What mainstream Hindi movies would you recommend for someone just starting to discover Bollywood?

To give a honest recreation of Indian Spirit , My choice of Bollywood movie would be 1. Lagaan And 2. Swades Though both movies belong to different genre with one movie based on evoking subtle nationalistic feel , set in early 19th Century with its heart and soul tied around Cricket and the other on return of a Non-Resident High flying Indian to meet his Guardian in a typical Indian village, both the movies embody an ideal Bollywood movie. Both the movies have a simple story line without any twisted tales Amazing Music that leads us into the movie as if its our Journey Helps us to understand the Indian Villages then and now. Idea of Self-Empowerment Realistic enactment with a bit of drama and sentiment It truly evokes an yearning in everyone to go back to villages and feel the actual India. And both movies makes every Indian feel proud or ecstatic because of the subtle nationalistic feel that runs through the movie. And both cross the threshold of 2 and half hours :) Dabangg This movie rightly gives a perspective of all ingredients of a Bollywood Cop movie. Gravity Defying Stunts Intense Drama Illogical Love Robin hood style panache of Hero Foot tapping Numbers a.k.a Item Numbers Slap-Stick Comedy Machismo Culture All in all , one example to explain what it takes to make a Paisa-vasool movie. In addition to that Anurag Kashyap's Gangs of Wasseypur 1 and 2 : A movie which traverses 3 generations of Gangsters who are vying to control Coal Mafia Anurag Kashyap's Gulaal : Explores themes of Power struggle. Dev D : A modern take on a 1917 Novel 'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devdas'. Shaitan by Bejoy Nambiar : A movie on contemporary Indians in Mega cities with some hard hitting writing . Touted as most ingenious thriller ever in Indian Cinema Satya : A Crime Story about a man who get sucked into Mumbai Underworld Mafia. Part of the Gangster Series which includes Company and D . Company : Known for amazing acting of Ajay Devgan, Mohan lal, Vivek Oberoi and direction of Ram Gopal Varma.

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