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by gruvy-muvy | created - 11 months ago | updated - 1 week ago | PublicFilms/documentaries shedding light on Bharatavarsh - India, its history, culture and politics.
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1. The Kashmir Files (2022)
Not Rated | 170 min | Drama
A heart-wrenching tale that captures the pain, suffering, and struggle of the Kashmiri Pandit community in 1990 and leads Krishna, a young college student, to set out on a quest to uncover the truth.
Director: Vivek Agnihotri | Stars: Mithun Chakraborty, Anupam Kher, Darshan Kumaar, Pallavi Joshi
Votes: 573,721
2. Sahebs Who Never Left - Part 1: The Origins (2022)
32 min | Documentary, Short
The dark truth about some of the most significant events of the colonial period in India and the deliberately hidden facts about the 'Ideological Subversion' of Indian people.
Director: Praveen Chaturvedi
Votes: 4,137
3. The Accidental Prime Minister (2019)
Not Rated | 112 min | Biography, Drama
Explores Manmohan Singh's tenure as the Prime Minister of India and the kind of control he had over the cabinet and the country.
Director: Vijay Ratnakar Gutte | Stars: Anupam Kher, Akshaye Khanna, Suzanne Bernert, Vipin Sharma
Votes: 8,162
4. 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: 25,544 | Gross: $0.75M
5. 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: 98,515 | Gross: $1.22M
6. Gandhi (1982)
PG | 191 min | Biography, Drama, History
The life of the lawyer who became the famed leader of the Indian revolts against the British rule through his philosophy of nonviolent protest.
Director: Richard Attenborough | Stars: Ben Kingsley, John Gielgud, Rohini Hattangadi, Roshan Seth
Votes: 240,199 | Gross: $52.77M
7. Gandhi, My Father (2007)
Not Rated | 136 min | Biography, Drama, History
The account of troubled relationship between Mahatma Gandhi and his eldest son.
Director: Feroz Abbas Khan | Stars: Akshaye Khanna, Darshan Jariwala, Shefali Shah, Bhoomika Chawla
Votes: 1,731 | Gross: $0.24M
8. Sardar Udham (2021)
TV-MA | 164 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A biopic detailing the 2 decades that Punjabi Sikh revolutionary, Udham Singh, spent planning the assassination of the man responsible for the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
Director: Shoojit Sircar | Stars: Vicky Kaushal, Shaun Scott, Stephen Hogan, Amol Parashar
Votes: 47,263
9. Uri: The Surgical Strike (2019)
Not Rated | 138 min | Action, Drama, History
Indian army special forces execute a covert operation, avenging the killing of fellow army men at their base by a terrorist group.
Director: Aditya Dhar | Stars: Vicky Kaushal, Paresh Rawal, Mohit Raina, Yami Gautam
Votes: 72,223 | Gross: $4.19M
10. Sarfarosh (1999)
Not Rated | 174 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After his brother is killed and father severely injured by terrorists, a young med student quits his studies to join the Indian Police Service to wipe out the terrorists.
Director: John Mathew Matthan | Stars: Aamir Khan, Naseeruddin Shah, Sonali Bendre, Mukesh Rishi
Votes: 26,897
11. Hey Ram (2000)
Not Rated | 186 min | Crime, Drama, History
Saketh Ram's wife is raped and killed during direct action day riots in Calcutta. He is convinced that Mahatma Gandhi is responsible for all the problems happening in the country and sets out to kill him.
Director: Kamal Haasan | Stars: Kamal Haasan, Shah Rukh Khan, Rani Mukerji, Hema Malini
Votes: 14,001 | Gross: $0.27M
12. Newton (2017)
Not Rated | 106 min | Comedy, Drama
A government clerk on election duty in the conflict ridden jungle of Central India tries his best to conduct free and fair voting despite the apathy of security forces and the looming fear of guerrilla attacks by communist rebels.
Director: Amit Masurkar | Stars: Rajkummar Rao, Pankaj Tripathi, Anjali Patil, Raghubir Yadav
Votes: 21,205
13. Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran (2018)
Not Rated | 129 min | Action, Drama, History
Ashwat Raina and his teammates arrive in Pokhran to re-conduct a confidential nuclear test, where they face challenges from the American Lacrosse satellite and local spies.
