Alltime Top 10 Bollywood Action films

by manavkum | created - 11 Oct 2014 | updated - 06 Jan 2015 | Public

"Top 10 Bollywood Action films" will list all time top 10 action films in bollywood. We added sensibe mindful action, which had great impact on Audience for long times. Order shown in descending order of movies rating 1 being best. Please comment if you think some other movie or order should be in place and why.

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1. Sholay (1975)

Not Rated | 162 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

After his family is murdered by a notorious and ruthless bandit, a former police officer enlists the services of two outlaws to capture the bandit.

Director: Ramesh Sippy | Stars: Sanjeev Kumar, Dharmendra, Amitabh Bachchan, Amjad Khan

Votes: 58,754

Starring: Amitabh, Jaya, Dharmendra, Amjad Khan, Sanjeev Kapoor, Hema "Sholay was undoubtedly best Action Film in Bollywood ever. Much ahead of time, it captured even masses and classes early on. It was so good, it ran for seven years straight in Minerva Theatre Bombay and had Silver Jubilees all over, even the smallest towns of India. It helped creating first Super star of Bollywood, and had almost all the stars and characters so great, they are still being referred by names in this movie.

2. Parinda (1989)

Not Rated | 154 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A man's friend, a police officer, is assassinated by gangsters in broad daylight. He discovers that his elder brother works in the same gang and decides to avenge his friend's death by infiltrating the gang.

Director: Vidhu Vinod Chopra | Stars: Jackie Shroff, Anil Kapoor, Nana Patekar, Madhuri Dixit

Votes: 3,738

Starring: Anil Kapoor, Jackie Shroff, Nana Patekar, Madhuri Dixit Parinda was most powerful movie ever made till 89. It was dark, it was subtle and most characters grows in mind as story moves up. Jackie, Nana, Anil and Madhuri had greatest roles of their careers and did fantastic justice to the characters to very slickly directly movie , by Vidhu Vinod Chopra and Crisp Editing by Renu Saluja.

3. Satya (1998)

Not Rated | 170 min | Action, Crime, Drama

An innocent man is embroiled in underworld after being falsely charged and sets out to punish the perpetrators who subjected his life to misery.

Director: Ram Gopal Varma | Stars: J.D. Chakravarthi, Manoj Bajpayee, Urmila Matondkar, Paresh Rawal

Votes: 16,720

JD Chakravarthy, Urmila Matondkar, Saurabh Shukla "Satya" created trend of real life like character of Making of Bombay's underworld mafia. Very simple acted by Chakravarthy and Urmila Matondkar, probably first movie of Anurag kashyap as writer and Impactful direction by RamGopal Varma made it great movie to watch. Sadly RGV could hardly recreate the impact as good as satya again.

4. Ghayal (1990)

Not Rated | 163 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Ajay Mehra, an amateur boxer, takes revenge against Balwant Rai, a crooked businessman, after his elder brother is killed.

Director: Rajkumar Santoshi | Stars: Sunny Deol, Amrish Puri, Meenakshi Sheshadri, Moushumi Chatterjee

Votes: 5,068

Sunny Deol, Meenakshi Sheshadri, Amrish Puri Ghayal by Sunny Deol was one of the most powerful Action and Emotion Drama, that captured viewers into it. Very Successful move set Sunny Deol into league of Action king for ever.

5. Tezaab (1988)

Not Rated | 173 min | Action, Crime, Drama

From a very early age Mahesh Deshmukh has dreams of serving his country; his encouragement and dreams multiplies when his parents are killed by a gang of robbers who plan to loot the bank ... See full summary »

Director: N. Chandra | Stars: Anil Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit, Anupam Kher, Chunky Pandey

Votes: 2,499

Anil Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit, Chunky Pandey, Kiran Kumar, Anupam Kher. Released in late 80s, this movie was trend setter to bring action era once again back to Bollywood. The movie had great cast, from Anil Madhuri pair to Kiran kumar, anupam kher, anu kapoor

6. Gadar: Ek Prem Katha (2001)

Not Rated | 170 min | Action, Drama, Romance

During the Partition of India in 1947, a Sikh truck driver falls in love with a Muslim girl belonging to an aristocratic family.

Director: Anil Sharma | Stars: Sunny Deol, Ameesha Patel, Amrish Puri, Lillete Dubey

Votes: 15,659

Sunny Deol, Ameesha Patel, Amrish Puri.

Great movie on story around India Pakistan partition....This movie set records in collection at the time.

7. Agneepath (2012)

Not Rated | 174 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A young boy's father is lynched before his eyes; fifteen years later he returns home for revenge.

Director: Karan Malhotra | Stars: Hrithik Roshan, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Sanjay Dutt, Rishi Kapoor

Votes: 26,889 | Gross: $1.98M

Hrithik Roshan, Priyanka Chopra, Sanjay Dutt.

We would like to refer original "Agneepath" of 90s by Bachchan here. Although, I'd think this movie created more impact due to more gruesome action, very strong acting by Hrithik and Sanjay Dutt. Must watch, even if you may not have liked original Agneepath, you may actually like this movie.

8. Dhoom 2 (2006)

Not Rated | 152 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Back in action DHOOM:2 reinvents the action comedy genre and propels it into the 21st century. Go on and enjoy the ride once again with Jai and Ali.

Director: Sanjay Gadhvi | Stars: Hrithik Roshan, Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Uday Chopra

Votes: 29,931 | Gross: $2.64M

Hrithik Roshan, Aishwarya Rai, Abhishek Bachchan, Bipasa Basu, Uday Chopra Though Dhoom paved its way to Dhoom Trilogy, we simply believe Dhoom 2 was best in the clan. Nicely executed story, crisp actions, great works by Hrithik and Aishwarya, Bipasa, and Abhishek/Uday Duo was at their peak in Dhoom series.

9. Ek Tha Tiger (2012)

Not Rated | 132 min | Action, Adventure, Romance

India's top spy Tiger and his love Zoya battle the dark world of intelligence and espionage that forbids its soldiers from loving the enemy.

Director: Kabir Khan | Stars: Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif, Girish Karnad, Ranvir Shorey

Votes: 38,715 | Gross: $2.35M

Salmaan Khan, Katrina Kaif.

Lot of viewers claim Dabang should be here instead of this one. Although I believe, if there's salman's one action movie we should remember him for, it should be "Ek tha tiger".

10. Arjun (1985)

154 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Arjun Malvankar after his graduation thrives to get job. The corruption and injustice taking place in his community frustrates him to the extent of revolting with the help of some of his ... See full summary »

Director: Rahul Rawail | Stars: Sunny Deol, Dimple Kapadia, Raj Kiran, Anupam Kher

Votes: 1,118

Sunny Deol, Anupam Kher.

First sleek action with sunny deol in solo action hit, brought politics and action pack drama lined with tight plot. Must see for realist next door character turn into ravaged goon.



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