5 Offbeat Must Watch Movies

5 Offbeat Bollywood Hindi movies that I would like to recommend are as below:

1. Bazaar: Directed by Sagar Sarhadi, Bazaar was a mission to convey a strong message against girl child selling from India, belonging to poor families, to Outside countries. The movie had most of the parallel cinema actors that became a solid factor to make it more powerful. Actors like Farookh Shaikh, Naseeruddin Shah, Supriya Pathak and Smita Patil in lead roles.

2. Arth: Arth was directed by Mahesh Bhatt in 1982 with a strong cast of Shabana Azmi, Smita Patil, Kulbhushan Kharbanda and Kiran Kumar. The movie is about a successful director Inder (Kulbhushan Kharbanda) and his extra marital relationship with Kavita (Smita Patil) that his wife Pooja (Shabana Azmi) comes to know at some point of time. Pooja leaves her husband for cheating her and that is where Raj (Raj Kiran) comes into her life to take her out of her depression phase. A must watch to understand the complex relationship in life and how to manage them in a better way.

3. Shatranj Ke Khiladi: Directed by Satyajit Ray in 1977, Shatranj Ke Khiladi is based on classic tale from Munshi Premchand. Amzad Khan, Sanjeev Kumar, Richard Attenborough, Saeed Jaffery and Shabana Azmi in lead roles. The story is about Wajid Ali Shah and his life filmed around 1857 era. A good to watch movie to learn about Wajid Ali Shah and Awadh.

4. Satyakam: A 1969 movie directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee, is based on the novel written by Narayan Sanyal in Bengali with the same name. This classic movie had Dharmendra, Sharmila Tagore, Sanjeev Kumar and Ashok Kumar in lead roles. The story is about a lifelong struggle of Satyapriya Acharya (Dharmendra) for his ideologies and the sacrifices he was forced to make to maintain this.

5. Jajantaram Mamantaram: Directed by Soumitra Ranade, Jajantaram Mamantaram was released in 2003. The story is about Gulliver's travel encounter with Bakasura based on the book by Jonathan Swift. An interesting movie to watch especially by kids.

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5 Offbeat Movies That Are A Must Watch

Movies come in different flavors. Some movies wake us, some rake us, some shake us, some take us, some make us and some fake us...

It is very difficult to ascertain that a movie which I liked 5 years back will have the same impact alive still. There are still certain movies that you might have watched 20 years back and still feel some touch alive that you found as the best part of that movie. The same fragrance in such cases stays there for years without losing a bit out of it. The credit for such movies can never go to a single dimension - story, songs, dialogues, direction, set design, acting etc. In such cases, the effort involved is manifold and hence credit goes multiple departments.

It requires a big heart to opt for an offbeat movie over a masala/ commercial movie by a producer/ director as the chances of failure go higher in an offbeat movie. Advantage of an offbeat movie is that usually it asks for low budget in its making...but is not true in all cases.

Top 5 offbeat movies that are a must watch in my opinion are as below, as these are the movies that force you to think differently...

1. Bemisaal: This 1982 movie that was produced by Debesh Ghosh and directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee had a strong story line with excellent direction and acting. Cast included Amitabh Bachchan, Vinod Mehra, Rakhee, and Deven Verma. Story is about an orphaned boy living in a very poor and shabby condition when gets adopted by a rich family where he becomes a part and he grows well along with the same age son of that family. A time comes when this orphan child does not take a minute to decide on taking a tough call of his life to pay back the debts to this family. A must watch...to learn some great life lessons presented in a very powerful way...

2. Sadma: Sadma came in 1983 that was directed by Balu Mahendra. Cast of this movie is Kamal Hassan and Sridevi and music is from Ilyaraja. The movie was about a young girl who goes back to her childhood mentally after meeting with a serious accident, played by Sridevi, who gets rescued by Kamal Hassan. The movie has many serious and emotional twists that will bring tears to your eyes.

3. Hey Ram: The movie was selected for Oscars in Best Foreign Film category for the year 2000. Hey Ram was directed, produced and written by Kamal Hassan and strongly displayed the all round capabilities of this versatile actor. The movie is about the partition time and about killing of Mahatama Gandhi by Nathuram Godse. This off beat movie did not do well in India but was well praised all across the globe in most of the countries.

4. Mili: Released in 1975, directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee, the movie has Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan and Ashok Kumar in lead roles. The story of Mili is about a girl who is suffering from a serious disease termed as Pernicious Anemia where chances of survival are minimal or rather negligible. The movie has many ups and down with a number of heart touching messages. This girl who knows that she will be dying soon loves to live her life without compromising with her happiness. A young man who comes to live in the neighborhood is always depressed and lost in drinks. The girl becomes an inspiration for this man who stops drinking, starts living his life and gradually falls in love with this girl... without knowing about the serious facts about the girl who is going to die soon.

5. Aadharshila: An off beat movie produced and directed by Ashok Ahuja in 1982 had Naseeruddin Shah and Anita Kanwar in lead roles. The story, it is said, is the reality faced by Ashok Ahuja about his struggles and hardship during becoming a filmmaker. A good to watch damn serious movie...

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Micro Review: Bollywood Movie: Agneepath

First to Review on Amazon India An Excellent Acting By Amitabh, Mithun And Danny

AGNEEPATH (old)

Amitabh Bachchan, Danny Denzongpa and Mithun Chakraborty did a fantastic piece of acting in Agneepath that was released in 1990, directed by Mukul S Anand. Both Amitabh and Mithun got National Film Award for acting in this movie for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor respectively. Though it did not make much collection at box office but the movie has established itself as a landmark and thus becomes a must watch.

Micro Review: Bollywood Movie: Faraar

First to Review on Amazon India An Interesting Story About A Fight Within

FARAAR Amitabh Bachachan, Sharmila Tagore and Sanjeev Kumar are in lead roles in Faraar directed by Shankar Mukherjee. It was released in 1975. In this movie Amitabh Bachchan is on the run most of the time. He had to murder the rapists of his sister and to save himself from getting arrested he abducts a child. The child turns out to be the son of his ex-lover who has got married to a police inspector.... Share

Micro Review: Bollywood Movie: Parineeta By Pradeep Sarkar

First to Review on Amazon India Excellent Performance From Saif, Sanjay Dutt, Diya and Vidya Balan

PARINEETA
Parineeta filmed and released in 2005 was based on all time famous same titled novel written by Sarat Chandra. The movie has been directed by Pradeep Sarkar and has done full justification by getting the best out of Saif Ali Khan, Vidya Balan, Sanjay Dutt and Diya Mirza. Even if you have read this book from Sarat Chandra, it will be interesting to watch this excellent movie.

Micro Review: Bollywood Movie: Zanjeer

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Micro Review: Bollywood Movie: Naseeb

First to Review on Amazon India Naseeb aka Destiny

NASEEB

Naseeb was released in 1981 starring Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini and Shatrughan Sinha in lead roles. The story is about four friends - Pran, Amjad Khan, Kader Khan and Jagdish Raj who get a lottery ticket and keep it with Jagdish Raj. The luck clicks and they win a hefty amount in this lottery. Amjad Khan and Kader Khan kill Jagdish Raj, grab ticket from him and get Pran framed in this murder. Pran runs away from Police... Overall an interesting movie to watch with lots happening here and there...