# Bollywood movies at our library **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 14, 2013, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bollywood-movies-at-our-library/666258 "2013-08-14T19:22:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bollywood-movies-at-our-library/666258/21 "2013-08-16T20:52:50Z")
> [@FlyingRat](#): > > (As **Anaamika** said, it also is a shoutout to the entire genre and has a lot of cameos from famous actors and personalities, most of which go completely over my head but I can appreciate the spirit of them all the same.) Yeah, but no more than you have to be particularly familiar with silent movies to enjoy _Singing In The Rain_. ---
**Author:** ![bldysabba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@bldysabba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bldysabba)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bollywood-movies-at-our-library/666258/22 "2013-08-19T06:46:33Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > I also like Dil Chahta Hai - it’s a coming-of-age movie about three young men. I second this. A bit of a watershed moment for modern Bollywood, this movie. IMO, of course. > [@anu-la1979](#): > > I only like the ones that are trying not to be so over the top. > > Here are ones I’ve liked- > > Three Idiots (though it goes total Bollywood at some point) > Kahaani (I like anything Vidya Balan does usually) > The Dirty Picture (biopic) > Talaash (supernatural thriller) > A Wednesday (political thriller) > Special 26 (caper film) > Gangs of Wasseypur Most of the movies you’ve listed are from what I call ‘good’ Bollywood - an emerging(I think post-Dil Chahta Hai actually) set of directors and actors that do good work - making tight, good movies which are still rooted in Bollywood. I’ve personally never understood the love that Shahrukh Khan gets, and I think most/all Indian men of my acquaintance would agree with me. Aamir Khan is far superior, in terms of quality of acting and choice of movies both.(His nephew Imran is doing some good work also. His debut Jaane tu ya Jaane na and later Delhi Belly - which also comes in English - are both eminently watchable) Salman Khan of course, is a joke. His recent success (Dabang etc.) is based entirely on making juvenile wish fulfillment fantasies. ---
**Author:** ![FlyingRat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/59ef9b/32.png) [@FlyingRat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRat)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2013, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bollywood-movies-at-our-library/666258/23 "2013-08-21T16:38:45Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > Yeah, but no more than you have to be particularly familiar with silent movies to enjoy _Singing In The Rain_. Heh, very true. On a related note, I was recently watching a documentary on _Singin’ In the Rain_ with my mother, whose favorite movie it is. We were discussing some of the over-the-top bits in Hollywood musicals, and I put on _Om Shanti Om_ as an example of how _other_ genres self-mock in very similar ways. She didn’t get the parallel. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2013, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bollywood-movies-at-our-library/666258/24 "2013-08-21T21:38:56Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Our library currently has a display of Bollywood Indian films. I have no idea of the plots but the DVD covers are certainly colorful. > > Any I should check on? Or see if they have? I don’t need anything deep, just something entertaining. Good thing you don’t care about plots because they are all pretty much the same. Just like Hollywood love story clichés. Two people are in love but they can’t get together, or they are in love but don’t know it, etc. The music is excellent, the costumes are very colorful, the women are absolutely gorgeous, and you’ll see a lot of people dancing \*\*at \*\*each other. 🙂 The dance moves are amazing! I don’t know what movie [this song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6dyY8uwldQ) is from but I heard it on the radio (WNUR-FM, Northwestern University) and had to wait several years before hearing it a second time and calling the station to get the title. Here is the video. I have no idea of what the words are and it doesn’t even matter. It is a beautiful song. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bollywood-movies-at-our-library/666258.md?page=1)