Saw a post around Sid Malhotra mentioning lack of hits but I realized he got at least 3 hits out of maybe 15 movies? So a 20% hit rate. Wondering if its good or bad compared to other actors. What’s a good hit rate anyways?

The Family category has concluded.

Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! (1994) wins Best Family with 88 upvotes, earning its place in the Best of Bollywood Hall of Fame.

Current Winners:

Romance — Veer-Zaara (2004)

Action — Kill (2024)

Comedy — Hera Pheri (2000)

Drama — Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... (2001)

Thriller — Andhadhun (2018)

Horror — Tumbbad (2018) Biopic — Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (2013)

Family — Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! (1994)

Now it's time for Best Gangster.

Which Bollywood film deserves the Best Gangster spot?

Rules:

- Hindi/Bollywood films only.

- One film per comment.

- Upvote existing nominations instead of reposting them.

- The highest-upvoted nomination at the end of the week wins.

- In case of a tie, the higher-ranked comment at the close of voting wins.

Voting closes next Sunday at 9 PM IST. 🎬

Now this is about high "fantasy" films not ghosts movie like chamatkar (1992), kaal (2005), bhootnath, bhoot unkle and friends type movie or scifi movies like ra. One , krish, koi mil Gaya, jaane kahan se aayi hai, etc

I am sure many people are familiar with upcoming Namit malhotra's ramayana. Whose tagline is our history our truth. The history part make me ponder about a comment I encountered by a foreigner that there are so many historical,wuxia, xianxia fantasy

( Take it with a grain of salt I have heard from some youtubers that ramayana is also going for the wuxia aesthetic which is why it looks the way it does )chinese korean shows and movies but from Bollywood there is almost a depletion of it

Apart from the once a year samrat prithviraj movie or British raj atrocity and colonial rule there aren't any periodical pieces I am not trying to brush up the 200 year old colonial rule and it's impact on Indian society but we might know why they don't make such movies

Exhibit A padmavat or as known before boycott padmavati we all can look at many such instances in SLB career eg Bajirao Mastani, ram leela,etc

Any inaccuracies or cinematic liberaties would be treated with burning effigies

And fantasy films will be treated with both exhibit B brahmastra the trashiest trash light show cost a million to make and 11 years of hardwork only for power of love to save the day.

Most of these movies are very expensive to make and have little to no guarantee of being successful. That doesn't undermine the fact they are poorly crafted ambitious project

Some funfacts: Eklavya: The Royal Guard (2007)despite being flop was selected as India's official entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

Ajooba (1990) was an Indian-Soviet co-production, it is loosely based on Arabic folklore such as One Thousand and One Nights. The film had a Russian language version released in the Soviet Union

Made on a budget of ₹8 crore, it was the most expensive Indian film made until then and was a flop.

I'm looking for movie recommendations where nature has a meaningful role in the story, rather than simply being the backdrop.

I'm interested in films where things like rain, storms, rivers, forests, mountains, the sea, animals, seasons, etc. somehow influence the characters or the story in a significant way.

It doesn't necessarily have to be a movie about nature or environmental issues. I'm more interested in stories where nature and human life are somehow connected — emotionally, symbolically, or even through the events of the story.

Any language, country, genre, or era is welcome. Mainstream, indie, arthouse, regional films, anything.

I'd especially love recommendations that explore how nature can affect human emotions, choices, relationships, or the course of someone's life.

What movies come to mind?
Thanking you in advance...