50 best movies realesed after 2000
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1. Gulaal (2009)
Not Rated | 140 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A law student witnesses deception, homicide, and crime after being elected as General Secretary of his college.
Director: Anurag Kashyap | Stars: Kay Kay Menon, Raj Singh Chaudhary, Raja Chaudhary, Jesse Randhawa
Votes: 15,914
2. Rang De Basanti (2006)
Not Rated | 167 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
The story of six young Indians who assist an English woman to film a documentary on the freedom fighters from their past, and the events that lead them to relive the long-forgotten saga of freedom.
Director: Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra | Stars: Aamir Khan, Soha Ali Khan, Siddharth, Sharman Joshi
Votes: 122,372 | Gross: $2.20M
3. Lakshya (2004)
Not Rated | 186 min | Action, Drama, Romance
An aimless, jobless, irresponsible grown man joins the army and matures into a battlefield hero.
Director: Farhan Akhtar | Stars: Hrithik Roshan, Preity G Zinta, Amitabh Bachchan, Om Puri
Votes: 25,551 | Gross: $0.75M
4. Gangs of Wasseypur (2012)
Not Rated | 321 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A clash between Sultan and Shahid Khan leads to the expulsion of Khan from Wasseypur, and ignites a deadly blood feud spanning three generations.
Director: Anurag Kashyap | Stars: Manoj Bajpayee, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Tigmanshu Dhulia, Richa Chadha
Votes: 103,877
5. Bheja Fry (2007)
Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Drama
Ranjit, who makes fun of idiots, gets completely annoyed when he invites a tax inspector and a singer to his house.
Director: Sagar Ballary | Stars: Vinay Pathak, Rajat Kapoor, Sarika Thakur, Milind Soman
Votes: 12,210
6. Road to Sangam (2009)
135 min | Drama, Thriller
Amidst bomb explosions, fake arrests, police brutality, and protests, a determined mechanic attempts to repair an antique truck to transport the last remains of Mahatma Gandhi in modern-day India.
Director: Amit Rai | Stars: Paresh Rawal, Om Puri, Pawan Malhotra, Jawed Sheikh
Votes: 908
7. Udaan (2010)
Not Rated | 134 min | Drama
Expelled from his school, a 16-year old boy returns home to his abusive and oppressive father.
Director: Vikramaditya Motwane | Stars: Rajat Barmecha, Ronit Roy, Manjot Singh, Ram Kapoor
Votes: 47,412 | Gross: $0.01M
8. Chak De! India (2007)
Not Rated | 153 min | Drama, Family, Sport
Kabir Khan, the coach of the Indian Women's National Hockey Team, dreams of making his all-girls team emerge victorious against all odds.
Director: Shimit Amin | Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Vidya Malvade, Sagarika Ghatge, Shilpa Shukla
Votes: 84,981 | Gross: $1.11M
9. Dasvidaniya (2008)
113 min | Comedy, Drama
A man who loves to make "to-do lists" makes one last bucket list when he realizes he is about to die.
Director: Shashant Shah | Stars: Vinay Pathak, Sarita Joshi, Rajat Kapoor, Saurabh Shukla
Votes: 6,551
10. Jab We Met (2007)
Not Rated | 138 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A depressed wealthy businessman finds his life changing after he meets a spunky and care-free young woman.
Director: Imtiaz Ali | Stars: Shahid Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor, Tarun Arora, Dara Singh Randhawa
Votes: 58,844 | Gross: $0.41M
11. Maqbool (2003)
Not Rated | 132 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The intrigue of the Shakespearean tragedy 'Macbeth' is transposed to the Mumbai underworld.
Director: Vishal Bhardwaj | Stars: Irrfan Khan, Tabu, Pankaj Kapur, Naseeruddin Shah
Votes: 12,019
12. Shaitan (2011)
Not Rated | 121 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Five substance-abusing friends decide to fake a kidnapping in order to bribe a police constable for covering-up a hit-and-run accident.
Director: Bejoy Nambiar | Stars: Kalki Koechlin, Shiv Panditt, Gulshan Devaiah, Rajeev Khandelwal
Votes: 8,944
13. Siddharth: The Prisoner (2009)
91 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
An ex-convict/aspiring writer's briefcase gets switched with that of a gangster.
