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The 10 Top Bollywood Movies you will Never Forget
When it comes to Bollywood, we often talk about Amitabh, Madhuri, Kareena, Aishwarya, Shahrukh, Hrithik roshan and Abhishek. Now-a-days, Bollywood has become synonymous with Aishwarya – Salman –Vivek triangle or the grand wedding of Ash-Abhishek.We hardly recall any movie whenever we talk about Bollywood. However,there are some classics that are much bigger than these stars and thespicy stories. We have come up with the 10 top biggest Bollywood movies that have left great impressions on the viewers forever. These movies will always remain in our memory.
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1. Devdas
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Who can forget Director Bimal Roy’s emotional flick ‘Devdas’,a vivid picture of flaws and emotions in human characters? Released in1955, rich in imagery and desperation, this cinematic jewel is knownfor Dilip Kumar’s understated performance as the drunken protagonistblinking hopelessly and painfully love-struck, and some brilliant andpoised acting performances by its heroines, Vyjayanthimala Bali and Suchitra Sen.
Devdas (Dilip Kumar) and Paro (Suchitra Sen)are childhood friends who share a love-hate relationship. Each ishighly egoistic. These childhood friends grow up to be ardent loverswho are calculated to marry. But Devdas’ father turns down theproposal. Paro gets married to another and Devdas flees to Kolkatafalling into bad company and taking to drinking. His friend Chunibabutakes him to the kotha [brothel] where he meets Chandramukhi(Vyjayanthimala). Chandramukhi is touched by the fact that he givesmoney without wanting anything in return. She falls in love with him.Chandramukhi leaves her profession and changes her life. Though Devdasacknowledges Chandramukhi’s place in his life, he cannot offer her anymore. He embarks on a train journey around India in a despairing bid toescape from his demons, from his own self.
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Dilip already was an established tragedy king when ‘Devdas’ wasreleased, but Vyjayanthimala was still struggling to strengthen herfoothold in the industry. It was Bengali cinema’s foremost female starSuchitra Sen’s first Hindi film. The film proved to be a milestone forall the stars. It won Dilip Kumar the Best Actor trophy and a BestSupporting Actress award for Vyjayanthimala. Suchitra Sen got wideacclaim for her performance. Composer S D Burman and lyricist SahirLudhianvi gave excellent and still remembered musical notes for thefilm. The simple, austere, penetrating, candid and passionatelyelectrifying depiction of subtle human values and sentiments is thehallmark of Bimal Roy’s DEVDAS.
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DEVDAS is based on a Bengali novel and has been remade many times, the most recent being Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s flamboyant remake starring Shahrukh Khan, Aishwarya Rai and Madhuri Dixit.However, this black and white, old cinematic rendition of Chatterjee’snovel is definitely head and shoulders above Bhansali’s colourful andextravagant flick.
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Dilip Kumar’s demeanor in this heartrending movie is all praise andawe. He was no Dilip Kumar in the film but exact imitation of the role.He outperformed in perfectly getting under the skin of a prodigalDevdas in the first hour of the movie and a profligate Devdas in thelast hour. Besides, the very real to life and original performance ofDilip, Suchitra Sen’s weighted speech quality and simple dialogdelivery adds resonance to an already touching storyline that goes tothe heart of every viewer.
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The direction of Bimal Roy is superbly excellent and all the moreimaginative and original. Roy’s ‘Devdas’ should undoubtedly beregarded as an intellectually perfect cinematic sequence in the historyof Indian filmmaking.
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2. Mother India
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Released in 1957, Director Mehboob Khan’s classic ‘Mother India’is a moving story of human struggle and one of the masterpieces ofBollywood cinema. The film was a total blockbuster and first majorsuccess for Raj Kumar, Sunil Dutt and Rajendra Kumar.
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As for Nargis (who was only 28 when Mother India was released) itwas the performance of a lifetime, a role which any other actress wouldgive an arm for, and sure enough Nargispulled it off marvelously — from a shy, young bride with paintedeyebrows to a mother who turns out to be an epitome of strength – sheexudes a moving display of varied emotions.
