Most Underrated Hindi Movies
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1. No Smoking (2007)
Not Rated | 128 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A heavily addicted smoker is unprepared for the true price he must pay when he asks a guru's help to kick the habit.
Director: Anurag Kashyap | Stars: John Abraham, Ayesha Takia, Paresh Rawal, Ranvir Shorey
Votes: 8,850
2. Ab Tak Chhappan (2004)
Not Rated | 129 min | Crime, Drama
An honest encounter specialist's life begins to change with the arrival of a new police commissioner who has ties with a local don.
Director: Shimit Amin | Stars: Nana Patekar, Revathi, Yashpal Sharma, Mohan Agashe
Votes: 9,660
3. Phas Gaye Re Obama (2010)
Not Rated | 108 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Om Shastri, a recession victim comes to India to sell his ancestors property to clear is debt. On reaching he comes to know that selling the property will make his family homeless in India. Later he is kidnapped by goons thinking a rich NRI.
Director: Subhash Kapoor | Stars: Rajat Kapoor, Neha Dhupia, Sanjay Mishra, Manu Rishi Chadha
Votes: 5,868
4. Kissaa Kursee Kaa (1978)
142 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
The story of an evil politician.
Director: Amrit Nahata | Stars: Shabana Azmi, Raj Babbar, Chaman Bagga, Utpal Dutt
Votes: 168
5. Aamir (2008)
Not Rated | 99 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A doctor of Indian origin returning to Mumbai from London is forced to participate in a terrorist plot.
Director: Raj Kumar Gupta | Stars: Rajeev Khandelwal, Mukesh Agrohari, Supavitra Babul, Vasan Bala
Votes: 11,609
6. 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: 6,599 | Gross: $0.01M
7. Dasvidaniya (2008)
113 min | Comedy, Drama
A man who loves to make "to-do lists" makes one last bucket list when he realizes he is about to die.
Director: Shashant Shah | Stars: Vinay Pathak, Sarita Joshi, Rajat Kapoor, Saurabh Shukla
Votes: 6,550
8. Johnny Gaddaar (2007)
Not Rated | 135 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Police officers recount a tale of missing money which results in lies, deceit, betrayal and death.
Director: Sriram Raghavan | Stars: Dharmendra, Rimi Sen, Ashwini Kalsekar, Neil Nitin Mukesh
Votes: 13,178
9. Gulaal (2009)
Not Rated | 140 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A law student witnesses deception, homicide, and crime after being elected as General Secretary of his college.
Director: Anurag Kashyap | Stars: Kay Kay Menon, Raj Singh Chaudhary, Raja Chaudhary, Jesse Randhawa
Votes: 15,906
10. I Am Kalam (2010)
Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
An impoverished boy forms an unlikely and unstable friendship with the lonely son of a nobleman.
Director: Nila Madhab Panda | Stars: Gulshan Grover, Harsh Mayar, Pitobash, Hussan Saad
Votes: 4,876
11. Lekin... (1990)
171 min | Drama, Fantasy, Musical
Samir Niyogi lives in India and is assigned by the Government to travel to Rajasthan, evaluate a princely castle that once belonged to Raja Param Singh, take stock of all items, the ... See full summary »
Director: Gulzar | Stars: Vinod Khanna, Dimple Kapadia, Amjad Khan, Alok Nath
Votes: 407
12. Aankhen (2002)
Not Rated | 165 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After a temperamental man is unceremoniously stripped of his duties as a bank manager, he decides to seek revenge by robbing the bank, for which he trains three blind men.
Director: Vipul Amrutlal Shah | Stars: Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Sushmita Sen, Arjun Rampal
Votes: 13,946
13. Raincoat (2004)
Not Rated | 117 min | Drama, Romance
All he wanted was to see her just once. Manu was from a village in the backwoods. Neeru was the girl next door, his lost love.
Director: Rituparno Ghosh | Stars: Ajay Devgn, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Annu Kapoor, Mouli Ganguly
Votes: 5,049
14. Manorama: Six Feet Under (2007)
Not Rated | 137 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Manorama, wife of an irrigation minister, tasks Satyaveer to find if her husband is cheating. As Satyaveer starts investigating, he gets trapped in a web of lies and must uncover the entire truth.
Director: Navdeep Singh | Stars: Abhay Deol, Gul Panag, Raima Sen, Sarika Thakur
Votes: 8,734
15. Black Friday (2004)
Not Rated | 143 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A film about the investigations following the 1993 serial Bombay bomb blasts, told through the different stories of the people involved --police, conspirators, victims, middlemen.
