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Bollywood's 'Devdas' in 'Time' list of best millennium movies
24 May 2012 4:32 PM, PDT
'Time' magazine ranked Bollywood film 'Devdas' (2002)—starring Shahrukh Khan, Aishwarya Rai, and Madhuri Dixit—among the top 10 movies of the millennium so far.
'Devdas,' directed by acclaimed filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali, took the No. 8 spot and was the only Indian film on the list, which was published in May.
'Time' film critic Richard Corliss also picked such films as 'Avatar' (2009), 'The Hurt Locker' (2009), 'Moulin Rouge' (2001), 'The Artist' (2011), and 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' (2000).
Corliss described Khan as an "all-world charismatist" and Madhuri as "a hot number who had danced flamenco on men's libidos for a decade or so before appearing in this worldly-wise role."
"'Devdas' is a visual ravishment, with sumptuous sets, fabulous frocks and beautiful people to fill them; it has a grandeur the old Hollywood moguls would have loved," Corliss wrote.
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