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Raj Kumar leaves a lasting impact in a brief but pathos-laden roleof Radha’s husband, Shamu. Rajendra Kumar fits in flawlessly to therole of a robust Indian farmer and a quiet, sturdy and supportive son.Dutt is pure, unharnessed energy as the rebel and gave in an excellentperformance in the role of a mischievous outlaw.
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Set in the backdrop of rural India, the film focuses around a motherRadha’s (Nargis) relationship with her two sons Ramu and Birju (SunilDutt and Rajendra Kumar). Her husband (Raaj Kumar), who is a farmer,loses his arms after an accident and leaves the house as he doesn’twant anybody’s pity. His wife then has to look after her three sons andtend to the fields. Floods destroy the village and one son falls preyto the calamity. The strong-willed woman shows no signs of giving up.Birju turns into an outlaw but she doesn’t give in even then. She andRamu fight the circumstances and come out of each trouble. Radha’stest of life reaches its climax when He kidnaps Lala’s daughter. AndRadha is forced to replicate Mother Earth’s response to those whoviolate her laws.
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Naushad scored in excellent music for this blockbuster.
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3. Mughal-E-Azam
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Incredible nine years in the making, 16 in the planning, released in1960 amid much fanfare and a rapturous reception, a tribute to love andstruggle……Yes, the movie being talked about is K. Asif’s “Mughal-E-Azam“,a glittering icon of Indian cinema. Along with lavish sets, spectaculardance sequences, breathtaking battle scenes, and pure unadulteratedromance, ‘Mughal-E-Azam’ sports a dramatic story as well, weavingconflicts between father and son, love and duty into a gripping tale ofthwarted romance. The grandeur of the movie is a visual treat. And notjust visual, the film had a fervent musical charm too. MusicianNaushad’s tunes on Shakeel Badayuni’s lyrics are immortal.
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Emperor Akbar [Prithviraj Kapoor] and Queen Jodha [Durga Khote]give birth to a son, Salim, after years of prayer. When Akbar realizeshis son is turning into a spoiled, dissolute adolescent by hisindulgent mother, the emperor puts him into armor and sends him off towar for the next 14 years. Upon his return Prince Salim (Dilip Kumar), now a handsome war hero falls for the lush-looking yet demure courtesan Anarkali [Madhubala].Initially wary of his affections because of the difference in theirpositions, she soon reciprocates his love. Akbar finds out about theaffair and that creates a rift between the father and son. The filmthus reaches the heart of its matter, the eternal struggle between loveand duty, which pits father against son — the Mughal throne cannot be“wasted on a mere slave girl” — and the father against himself — “Iam not an enemy of love but a slave to principle.” Not even a militaryrevolt by the son against his father ends the conflict.
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Breathtaking performance by Dilip Kumar, the raw beauty andinnocence exuded by Madhubala, the wide expanse of Asif’s vision,Naushad’s haunting and still remembered musical scores, and above allthe grandeur of the film itself- all have gone in to make this movie areal blockbuster.
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When the color films were introduced in India around 1957, Asifwanted to reshoot everything, but the prohibitive costs of reshootingpermitted him to film only three reels of his two-part, three-hour epicin color. As it is, the film cost $3 million, an astronomical sum at that time. (Even today the average Bollywood production costs only $1.3 million). So, only one song - ‘Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya‘ - is in color in the original film.
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Widely considered one of Bollywood’s most iconic films, K Asif’sMughal-E-Azam makes a welcome return to the silver screen 45 yearsafter its initial release. The movie again hit the screens with candycolours and an upgraded Dolby Digital sound, thus becoming the firstfilm in world cinema history to be colourised specifically for atheatrical release. Retaining all its original charm, Mughal-E-Azam’sthemes of love, loyalty and sacrifice remain as relevant as ever - atrue testament to director K Asif’s vision and commitment.
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4. Deewar
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“Aaj mere paas building hai, gaadi hai, bank balance hai. Tumhare pas kya hai. Kya hai tumhare pas. ……………. Mere pas … Maa Hai.”

