Best Hindi movies by genre

Posted on March 2, 2005 by amodini

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There are many genres or categories in films. But for Hindi films, am going to limit myself to a few. There’s drama, comedy, suspense/action, romance, experimental, and then there’s the all-in-one. So 6 categories in all. I’m sure most of you are familiar with the above, but let me explain the “experimental” category a bit more. Note, that I mean experimental as in experimental for hindi films, a film which breaks away from the usual sing-and-dance routine, and tries to do something new. And which films truly fall in this category ? Very few. “Black” is one. Raghu Romeo is another. I have actually included in this category, some films which veer away from the song-dance-histrionics although they may not be truly avant-garde. These might be short films, but do tell interesting stories well.

A lot of hindi films are either dramas or romances with very similar plots, but the ones I am trying to list here have original storylines. Comedy is most hindi films is of the slapstick variety, or the double entendre one, both which make me cringe. Movies in my comedy listings are neither of the above, and as such are few (I’m having trouble nailing down 10, and have had to dip into my oldies list). I club suspense, action, thriller in one category because I’m unable to think of any really good Hindi action films .

Below is a list of best films by genre. You can also see a list of the best hindi films by year, browse reviews by alphabetical order or view Recommended films.

So, here are the top 10 films in each genre. Note that these are in descending order (1st is best) :

ALL-IN-ONE :

    1. Dil chahta hai (2001) 
    2. Swades (2004) 
    3. Delhi-6 (2009) 
    4. Paheli (2005) 
    5. Rang de basanti (2006) 
    6. Rab ne bana di jodi (2008) 
    7. Chak de India ! (2007) 
    8. Lagaan (2001) 
    9. Parineeta (2005) 
    10. Kabhi alvida na kehna (2006)

DRAMA :

    1. Company (2002) 
    2. Shool 
    3. Maqbool (2004) 
    4. Omkaara (2006) 
    5. Kaminey (2009) 
    6. Sehar (2005) 
    7. Mithya (2008) 
    8. A Wednesday (2008) 
    9. Yuva (2005) 
    10. Life in a metro (2007)

COMEDY :

    1. Jaane bhi do yaaron (1982) 
    2. Khosla ka ghosla (2006) 
    3. Sankat City (2009) 
    4. Hera Pheri (2000) 
    5. Yeh tera ghar,yeh mera ghar (2001) 
    6. Chashm-e-buddoor (1981) 
    7. Chameli ki shaadi (1986) 
    8. Maalamal Weekly (2006) 
    9. Bheja Fry (2007) 
    10. Lage raho Munna bhai (2006)

SUSPENSE / CRIME / THRILLER :

    1. Kaun 
    2. Johnny Gaddar (2007) 
    3. Manorama six feet under (2007) 
    4. Ek Hasina thi (2004) 
    5. Road (2002) 
    6. Pyar tune kya kiya (2001) 
    7. Darna mana hai (2003) 
    8. Dum (2003) 
    9. Taxi Number 9211 (2006) 
    10. Being Cyrus (2006)

ROMANCE :

    1. Saathiya (2002) 
    2. Rules (2003) 
    3. Cheeni Kum (2007) 
    4. Jab we met (2007) 
    5. Lamhe (1992) 
    6. Socha na tha (2005) 
    7. Love Aaj Kal (2009) 
    8. Pyar ke side effects (2006) 
    9. Jaane tu ya jaane na (2008) 
    10. Prem rog (1982)

EXPERIMENTAL :

    1. Earth-1947 (1998) 
    2. Main meri patni aur woh (2005) 
    3. Astitva (2000) 
    4. Hari Bhari 
    5. Chandni Bar (2001) 
    6. Page Three (2005) 
    7. Zubeida (2005) 
    8. Mr. & Mrs. Iyer (2003) 
    9. Dor (2006) 
    10. Hazaaron khwaishen aisi (2005)

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