Best Bollywood Movies

Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge

Shot throughout India, London, and Switzerland, the beloved “DDLJ” (The Big-Hearted Will Take the Bride) follows one man’s quest to win over the hand of a woman he meets by chance on a trip to Europe. The only trouble is, her father has already arranged for her to marry someone else.

Queen

After being left at the altar, a young woman finds empowerment in building a new future for herself, starting with going on her planned honeymoon to Europe... solo.

Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga

This heartwarming coming-of-age comedy-drama tells the story of a young woman named Sweety on her journey to love and acceptance as a closeted lesbian. Pressured by her rather conservative family, Sweety’s path towards pursuing a relationship with the woman she loves seems riddled with obstacles. However, she finds an avenue for hope in an unlikely place: through the help of a suitor.

3 Idiots

A hilarious satire of adolescence and the education system, 3 Idiots follows three friends through their time in engineering school into adulthood. Well, backwards, that is. But two of them will have to track down their long lost friend before they can properly reunite with the past.

Sholay

This 1975 action-adventure follows the unlikely trio of two criminals and a retired police officer. The officer hired the two to take down another local criminal, and the duo’s mission to fulfill the officer’s request grows urgent as their bond with him, and his motives, grows deeper.

Mother India

Mehboob Khan’s choice to remake his 1940 feature film of the same concept proved to be worth the 17-year investment. Now a hit musical-drama, Mother India follows the plights of a single mother as she struggles to raise her two sons despite their poverty.