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Hardly is there any India movie lover who has not heard this famous dialogue from ‘Deewar’.
Released in the year 1975, starring Amitabh Bachchan, Shashi Kapoor & Nirupa Roy,written by Salim Javed, and directed by none other than Yash Chopra,‘Deewar’ was a masterpiece which bagged almost all the awards of1975 Filmfare Awards.
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Deewaar is probably one of the most memorable Hindi films of alltime. The film uses the tried and tested formula of the good brotherv/s the bad brother, a mother facing all sorts of hardships to bring upher sons on her own and religious sentiments. What makes the film riseabove all others is the tight script and thunderous dialogues fromSalim-Javed and above all a powerhouse performance by Amitabh Bachchanas the son driven to crime - perhaps his best ever! The film is one ofa series in which he plays the ’angry young man’- the lone rebel,the man seeking personal vengeance and social justice, operatingoutside and more efficiently than the law.
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The film also exploits popular religious sentiment and the scenewhere he submits himself to Goddess in his own egoistic way – “Aajkhush to bahut hoge tum…â€�, has become a bookmark in our film industry.
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As for the storyline, let us flip through our memories once again.Vijay (Amitabh Bachchan) and Ravi (Shashi Kapoor) are two brothers whowere raised amidst much hardship by their strong-hearted mother (NirupaRoy) after their father abandons them. Vijay turns out to be morehot-headed in contrast to soft spoken and polite Ravi. Ravi meets hisgirlfriend’s (Neetu Singh) father who is a police commissioner andafter meeting him he decides to join the police force and leaves fortraining.
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On the other hand, Vijay works in a shipping dock where he comesinto contact with the underworld and is driven into the world of crimein order to gain quick money for his mother. The two brothers areseparated by their duties as one protects the law while the otherbreaks it. Their mother has to make a choice now, between the two sons.Being an idealist, she chooses to support Ravi. Finally Ravi shootsdown Vijay who dies in his mother’s arms.
The film was a superhit when it was released. Amitabh gives apowerhouse performance playing the very serious and disturbed angryman. Shashi Kapoor was impressive as the confused brother. However, hispolite and soft performance is overshadowed by Amitabh’s enigmaticpersona. Nirupa Roy is just perfect as Amitabh’s Mother who displaysenough strength facing all odds. Not to forget the lovely ladies, NeetuSingh and Parveen Bobby who ornate the movie in their own charismaticway.
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5. Sholay
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Sholay is one of the biggest blockbusters in the history of Bollywood. It is the highest grossing film of all time in India. It ran for 286 weeks straight in one Minerva theatre of Mumbai. Sholay racked up a still record 60 golden jubilees across India, and doubled its original gross over reruns during the late 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s.

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In 1999, BBC India declared it the “Film of the Millennium” In 2005, the judges of the 50th annual Filmfare awards called it the best film of the last 50 years. Ironically, when it was first released, Sholay won only one Filmfare award (film editor M. S. Shinde won for Best editing).

The plot runs as : A retired police officer, Thakur Baldev Singh (Sanjeev Kumar) gets two convicts, Jaidev and Veeru (Amitabh Bachchan and Dharmendra), to capture Gabbar Singh ( The timeless villain of Bollywood), a bandit chief who massacred Thakur’s entire family and cut Thakur’s hands off. Once in the village Ramgarh, both Veeru and Jai fall in love. Veeru is attracted to Basanti (played by Hema Malini), a feisty young woman who makes her living driving a tanga, or a horse-cart. Jai is drawn to Radha (Jaya Bhaduri), the reclusive widowed daughter-in-law. Bloody clashes between Jai, Veeru, and the bandits follow. In the end, the village is freed from the terror of the bandits.
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The film was produced by G.P. Sippy and directed by his son RameshSippy. It was written by scriptwriters Salim-Javed. R. D. Burmancontributed the music. Anand Bakshi was the lyricist. The film was alavish production for its time. It took two and a half years to makeand went Rs. 300,000 over budget. Much of the film was set in the rockyterrain of Ramanagaram, a village near Bangalore. In fact, one part ofRamanagaram town was renamed “Sippynagar” after the director of themovie. Even to this day, a visit to the “Sholay rocks” is offered totourists travelling through Ramanagaram.