Director: Pryas Gupta | Stars: Rajat Kapoor, Sachin Nayak, Pradip Sagar, Pradeep Kabra
Votes: 111
14. Swades (2004)
Not Rated | 189 min | Drama, Musical
A successful Indian scientist returns to an Indian village to take his nanny to America with him and in the process rediscovers his roots.
Director: Ashutosh Gowariker | Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Gayatri Joshi, Kishori Ballal, Smith Seth
Votes: 98,548 | Gross: $1.22M
15. Dil Chahta Hai (2001)
Not Rated | 183 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Three inseparable childhood friends are just out of college. Nothing comes between them - until they each fall in love, and their wildly different approaches to relationships creates tension.
Director: Farhan Akhtar | Stars: Aamir Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Akshaye Khanna, Preity G Zinta
Votes: 75,817 | Gross: $0.30M
16. Like Stars on Earth (2007)
PG | 162 min | Drama, Family
An eight-year-old boy is thought to be a lazy trouble-maker, until the new art teacher has the patience and compassion to discover the real problem behind his struggles in school.
Directors: Aamir Khan, Amole Gupte | Stars: Darsheel Safary, Aamir Khan, Tisca Chopra, Vipin Sharma
Votes: 206,773 | Gross: $1.22M
17. Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001)
PG | 224 min | Drama, Musical, Sport
The people of a small village in Victorian India stake their future on a game of cricket against their ruthless British rulers.
Director: Ashutosh Gowariker | Stars: Aamir Khan, Raghubir Yadav, Gracy Singh, Rachel Shelley
Votes: 120,708 | Gross: $0.91M
18. Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. (2003)
Not Rated | 156 min | Comedy, Drama
A gangster sets out to fulfill his father's dream of becoming a doctor.
Director: Rajkumar Hirani | Stars: Sanjay Dutt, Arshad Warsi, Gracy Singh, Boman Irani
Votes: 88,365
19. Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! (2008)
Not Rated | 125 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Lovinder Singh, a thief now in custody and facing trial, reflects on his life of crime while the press reflect on how he managed to get away with so much before being arrested.
Director: Dibakar Banerjee | Stars: Abhay Deol, Paresh Rawal, Nitu Chandra, Archana Puran Singh
Votes: 18,176 | Gross: $0.08M
20. Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006)
Not Rated | 144 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Munna Bhai embarks on a journey with Mahatma Gandhi in order to fight against a corrupt property dealer.
Director: Rajkumar Hirani | Stars: Sanjay Dutt, Arshad Warsi, Vidya Balan, Boman Irani
Votes: 49,987 | Gross: $2.22M
21. Ek Chalis Ki Last Local (2007)
Not Rated | 143 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
A comic thriller about two people who miss the last local train at 1:40 am and how missing of their train changes their course of life forever.
Director: Sanjay M. Khanduri | Stars: Abhay Deol, Neha Dhupia, Amit Mistry, Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Votes: 5,474
22. Do Dooni Chaar (2010)
PG | 112 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A middle class family in India tries to buy a new car.
Director: Habib Faisal | Stars: Rishi Kapoor, Neetu Singh, Aditi Vasudev, Archit Krishna
Votes: 5,939
23. Dev.D (2009)
Not Rated | 144 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
After breaking up with his childhood sweetheart, a young man finds solace in drugs. Meanwhile, a teenage girl is caught in the world of prostitution. Will they be destroyed, or will they find redemption?
Director: Anurag Kashyap | Stars: Abhay Deol, Mahie Gill, Kalki Koechlin, Dibyendu Bhattacharya
Votes: 32,254 | Gross: $0.01M
24. Rock On!! (2008)
Not Rated | 145 min | Drama, Music
Four friends reunite to relive their moments of glory as a rock band.
Director: Abhishek Kapoor | Stars: Arjun Rampal, Farhan Akhtar, Luke Kenny, Purab Kohli
Votes: 22,897
25. Iqbal (2005)
Not Rated | 132 min | Drama, Sport
Iqbal, the deaf and mute son of a farmer, has a passion for the game of cricket and seeks the tutelage of a washed-up, alcoholic ex-player.
Director: Nagesh Kukunoor | Stars: Shreyas Talpade, Naseeruddin Shah, Shweta Basu Prasad, Yatin Karyekar
Votes: 17,697
26. Cheeni Kum (2007)
140 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An egotistical 64-year-old chef and confirmed bachelor falls for a woman 30 years his junior.