Director: Anurag Kashyap | Stars: Kay Kay Menon, Pawan Malhotra, Aditya Srivastav, Dibyendu Bhattacharya
Votes: 21,994 | Gross: $0.03M
16. Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year (2009)
Not Rated | 150 min | Comedy, Drama
A story of a fresh graduate trying to find a balance between the maddening demands of the 'professional' way, and the way of his heart.
Director: Shimit Amin | Stars: Ranbir Kapoor, Prem Chopra, Mukesh S. Bhatt, D. Santosh
Votes: 21,986
17. Kaun? (1999)
90 min | Mystery, Thriller
While alone in the house, a woman hears news of serial killer on the loose. And then a stranger rings the doorbell...
Director: Ram Gopal Varma | Stars: Urmila Matondkar, Manoj Bajpayee, Sushant Singh
Votes: 5,052
18. Matrubhoomi: A Nation Without Women (2003)
99 min | Drama
A disturbing saga about male chauvinism and mistreatment of women in India.
Director: Manish Jha | Stars: Tulip Joshi, Sudhir Pandey, Sushant Singh, Aditya Srivastav
Votes: 2,255
19. Haasil (2003)
Not Rated | 160 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Aniruddh, a law-abiding college student, in love with Niharika, gets caught up in college politics and crime and must fight it out for himself when his friend becomes his foe.
Director: Tigmanshu Dhulia | Stars: Jimmy Shergill, Hrishitaa Bhatt, Irrfan Khan, Ashutosh Rana
Votes: 3,130
20. 1971 (2007)
PG-13 | 136 min | Action, Drama, War
Based on true facts, the film revolves around 6 brave soldiers who escape from the clutches of the Pakistan Army and risk death with honour and courage with sacrifice towards their journey home.
Director: Amrit Sagar | Stars: Manoj Bajpayee, Ravi Kishan, Deepak Dobriyal, Kumud Mishra
Votes: 2,722
21. Tere Bin Laden (2010)
Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Drama
A reporter casts a fake Bin Laden to act in his video message to America, so he can immigrate there.
Director: Abhishek Sharma | Stars: Ali Zafar, Pradhuman Singh, Piyush Mishra, Nikhil Ratnaparkhi
Votes: 10,790
22. Traffic Signal (2007)
130 min | Drama
Traffic Signal is a Madhur Bhandarkar movie that reveals the truth behind the multimillion dollar begging Industry in India.
Director: Madhur Bhandarkar | Stars: Kunal Kemmu, Nitu Chandra, Upendra Limaye, Ranvir Shorey
Votes: 1,763
23. Kissise Na Kehna (1983)
140 min | Comedy, Romance
Kailashnath is a widower, and father of an only son, Ramesh. He feels that his son has come of age, and must get married. He goes to see a number of young ladies for him, but is ... See full summary »
Director: Hrishikesh Mukherjee | Stars: Farooq Shaikh, Deepti Naval, Utpal Dutt, Saeed Jaffrey
Votes: 727
24. Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster (2011)
118 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Hired to kill a nobleman, the assassin instead falls for the former's unstable wife.
Director: Tigmanshu Dhulia | Stars: Jimmy Shergill, Mahie Gill, Randeep Hooda, Shreya Narayan
Votes: 4,392
25. Pyaar Ka Punchnama (2011)
Not Rated | 149 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Nishant starts dating Charu while his roommates Rajat and Vikrant already have girlfriends in Neha and Rhea respectively. Trouble starts when the guys feel that their girlfriends are dominating them.
Director: Luv Ranjan | Stars: Kartik Aaryan, Ashish Chhipa, Raayo S. Bakhirta, Divyendu Sharma
Votes: 22,692
26. Firaaq (2008)
Not Rated | 101 min | Drama, History, Thriller
Chronicles the devastating impact on vulnerable Muslims in Gujarat after riots.
Director: Nandita Das | Stars: Inaamulhaq, Nassar, Shahana Goswami, Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Votes: 2,584
27. Main Azaad Hoon (1989)
Not Rated | 160 min | Drama
A newspaper reporter exploits an ordinary man for few rupees to pose as a man who is fighting against the corrupt politicians and prints imaginary stories in his name to improve the ... See full summary »
Director: Tinnu Anand | Stars: Amitabh Bachchan, Shabana Azmi, B.M. Shah, Annu Kapoor
Votes: 790
28. 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
29. Dastak (1970)
Not Rated | 145 min | Drama
Tells the story of newly weds Hamid and Salma. They move into a rental flat next door to the local red light district. The flat had been the former home of a well known mujra and qawali ... See full summary »
Director: Rajinder Singh Bedi | Stars: Sanjeev Kumar, Rehana Sultan, Shakeela Bano Bhopali, Anwar Hussain
Votes: 163
30. Asoka (2001)
R | 180 min | Action, Biography, Drama
The epic tale of King Asoka's life is recounted.
