Movies from or set in India

Monsoon Wedding

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 08:01:07 GMT

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.

Gandhi

Sat, 23 Feb 2008 15:43:35 GMT

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

Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India

Sat, 23 Feb 2008 15:43:09 GMT

Aamir Khan stars.

Sarfarosh

Sat, 23 Feb 2008 15:44:45 GMT

Aamir Khan stars again.

Paint It Yellow

Sat, 23 Feb 2008 15:46:52 GMT

And again.

Dil Chahta Hai

Sat, 23 Feb 2008 15:48:37 GMT

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

Octopussy

Sat, 23 Feb 2008 15:41:07 GMT

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.

The Warrior

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 09:45:43 GMT

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

The Darjeeling Limited

Sat, 23 Feb 2008 15:40:10 GMT

The Darjeeling Limited

The Jungle Book

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 23:01:10 GMT

The Jungle Book

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

Sat, 23 Feb 2008 15:40:40 GMT

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.