# Reccommend a good Indian Movie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 10, 2005, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reccommend-a-good-indian-movie/325575 "2005-10-10T15:38:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BluePitbull](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9bcb4/32.png) [@BluePitbull](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BluePitbull)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reccommend-a-good-indian-movie/325575/1 "2005-10-10T15:38:10Z")
Well, so far I have not seen one that was at least one bit entertaining. Any suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reccommend-a-good-indian-movie/325575/2 "2005-10-10T15:52:57Z")
Define “entertaining”. Do you like musicals or not? Do you like social dramas or “lighter” fare? What have you already seen so we have some sense of what has failed to deliver for you thus far. ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reccommend-a-good-indian-movie/325575/3 "2005-10-10T16:41:32Z")
Without knowing what you’re looking for I liked the following two movies (neither being particularily comic but well done): Monsoon Wedding Salaam Bombay ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reccommend-a-good-indian-movie/325575/4 "2005-10-10T17:15:46Z")
[_Baiju Bawra_](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0044392/combined) (1952). Director S. Ray’s Apu trilogy: • _Pather Panchali_ (1955). • _[Aparajito](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0048956/)_ (1957). • [_The World of Apu_](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0052572/combined) (1959). _[Mother India](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0050188/)_ (1957). The Indian _Gone With the Wind_. [_Pyaasa_](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0050870/combined) (1958). [_The Music Room_](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0051792/combined) (1958). [_Kaagaz Ke Phool_](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0052954/combined) (1959). [_Charulata_](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0057935/combined) (1964). [_Salaam Bombay!_](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0096028/combined) (1988). [_Monsoon Wedding_](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0265343/combined) (2001). ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reccommend-a-good-indian-movie/325575/5 "2005-10-10T17:15:56Z")
“Bride and Prejudice” was hilarious, especially if you’ve read Jane Austen. I assume you’re thinking of Bollywood stuff, all lighthearted romance with plenty of chaste song and dance numbers. If you want something meatier and artsier, there’s Satyajit Ray’s Apu trilogy. ---
**Author:** ![DarrenS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@DarrenS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarrenS)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reccommend-a-good-indian-movie/325575/6 "2005-10-10T17:34:37Z")
“Bend it like Beckham”. Not an Indian movie as such, but an English movie steeped with Indian culture. ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reccommend-a-good-indian-movie/325575/7 "2005-10-10T18:27:05Z")
The 2002 [Devdas](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0238936/) is my favorite movie to show people who arn’t too well aquainted with Bollywood movies. It doesn’t skimp on the singing and dancing, but it has high production values, a story with some real emotion in it, beautiful sets and some real star power. It’s worth it just to look at the scenery…and Aishwarya Rai. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reccommend-a-good-indian-movie/325575/8 "2005-10-10T19:14:29Z")
Does _ **Dances With Wolves** _ count? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reccommend-a-good-indian-movie/325575/9 "2005-10-10T19:19:00Z")
**Anaamika** seemed particularly happy to have bought the [mahabharat,](http://www.mahabharat.co.uk/site.php?uid=) but that’s a little spendy. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reccommend-a-good-indian-movie/325575/10 "2005-10-10T19:25:21Z")
Gandhi? ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reccommend-a-good-indian-movie/325575/11 "2005-10-10T19:27:15Z")
_Dances with Wolves_ doesn’t count, silly: where were the Indians? Try _Smoke Signals_. Daniel