Director: Santosh Sivan | Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Danny Denzongpa, Hrishitaa Bhatt
Votes: 15,211 | Gross: $0.70M
31. 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: 1,154
32. Religion (2007)
105 min | Drama, History
When a priest's wife brings home an orphan boy, her husband is against it. Over time, he develops a connection with him, but is shocked when he finds out the boy's religion.
Director: Bhavna Talwar | Stars: Pankaj Kapur, Supriya Pathak, Pankaj Tripathi, Dayashankar Pandey
Votes: 1,175
33. Raakh (1989)
Not Rated | 153 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A poor, young man teams up with a burnt out cop to avenge the humiliation of his former girlfriend by a gang of goons.
Director: Aditya Bhattacharya | Stars: Aamir Khan, Supriya Pathak, Pankaj Kapur, Jagdeep
Votes: 1,208
34. Astitva (2000)
Not Rated | 109 min | Drama
Happiness of Shrikant and Aditi's twenty seven year old marriage is over. After it's reveled that Aditi is beneficiary to the property of late Malhar Kamat. Which opens many streets from the past.
Director: Mahesh Manjrekar | Stars: Tabu, Sachin Khedekar, Mohnish Behl, Smita Jaykar
Votes: 804
35. Katha (1983)
141 min | Comedy, Drama
Secretly in love with his neighbor, a mild-mannered clerk is heartbroken when his much bolder, more charming friend wins her heart instead.
Director: Sai Paranjpye | Stars: Naseeruddin Shah, Farooq Shaikh, Deepti Naval, Hemu Adhikari
Votes: 1,328
36. Hum Paanch (1980)
163 min | Action, Drama
Wealthy, lecherous Zamindar Thakur Vir Pratap Singh lords over a small region in rural India, mercilessly killing anyone who opposes his rule. He gets the male villagers addicted to ... See full summary »
Director: Bapu | Stars: Sanjeev Kumar, Shabana Azmi, Mithun Chakraborty, Deepti Naval
Votes: 250
37. Mandi (1983)
167 min | Comedy, Drama
Forbidden love, fraying loyalties and flagrant hypocrisy emerge when sanctimonious politicians drive a madam's brothel from the heart of Hyderabad.
Director: Shyam Benegal | Stars: Shabana Azmi, Smita Patil, Naseeruddin Shah, Amrish Puri
Votes: 952
38. Kondura (The Sage from the Sea) (1978)
137 min | Drama
Jogamma is the widow of Brahmin Pandit Range Rao, and lives in a coastal village in Southern India along with her two married sons, Narsimha, who is married to Seethamma and has two sons; ... See full summary »
Director: Shyam Benegal | Stars: Anant Nag, Nirmala, Siddesh, Vanisri
Votes: 60
39. Dard Ka Rishta (1982)
152 min | Drama
Time is running out for Khushbu, Ravi Sharma(Sunil Dutt)'s daughter. Her leukemia can be cured only if someone's bone marrow matches her daughter .So, he goes abroad and gets in touch with her former wife (Smita Patil).
Director: Sunil Dutt | Stars: Sunil Dutt, Reena Roy, Smita Patil, Madan Puri
Votes: 78
40. Ardh Satya (1983)
130 min | Crime, Drama
A newly appointed police rookie deals with corruption, romance, and brutality.
Director: Govind Nihalani | Stars: Om Puri, Smita Patil, Amrish Puri, Shafi Inamdar
Votes: 2,043
41. Aks (2001)
184 min | Action, Crime, Horror
Raghavan Ghatge, a psychotic terrorist, and Manu Verma, the cop who tracks him down, shoot each other simultaneously, the result being that Raghavan's soul is transferred into Verma's body and vice versa.
Director: Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra | Stars: Amitabh Bachchan, Raveena Tandon, Manoj Bajpayee, Nandita Das
Votes: 1,824
42. Hatya (1988)
151 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After the deaths of his wife Sheila and child Raja, Sagar takes to drinking as well as singing and dancing at weddings and special occasions. Intoxicated heavily after one such event, he ... See full summary »
Director: Kirti Kumar | Stars: Govinda, Neelam Kothari, Raj Kiran, Anupam Kher
Votes: 490
43. Kaash (1987)
140 min | Drama
A Bollywood actor-turned-producer faces marital and financial challenges.
