Hindi Art Films / Parallel Cinema
by mbrajpara | created - 07 Apr 2014 | updated - 20 Jun 2021 | PublicHere are some interesting movies from Hindi cinema, which simply shows the daily life issues, philosophy of life and society, human psychology, beliefs (stereotype, classy, western-influence, new age, and many more..), thoughts and an idea of seeing the nature.
Puts a light of some grass root issues that Indian soul faced, facing and healing of it. Gives a good seed of thought. And puts a beneficial instance of morality.
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1. Rui Ka Bojh (1997)
Not Rated | 117 min | Drama
Kishan Shah is a self-respecting, wise old man who has divided his property amongst his family and now lives with his youngest son, Ram Sharan. However he is not able to get along with him and his family for too long.
Director: Subhash Agrawal | Stars: V.M. Badola, Pankaj Kapur, Reema Lagoo, Shreechand Makhija
Votes: 268
2. 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
3. Ek Ruka Hua Faisla (1986 TV Movie)
127 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
One dissenting juror in a murder trial tries to influence the verdict with his personal prejudices and biases
Director: Basu Chatterjee | Stars: Deepak Qazir, Amitabh Srivastava, Pankaj Kapur, S.M. Zaheer
Votes: 2,033
4. Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho! (1984)
130 min | Drama
An old couple, Mohan Joshi (Bhisham Sahni) and his wife (Dina Pathak), sues their landlord (Amjad Khan) for not maintaining their 'collapsing' apartment building. For this, they hire two ... See full summary »
Director: Saeed Akhtar Mirza | Stars: Bhisham Sahni, Dina Pathak, Mohan Gokhale, Deepti Naval
Votes: 197
5. 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
6. The Seventh Horse of the Sun (1992)
Not Rated | 130 min | Drama, Romance
On a lazy afternoon, a man shares his memories of a storyteller friend who once narrated a convoluted love story with intertwined plots. As these plots unravel, reality mixes with fiction.
Director: Shyam Benegal | Stars: Rajit Kapoor, Raghubir Yadav, Siraj Ahmed, Rakesh Dhar
Votes: 977
7. Trikon Ka Chautha Kon (1986)
Drama, Family
Director: Madhusudan | Stars: Vijayendra Ghatge, Priyadarshini, Swaroop Sampat
Votes: 13
8. Trishagni (1988)
Not Rated | 114 min | Drama
The film is set in a Central Asian desert in the 1st Century B.C. A sandstorm strikes the Buddhist town of Sariput, leaving just four survivors - two monks and two children - in the upper floor of a monastery.
Director: Nabendu Ghosh | Stars: Nana Patekar, Pallavi Joshi, Alok Nath, Nitish Bharadwaj
Votes: 79
9. Triyacharitra (1994)
Not Rated | 120 min | Drama
A daughter of poor parents was engaged to a man when she was 13. The man is away working in Calcutta. In the meanwhile, she befriends a truck-driver who promises her parents a huge amount ... See full summary »
Director: Basu Chatterjee | Stars: Om Puri, Naseeruddin Shah, Rajeshwari Sachdev, S.M. Zaheer
Votes: 91
10. Sutradhar (1986)
124 min | Drama
Prerna is the only daughter of the local school's headmaster. She gets to meet her childhood friend, Kumar, who is now one of the teachers at the same school. Prerna is attracted to Kumar, ... See full summary »
Director: Chandrakant Joshi | Stars: Girish Karnad, Smita Patil, Nilu Phule, Nana Patekar
Votes: 54
11. Sanshodhan (1996)
Not Rated | 165 min | Drama
Parmino is a small village in Central India, headed by a Village Committee comprising of all males. When the Government of India notifies the Committee that a third of them must be women, ... See full summary »
Director: Govind Nihalani | Stars: Manoj Bajpayee, Vanya Joshi, Kishore Kadam, Harish Khanna
Votes: 86
12. Saaransh (1984)
Not Rated | 137 min | Drama
An old couple lend a room on rent after recent death of the bread earner of the family, their only son. A budding actress starts living with them, who is in love with a local politician's only son. The movie shows what later ensues.
Director: Mahesh Bhatt | Stars: Anupam Kher, Rohini Hattangadi, Soni Razdan, Madan Jain
Votes: 2,035
13. Deliverance (1981 TV Movie)
45 min | Drama
Untouchable shoemender Dukhi comes to the Brahmin's and asks him to arrange his daughter's engagement. The Brahmin belongs to a higher caste. He wants Dukhi to work for him (and for free) ... See full summary »
Director: Satyajit Ray | Stars: Om Puri, Smita Patil, Mohan Agashe, Geeta Kak
Votes: 607
14. Salaam Bombay! (1988)
Not Rated | 113 min | Crime, Drama
Young Krishna struggles to survive among the drug dealers, pimps, and prostitutes in the back alleys and gutters of India.
Director: Mira Nair | Stars: Shafiq Syed, Anjaan, Amrit Patel, Murari Sharma
Votes: 10,098 | Gross: $2.08M
15. Jaya Ganga (1996)
94 min | Drama, Romance
Nishant, a young Indian writer living in Paris, is journeying down the Ganges, from its source in the Himalayas to the sea. Haunted by the fantasy, or the memory, of a beautiful Parisian ... See full summary »
Director: Vijay Singh | Stars: Asil Raïs, Smriti Mishra, Jean-Claude Carrière, Anupam Shyam
Votes: 73
16. Bhumika (1977)
142 min | Drama
A girl learns music from her courtesan grandmother and breaks into the burgeoning show business industry of 1930s Bombay, which eventually leads to decades of superstardom as well as romantic entanglements.
