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Ram Gopal Varma's 10 Best Films

June 10, 2005 15:47 IST

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 feature Ram Gopal Varma, director of Rangeela, Satya, Company, Bhoot and the forthcoming Sarkar, whose television promo has an exciting buzz about it.

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





Sholay

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





Angoor

Cast: Sanjeev Kumar, Deven Verma, Moushmi Chatterjee, Aruna Irani, Deepti Naval
Director: Gulzar






Kalyug

Cast: Shashi Kapoor, Anant Nag, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Raj Babbar, Amrish Puri, Om Puri, Supriya Pathak, Reema Lagoo
Director: Shyam Benegal





Ardh Satya

Cast: Om Puri, Smita Patil, Amrish Puri, Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Naseeruddin Shah, Achyut Potdar
Director: Govind Nihalani





Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge

Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Amrish Puri, Farida Jalal, Anupam Kher.
Director: Aditya Chopra





Do Gaz Zameen Ke Neeche

Cast: Satyen Kappu
Director: Tulsi Ramsay





Rajnigandha

Cast: Amol Palekar, Vidya Sinha, Dinesh Thakur, Ranjita Thakur
Director: Basu Chatterjee





Amar Akbar Anthony

Cast: Vinod Khanna, Rishi Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan, Shabana Azmi, Neetu Singh, Parveen Babi, Nirupa Roy, Pran
Director: Manmohan Desai





36 Chowringhee Lane

Cast: Jennifer Kendal, Dhritiman Chatterjee, Debashree Roy, Geoffrey Kendal, Soni Razdan.
Director: Aparna Sen





Mere Apne

Cast: Meena Kumari, Vinod Khanna, Shatrughan Sinha, Danny Denzongpa
Director: Gulzar

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