Director: Mahesh Bhatt | Stars: Jackie Shroff, Dimple Kapadia, Master Makrand, Anupam Kher
Votes: 244
44. Angaar (1992)
176 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An angry slum-dweller is arrested, found guilty, and institutionalized.
Director: Shashilal K. Nair | Stars: Jackie Shroff, Dimple Kapadia, Nana Patekar, Om Puri
Votes: 363
45. Kunwara Baap (1974)
137 min | Comedy, Drama
A poor rickshaw-puller adopts an abandoned child and brings him up as his son but tragedy strikes when the boy becomes crippled as a result of polio infection.
Director: Mehmood | Stars: Mehmood, Bharathi, Aachi Manorama, Bhushan Tiwari
Votes: 441
46. Kaala Patthar (1979)
Not Rated | 176 min | Action, Drama, History
Inspired by a true mining tragedy the film is about people from all walks of life showing courage and character to fight the forces of nature.
Director: Yash Chopra | Stars: Amitabh Bachchan, Shashi Kapoor, Shatrughan Sinha, Rakhee Gulzar
Votes: 2,760
47. Pushpaka Vimana (1987)
125 min | Comedy, Drama
An unemployed graduate who coincidentally encounters a rich unconscious man, and takes over his lifestyle by keeping him a prisoner. However, he is in for a twist as a contract killer is after him, assuming him to be the affluent man.
Director: Singeetam Srinivasa Rao | Stars: Kamal Haasan, Amala Akkineni, Tinnu Anand, Narayana P.L.
Votes: 3,811
48. Koshish (1972)
125 min | Drama
A speech and hearing-impaired couple persists through unforgiving obstacles to be accepted by society and live a life of dignity.
Director: Gulzar | Stars: Sanjeev Kumar, Jaya Bachchan, Govardhan Asrani, Seema Deo
Votes: 1,749
49. Naam (1986)
Not Rated | 177 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Follows the story of Vicky, who gets entrapped in a criminal plot after he leaves his country for work.
Director: Mahesh Bhatt | Stars: Nutan, Kumar Gaurav, Sanjay Dutt, Poonam Dhillon
Votes: 1,161
50. 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: 1,716
51. Sarkar (2005)
Not Rated | 124 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Subhash Nagre runs a parallel government in the city where he has a cult following. When his enemies plot to murder him, his son takes charge and stands up against them.
Director: Ram Gopal Varma | Stars: Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Kay Kay Menon, Supriya Pathak
Votes: 17,435
52. Nishabd (2007)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama
A man, who has been married for 27 years, falls in love with his 18-year-old daughter's friend.
Director: Ram Gopal Varma | Stars: Amitabh Bachchan, Jiah Khan, Revathi, Nassar
Votes: 1,794
53. Dudes in the 10th Century (2003)
130 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Bombay City lives in fear of a notorious thief who calls himself Chindi Chor, and steals whenever and whatever he desires without any regard to security, and police protection. When Ghoshal... See full summary »
Director: Imtiaz Punjabi | Stars: Paresh Rawal, Iqbal Khan, Anuj Sawhney, Gulshan Grover
Votes: 1,036
54. Mumbai Se Aaya Mera Dost (2003)
Not Rated | 146 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Dina Nath is honored by the Indian Government, which is televised live. While receiving the honors, Dina Nath informs the Government that his village is still without electricity, and he is... See full summary »
Director: Apoorva Lakhia | Stars: Abhishek Bachchan, Lara Dutta, Chunky Pandey, Aditya Lakhia
Votes: 610
55. Utsav (1984)
145 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Based on the circa 2nd century BCE to 2nd Century CE, Sanskrit play "Daridra-Charudatta" by the famous Indian playwright Bhasa, "Utsav" faithfully follows Bhasa's story-line. Vasantasena, a... See full summary »
Director: Girish Karnad | Stars: Rekha, Amjad Khan, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Shankar Nag
Votes: 423
56. Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan (1978)
Not Rated | 118 min | Drama
Arvind Desai is the only son of a rich businessman who deals in luxury handicraft products. His feelings for his father are mixed. While he hates his dominating nature, he admires his power and lack of scruples.
Director: Saeed Akhtar Mirza | Stars: Dilip Dhawan, Anjali Paigankar, Shreeram Lagoo, Sudha Shivpuri
Votes: 183
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