100 Greatest Indian Films: A List by NDTV

After CNN-IBN's list of the 100 greatest Indian films, following is a different list by NDTV. Sixty Hindi films feature in this list, and hence it is very different from the CNN-IBN list. Of course, the validity of such lists will always be debated. However, it can be interesting to see which films feature in both lists. There are forty-nine of them and I have marked them in bold. And yes, as on date, my score on this list is a not-so-impressive 62/100. What is yours?

• Raja Harishchandra (1913/ Silent/ Dadasaheb Phalke)

• Achhut Kanya (1936/ Hindi/ Franz Osten)

• Sant Tukaram (1936/ Marathi/ V G Damle)

• Neecha Nagar (1946/ Hindi/ Chetan Anand)

• Awaara (1951/ Hindi/ Raj Kapoor)

• Do Bigha Zameen (1953/ Hindi/ Bimal Roy)

• Shyamchi Aai (1953/ Marathi/ P K Atre)

• Pather Panchali (1955/ Bengali/ Satyajit Ray)

• Devdas (1955/ Hindi/ Bimal Roy)

• Aparajito (1956/ Bengali/ Satyajit Ray)

• Naya Daur (1957/ Hindi/ B R Chopra)

• Kabuliwala (1957/ Bengali/ Tapan Sinha)

• Pyaasa (1957/ Hindi/ Guru Dutt)

• Mother India (1957/ Hindi/ Mehboob Khan)

• Harano Sur (1957/ Bengali/ Ajoy Kar)

• Mayabazar (1957/ Telugu/ K V Reddy)

• Jalsaghar (1958/ Bengali/ Satyajit Ray)

• Madhumati (1958/ Hindi/ Bimal Roy)

• Apur Sansar (1959/ Bengali/ Satyajit Ray)

• Kaagaz Ke Phool (1959/ Hindi/ Guru Dutt)

• Sujata (1959/ Hindi/ Bimal Roy)

• Meghe Dhaka Tara (1960/ Bengali/ Ritwik Ghatak)

• Mughal-e-Azam (1960/ Urdu-Hindi/ K Asif)

• Saptapadi (1961/ Bengali/ Ajoy Kar)

• Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (1962/ Hindi/ Abrar Alvi)

• Subarnarekha (Bengali/ 1962/ Ritwik Ghatak)

• Bandini (1963/ Hindi/ Bimal Roy)

• Mahanagar (1963/ Bengali/ Satyajit Ray)

• Charulata (1964/ Bengali/ Satyajit Ray)

• Guide (1965/ Hindi/ Vijay Anand)

• Nayak (1966/ Bengali/ Satyajit Ray)

• Aakhri Khat (1966/ Hindi/ Chetan Anand)

• Padosan (1968/ Hindi/ Jyoti Swaroop)

• Bhuvan Shome (1969/ Hindi/ Mrinal Sen)

• Delva Magan (1969/ Tamil/ A C Tirulokchandar)

• Aranyer Din Ratri (1970/ Bengali/ Satyajit Ray)

• Samskara (1970/ Kannada/ P R Reddy)

• Anand (1971/ Hindi/ Hrishikesh Mukherjee)

• Uphaar (1971/ Hindi/ Sudhendu Roy)

• Sharapanjara (1971/ Kannada/ Puttanna Kanagal)

• Swayamvaram (1972/ Malayalam/ Adoor Gopalakrishnan)

• Pakeezah (1972/ Hindi/ Kamal Amrohi)

• Garam Hava (1973/ Hindi/ M S Sathyu)

• Ankur (1974/ Hindi/ Shyam Benegal)

• Rajnigandha (1974/ Hindi/ Basu Chatterjee)

• Deewar (1975/ Hindi/ Yash Chopra)

• Sholay (1975/ Hindi/ Ramesh Sippy)

• Manthan (1976/ Hindi/ Shyam Benegal)

• Moondru Mudichu (1976/ Tamil/ K Balachander)

• Shatranj Ke Khilari (1977/ Hindi/ Satyajit Ray)

• Ghatashraddha (1977/ Kannada/ Girish Kasaravalli)

• Bhumika (1977/ Hindi/ Shyam Benegal)

• Amar Akbar Anthony (1977/ Hindi/ Manmohan Desai)

• Junoon (1978/ Hindi/ Shyam Benegal)

• Gol Maal (1979/ Hindi/ Hrishikesh Mukherjee)

• Bhavni Bhavai (1980/ Gujarati/ Ketan Mehta)

• Aakrosh (1980/ Hindi/ Govind Nihalani)

• Elippathayam (1981/ Malayalam/ Adoor Gopalakrishnan)

• 36, Chowringhee Lane (1981/ English-Bengali/ Aparna Sen)

• Chashme Buddoor (1981/ Hindi/ Sai Paranjpye)

• Arth (1982/ Hindi/ Mahesh Bhatt)

• Shakti (1982/ Hindi/ Ramesh Sippy)

• Moondram Pirai (1982/ Tamil/ Balu Mahendra)

• Umbartha (1982/ Marathi/ Jabbar Patel)

• Ardh Satya (1983/ Hindi/ Govind Nihalani)

• Masoom (1983/ Hindi/ Shekhar Kapur)

• Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro (1983/ Hindi/ Kundan Shah)

• Saaransh (1984/ Hindi/ Mahesh Bhatt)

• Paar (1984/ Hindi/ Goutam Ghose)

• Paroma (1984/ Bengali/ Aparna Sen)

• Nayagan (1987/ Tamil/ Mani Ratnam)

• Ijaazat (1987/ Hindi/ gulzar)

• Mirch Masala (1987/ Hindi/ Ketan Mehta)

• Pushpaka Vimana (1987/ Silent/ S S Rao)

• Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai (1987/ Assamese/ Jahnu Barua)

• Salaam Bombay! (1988/ Hindi/ Mira Nair)

• Parinda (1989/ Hindi/ Vidhu Vinod Chopra)

• Roja (1992/ Tamil/ Mani Ratnam)

• Bandit Queen (1994/ Hindi/ Shekhar Kapur)

• Unishe April (1994/ Bengali/ Rituparno Ghosh)

• Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (1995/ Hindi/ Aditya Chopra)

• Kathapurushan (1995/ Malayalam/ Adoor Gopalakrishnan)

• Thaayi Saheba (1997/ Kannada/ Girish Kasaravalli)

• Satya (1998/ Hindi/ Ram Gopal Varma)

• Sarfarosh (1999/ Hindi/ John Matthew Matthan)

• Vanaprastham (1999/ Malayalam/ Shaji N Karun)

• Lagaan (2001/ Hindi/ Ashutosh Gowariker)

• Dil Chahta Hai (2001/ Hindi/ Farhan Akhtar)

• Dweepa (2002/ Kannada/ Girish Kasaravalli)

• Munnabhai MBBS (2003/ Hindi/ Rajkumar Hirani)

• Maqbool (2004/ Hindi/ Vishal Bhardwaj)

• Shwaas (2004/ Marathi/ Sandeep Sawant)

• Swades (2004/ Hindi/ Ashutosh Gowariker)

• Iqbal (2005/ Hindi/ Nagesh Kukunoor)

• Taare Zameen Par (2007/ Hindi/ Aamir Khan)

• Chak De! India (2007/ Hindi/ Shimit Amin)

• Harishchandrachi Factory (2009/ Marathi/ Paresh Mokashi)

• 3 Idiots (2009/ Hindi/ Rajkumar Hirani)

• Paan Singh Tomar (2012/ Hindi/ Tigmanshu Dhulia)

• Gangs of Wasseypur (2012/ Hindi/ Anurag Kashyap)