Top 10 Bollywood Historical Movies.
This list showcases top 10 historical bollywood movies. We are aware, Gandhi is not Bollywood movie but best so far and omission of Asoka and Mangal pandey is willful due to amount of Deviations they had. Rest of the list is honest to heart and makes it greatest Bollywood historical flicks ever.
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- DirectorRichard AttenboroughStarsBen KingsleyJohn GielgudRohini HattangadiThe life of the lawyer who became the famed leader of the Indian revolts against the British rule through his philosophy of nonviolent protest.What a portrayal of one of the greatest historical characters of India ever. Gandhi is so far best historical movie made ever on india. unfortunately, none of the indian director could cut it so large and do justice to this great person. This movie places itself into top position in list though its not Bollywood flick.
- DirectorAshutosh GowarikerStarsHrithik RoshanAishwarya Rai BachchanSonu SoodA sixteenth century love story about a marriage of alliance that gave birth to true love between a great Mughal emperor, Akbar, and a Rajput princess, Jodha.I thought Hrithik and Aishwarya both are bit misfit as Akbar and Jodha in this movie.. As I always imagined Akbar as bit fat, may be due to my impressions from Mughal E Azam. Apart from those irregs, movie is very well made and done at grand level, where Akbar was. Never a dull moment in 3.5 hours long movie.
- DirectorAnurag KashyapStarsKay Kay MenonPawan MalhotraAditya SrivastavA film about the investigations following the 1993 serial Bombay bomb blasts, told through the different stories of the people involved --police, conspirators, victims, middlemen.Excellent and very well made movie about Bombay bombing in 1993.
It is not historical as in old times sake, though I placed it here in this due to very accurate depiction of events and story behind it unfolds in very engrossing way. Music by "Indian Ocean" and crisp editing "Aarti Bajaj" , great direction by Anurag Kashyap made it worth watch it. Don't miss out on this movie, although you may think it is bit documentary style movie. - DirectorAshutosh GowarikerStarsAamir KhanRaghubir YadavGracy SinghThe people of a small village in Victorian India stake their future on a game of cricket against their ruthless British rulers.Not really a historical movie, as it probably never happened in india.
But this movie, is closest depiction what could be british rule in older india and how they would have dealt with "lagaan". Nice drama of emotion, music, action, sports, and survival. it made instant super hit in 2001 due to all of it. - DirectorK. AsifStarsPrithviraj KapoorMadhubalaDilip KumarA 16th century prince falls in love with a court dancer and battles with his emperor father.First Epic Level movie of Bollywood made by K. Asif. 12 years in making, some of the stars died while making. Songs and story made it super hit at the times in 60s. it re released in color later in Bollywood due to high retro value.
- DirectorRajkumar SantoshiStarsAjay DevgnSushant SinghD. SantoshThe story of a young revolutionary who raised an armed resistance against the British rule in India.
- DirectorSohrab ModiStarsMehtabSohrab ModiMubarak MechantRajguru (Sohrab Modi) decides that Jhansi should get its proper recognition in history. He comes across a young girl Manu (the young Rani Lakshmibai) played by Baby Shikha. Her father has been hit by a carriage driven by an English driver. She gathers a few children to confront the driver. This and her confrontation with an elephant impresses the Rajguru who takes her in hand, shaping her into becoming a determined leader. He arranges for her, at the age of nine, to marry the much-older ruler of Jhansi, Gangadhar Rao (Mubarak), who is about fifty years, and become Queen. Manu grows up under the expert tutelage of the Rajguru, learning physical combat and political administration. The older Manu now called Lakshmibai gives birth to a boy who dies. She adopts another boy Damodar Rao who the English refuse to accept as the rightful heir. This further sets her against the British. During the uprising of 1857 (1857 Mutiny) she fights against them succumbing to her injuries in the end.
- DirectorKetan MehtaStarsParesh RawalTom AlterDeepika AminAn account of Vallbhbhai Patel's political life while India was taking first steps as an independent country.
- DirectorLekh TandonStarsVyjayanthimalaSunil DuttPremnath MalhotraA victory over neighboring state Vaishai has always eluded Magadh Samrat Ajaatshatru despite being winning and taking control over all neighboring states. He attacks Vaishali only get defeated again. Wounded, lost and on the run, Ajaatshatru dons the guise of a Vaishali soldier and takes shelter with a woman named Amrapali and they fall in love with each other. Ajaatshatru finds an ally in Senapati Balbadhra Singh and both start a plot to gain control of Vaishali. Vaishali Samrat comes to know about Ajaatshatru and Amrapali's liaison with him, he sentences her with a death penalty. Ajaatshatru is enraged at this, he gathers together his armies and storms the unsuspecting Vaishali and virtually burns the city down, killing almost everyone in it. This accomplished, he rushes to free his beloved from the dungeons. He does set her free but it is not the same Amrapali; this Amrapali is quite different. She is not at all thrilled to be in the presence of her conqueror lover. She teaches him what he won in the battle ground but what he lost in reality.
- DirectorAshutosh GowarikerStarsAbhishek BachchanDeepika PadukoneSikandar KherChildren who are not allowed by the oppressive British colonists to play football decide to join a group of freedom fighters.