Bollywood Underrated Little Gems
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1. Partition (2007)
R | 116 min | Drama, Romance
During the turmoil and violence of Partition, a Sikh ex-soldier, haunted by war, offers shelter to a young Muslim woman who has been separated from her family.
Director: Vic Sarin | Stars: Jimi Mistry, Kristin Kreuk, Neve Campbell, John Light
Votes: 2,658
2. Sarbjit (2016)
Not Rated | 131 min | Biography, Drama
Biopic of Sarabjit Singh, a farmer residing at Bhikiwind, Punjab, near the Indo-Pak border, crossed the border after having a couple of drinks. However, he was mistaken to be an Indian spy and was sentenced with capital punishment.
Director: Omung Kumar | Stars: Randeep Hooda, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Richa Chadha, Darshan Kumaar
Votes: 5,503
3. Mumbai Meri Jaan (2008)
Not Rated | 134 min | Drama
A moving portrayal of the 2006 train bombings in Mumbai, this Indian drama follows the interconnected stories of several strangers.
Director: Nishikant Kamat | Stars: Paresh Rawal, Kay Kay Menon, Irrfan Khan, Madhavan
Votes: 6,601 | Gross: $0.01M
4. Killa (2014)
Not Rated | 107 min | Comedy, Drama
A 11-year-old Indian boy who has just lost his father is forced to adapt to a new school in a small village. The story is about how he copes up and how life has to move on transforming a young mind into an adult day by day.
Director: Avinash Arun | Stars: Amruta Subhash, Devadhar Archit, Parth Bhalerao, Gaurish Gawade
Votes: 1,864
5. Thithi (2015)
123 min | Drama
In a South Indian village, a centenarian's funeral brings together his free-spirited son, inheritance-hungry grandson and girl-crazy great-grandson.
Director: Raam Reddy | Stars: Thammegowda S., Channegowda, Abhishek H.N., Pooja S.M.
Votes: 2,827
6. Not a Love Story (2011)
100 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
An aspiring movie actress and her boyfriend are arrested and charged with Homicide.
Director: Ram Gopal Varma | Stars: Deepak Dobriyal, Mahie Gill, Zakir Hussain, Subhash Dhankar
Votes: 737
7. Rakta Charitra (2010)
Not Rated | 125 min | Action, Biography, Crime
A killer bandit decides to become a politician in order to avenge deaths in his family.
Director: Ram Gopal Varma | Stars: Vivek Oberoi, Shatrughan Sinha, Sudeep, Abhimanyu Singh
Votes: 4,738
8. Naach (2004)
150 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
Abhinav (Abhishek Bachchan) and Reva (Antara Mali) are two, middle-class citizens in the big city of Mumbai. Both are trying to get a breakthrough in their individual profession. Abhinav ... See full summary »
Director: Ram Gopal Varma | Stars: Abhishek Bachchan, Antara Mali, Riteish Deshmukh, Priya Badlani
Votes: 621
9. Daud: Fun on the Run (1997)
Not Rated | 180 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Nandu, a small-time thief, is assigned to smuggle an unknown packet for a petty amount. With the police pursuing him, Nandu has to elude them and deliver the packet on time.
Director: Ram Gopal Varma | Stars: Sanjay Dutt, Urmila Matondkar, Paresh Rawal, Neeraj Vora
Votes: 1,193
10. Deyyam (1996)
86 min | Horror
A family buys a farmhouse situated near a haunted graveyard. Soon, they are under attack.
Director: Ram Gopal Varma | Stars: J.D. Chakravarthi, Jayasudha, Maheshwari, Jagan
Votes: 243
11. Mirch Masala (1986)
Not Rated | 128 min | Drama, Thriller
In colonial India, subedars (tax collectors) went from village to village with soldiers, often demanding more than taxes. A subedar commands Sonbai, a beautiful and confident woman whose ... See full summary »
Director: Ketan Mehta | Stars: Smita Patil, Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri, Ratna Pathak Shah
Votes: 1,555
12. Union Leader (2017)
106 min | Drama
Resigned to his fate as a worker in a notoriously shoddy chemical plant, Jay realizes that he must not only find a way to support his family, but also overcome grave social and legal injustice in the system.
