Pay No Attention to the Girl Behind the Curtain

I just want to start a list of all the Hindi, Bollywood and other Indian-related films I've seen and I need a place to keep track of them so here it is (in rough order of when I saw them).

Key:

* * * * * =ratings system (out of five stars); keep in mind this rating system is for whether or not I liked the movie, not whether I thought it was well-made (well, except for that one There'll Always Be Stars in the Sky: The Indian Film Music Phenomenon--it was so strangely judgmental about its purported subject matter, I couldn't give it good marks)

2x = number of times seen

Own = I own it

OS = I own the soundtrack

Theatre = I saw it in the theatre

 

The Indian-related movies I've seen in the past eight or so years, pre-obsession:

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) 4x; Amrish Puri!!! and Roshan Seth

A Passage to India (1984)  * * * * Victor Banerjee, Judy Davis, Peggy Ashcroft, James Fox, Alec Guinness, Nigel Havers, Art Malik, Saeed Jaffrey, Roshan Seth

The Peacock Spring (1996) * * * * * Naveen Andrews, Hattie Morahan(PBS, please please please put this out on dvd!!!!)

The World of Apu (1959) Theatre; Soumitra Chatterjee, Sharmila Tagore

The Jewel in the Crown (1984) Art Malik; I didn't see all of it--only the first two episodes

Monsoon Wedding (2001) * * * *

East Is East (1999) * * * * Om Puri, Jimi Mistry,

Fanaa (2006) * * * * * Theatre, OS; Aamir Khan, Kajol, Rishi Kapoor, Tabu, Lara Dutta, Kirron Kher, Shiney Ahuja,

Don (2006) * * * * Theatre; Shah Rukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Arjun Rampal, Boman Irani, Om Puri, Kareena Kapoor, Chunky Pandey,

Omkara (2006) 2x * * * * * Theatre; Ajay Devgan, Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Konkona Sen Sharma, Vivek Oberoi, Bipasha Basu, Naseeruddin Shah

Hum Dil De Chuke Sanaam [Straight from the Heart] (1999)  2x        first half * * *, second half* * * * * Aishwarya Rai, Salman Khan, Ajay Devgan, Helen

Kandukondain Kandukondain [I Have Found It] (2000) 2x * * * * Aishwarya Rai, Tabu, Ajith, Mammootty

Bride and Prejudice (2004) 3x * * * * Own; Aishwarya Rai, Martin Henderson, Naveen Andrews, Indira Varma, Anupam Kher,

Partner (2007) * * * *  2x Salman Khan, Govinda, Lara Dutta, Katrina Kaif

Dhund (2003) * * Irfan Khan, Gulshan Grover, Tom Alter, (sorry, Irfan, but it was really bad)

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Om Shanti Om (2007; the movie that changed my life) 3x                * * * * * * * * * * Own, OS, Own Book; Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Shreyas Talpade, Arjun Rampal, Kirron Kher, and just about everyone else in Bollywood

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Everything since Om Shanti Om from November 2007 on:

Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003) 4x * * * * * * * Own, OS; Shah Rukh Khan, Preity Zinta, Saif Ali Khan, Jaya Bhaduri

Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998) * * *

The Namesake (2007) * * * * * Kal Penn, Irfan Khan, Tabu

Mujhse Dosti Karoge! * * * Rani Mukherjee, Hrithik Roshan, Kareena Kapoor

Dhoom 2 (2006) * * * * * Abhishek Bachchan, Hrithik Roshan, Aishwarya Rai, Bipasha Basu and Uday Chopra

Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995) 2x * * * *  OS; Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Amrish Puri

Main Hoon Na (2004) 2x * * * * OS; Shah Rukh Khan,

Chupke Chupke (1975) * * * * * Dharmendra, Sharmila Tagore, Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bhaduri

The Mistress of Spices (2005) * * * Aishwarya Rai, Dylan McDermott

Lagaan * * * * Aamir Khan,

Koy Mil Gaya (2003) * * *  Hrithik Roshan, Preity Zinta,

Sholay * * * * * Dharmendra, Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini, Jaya Bhaduri

Rang De Basanti * * * Aamir Khan, Kunal Kapoor

Chak De! India (2007) 2x * * * * * Theatre, Own, OS; Shah Rukh Khan

Salaam Namaste (2005) 3x * * * * * Own, OS; Saif Ali Khan, Preity Zinta, Arshad Warsi

