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I am just noting down some classics which are underrated

 

 

Satyakaam , starring Dharmendra and Sanjeev Kumar. The fight between being practical and being honest of 60s when the heart and head of Indian youth  said different narratives about corruption.Brilliant story, Direction and acting by Sharmila along with heroes

 

Mere Apne, this movie should not be known only for "Shyaam aaye to kehna chenu aaya tha" but also depicting the unemployment problem of 70s along with Meena Kumari's great performance.

 

Mother India, the movie which showed every aspect of India's village life with all characters from Lala to Sunil Dutt as bad boy to of course Nargis presenting us the glimpses of India during 50s.

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jewel thief

kanoon (ashok kumar)

parwana

teesri manzil

choti si baat

masoom

satyakaam

uljhan

chupke chupke

katha

chashme buddoor

 

guilty pleasures of the 90s:

Vishwatama

mohra

tahalka (dong kabhi wrong nahi hota)

aankhein and other Govinda classics with David dhawan

gupt

 

Dont want to talk about 2000 onwards, they are not old as of 2019 lol

 

thanks to amazon prime, youtube and other platforms, these classics are just a click away

 

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Prem Rog

 

One of the longest Bollywood movie.  And yet another RK film.

 

Padmini Kolhapur gets most of the main role as Manorama. Rishi and Shammi Kapoor also star  in it. The story is about Rishi Kapoor falling in love with childhood friend Manorama. It disappointed as far as songs of those times were concerned. Movie is good enough but not too good. Nothing special about watching it twice.

 

Music has been given by famous duo of Lamikant - Pyarelal.

 

 

 

 

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Underrated/underperformed films that haven't got enough credit:

 

Masoom (very underrated movie, with realistic touches and performances, nice music as well.)

Guide(rated highly but underperformed, possibly one of the best Indian movies)

Pyaasa(same as above)

Naya Daur

Anand(one of the best indian movies of all time , deserves more praise)

Maachis(one of the most underrated movies of the 90s)

Satya

Sarfarosh

Aankhen(the 2000s one starring Amitabh Bachchan, not the govinda one)

Dil Chahta Hai(one of my fav movies, fun to watch, feel good movie, a trendsetter in Indian cinema).

Swades(huge disappointment at the box office, but truly the best SRK film till date.)

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Sparsh (NShah, SAzmi) better than mosr Oscar nominated movies. 

 

Katha, great performances by all lead actors and great direction - Farookh Sheikh, Deepti Naval and NShah

 

Chasme Baddoor - Farookh Sheikh, Deepti Naval , highly under rated comedy movie

 

All Sai Paranjpe directed movies. IMO the best female director of Bollywood.

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Loafer

 

Dharmendra, Mumtaz, Om Prakash, Keshto

 

Dharmendra as "Ranjit" gets to know "Uncle" while fleeing  after pushing a school mate  to death in a scuffle.

He continues working in club named "Playboy"

Rival gangster Pratap (Prem Nath) uses Rakesh's sister Anju(Mumtaz) to make lure Ranjit in love so that she can free his brother Rakesh who is kept locked in Prataps house. Anju falls in true love and somehow Dharmendra manages to free Rakesh as well. In the end Rabbit is arrested for the theft of jewellery and his true identity is revealed to Om Prakash and his daughter.  Yet another good performance by Mumtaz in her peak years.


Famous dialogues -
Zooth bolne ki koshish ki to main tera khoon pi jaunga.

Tumhare kutto see kaho khilone she khela Kare

Mai to Agra ka Taj Mahal bhi kharidna Chahta hu lekin koi bechta hi nani hai.

Hamari billi aur humise meow

Hit Songs -

Koi sahri babu

Aaj mausaam bada, beimaan hai bada, beimaan hai aaj mausam.


The movie is worth watching and was a hit.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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On 3/22/2019 at 1:19 PM, motomaverick said:

Has anyone watched the Amitabh starrer Main Azaad Hoon? Quite an underrated movie and a pretty good one.

Very under rated movie. In my books, one of Amitabh's best works. Shabhana Azmi too essayed her role quite well.

And at that time, it was very socially relevant. 

 

Another movie of the same genre that I like is " Albert Pinto ko gussa kyu aata hai"

 

Most people nowadays dismiss this genre by calling it 'leftist' influenced cinema. But strong thought provoking cinema it is.

 

 

 

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