Director: Sanjay Patel | Stars: Rahul Bhat, Tillotama Shome, Prashant Barot, Jay Bhatt
Votes: 481
13. Stree (2018)
Not Rated | 128 min | Comedy, Horror
In the small town of Chanderi, the menfolk live in fear of an evil spirit named "Stree" who abducts men in the night. Based on the urban legend of "Nale Ba" that went viral in Karnataka in the 1990s.
Director: Amar Kaushik | Stars: Ashish Chhipa, Rajkummar Rao, Shraddha Kapoor, Pankaj Tripathi
Votes: 38,487
14. Solo (II) (2017)
Not Rated | 154 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
An anthology, telling the story of four different people, each story revolving around four different elements: Earth, Fire, Wind and Water.
Director: Bejoy Nambiar | Stars: Dulquer Salmaan, Dhansika, Sai Tamhankar, Neha Sharma
Votes: 4,222
15. Missing (I) (2018)
Not Rated | 120 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Sushant Dubey checks in at a beach resort of Mauritius late night with his lovely wife Aparna and three-year-old daughter, Titli, who has high fever. As Aparna wakes up the next morning, ... See full summary »
Director: Mukul Abhyankar | Stars: Manoj Bajpayee, Tabu, Annu Kapoor, Rajesh Jais
Votes: 2,451
16. Vodka Diaries (2018)
120 min | Mystery, Thriller
In the misty town of Manali, ACP Ashwini Dixit attempts to solve a series of mysterious murders happening in a single night, which might be connected to the night club, Vodka Diaries.
Director: Kushal Srivastava | Stars: Kay Kay Menon, Raima Sen, Mandira Bedi, Sharib Hashmi
Votes: 1,559
17. The Brawler (2017)
Not Rated | 154 min | Action, Drama, Sport
A boxer struggles to make his mark in the boxing world.
Director: Anurag Kashyap | Stars: Vineet Kumar Singh, Jimmy Shergill, Zoya Hussain, Ravi Kishan
Votes: 8,650 | Gross: $0.08M
18. Rukh (2017)
106 min | Drama, Mystery
After his father dies in a car accident, a boy rediscovers his lost connections and familial ties, confronting untold secrets and memories on his way.
Director: Atanu Mukherjee | Stars: Manoj Bajpayee, Smita Tambe, Adarsh Gourav, Shubhrajyoti Barat
Votes: 663
19. Heaven on Earth (2008)
106 min | Drama
Chand, a young Punjabi woman, travels to Canada to marry a man she has never met. They live in a crowded suburban house and Chand has to also put up with her husband's abusive behavior.
Director: Deepa Mehta | Stars: Preity G Zinta, Gick Grewal, Vansh Bhardwaj, Geetika Sharma
Votes: 923
20. Agni Sakshi (1996)
142 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
Newly married Suraj and Shivangi are on honeymoon where they meet Vishwanath - who claims that Shivangi is his wife.
Director: Partho Ghosh | Stars: Jackie Shroff, Nana Patekar, Manisha Koirala, Divya Dutta
Votes: 826
21. Permission (1987)
137 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
Meeting accidentally five years after their divorce, a couple reflects on how their marriage collapsed despite transparency.
Director: Gulzar | Stars: Rekha, Naseeruddin Shah, Anuradha Patel, Rammohan Sharma
Votes: 1,719
22. Gunda (1998)
Not Rated | 129 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
When a coolie's family is murdered by a group of gangsters and politicians, he swears revenge on them.