Director: R. Balki | Stars: Amitabh Bachchan, Tabu, Paresh Rawal, Zohra Sehgal
Votes: 5,595 | Gross: $0.66M
27. Manorama: Six Feet Under (2007)
Not Rated | 137 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Manorama, wife of an irrigation minister, tasks Satyaveer to find if her husband is cheating. As Satyaveer starts investigating, he gets trapped in a web of lies and must uncover the entire truth.
Director: Navdeep Singh | Stars: Abhay Deol, Gul Panag, Raima Sen, Sarika Thakur
Votes: 8,740
28. Antardwand (2008)
Not Rated | 114 min | Crime, Drama
A young man is kidnapped by a local strongman with the intention of forcing him to marry his daughter to secure a family alliance.
Director: Sushil Rajpal | Stars: Raj Singh Chaudhary, Raja Chaudhary, Swati Sen, Akhilendra Mishra
Votes: 730
29. Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011)
Not Rated | 155 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Three friends decide to turn their fantasy vacation into reality after one of their friends gets engaged.
Director: Zoya Akhtar | Stars: Hrithik Roshan, Farhan Akhtar, Abhay Deol, Katrina Kaif
Votes: 85,914 | Gross: $3.11M
30. Rockstar (2011)
Not Rated | 159 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Janardhan Jakhar chases his dreams of becoming a big Rock star, during which he falls in love with Heer.
Director: Imtiaz Ali | Stars: Ranbir Kapoor, Nargis Fakhri, Shammi Kapoor, Kumud Mishra
Votes: 48,929 | Gross: $0.99M
31. Delhi-6 (2009)
Not Rated | 141 min | Drama
In the ancient walled city of Delhi, an American-born Indian finds himself on an unexpected inner journey as he learns about himself and his roots.
Director: Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra | Stars: Waheeda Rehman, Abhishek Bachchan, Sonam Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor
Votes: 8,415 | Gross: $0.88M
32. OMG: Oh My God! (2012)
Not Rated | 125 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A shopkeeper takes God to court when his shop is destroyed by an earthquake.
Director: Umesh Shukla | Stars: Paresh Rawal, Akshay Kumar, Mithun Chakraborty, Mahesh Manjrekar
Votes: 65,398 | Gross: $0.92M
33. Guru (2007)
Not Rated | 166 min | Drama
A villager, Gurukant Desai, arrives in Bombay 1958, and rises from its streets to become the GURU, the biggest tycoon in Indian history.
Director: Mani Ratnam | Stars: Mithun Chakraborty, Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Madhavan
Votes: 25,000 | Gross: $2.09M
34. Bhool Bhulaiyaa (2007)
Not Rated | 159 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
An NRI and his wife decide to stay in his ancestral home, paying no heed to the warnings about ghosts. Soon, inexplicable occurrences cause him to call a psychiatrist to help solve the mystery.
Director: Priyadarshan | Stars: Akshay Kumar, Vidya Balan, Shiney Ahuja, Ameesha Patel
Votes: 32,287 | Gross: $1.10M
35. Johnny Gaddaar (2007)
Not Rated | 135 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Police officers recount a tale of missing money which results in lies, deceit, betrayal and death.
Director: Sriram Raghavan | Stars: Dharmendra, Rimi Sen, Ashwini Kalsekar, Neil Nitin Mukesh
Votes: 13,186
36. Taxi No. 9 2 11: Nau Do Gyarah (2006)
Not Rated | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller
A cabbie (Patekar) and businessman (Abraham) both in need of big money partake in a two-hour adventure together.
Director: Milan Luthria | Stars: John Abraham, Nana Patekar, Sonali Kulkarni, Sameera Reddy
Votes: 10,626 | Gross: $0.29M
37. Sarkar (2005)
Not Rated | 124 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Subhash Nagre runs a parallel government in the city where he has a cult following. When his enemies plot to murder him, his son takes charge and stands up against them.
Director: Ram Gopal Varma | Stars: Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Kay Kay Menon, Supriya Pathak
Votes: 17,438
38. Sarkar Raj (2008)
Not Rated | 125 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An even more powerful gang emerges to wipe out Sarkar from the playground. A power plant proposal becomes a cause for greater political turmoil around him. What happens to the Family?