Jhoom Barabar Jhoom (2007) * * * * * 3x, Own, OS; Abhishek Bachchan, Preity Zinta, Amitabh Bachchan

Earth * * * Aamir Khan

Krrish * * * Hrithik Roshan

Kabul Express * * * * Arshad Warsi, John Abraham

Disco Dancer * * * * Mithun

Asoka * * * * Shah Rukh Khan, Kareena Kapoor

Gandhi (1982) * * * * * Ben Kingsley, Roshan Seth,

Karz * * * * Rishi Kapoor

Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon (    ) * Kareena Kapoor, Hrithik Roshan, Abhishek Bachchan

Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006) 2x * * * * OS; Shah Rukh Khan, Rani Mukherjee, Abhishek Bachchan, Preity Zinta, Amitabh Bachchan, Kirron Kher

Water * * * * * John Abraham, Seema Biswas

Fire * * *  Aamir Khan

Mississippi Masala (1991) * * * * Denzel Washington,

Maqbool (2003) * * * *

Don (1978) * * * * Amitabh Bachchan,

Guru (  ) * * * * * OS; Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Mithun

Kuch Naa Kaho (2003) 2x * * * * * Own, OS; Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai,

Bhool Bhulaiyaa * * * * Akshay Kumar, Vidya Balan, Shiney Ahuja, Amisha Patel

Aaja Naachle first half: * * , second half:  * * * * ; Madhuri Dixit, Konkona Sen Sharma, Kunal Kapoor, Irfan Khan, Akshaye Khanna

Dil Chata Hai * * * * Akshaye Khanna, Saif Ali Khan, Aamir Khan

Baabul * * * Rani Mukherjee, Amitabh Bachchan, John Abraham, Hema Malini, Salman Khan, Om Puri

Veer-Zaara (2004) * * * * Shah Rukh Khan, Preity Zinta, Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini

Devdas (2002) * * * * Shah Rukh Khan, Aishwarya Rai, Madhuri Dixit

Bobby * * * * *  Rishi Kapoor, Dimple Kapadia,

Gumnaam (1965) * * * Manoj

Darr (1993) * * * * Shah Rukh Khan, Juhi Chawla, Sunny Deol

Main Pyar Kiya

Life...in a Metro * * * * Konkona Sen Sharma, Irfan Khan

Baadshah * * * * Shah Rukh Khan,

Mangal Pandey: The Rising * * * * Aamir Khan, Toby Stephens,

Kaho Naa...Pyaar Hai

Duplicate * * * Shah Rukh Khan,

Swades (2004) * * * * Shah Rukh Khan,

Deewana * * *  Shah Rukh Khan, Rishi Kapoor,

Paheli (2005)  * * * * Shah Rukh Khan, Rani Mukherjee,

Cheeni Kum (2007) * * * * Amitabh Bachchan, Tabu,

Chalte Chalte * * * *  OS; Shah Rukh Khan, Rani Mukherjee,

Bluffmaster (2005) * * * * * Own, OS; Abhishek Bachchan,

Seeta aur Geeta

The Killer * * * * Emraan Hashmi, Irfan Khan

Provoked * * * * Aishwarya Rai, Miranda Richardson, Naveen Andrews

There'll Always Be Stars in the Sky: The Indian Film Music Phenomenon *

Jab We Met * * * * * Kareena Kapoor, Shahid Kapoor

Discovering the Music of India * * * *

Satyam Shivam Sundaram (1978) * * * * * Shashi Kapoor, Zeenat Aman

Devdas (1955) Dilip Kumar, Vyjayanthimala, Motilal, Suchitra Sen. I actually didn't finish this one. Devdas overload.