Director: Kanti Shah | Stars: Mithun Chakraborty, Mukesh Rishi, Mohan Joshi, Shakti Kapoor
Votes: 10,942
23. Khamosh (1986)
101 min | Mystery, Thriller
When a starlet is murdered on a film location, a detective arrives to investigate the cast and crew.
Director: Vidhu Vinod Chopra | Stars: Shabana Azmi, Amol Palekar, Naseeruddin Shah, Soni Razdan
Votes: 1,155
24. Bazaar (1982)
Not Rated | 120 min | Drama, Family
A young man challenges traditional customs by standing up to the father of the woman he loves, who has promised her to a wealthy expatriate.
Director: Sagar Sarhadi | Stars: Farooq Shaikh, Smita Patil, Naseeruddin Shah, Supriya Pathak
Votes: 615
25. Libaas (1988)
137 min | Drama
The film is about married couples of urban India having extramarital relations and adultery. Based on Gulzar's own story "Seema", the film portrays the relationship between a theatre ... See full summary »
Director: Gulzar | Stars: Shabana Azmi, Utpal Dutt, Naseeruddin Shah, Raj Babbar
Votes: 57
26. Red Rose (1980)
Not Rated | 125 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
Anand lives a wealthy lifestyle in Bombay in a palatial house, and runs a business 'Export India'. While shopping at Roopsagar Clothing Store, he meets one of the Sales Clerks', Sharda, and... See full summary »
Director: Bharathiraja | Stars: Rajesh Khanna, Poonam Dhillon, Aruna Irani, Om Shivpuri
Votes: 210
27. Dev (2004)
172 min | Drama
Joint Commissioner of Police Dev Pratap Singh, a duty-bound, self-righteous officer, and Special Commissioner Tejinder Khosla, the balancing force between the political interests of Chief ... See full summary »
Director: Govind Nihalani | Stars: Amitabh Bachchan, Om Puri, Fardeen Khan, Kareena Kapoor
Votes: 1,491
28. Moksha: Salvation (2001)
Not Rated | 150 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
An idealistic lawyer wants to help the poor get justice, but lacks finance, so plans to rob a bank, alongside his love interest. His black n white emotional nature, leads to an unforgivable deed, which he severely repents.
Director: Ashok Mehta | Stars: Arjun Rampal, Manisha Koirala, Kalpana Pandit, Suresh Oberoi
Votes: 459
29. Satta (2003)
Not Rated | 153 min | Crime, Drama
Delhi-based, liberal-thinking, politician-hating Anuradha Sehgal re-locates to Mumbai, finds employment, meets and weds the state's aspiring Chief Minister, Vivek Chauhan. She soon finds ... See full summary »
Director: Madhur Bhandarkar | Stars: Raveena Tandon, Atul Kulkarni, Shri Vallabh Vyas, Govind Namdeo
Votes: 617
30. Angrezi Mein Kehte Hain (2018)
Not Rated | 104 min | Drama, Romance
Angrezi Mein Kehte Hein is a family drama and explores changing relationships between a middle aged couple. Its about the realization that sometimes just loving someone is not enough and expressing that love is equally important.
Director: Harish Vyas | Stars: Shivani Raghuvanshi, Anshuman Jha, Ekavali Khanna, Sanjay Mishra
Votes: 1,259
31. Gurgaon (2017)
107 min | Crime, Thriller
Based on true event this story revolves around kidnapping of Preeto which family has come to know from midnight call. The tales revolves as to how they family will be able to track Preeto..
Director: Shanker Raman | Stars: Akshay Oberoi, Pankaj Tripathi, Aamir Bashir, Ragini Khanna
Votes: 2,488
32. Fandry (2013)
Not Rated | 101 min | Drama, Family
It is about a teenager from a Dalit (Oppressed caste) family, who lives at the village fringe, and falls in love with an upper caste girl.
