Hi, newbie here, although I've been an occasional lurker for a year or so. I enjoy good Bollywood movies (who doesn't? ), but decent ones seem few & far between. I've searched & found a few genre-specific recommendations in these forums, but can you guys please recommend any decent, enjoyable movies that don't insult one's intelligence?

Here are the few I've seen that I enjoyed (off the top of my head): Chandni, Dil Se, Dil Chata Hai, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, & Lagaan ... to name a few.

Satya
Chandni Bar

Are you also looking for old movie recommendations?

Pinjar
Ek Hasina Thi
Maqbool
Company
Abhimaan
Sholay
Mr. and Mrs. Iyer
Kannathil Muthamittal

Thanks for the suggestions.

I have seen:
- Satya (I'd rate it an A-)
- Chandni Bar (B)
- Company (B+)
- Sholay (A-)
- Mr. and Mrs. Iyer (A)

Please keep 'em coming...

Bhansali's Devdas (2002) starring Shah Rukh Khan, Aishwaria Rye and Madhuri Dixit. Higly melodramatic and emotional... An intense glorification of love of epic proportion... But still, there are many who don't like it!!

Hey Ram
Mission kashmir
Sarfarosh
Virasat
Shool
Zakhm
Zubeidaa
Dhoop
Fiza

Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar (very underrated gem!)
Kaun!

Ali

chal mere bhai, hello brother and mujhse shaadi karoge... very good movies indeed

Your intelligence must be insulting

Ali

Apart from the stuff already mentioned, I thought Hum Tum was fairly entertaining. Although a copy of When Harry Met Sally, it's a good copy.

I enjoyed it. Other than that, if you liked Dil Se then you should check out other Mani Ratnam movies like Bombay and Roja. Also I thought Khamoshi was a good movie. Although most of these are a little old.

suprised to see no love for meenaxi ., i personally think this a very very good film

Thanks much guys! I now have over 20 movies on my to-see list .

RITA,

Khakee is worse than B-movie garbage. The title could even be changed to the English title, "Cocky", the film's main premise of a showcase of Akshay Kumar's character (probably not so far from his true self).

From a white man's perspective knowing that most contemporary Bollywood movies generally suck and are amatuerish, I can only think of three good recent movies:

Devdas (2002)
Mission Kashmir
Fiza

You got gumption boy!

Hey Jamesbond! lol

Just from experience, I know it's impossible to get an objective review of a Bollywood movie from an Indian that watches Bollywood films. There seems to be two kinds of Indians in the USA - one that hates Bollywood movies and then one that calls every single new movie "great movie! good movie! Blockbuster blah blah blah!" There is no objective balance...I watch movies from every country and every movie should be treated equally - a movie should not get extra bonus review points just because it may be from a third world or developing country that got enough money to throw in a Matrix special effect. There is no excuse for sloppy & amatuerish movies no matter what. Most Bollywood movies are either technically professionally-made B-movies (Koi Mil Gaya, Kal Ho Na Ho, Main Hoon Na) or amatuerish-made B-movies (Rudkrash, Khakee). It's not the traditional style of sing-and-dance and 3 hour soap opera that makes a Bollywood movie stupid, bad, sloppy, or amatuerish - it's the director's sloppiness, the poor male acting and their flamboyant wardrobe, the bad storyline and dialogue, and the poor editing (especially during fight scenes). It's really sad that there is only maybe one honestly good movie out of hundreds of Bollywood movies released per year...