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The songs from Sholay attract less attention than the dialogues —a rarity for Bollywood. In fact, many movie lovers had got all itsdialogues by heart. This prompted the producers to releaseaudio-cassettes with only dialogues. Now, Ramgopal Verma is all set tocash in this blockbuster with his ‘Ramu Ke Sholay’.
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6. Silsila
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Released in 1981 and made under the crisp direction of Yash Chopra, ‘Silsila’is still one of the most cherished movies of Bollywood. This movie wasbilled as a true story when it came out and bears resemblances to thelife story of the leading ladies and the hero, Amitabh Bachchan. Inreal life Amitabh had an affair with Rekhawhile married to Jaya Bhaduri. The movie created stirs because it daredto handle the subject of extramarital romance when such topics were ataboo in Bollywood. Amitabh and Rekha make a perfect and grippingscreen presence each giving a powerhouse performance. Jaya and Sanjeev Kumar steal the applauses by their subtle and mature performances.
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Amit (Of course Amitabh Bachchan) and Chandni (Lovely Rekha) arebadly in love which is grooming fast. Amit is a Poet, Shayaar andwriter. Shekhar

(Shashi Kapoor), Amit’s  elder brother is in love withShobha (Jaya Bhaduri) and both are about to marry. Shekhar dies in anair crash and leaves behind his pregnant fiancé Shobha. Amitsacrifices his love and decided to give hand to Shobha for her unbornchild. Both marry, but fate once more brings Amit face to face withChandni, who is now married to Dr. Anand (Sanjeev Kapoor). The lovethat was forgotten and suppressed with time again blossoms up. Bothagain start meeting and both start forgetting they are now married…Dr. Anand and Shobha both get to know what is happening, but theyhandle the situated with perfect maturity. Ultimately Amit returns backin the arms of his wife who is pregnant. Dr. Anand and Chandni alsolive happily thereafter.
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The duo of Shiv Kumar Sharma and Hari Prasad Chaurasia has given some excellent compositions including ‘Neela Asman’, ‘Dekha Ek Khwab’ and others. The holi song ‘Rang Barse’of the movie is still a must holi number in our country. This song wassung by Amitabh Bachchan and composed by his father Harivansh RaiBachchan. Amitabh Bachchan and Lata Mangeshkar recorded their portionsof “Yeh Kahaan Aa Gaye Hum” separately. Years later,when they were on friendly terms, they expressed their regret at havingto do so when they could have gotten to know each other.
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7. Maine Pyar Kiya
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Released in 1989, directed by Sooraj Barjatya, this breezy teenageromance attained high acclaim as a melodious, faultless portrayal ofinnocent first love. ‘Maine Pyar Kiya’was one of the most successful Bollywood movies of the 1980s and madeSalman Khan a major star. The film was a departure from the gritty andviolent films that were so popular in the 1970s and early 80s. Thedebutant Bhagyashree set the screen a fire and captured the attentionof every youth. Reema Lagoo redefined the look and character of amother in Hindi films. She was gorgeous, wore bright colors, dressedglamorously and was yet an affectionate, large-hearted mom.
This film had all the ingredients to click with the Indian milieu byand large. There was an obedient boy, a docile and domesticated girl,some funny and free-spirited souls and the innocent first love bloomingin two hearts.
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The story revolves around Prem(Salman Khan) and Suman (Bhagyashree). HE the son of a multimillionaire, Kishen (Rajeev Verma)… and SHE the daughter of an ordinary motor mechanic, Karan (Alok Nath)…run into each other and cultivate mutual liking which culminates into acall of love….! The blossoming love between Prem and Suman is not takenkindly to by Kishen in whose custody Karan had left Suman when he wasgoing to Dubai to make money. Karan returns to find Suman insulted byKrishen. Severing all past relations, he returns to the village withSuman. How Prem revolts against his father, reaches the village andgets back his love, Suman forms the rest of the story. Finally, it isthe integrity of their children’s love that unites the long-lostfriends.
