Page 3 director's top films

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 Nayagan, 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 Madhur Bhandarkar, director of this year's first hit, Page 3, and critically acclaimed filmmaker with films like Chandni Bar to his credit.

Madhur gave Radhika Rajamani his list of India's best films.

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

Cast: Balraj Sahni, Nirupa Roy
Director: Bimal Roy

Cast: Guru Dutt, Mala Sinha, Waheeda Rehman
Director: Guru Dutt

Cast: Waheeda Rehman, Guru Dutt
Director: Guru Dutt

Cast: Dev Anand, Waheeda Rehman
Director: Vijay Anand

Cast: Mithun Chakravarti, Mamata Shankar
Director: Mrinal Sen

Cast: Arun Sarnaik, Nilu Phule, Shriram Lagoo, Nana Patekar
Director: Jabbar Patel

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

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

Cast: Om Puri, Smita Patil, Sadashiv Amrapurkar
Director: Govind Nihalani

Cast: Kamal Haasan, Saranya
Director: Mani Ratnam