Bollywood movies on Turner Classic Movies channel

desibaba · May 5, 2003

Turner Classic Movies celebrates the world of Indian cinema with a 12-film festival dedicated to "Bollywood" beginning June 5 at 8 p.m. ET. The films in TCM's festival, rarely available to American audiences, represent the grandest and most colorful Bollywood films, from tragi-comic melodramas to romances, containing the over-the-top operatic approach to filmmaking, use of color and elaborate choreography for which the genre is known.

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June 2003 - All Times Central :

5 Thursday:
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7:00 PM Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995) A young man follows the woman he
loves to India to stop her arranged marriage. Shahrukh Khan, Kajol, Amrish
Puri. D: Aditya Chopra. 181m. LBX

10:30 PM Bombay (1995) Religious unrest threatens the marriage of a Hindu
man and a Muslim woman. Arvind Swamy, Manisha Koirala, Nasser. D: Mani
Rathnam. C 135m. LBX

1:00 AM Amar Akbar Anthony (1977) Three brothers separated at birth come
together to track a kidnapper. Vinod Khanna, Rishi Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan.
D: Mammohan Dasai. C 162m.

12 Thursday:
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7:00 PM Rangeela (1995) A young actress' rise to stardom is complicated by
conflicting affections for her co-star and her childhood sweetheart. Jackie
Shroff, Aamir Khan, Urmila Matondkar. D: Ram Gopal Varma. 143m. LBX

9:30 PM Dil Chahta Hai (2001) Three friends have their lives transformed by
love during one marvelous summer. Aamar Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Akshaye Khanna.
D: Farhan Akhtar. 183m.

1:00 AM Sholay (1975) A vengeful police chief forces two small-time crooks
to hunt down the bandit who destroyed his family. Dharmendra, Amitabh
Bachchan, Sanjeev Kumar. D: Ramesh Sippy. 200m.

19 Thursday :
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7:00 PM Pakeezah (1971) A free-spirited young woman refuses a prince's
proposal for love of a man she only met once. Ashok Kumar, Meena Kumari,
Raaj Kumar. D: Kamal Amrohi. 146m. LBX

9:30 PM Junglee (1961) Young lovers defy the caste system to fight for
happiness. Shammi Kapoor, Saira Banu, Helen. D: Subodh Mukherji. C 140m.

12:00 AM Awaara (1951) A bitter young man vows revenge on the two men who
destroyed his mother's life. Raj Kapoor, Prithvari Kapoor, Nargis. D: Raj
Kapoor. 171m

26 Thursday :
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7:00 PM Mother India (1957) A family struggles to survive the machinations
of an evil moneylender. Nargis, Sunil Dutt, Raaj Kumar. D: Mehboob Khan.
174m.

10:00 PM Do Bigha Zamin (1953) Family members risk all in a move to
Calcutta to raise money and save their land. Balraj Sahni, Nirupa Roy, Ratan
Kumar. D: Bimal Roy. 125m.

12:30 AM Pyaasa (1957) A young poet searches the world for pure love. Guru
Dutt, Mala Sinha, Waheeda Rehman. D: Guru Dutt. 141m.

JJMcKay · May 5, 2003

sweet! thanks for the head-up dude! 🙂

Banana · May 5, 2003

Excellent--Thanks! I saw Monsoon Wedding recently and loved it. Not quite pure Bollywood, but it rekindled the itch.

Research · May 5, 2003

Thanks !!!!!!!!!!!!!

aperry · May 5, 2003

I PM'ed this at CC and got it for free!!! 😀

freemanteo · May 5, 2003

Woohoo, Bollywood is here!!!

If you guys donot know, Bollywood artists are the highest paid artists in the world, yep higher than your underpaid artists from Hollywood!! :camera:

UlricT · May 5, 2003

you guys should catch "bend it like beckham" which is a really good movie about an Indian kid grownin up in London..... It rocks!

cliftonite · May 5, 2003

I doubt that.

Research · May 5, 2003

This is nothing to brag about.

frankqfrank · May 5, 2003

Me too.

hyderabadi · May 5, 2003

Sure, if you are just comparing the units, without taking into account the Dollar/Rupee exchange rate. 😀

Cataphract · May 5, 2003

Not TRUE.

krackato · May 5, 2003

Um... have you seen the special effects in bollywood movies? What makes you think they've got that kind of cash to throw around.