The soundtrack of the movie was a huge hit with Lata Mangeshkar andS.P Balasubramaniam lending their voice for Suman and Prem. Theimmensely popular opening track, ‘Aate Jaate’, is said to have been inspired by Stevie Wonder’s 1984 single, ‘I Just Called to Say I Love You’. Also, the track, ‘Mere Rang Mein Rangne Wali’ is supposedly inspired by ‘The Final Countdown’. The sequence of ‘Antakshari’ was a new experiment and was immnesely popular.
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Maine Pyar Kiya won four Filmfare awards in 1990. It was dubbed intoEnglish as ‘When Love Calls’ ( This 125 minute English version ofthe film was the biggest hit in the Caribbean market at Guyana) and inSpanish as ‘Te Amo’. The movie was a super hit in Telugu as ‘Prema Paavuraalu’.
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8. Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
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‘Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge’is in many ways a typical Bollywood film, with songs, dance numbers,comic interludes and lovers cavorting in scenic locations. However,what sets the film apart is the touching and marvellous performance by Shahrukh Khan as Raj, the real-as-life and effortless acting by Kajol and above all, the duo’s on-screen chemistry which sets the romance afire.
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Released in 1995, DDLJ has created history. As of June 2006, thefilm had made the record books by completing 570 weeks of continuousplay in Maratha Mandir, a Mumbai cinema.
The movie bagged in numerous awards at the filmfare - Best Movie Award (Yash Chopra), Best Director Award (Aditya Chopra), Best Actor Award (Shahrukh Khan), Best Actress Award (Kajol), Best Supporting Actress Award (Farida Jalal) , Best Comedian Award (Anupam Kher)and Best Lyricist Award (Anand Bakshi for the song Tujhe dekha) andBest Male Playback Award (Udit Narayan for the song Mehndi lagake).
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As like any mega blockbuster of all times, music played a major rolein DDLJ’s success. While late Anand Bakshi who wrote the lyrics was aveteran, composers Jatin Lalit were a surprise package as they had justgot a foothold in the industry. With Aditya Chopra making his debut asa director and Yash Chopra handling the production reins, DDLJ wasdesigned as a unique musical love story that was equally shot in Europeand India and was billed as the first film portraying the life ofIndians residing in foreign countries.
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The film was included in the Cinema India showcase, “The ChangingFace of Indian Cinema”, which toured the United States in July andAugust 2004.
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The storyline of the movie goes as follws: Simran meets Raj on agraduation trip and they eventually fall in love. Her father, played byAmrish Puri, wants her to marry his best friend’s son, to whom she hasbeen promised since she was born. After much tear-shedding, Simranfinally agrees to the marriage and her family returns to Punjab. Raj,however, does not give up so easily. He follows Simran to the Punjab,but refuses to elope with Simran and wants to marry her with theconsent of her father. Raj pretends to be a friend of the family,helping with the wedding preparations and gaining everyone’s friendshipincluding Simran’s father. However everything comes crashing down whenRaj’s true identity is revealed. Then, as Raj is preparing to leave,the father realizes that Raj truly and sincerely loves Simran. Heallows Simran to leave with Raj, and all ends happily.
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9. Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
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Kuch Kuch Hota Hai is another blockbuster love-triangle story, produced under the Dharma Productions banner and Karan Johar doing superbly as a debutant director.
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Shahrukh adds new dimensions to his acting by playing a fatherlyrole for the first time, Rani Mukherjee has a short and sweet rolewhich she plays flawlessly, and what tops this all is Kajol’sversatile performance which leaves you amazed and fascinated at thesame time. The child actress Sana playing Anjali manages to combine thebest qualities of a child actress and many of the emotions of an adult.