Director: Abhishek Sharma | Stars: John Abraham, Boman Irani, Diana Penty, Anuja Sathe
Votes: 25,216
14. Mangal Pandey (2005)
Not Rated | 150 min | Biography, Drama, History
This is a film about the leader of the 1857 mutiny and his fight against the British rule.
Director: Ketan Mehta | Stars: Aamir Khan, Rani Mukerji, Toby Stephens, Coral Beed
Votes: 10,503 | Gross: $0.87M
15. Bharat Ek Khoj (1988– )
History
The 5000-year history of India from its beginnings to independence in 1947.
Stars: Roshan Seth, Om Puri, Ravi Jhankal, Anang Desai
Votes: 867
16. Yatra (1986– )
Drama
This 15 episode series portrays two long train journeys across the length and breadth of India, along with lives of a motley group of passengers.
Stars: Nikhil Bhagat, Neena Gupta, Rajendra Gupta, Raghubir Yadav
Votes: 72
17. Malgudi Days (1986–2006)
Drama
Based on the works of R.K. Narayan, Malgudi Days chronicles the lives of people living in the fictitious town of Malgudi.
Stars: Venki, Anant Nag, Sudheendra, Rajaram
Votes: 4,213
18. Chanakya (1990– )
45 min | Drama, History
This is a historical saga of establishing the Mauryan Empire in India
Stars: Chandra Prakash Dwivedi, Kurush Deboo, Dinesh Shakul, Prakash Dwivedi
Votes: 2,787
19. Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi (2019)
Not Rated | 148 min | Action, Biography, Drama
Story of Rani Lakshmibai, one of the leading figures of the Indian Rebellion of 1857, and her resistance to the British Rule.
Directors: Radha Krishna Jagarlamudi, Kangana Ranaut | Stars: Kangana Ranaut, Danny Denzongpa, Suresh Oberoi, Atul Kulkarni
Votes: 16,228
20. Unda (2019)
Not Rated | 130 min | Action, Comedy, Thriller
The film narrates the events that occur when a unit of policemen from Kerala reach the Naxalite prone areas in North India for election duty.
Director: Khalid Rahman | Stars: Mammootty, Easwari Rao, Asif Ali, Dileesh Pothan
Votes: 4,574
21. Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior (2020)
Not Rated | 135 min | Action, Biography, Drama
Tanhaji Malusare, a military chieftain in the army of the Maratha king Shivaji, leads the charge to capture the strategically important Kondhana fort guarded by the army of the fierce Rajput chieftain Udaybhan Rathod.
Director: Om Raut | Stars: Ajay Devgn, Saif Ali Khan, Sharad Kelkar, Kajol
Votes: 36,013
22. Cricket Fever: Mumbai Indians (2019– )
40 min | Sport
Following the 2018 season of the Mumbai Indians, one of the world's most popular Cricket clubs.
Stars: Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Mumbai Indians, Bhushan Kadam
Votes: 757
23. The Forgotten Army - Azaadi ke liye (2020)
194 min | Action, Drama, History
Lieutenant Sodhi and his army fight for Indian Independence during World War II as part of the Indian National Army; the journey and sacrifice of the Indian National Army from its soldiers' point of view.
Stars: Najmun Nisha, Rajvir Chauhan, Sunny Kaushal, Sharvari Wagh
Votes: 5,791
24. 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: 120,682 | Gross: $0.91M
25. Spelling the Dream (2018)
TV-G | 82 min | Documentary
Chronicle of the ups and downs of four Indian-American students as they compete to realize their dream of winning the iconic tournament.
Director: Sam Rega | Stars: Srinivas Ayyagari, Jacques Bailly, Valerie Browning, Ratnam Chitturi
Votes: 796
26. Harishchandrachi Factory (2009)
Not Rated | 96 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
In 1913 India's cinema industry is born from Dadasaheb Phalke's efforts to make Raja Harishchandra (1913), India's first feature-length B&W silent film.