Director: Ram Gopal Varma | Stars: Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Ravi Kale
Votes: 7,850 | Gross: $1.01M
39. Waqt: The Race Against Time (2005)
Not Rated | 153 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Ishwar Chandra Thakur is living the good life, content with his loving wife Sumitra and son Adiya. There is but one thing which gradually comes to annoy Ishwar: his son's laziness and dependency on his father.
Director: Vipul Amrutlal Shah | Stars: Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Shefali Shah
Votes: 10,121
40. Kai Po Che (2013)
Not Rated | 120 min | Drama, Sport
Three friends growing up in India at the turn of the millennium set out to open a training academy to produce the country's next cricket stars.
Director: Abhishek Kapoor | Stars: Amit Sadh, Sushant Singh Rajput, Rajkummar Rao, Amrita Puri
Votes: 38,754 | Gross: $1.12M
41. Baghban (2003)
Not Rated | 181 min | Drama, Romance
An elderly couple wish their children to care for them in their old age. But their children see and treat them as a burden, and they must struggle to regain their worth and dignity to themselves and others.
Director: Ravi Chopra | Stars: Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini, Salman Khan, Mahima Chaudhry
Votes: 17,490 | Gross: $1.10M
42. I Am Kalam (2010)
Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
An impoverished boy forms an unlikely and unstable friendship with the lonely son of a nobleman.
Director: Nila Madhab Panda | Stars: Gulshan Grover, Harsh Mayar, Pitobash, Hussan Saad
Votes: 4,878
43. My Name Is Khan (2010)
PG-13 | 165 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
An Indian Muslim man with Asperger's syndrome takes a challenge to speak to the President of the United States seriously and embarks on a cross-country journey.
Director: Karan Johar | Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Sheetal Menon, Katie Amanda Keane
Votes: 116,407 | Gross: $4.02M
44. LSD: Love, Sex Aur Dhokha (2010)
Not Rated | 155 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A video camcorder, a store security camera, and concealed cameras candidly expose lives in three loosely-linked tales.
Director: Dibakar Banerjee | Stars: Nushrratt Bharuccha, Anshuman Jha, Neha Chauhan, Rajkummar Rao
Votes: 6,119
45. Tere Bin Laden (2010)
Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Drama
A reporter casts a fake Bin Laden to act in his video message to America, so he can immigrate there.
Director: Abhishek Sharma | Stars: Ali Zafar, Pradhuman Singh, Piyush Mishra, Nikhil Ratnaparkhi
Votes: 10,792
46. Dil Dosti Etc (2007)
112 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Two college boys from diverse backgrounds believe that since time is on their side, anything is possible. Consequently, their arrogance leads them to challenge each other to prove their efficiencies.
Director: Manish Tiwary | Stars: Imaaduddin Shah, Shreyas Talpade, Smriti Mishra, Nikita Anand
Votes: 2,948
47. No One Killed Jessica (2011)
136 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A journalist, who is more of an activist teams up with the sister of a murdered model, as she gets interested in the case and wants to bring justice to her case.
Director: Raj Kumar Gupta | Stars: Rani Mukerji, Vidya Balan, Myra Karn, Neil Bhoopalam
Votes: 12,340 | Gross: $0.44M
48. Pyaar Ka Punchnama (2011)
Not Rated | 149 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Nishant starts dating Charu while his roommates Rajat and Vikrant already have girlfriends in Neha and Rhea respectively. Trouble starts when the guys feel that their girlfriends are dominating them.
Director: Luv Ranjan | Stars: Kartik Aaryan, Ashish Chhipa, Raayo S. Bakhirta, Divyendu Sharma
Votes: 22,698
49. That Girl in Yellow Boots (2010)
Not Rated | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A British woman faces challenges while attempting to locate her father in India.
Director: Anurag Kashyap | Stars: Kalki Koechlin, Prashant Prakash, Naseeruddin Shah, Gulshan Devaiah
Votes: 4,090
50. I Am 24 (2010)
Not Rated | 118 min | Comedy, Romance
Subhendu, a middle-aged writer, falls in love with a much younger woman named Sheela. In order to woo her, he pretends to be a younger man.
Director: Saurabh Shukla | Stars: Rajat Kapoor, Ranvir Shorey, Neha Dhupia, Manjari Fadnnis
Votes: 1,244
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