Maybe if you count the fact that each bollywood actor does like 20 movies/year and sometimes Arnold only does 1. But even then, you're sooooo way off.

Woz · May 5, 2003

I believe the correct term is "Bali"wood.

sohdahere · May 5, 2003

yea right

sohdahere · May 5, 2003

NEU · May 5, 2003

At last some recognition for Bollywood..........

Thanks TCM

sak · May 5, 2003

Ok i dont care if the actors make more than the hollywood ones make..i still think they being paid a littel to much..

i am here to give my opinions and critique about some to the movies.

5 Thursday:
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7:00 PM Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995) A young man follows the woman he
loves to India to stop her arranged marriage. Shahrukh Khan, Kajol, Amrish
Puri. D: Aditya Chopra. 181m. LBX

Good romantic movie..watch with Girlfriend for a good chance to get Layed 😉. but over all its a great movie.
9 Stars

10:30 PM Bombay (1995) Religious unrest threatens the marriage of a Hindu
man and a Muslim woman. Arvind Swamy, Manisha Koirala, Nasser. D: Mani
Rathnam. C 135m. LBX

I did like it to much..so 7 Stars

1:00 AM Amar Akbar Anthony (1977) Three brothers separated at birth come
together to track a kidnapper. Vinod Khanna, Rishi Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan.
D: Mammohan Dasai. C 162m.

Great classic.. 8.5 Stars

12 Thursday:
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7:00 PM Rangeela (1995) A young actress' rise to stardom is complicated by
conflicting affections for her co-star and her childhood sweetheart. Jackie
Shroff, Aamir Khan, Urmila Matondkar. D: Ram Gopal Varma. 143m. LBX

Nice. acting and great songs 7.5 stars

9:30 PM Dil Chahta Hai (2001) Three friends have their lives transformed by
love during one marvelous summer. Aamar Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Akshaye Khanna.
D: Farhan Akhtar. 183m.

One of the few Hindi movies in recent years i liked. nice story and good acting. 9 stars

1:00 AM Sholay (1975) A vengeful police chief forces two small-time crooks
to hunt down the bandit who destroyed his family. Dharmendra, Amitabh
Bachchan, Sanjeev Kumar. D: Ramesh Sippy. 200m.

Quite possible the best movie(Hindi, or English) ever made..has everything Great, acting. comedy. Drama. action. suspence...(well i dont know about suspence). this movies is playing in Bombay India in the same theater everyday same show. since the day it came out. and its still the best ones out there. 10 stars.

19 Thursday :
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7:00 PM Pakeezah (1971) A free-spirited young woman refuses a prince's
proposal for love of a man she only met once. Ashok Kumar, Meena Kumari,
Raaj Kumar. D: Kamal Amrohi. 146m. LBX

Havent seen it so i dont know..

9:30 PM Junglee (1961) Young lovers defy the caste system to fight for
happiness. Shammi Kapoor, Saira Banu, Helen. D: Subodh Mukherji. C 140m.

Nice comedy 8 stars

12:00 AM Awaara (1951) A bitter young man vows revenge on the two men who
destroyed his mother's life. Raj Kapoor, Prithvari Kapoor, Nargis. D: Raj
Kapoor. 171m

Great movie from one of the best actors of classic indian times. 9 stars.

Have fun watching it.. and if u have some Indian/Pakistani friend that understands the language then watch with them..to get all the jokes and stories one cant get from the sub-titles

DaCurryman · May 6, 2003

Thanx...my parents will love this.

sxr7171 · May 6, 2003

This is using the term "artists" loosely.

zoiks · May 6, 2003

Wheres the deal. I think this belongs in off topic.

pannam1 · May 6, 2003

It aint hot unless its got Aishwarya Rai in it...

Banana · May 6, 2003

This saves me from having to rent the movies! Or wasting my time looking for them on TV. Now I get to record a few and enjoy at me leisure.

jbloggs · May 6, 2003

This is great news from TCM.

For the interested, the following was in Yahoo News :

Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan has been voted as one of the greatest 100 film stars of all time by Britain's Channel 4

Tarobap · May 6, 2003

Agreed . . . SHOLAY IS ONE OF THE BEST MOVIES EVER MADE!!! The coin scene is classic!

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