnesses a murder and the perp hires a Hit
man, Dutt, to silence her. Some nasty stuff
going on this film as rape, revenge and gore

Khauff (Fear)

Direction: Sanjay Gupta, production: 2000

Cast: Sanjay Dutt, Manisha Koirala, Sharad Kapoor
DVD in hindi audio with english subtitles, region free
US/UK Eros edition

The Big Sleep .... yes, i fell asleep during
this awful snore fest, the Chopras sure know
how to lull you to sleep with their syrupy
mainstream bores. The Tall One is a principal
and ... and ... Zzzzzzzzzz

Mohabbatein

Direction: Aditya Chopra, production: 2000

Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Sharukh Khan
DVD in hindi audio with english subtitles, region free
US/UK Yash Raj Films 2 disc edition - 216 ...urrk.... min

I haven't seen this film, but Aishwarya, the
Miss World of 1994, was the hottest new star
in Bollywood at the time and i'm sure she
looked stunning. A Hit in India this film was

Taal

Direction: Subhash Gai, production: 1999

Cast: Aishwarya Rai, Akshaye Khanna, Anil Kapoor
DVD in hindi audio with english subtitles, region free
US/UK Eros edition - 173 min

Sanjay Dutt, he's kinda cool and not the normal
Bollywood pretty boy for sure. In this slightly
Scarface-ish crime drama he's very good and we
can follow his career in the gangster world.
Not as good as Satya but still very good

Vaastav

Direction: Mahesh Manjrekar, production: 1999

Cast: Sanjay Dutt, Namrata Shirodkar
DVD in hindi audio with english subtitles, region free
US/UK Eros edition

Romance and action in a Masala style gangster
movie about mob wars in the netherworld of
Mumbai, and with the wild man of Bollywood,
Sanjay Dutt as Baba the Hu ... the gangster

Aatish

Direction: Sanjay Gupta, production: 1994

Cast: Sanjay Dutt, Karishma Kapoor, Raveena Tandon
DVD in hindi audio with english subtitles, region free
US/UK Eros edition

The History of Phoolan Devi
Intense stuff this, violence and anger in a
controversal social commentary how a mal-
treated woman takes her revenge on her
oppressors and the rotten caste system

Bandit Queen

Direction: Shekhar Kapur, production: 1996

Cast: Seema Biswas,Nirmal Pandey, Manoj Bajpai
DVD in hindi audio with english subtitles, region free
US Koch Lorber edition

Action drama from the times when Madhuri
was the Queen of Bollywood but i can't
remember the film today.
Maybe it wasn't that good, but it has got
Akshaye and the beautiful Madhuri

Mohabbat

Direction: Reema Rakesh Nath, production: 1997

Cast: Madhuri Dixit, Akshaye Khanna, Sanjay Kapoor
DVD in hindi audio with english subtitles, region free
US/UK Eros edition

Somewhat funny and bizarre Masala trash
where Raju fights a femme fatale and fall
in love with his half-sister. Jackie Shroff
is bad as always i guess, i don't remember

Bandhan

Direction: K. Murali Mohan Rao, production: 1998

Cast: Salman Khan, Jackie Shroff, Rambha
DVD in hindi audio with english subtitles, region free
US/UK Eros edition - 165 min

Telugu director Varma's 1st hindi film.
Big Hit where ex-child actor Urmila became
a Star and Sex-symbol. Shroff and slacker
Khan fights to get her.

Bollywood Dreams (Rangeela)

Direction: Ram Gopal Varma, production: 1995

Cast: Urmila Matondkar, Aamir Khan, Jackie Shroff
DVD in hindi audio with english subtitles, region free
US Pathfinder edition

The same film as above in another US
edition, but with the original title

Rangeela

Direction: Ram Gopal Varma, production: 1995

Cast: Urmila Matondkar, Aamir Khan, Jackie Shroff
DVD in hindi audio with english subtitles, region free
US Bollywood Entertainment edition - BEI

Classic Mega Blockbuster drama where the
student Kajol is in love with the handsome
Shahrukh, and he's in love with beautiful
Rani Mukherjee. Life's like that, isn't it ?