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This movie opens with a woman named Tina (Rani Mukherjee) who is dying from a complicated birth. She asks her husband Rahul (SRK) befor dying to name their newborn daughter Anjali (Sana Saeed).On Anjali’s eighth birthday she received the letter written by her longgone dead mother. In this letter, Anjali’s mother Tina explained howshe came into her father’s life back in college and they fell in love.This love complicated a friendship between her father Rahul, and hisbest friend at college, a tomboy girl named Anjali (Kajol). So Anjalileft the college so that Tina and Rahul could be together. What littleAnjali’s mother wants her daughter to do is find the first Anjali andbring her back together with her father. Anjali, with the help of hergrandmother sets out to this goal and achieves it by the end of themovie. This movie is a roller coaster of emotions. You will laugh andyou will cry.
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The music is infectious and choreographer Farah Khan has performedan excellent job. Her comfort level with the three superstars isapparent with the chemistry displayed in each song sequence.
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The award list for the movie is long with the best movie, bestdirector, best actor, best actress, best supporting actress, best artdirection and best screenplay in 1998 Filmfare awards. Shah Rukh alsoreceived the best actor award at Zee Cine Awards 1998, SansuiViewer’s Choice Awards 1998 and Z Gold Bollywood Award 1998.
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10. Lage raho MunnaBhai
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A movie to watch with your whole family, as seldom do we come acrossa film which makes us laugh, cry and also makes us feel good as a humanbeing. Thanks to Raj Kumar Hirani, “Gandhigiri� is In and “Dadagiri� is Out. LRM is an experiment in hindi cinema which generates deep message through light-hearted comedy.
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Munna and Circuit, arguably compared to Laurel and Hardy, go aboutthe business of generating humour out of the pathos of human conditionsin a sequel to Munnabhai MBBS. Vidya Balan, Sanjay Dutt, Arshad Warsiand Boman Irani exhibit marvelous performances. The interaction betweenMunna and Gandhi are just brilliant and both Sanjay Dutt and DilipPrabhavalkar dazzle in their role. Fans of Abhishek Bachchan werepleased to see him in a cameo towards the end of the movie.
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Lage Raho MunnaBhaiwas praised by Manmohan Singh, who stated that the movie “capturesBapu’s message about the power of truth and humanism. Lage Raho MunnaBhai was the recipient of the prestigious 2006 Filmfare Critics Awardfor Best Movie. It also won the Filmfare Best Story Award (Vidhu VinodChopra & Rajkumar Hirani), the Filmfare Best Dialogue Award(Rajkumar Hirani & Abhijat Joshi) and the Filmfare Best ComedianAward (Arshad Warsi).
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It was awarded Best Film, Best Story, and the Critics Choice/Best Actor (Sanjay Dutt) by both the Star Screen Awards and the Global Indian Film Awards (where it also won the award for Best Dialogue).
Lage Raho Munna Bhai revolves around the comic adventures of MunnaBhai, a Tapori in the Mumbai underworld and his sidekick Circuit. Munnais in love with the voice of Jhanvi (Vidya Balan), a radio jockey and presents himself to her as a professor of history and a Gandhispecialist. To keep up with his lie, Munna engages in a period ofintense study of the life and works of Gandhi. It is during this periodthat the image of Mahatma Gandhi appears offering help and advice toMunna. Indeed, Gandhi continues to appear each time Munna singsRaghupathi Raghava Rajaram.
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Lucky Singh (Boman Irani),an unscrupulous businessman, wants to seize the ‘Second Inningshouse’. Turning to Gandhi for help, Munna encourages the residents ofSecond Innings to use Gandhigiri in an attempt to regain their home.
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As Gandhi guides Munna Bhai in the cultivation of a new life basedupon Gandhism, anyone who comes into contact with Munna is transformed.When Munna saves Lucky Singh’s daughter Simran (Diya Mirza)’s marriage, in gratitude, Lucky Singh returns Second Innings to its residents.
Jhanvi’s opening line for her radio show, “Gooooooood Moooooooorninnnng Mumbai!“, is an homage to Robin Williams’ opening for his radio show (”Gooooooooood morning, Vietnaaaaaaaaammm!“) in the 1987 film, Good Morning, Vietnam.
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