Movies from or set in India

1. Monsoon Wedding

Mira Nair made an excellent choice of shooting it like a wedding video rather than a conventional movie which gives it a very intimate feel. She also assembled a cast composed of some of the finest actors in contemporary Indian stage and cinema. Add to all this an excellent script which has *very* few false moments and you have a winner.

2. Gandhi

The definitive movie on the leader of modern India's movement to gain independence from British rule comes from ..... you guessed it, a Britisher.

3. Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India

Aamir Khan stars.

4. Sarfarosh

Aamir Khan stars again.

5. Rang De Basanti

And again.

6. Dil Chahta Hai

And yet again. Ok, I really like this guy.

7. Octopussy

In the sequence where Bond flies in his helicopter, the manage to squeeze buildings from three different Indian cities into one strange concoction of a city. Well, Bond movies don't usually have too much commonsense anyway.

8. The Warrior

This isn't exactly set in India but some place you could call "Middle India" or something.

9. The Darjeeling Limited

10. The Jungle Book

11. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

Pathetically stupid portrayal of India. After looking at the script, the Indian govt wouldn't let Spielberg shoot in India. So he shot the movie in Sri Lanka. Amrish Puri must have sold his sould to devil when agreed to star in this dumb movie.