Kuch Kuch Hota Hai

Direction: Karan Johar, production: 1998

Cast: Shahrukh Khan, Kajol, Rani Mukherjee, Salman Khan
DVD in hindi audio with english subtitles, region free
US/UK Yash Raj Films edition

A loooong Mega Blockbuster, also inter-
nationally, about some villagers resistance
against the british oppressors in 1893.
There's a lot of ... Zzzzzz ... cricket in it
Sorry cricketeers, but most of the world
prefers Football. Aamir impresses though

Lagaan

Direction: Ashutosh Gowariker, production: 2001

Cast: Aamir Khan, Gracy Singh, Paul Blackthorne
DVD in hindi audio with english subtitles, region 1
US Columbia Tristar edition

The Famous painter Hussain's celebration
of the indian woman, as a symbol and also
to his Muse, Madhuri Dixit. A very unusual
but visually beautiful Art Art-movie

Gaja Gamini

Direction: M. F. Hussain, production: 2000

Cast: Madhuri Dixit, Shah Rukh Khan, Shilpa Shirodkar
DVD in hindi audio with english subtitles, region free
US/UK Yash Raj edition

Fine drama with Karishma and Hrithik, but i can't
remember it too clear today, sorry. One thing i
do remember though, that's my first meeting
with Goddess Sushmita Sen, Miss Universe in
1994 in the gorgeous Mehboob Mere number

Fiza

Direction: Khalid Mohammed, production: 1998

Cast: Karisma Kapoor, Hrithik Roshan, Sushmita Sen
DVD in hindi audio with english subtitles, region free
US Spark edition

As i remember a pretty good Exorcist rip-off
where the girl Minnie moves with her family
to a House of Ectoplasm, with spirits that is.
Sounds a bit like Gehrayee also. I would like
to re-watch this as the Eros DVD was pisspoor

Raat

Direction: Ram Gopal Varma, production: 1993

Cast: Om Puri, Revathi, Akash Khurana
DVD in hindi audio with english subtitles, region free
US/UK Eros edition

A very trashy Masala revenge action in a
re-make of the old Amitabh vehicle from
1990. Hrithik watches his father die and
spends his remaining days planning the
revenge. Somewhat entertaining trash

Agneepath

Direction: Karan Malhotra, production: 2012

Cast: Hrithik Roshan, Sanjay Dutt, Priyanka Chopra, Om Puri
DVD in hindi with english subtitles, region free
Indian Eros 2 disc fold-up sleeve edition

Amitabh Bachchan, The Tall One, is yet
again a Don. But no comedy this time as
he's after the man who murdered his father
In a new version 2012 with Hrithik

Agneepath (Path of Fire)

Direction: Mukul Anand, production: 1990

Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Mithun Chakraborty, Madhavi
DVD in hindi audio with english subtitles, region free
US WEG edition

2 classic and rare Ramsay brothers horrors
from the good old times with vampyres,
demons and family curses. Cheesy trash
that's very enjoyable

Long before the scandals young Salman
became a Masala superstar with this film,
a romantic comedy and Big Hit.
Lousy edition from Eros

Maine Pyar Kiya

Direction: Sooraj Barjatya, production: 1989

Cast: Salman Khan, Bhagyashree
DVD in hindi audio with english subtitles, region free
US/UK Eros edition - 173 min

Great action drama from legendary Ramesh
"Sholay" Sippy about an honest cop, his
son Vijay, a gangster and the really Bad
Guy, the criminal JK. Everything proudly
presented on a ROTTEN DVD edition

Shakti

Direction: Ramesh Sippy, production: 1982

Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Dilip Kumar, Amrish Puri, Rakhee
DVD in hindi audio with english subtitles, region free
US WEG edition

Legendary Lollywood pakistani vampire horror
after Bram Stoker. A really cool release from
the great guys at Mondo Macabro
Lots of exciting extras incl. commentary track

The Living Corpse (Zinda Laash)

Direction: K.H. Sarfaraz, production : 1967 Pakistan

Cast: Rehan, Habib, Asad, Deeba, Nasreen
DVD in urdu audio with english subs, black&white, region free
US Mondo Macabro unrated edition

Colorful mythology after the monumental
verse epic with family feuds, magic, action,
adventure and the battle of Kurukshetra

Mahabharat

Direction: Mistri (Babubhai Mistry), production: 1965

Cast: Pradeep Kumar, Padmini, Dara Singh
DVD in hindi with english subtitles, region free
US Baba Traders

An absolute indian film classic and
masterpiece. About a woman, the hard
work of the farmers and about the earth
of India itself. With Bollywood 1950's
superstar Nargis

Mother India

Direction: Mehboob Khan, production: 1957

Cast: Nargis, Sunil Dutt, Rajendra Kumar
DVD in hindi audio with english subs, region free
US Bollywood Entertainment edition BEI

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