Recently, Time magazine announced its list of the 100 greatest films of all time, and the eclectic selection includes five Indian films.

While none would question the brilliance of the selected Indian classics like Satyajit Ray's Apu Trilogy, Guru Dutt's Pyaasa and Mani Ratnam's Nayakan, rediff.com decided to ask Indian filmmakers, artistes, technicians and critics what they felt were the best Indian films of all time.

Today, we speak to Pradeep Sarkar, who recently directed Parineeta [Images].

Not needing much time to give his list of great films, Sarkar spoke to Ronjita Kulkarni.

Check out what our top moviemakers say about India's Best Films

Cast: Soumitra Chatterjee, Madhabi Mukherjee
Director: Satyajit Ray

Cast: Ajoy Banerjee, Sharmila Tagore
Director: Satyajit Ray

Cast: Dharmendra [Images], Amitabh Bachchan [Images], Sanjeev Kumar, Amjad Khan, Hema Malini [Images], Jaya Bhaduri
Director: Ramesh Sippy

Cast: Shabana Azmi [Images], Anant Nag, Sadhu Meher
Director: Shyam Benegal [Images]

Cast: Naseeruddin Shah [Images], Shabana Azmi, Urmila Matondkar [Images], Jugal Hansraj
Director: Shekhar Kapur [Images]

Cast: Jackie Shroff [Images], Anil Kapoor [Images], Nana Patekar [Images], Madhuri Dixit [Images]
Director: Vidhu Vinod Chopra

Cast: Tanuja, Sanjeev Kumar
Director: Basu Bhattacharya

Cast: Aamir Khan [Images], Gracy Singh [Images]
Director: Ashutosh Gowariker

Cast: Sunil Dutt, Sanjay Dutt [Images], Arshad Warsi [Images], Gracy Singh
Director: Rajkumar Hirani

Cast: Saif Ali Khan [Images], Sanjay Dutt, Vidya Balan [Images], Raima Sen [Images], Dia Mirza [Images]
Director: Pradeep Sarkar