Director: Nagraj Manjule | Stars: Somnath Awghade, Rajeshwari Kharat, Suraj Pawar, Kishore Kadam
Votes: 2,572
33. Natarang (2010)
127 min | Drama
A poor working man loses his job and decides to start a theater troupe.
Director: Ravi Jadhav | Stars: Atul Kulkarni, Kishore Kadam, Sonalee Kulkarni, Priya Arun Berde
Votes: 2,223
34. Natsamrat (2016)
166 min | Drama, Family
After he retires, an aging theatre actor and his wife begin to feel unwanted by their children.
Director: Mahesh Manjrekar | Stars: Nana Patekar, Medha Manjrekar, Mrunmayee Deshpande, Sunil Barve
Votes: 7,210
35. Deool (2011)
Not Rated | 135 min | Drama
Keshya, a simple villager believes that god has arrived in his village but everyone disbelieves him. Later when the politics plays its part things take a drastic change.
Director: Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni | Stars: Nana Patekar, Dilip Prabhawalkar, Jyoti Subhash, Usha Nadkarni
Votes: 1,733
36. Harishchandrachi Factory (2009)
Not Rated | 96 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
In 1913 India's cinema industry is born from Dadasaheb Phalke's efforts to make Raja Harishchandra (1913), India's first feature-length B&W silent film.
Director: Paresh Mokashi | Stars: Nandu Madhav, Vibhawari Deshpande, Atharva Karve, Mohit Gokhale
Votes: 2,699
37. Zoo (II) (2018)
100 min | Drama
Set in the heart of Mumbai, ZOO depicts lifestyles in and around the ghetto co-existing with the people residing in the upmarket, high-rise buildings of Mumbai. It is a story of a bunch of ... See full summary »
Director: Shlok Sharma | Stars: Shashank Arora, Prince Daniel, Shatakshi Gupta, Rahul Kumar
Votes: 110
38. Omerta (2017)
98 min | Action, Biography, Crime
A recounting of the story of infamous British-born terrorist Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, who kidnapped and murdered Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in 2002.
Director: Hansal Mehta | Stars: Rajkummar Rao, Rajesh Tailang, Satwant Kaur, Abhimanue Kamboj
Votes: 3,734
39. In the Shadows (2017)
117 min | Drama, Thriller
The film is a psychological drama about a man who is trapped within the city walls and in his own mind. He attempts to break free to find a human connection.
Director: Dipesh Jain | Stars: Manoj Bajpayee, Ranvir Shorey, Neeraj Kabi, Shahana Goswami
Votes: 1,305
40. Laal Rang (2016)
Not Rated | 147 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
The friendship of two men is tested when things go wrong in their blood theft business.
Director: Syed Ahmad Afzal | Stars: Randeep Hooda, Akshay Oberoi, Rajneesh Duggal, Piaa Bajpai
Votes: 4,973
41. Baaraat Company (2017)
124 min | Comedy, Romance
A man and his grandfather run a wedding company that tries to stop couples from eloping.
Director: Syed Ahmad Afzal | Stars: Sandeepa Dhar, Archana Gautam, Anurita Jha, Rajendra Sethi
Votes: 665
42. No Fathers in Kashmir (2019)
108 min | Drama
A teenage British Kashmiri, Noor, retraces her roots. She is joined by Majid, a local Kashmiri boy who is more smitten by her exotic foreignness than her obsession to unravel the mysteries of their disappeared fathers.
Director: Ashvin Kumar | Stars: Anshuman Jha, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Sushil Dahiya, Soni Razdan
Votes: 212
43. Hamid (2018)
108 min | Drama
Eight year-old Hamid learns that 786 is God's number and decides to try and reach out to God, by dialing this number. He wants to talk to his father, who his mother tells him has gone to Allah. One fine day the phone call is answered.
Director: Aijaz Khan | Stars: Talha Arshad Reshi, Vikas Kumar, Rasika Dugal, Sumit Kaul
Votes: 1,387
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