Director: Paresh Mokashi | Stars: Nandu Madhav, Vibhawari Deshpande, Atharva Karve, Mohit Gokhale
Votes: 2,699
27. Phantom (I) (2015)
Not Rated | 136 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A disgraced Indian soldier carries out a series of assassinations in the hope of restoring his honour.
Director: Kabir Khan | Stars: Saif Ali Khan, Katrina Kaif, Sabyasachi Chakrabarty, Rajesh Tailang
Votes: 9,897 | Gross: $0.21M
28. The Tashkent Files (2019)
Not Rated | 134 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Revolves around the mysterious death of India's 2nd Prime Minister Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri and attempts to uncover if he had actually died a natural death, or, as alleged, was assassinated.
Director: Vivek Agnihotri | Stars: Shweta Basu Prasad, Mithun Chakraborty, Naseeruddin Shah, Pankaj Tripathi
Votes: 35,962
29. Bandish Bandits (2020– )
TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Indian classical singer Radhe and pop star Tamanna. Despite their contrasting personalities, the two "set out together on a journey of self-discovery to see if opposites, though they might attract, can also adapt and go the long haul.
Stars: Ritwik Bhowmik, Shreya Chaudhry, Sheeba Chaddha, Rajesh Tailang
Votes: 17,638
30. Sankarabharanam (1980)
Not Rated | 143 min | Drama, Music, Romance
The story of a rare and exceptional bond between the master of classical music Sankara Sastry and his admirer Tulasi, a woman from a family of prostitutes.
Director: K. Viswanath | Stars: J.V. Somayajulu, Manju Bhargavi, Tulasi, Allu Ramalingaiah
Votes: 2,540
31. Ask the Sexpert (2017)
80 min | Documentary, Comedy, Drama
A longtime sex advice columnist gains popularity against the backdrop of a ban on comprehensive sex-education in schools in several Indian states.
Director: Vaishali Sinha | Stars: Mahinder Watsa, Meenal Baghel, Kiran Manral, Aditi Mittal
Votes: 196
32. India from Above (2020 TV Movie)
45 min
This two-part series showcases the beauty of India through it's natural wonders Fascinating people and diverse cultures for souring heights.
Directors: Paramangsu Mukherjee, Ashwin Neal Mani | Star: Dev Patel
Votes: 265
33. Breaking Free (2015)
82 min | Documentary, Crime, History
Filmmaker and gay activist Sridhar Rangayan embarks on a personal journey to expose the human rights violations faced by the LGBTQ community in India due to a draconian law Section 377 and homophobic social mores of a patriarchal society.
Director: Sridhar Rangayan | Stars: Vivek Anand, Manohar Elavarthi, Anand Grover, Ashok Row Kavi
Votes: 39
34. Sachin - A Billion Dreams (2017)
138 min | Documentary, Sport
A tale of a small boy with dreams and his journey to becoming the God of Cricket and the most celebrated sportsperson in his country.
Director: James Erskine | Stars: Sachin Tendulkar, Mikail Gandhi, Anjali Tendulkar, Mayur More
Votes: 8,358
35. The Kashmir Files Unreported (2023– )
Documentary
The real-life anecdotes, survivor testimonies, archived footage and geopolitical details about the events that led to exodus and massacre of Kashmiri Pandits in the 1990s. Thus the circumstances that led to the abolition of Article 370.
Stars: Vivek Agnihotri, Pallavi Joshi
Votes: 732
36. The Vaccine War (2023)
161 min | Drama, Thriller
Based on India's battle against Covid-19, and the efforts the medical department took to overcome the global crisis.
Director: Vivek Agnihotri | Stars: Anupam Kher, Nana Patekar, Divya Seth Shah, Raima Sen
Votes: 24,395
37. Article 370 (2024)
158 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
After unrest in Kashmir in 2016, local agent Zooni Haksar is chosen for a secret mission by Rajeshwari Swaminathan to end terrorism and economy conflict by abrogating Article 370 without bloodshed.
Director: Aditya Suhas Jambhale | Stars: Yami Gautam, Mohan Agashe, Sukhita Aiyar, Raj Arjun
Votes: 15,109
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