Everyone has his/her own safe place, where they can go to when they are hurt, ecstatic or nostalgic. I have some memories (good and bad) which I associate with few movies and I watch them over and over again in weekends and times when I feel lost..
Most of them are not classics, obviously far from them. They are my guilty pleasure movies, as I cannot explain why I like them other than saying ‘Well, I just like them’..
10. Wolfman- The 2010 film has stellar performance from Benecio Del Toro and Anthony Hopkins. The movie kind of transports you to the 19th century England. If you are a fan of Agatha Christie or ‘The Hound of the Baskervilles’ like books, this is a perfect movie for you to spend a lonely winter evening with a bottle of scotch for company. Emily Blunt looked so vulnerable yet gorgeous in this.
9. Purana Mandir- This is the most personal entry in the list. I have watched this movie over and over but still seem to like it more every time. Sometimes I wish life were a Ramsay Bros’ movie! How much I would have lived more if I had defeated a monster! Everything would look rosier in comparison.
8. Bhooter Bhobisyat- One of the very few Bengali movies I have loved over past few years. The witty lines! The sing-song dialogues!
7. Chandramookhi- I had watched this movie long back with all my cousins during a get together in a wedding ceremony. We had so much fun watching it that whenever I still watch it , it reminds of all the mirthful times. Sridevi looked a million dollars in the movie. Salman looked so much fun in his youth that it’s hard to relate this fun avatar with the zombie that he has become.
If Disney had made a movie in Hindi, it would have been this. Curiously the director Debaloy Dey vanished into oblivion after just one movie.
6. Shaapit- Vikram Bhatt at his best :). I honestly enjoyed the movie and found few scenes riveting. Everyone else seems to bash this movie.
5. Jab we Met- A romance that will win over the most stone cold cynics. Whenever I watch this movie I am transported back to my 2007 self. I also met the real life ‘Geet’ once, but I let her go!
I used to watch scenes from this movie during my training in Infosys, Mysore.
4. Dil Chahta hai- What can I say about this movie that has not already been said. The one scene where Aakash tries to call Sameer but calls Siddharth instead and subsequently breaks down is out of this world.
3. Splash- One of the heartwarming love stories of early nineties where a mermaid comes to town! Daryl Hannah looked so innocent in this that I had to double check in Wiki to make sure that she is also ‘Elle driver’ in ‘Kill Bill’.
2. Eurotrip- I watched this movie during the early days of my stint in Hyderabad. My new found hedonism due to my financial independence bonded well with the mood of this movie. I watched this on a Friday night after a hectic week on a ‘5-in-1’ pirated DVD \m/ Mad Maynard
1. Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge- The charm of this movie lies in the fact that both the protagonists looked and behaved like the boy or girl next door. But have we not all have been in love with the girl next door some time in our life. The one scene I liked most is where Simran asks Raj if he is coming to her wedding and he says with a smile that he is not.
DDLJ was made in heaven.
Most of them are not classics, obviously far from them. They are my guilty pleasure movies, as I cannot explain why I like them other than saying ‘Well, I just like them’..
10. Wolfman- The 2010 film has stellar performance from Benecio Del Toro and Anthony Hopkins. The movie kind of transports you to the 19th century England. If you are a fan of Agatha Christie or ‘The Hound of the Baskervilles’ like books, this is a perfect movie for you to spend a lonely winter evening with a bottle of scotch for company. Emily Blunt looked so vulnerable yet gorgeous in this.
9. Purana Mandir- This is the most personal entry in the list. I have watched this movie over and over but still seem to like it more every time. Sometimes I wish life were a Ramsay Bros’ movie! How much I would have lived more if I had defeated a monster! Everything would look rosier in comparison.
8. Bhooter Bhobisyat- One of the very few Bengali movies I have loved over past few years. The witty lines! The sing-song dialogues!
7. Chandramookhi- I had watched this movie long back with all my cousins during a get together in a wedding ceremony. We had so much fun watching it that whenever I still watch it , it reminds of all the mirthful times. Sridevi looked a million dollars in the movie. Salman looked so much fun in his youth that it’s hard to relate this fun avatar with the zombie that he has become.
If Disney had made a movie in Hindi, it would have been this. Curiously the director Debaloy Dey vanished into oblivion after just one movie.
6. Shaapit- Vikram Bhatt at his best :). I honestly enjoyed the movie and found few scenes riveting. Everyone else seems to bash this movie.
5. Jab we Met- A romance that will win over the most stone cold cynics. Whenever I watch this movie I am transported back to my 2007 self. I also met the real life ‘Geet’ once, but I let her go!
I used to watch scenes from this movie during my training in Infosys, Mysore.
4. Dil Chahta hai- What can I say about this movie that has not already been said. The one scene where Aakash tries to call Sameer but calls Siddharth instead and subsequently breaks down is out of this world.
3. Splash- One of the heartwarming love stories of early nineties where a mermaid comes to town! Daryl Hannah looked so innocent in this that I had to double check in Wiki to make sure that she is also ‘Elle driver’ in ‘Kill Bill’.
2. Eurotrip- I watched this movie during the early days of my stint in Hyderabad. My new found hedonism due to my financial independence bonded well with the mood of this movie. I watched this on a Friday night after a hectic week on a ‘5-in-1’ pirated DVD \m/ Mad Maynard
1. Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge- The charm of this movie lies in the fact that both the protagonists looked and behaved like the boy or girl next door. But have we not all have been in love with the girl next door some time in our life. The one scene I liked most is where Simran asks Raj if he is coming to her wedding and he says with a smile that he is not.
DDLJ was made in heaven.