Director: Shyam Benegal | Stars: Smita Patil, Anant Nag, Naseeruddin Shah, Amrish Puri
Votes: 711
17. Diksha (1991)
Not Rated | 120 min | Drama
A man tries to save the life of his son after five of his children are killed. A scholar adopts his son but a shameful incident challenges the scholar's authority in the society.
Director: Arun Kaul | Stars: Sulabha Arya, Vijay Kashyap, Anubhav Mishra, Nana Patekar
Votes: 199
18. Arth (1982)
138 min | Drama, Romance
A film-maker who is having an extra-marital affair with an actress decides to leave his wife. Arth is the story of this women's search for her identity.
Director: Mahesh Bhatt | Stars: Shabana Azmi, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Smita Patil, Raj Kiran
Votes: 1,561
19. Ankur: The Seedling (1974)
131 min | Drama
Belonging to a lower caste, Lakshmi and her deaf-mute husband Kishtayya serve the landlord's son, Surya. When Surya's young wife finds out about his affair with Lakshmi, they all find themselves at crossroads.
Director: Shyam Benegal | Stars: Shabana Azmi, Sadhu Meher, Anant Nag, Priya Tendulkar
Votes: 1,668
20. 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: 2,047
21. Arohan (1983)
Not Rated | 144 min | Drama
Story of a poor farmer who suffers under a cunning and cruel landlord, amidst rising Naxalism in the 60s.
Director: Shyam Benegal | Stars: Victor Banerjee, Noni Ganguly, Pankaj Kapur, Sreela Majumdar
Votes: 86
22. Ek Alag Mausam (2003)
120 min | Drama
Aparna, who is afflicted with AIDS, volunteers to work for a rehabilitation home. There, she gets attracted to George, a volunteer, but is afraid to get close to him due to her condition.
Director: K.P. Sasi | Stars: Nandita Das, Rajit Kapoor, Anupam Kher, Renuka Shahane
Votes: 57
23. Genesis (1986)
105 min | Drama
A parable of man's exploitation of his fellow man. A weaver and a farmer live peacefully on the edge of a desert until, one day, a woman wanders into their world, and her presence slowly disrupts their routine existence.
Director: Mrinal Sen | Stars: Shabana Azmi, Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri, M.K. Raina
Votes: 141
24. Gharaonda (1977)
Not Rated | 141 min | Drama, Romance
A story young, middle-class urban working couple wanting to get married and their tribulations in finding a house in the city of Mumbai.
Director: Bhimsain | Stars: Amol Palekar, Zarina Wahab, Sadhu Meher, Shreeram Lagoo
Votes: 253
25. Giddh: The Vulture (1984)
Not Rated | 103 min | Drama
In a remote rural town in India, live a young woman named Ahnami and her husband, Bhashya. Bhashya is a laborer who earns a daily wage, drinks alcohol with part of it, and gives the rest to... See full summary »
Director: T.S. Ranga | Stars: Om Puri, Smita Patil, Nana Patekar, Achyut Potdar
Votes: 76
26. Gaman (1978)
Not Rated | 119 min | Drama
In order to improve their lifestyle, Lucknow based Ghulam Hussain decides to re-locate to Bombay, leaving his ailing mother and wife, Khairun, behind. He arrives in Bombay, and looks up his... See full summary »
Director: Muzaffar Ali | Stars: Farooq Shaikh, Smita Patil, Geeta Kak, Jalal Agha
Votes: 236
27. Ek Ghar (1991)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama
Rajanna and Geeta arrive in the city with the hope of building a cozy little home. When they find their dream house, their happiness knows no bounds. Things are fine till, one day, a loud workshop opens up next door.
Director: Girish Kasaravalli | Stars: Naseeruddin Shah, Deepti Naval, Chanda, Rohini Hattangadi
Votes: 97
28. 27 Down (1974)
Not Rated | 115 min | Drama
Sanjay is on a pilgrimage journey to Varanasi and remembers his life in flashbacks.
Director: Awtar Krishna Kaul | Stars: Sudhir Dalvi, Rakhee Gulzar, Madhavi Manjula, Sadhu Meher
Votes: 242
29. 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
30. Ek Doctor Ki Maut (1990)
Not Rated | 122 min | Biography, Drama
After years of painstaking research at the cost of his domestic pleasure, Dr. Dipankar Roy discovers a vaccine for leprosy. The news is flashed over television and overnight, an ... See full summary »
Director: Tapan Sinha | Stars: Shabana Azmi, Pankaj Kapur, Irrfan Khan, Deepa Sahi
Votes: 1,543
31. Party (1984)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama
A planned social gathering is held to commemorate Divakar Barve for the award he receive pertaining his contributions to Indian Arts and films. The social event is greeted by some important... See full summary »
Director: Govind Nihalani | Stars: Deepa Sahi, Ila Arun, Raju Barot, Mohan Bhandari
Votes: 629
32. Parinati (2020)
125 min | Drama
Based on a folk-tale from Rajasthan, 'Parinati' deals with the inherent tragedy of human avarice, which must inevitably lead to self-destruction.
Director: Prakash Jha | Stars: Basant Josalkar, Surekha Sikri, Sudhir Kulkarni, Sharda Desoares
Votes: 81
33. Silent Waters (2003)
Not Rated | 99 min | Drama
1979. A village in Pakistan. A widow sees her 17 years old son being attracted to Islamist militants. It brings her past back.
Director: Sabiha Sumar | Stars: Kirron Kher, Aamir Ali Malik, Navtej Singh Johar, Salman Shahid
Votes: 1,232 | Gross: $0.01M
34. Saath Saath (1982)
117 min | Drama
A young woman falls for her classmate's idealistic, non-materialistic ways, but is troubled upon seeing his principles change after they marry.
Director: Raman Kumar | Stars: Deepti Naval, Farooq Shaikh, Satish Shah, Iftekhar
Votes: 382
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