I See You (2006) * * * * Arjun Rampal, Vipasha Agarwal, Chunkey Pandey, Boman Irani, Sonali Kulkarni

Ram Jaane (1995) * * * * Shah Rukh Khan, Juhi Chawla, Pankaj Kapoor, Tinnu Anand, Gulshan Grover

Hameshaa (1997) * * * Saif Ali Khan, Kajol, Aditya Pancholi, Aruna Irani

Nanhe Jaisalmer (2007) * * * * Bobby Deol

Chaudhvin ka Chand (1960) * * * Rehman, Waaheeda Rehman, Guru Dutt, Johnny Walker, Mumtaz Begum

Ta Ra Rum Pum (2007) * * * Saif Ali Khan, Rani Mukherjee

Laaga Chunari Mein Daag (2007) * * * * * Rani Mukherjee, Konkona Sen Sharma, Abhishek Bachchan, Kunal Kapoor

Welcome (2007) * * * * Akshay Kumar, Nana Patekar, Anil Kapoor, Mallika Sherawat, Katrina Kaif

Amar Akbar Anthony (1977) * * * * * Amitabh Bachchan, Vinod Khanna, Rishi Kapoor, Neetu Singh, Parveen Babi, Shabana Azmi

Mohabbatein (2000) * * * * Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Uday Chopra, Jugal Hansraj, Jimmy Shergill, Sharmita Shetty, Kim Sharma, Preeti Jhangiani, Aishwarya Rai, Anupam Kher, Amrish Puri, Helen

Doosra Aadmi (1977) * * * Rishi Kapoor, Neetu Singh, Rakhee

Yuva (2004) * * * * Abhhishek Bachchan, Rani Mukherjee, Ajay Devgan, Esha Deol, Vivek Oberoi, Kareena Kapoor, Om Puri

Sharmeelee (1971) * * * * Rakhee, Shashi Kapoor

Namastey London (2007) * * * * * Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif, Rishi Kapoor

Guide (1965) * * * *  Waheeda Rehman, Dev Anand

Dil Se (1998) * * * * Shah Rukh Khan, Manisha Koirala, Preity Zinta, Zorha Sehgal

Saaya (2003) * * * John Abraham, Tara Sharma, Mahima Chaudhry, Zorha Sehgal

Dream Girl (1977) * * * * Hema Malini, Dharmendra, Ashok Kumar, Prem Chopra

Jodhaa Akbar (2008) * * * * * Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Hrithik Roshan, Sonu Sood, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Amitabh Bachchan (narrator)

Jewel Thief (1967) Dev Anand, Ashok Kumar, Vyjaanthimala, Tanuja, Helen, Faryal, Anju Mahendru

Blackmail (1973) * * * * * Rakhee, Dharmendra, Shatrughan Sinha

Salaam-e-Ishq (2007) * * * * * Priyanka Chopra, Salman Khan, John Abraham, Vidya Balan, Juhi Chawla, Anil Kapoor, Akshaye Khanna, Ayesha Takia, Govinda, Shannon Esra [or Esrechowitz], Sohail Khan, Isha Koppikar

Hum Apke Hain Koun . . . ! (1994) * * * * * Madhuri Dixit, Salman Khan, Anupam Kher, Reema Lagoo

Tashan (2008) * * * * 1/2 Kareena Kapoor, Akshay Kumar, Saif Ali Khan, Anil Kapoor

Mother India (1957) * * * * Nargis, Sunil Dutt, Rajendra Kumar, Raaj Kumar, Kanhaiyalal

Chori Chori (2003) * * * * Rani Mukherjee, Ajay Devgan, Sonali Bendre, Kulbhushan Kharbanda

 Jaan-e-Mann (2006) * * * 1/2 Akshay Kumar, Preity Zinta, Salman Khan, Anupam Kher

Pestonjee (1988) * * * * Naseeruddin Shah, Anupam Kher, Shabana Azmi, Kirron Kher

Saawariya (2007) * * Ranbir Kapoor, Sonam Kapoor, Rani Mukherjee, Zohra Sehgal, Salman Khan, Begum Para

Kyun? Ho Gaya Na (2004) * * * *  Aishwarya Rai, Vivek Oberoi, Om Puri, Amitabh Bachchan, Tinnu Annand, Rati Agnihotri

Guddi (1971) * * * * Jaya Bhaduri [Bachchan], Dharmendra,

Thoda Pyaar, Thoda Magic (2008) * * * Saif Ali Khan, Rani Mukherjee, Amisha Patel, Rishi Kapoor [as God]

Outsourced (2006?) * * * Josh Hamilton, Ayesha Dharkar, Asif Basra

 

First published 4/10/2008 1:45pm