Must Watch Movies Before You Die...........Part5

41. Saving Private Ryan – English (1998)

Director: Steven Spielberg

Writer: Robert Rodat

Genre: Action | Drama | War

Cast: Tom Hanks, Tom Sizemore, Edward Burns, Barry Pepper, Adam Goldberg, Vin Diesel, Matt Damon

Amazing work of Steven Spielberg, showcasing insights of World War 2….

42. Sinhasan – Marathi (1979)

Director: Jabbar Patel

Producer: DV Rao, Jabbar Patel

Genre: Drama

Cast: Nilu Phule, Arun Sarnaik, Shiram Lagoo and others

Sinhasan means "throne". This movie is the story of a political struggle for Chief Minister’s post. And this one is absolute must watch by any movie lover.

43. Gladiator – English (2000)

Director: Ridley Scott

Writers: David Franzoni

Genre: Action | Adventure | Drama | History

Cast: Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Oliver Reed, Richard Harris, Derek Jacobi, Djimon Hounsou and others

Movie placed in Roman time; watch out for amazing action…

44. Chak De India – Hindi (2007)

Director: Shimit Amin

Writer: Jaideep Sahni

Genre: Drama, Family, Sports

Cast: Shahrukh Khan, Vidya Malvade, Tanya Abrol, Chitrashi Rawat, Arya Menon, Seema Azmi, Nisha Nair, Sandia Furtado, Masochon V. Zimik, Kimi Laldwala, Shilpa Shukla, Shubhi Mehta, Anitha Nair, Sagrika Ghatge, Kimberly Miranda and others……….

Very inspiring and patriotic film…..

45. Bluffmaster – Hindi (2005)

Director: Rohan Sippy

Writers: Rajat Arora, Shridhar Raghavan

Genre: Comedy, Romance, Thriller

Cast: Abhishek Bachchan, Priyanka Chopra, Ritesh Deshmukh, Nana Patekar, Tinu Anand, Boman Irani, Supriya Pilgaonkar and others

Watch Conman being conned…..

46. National Treasure: Book of Secrets – English (2008)

Director: Jon Turteltaub

Writers: Marianne Wibberely, Cormac Wibbereley

Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Mystery, Thriller

Cast: Nicolas Cage, Justin Bartha, Diane Kruger, Jon Voight, Helen Mirren, Ed Harris, Harvey Keitel, Bruce Greenwood, and others

Second dose of treasure hunting

47. The Lost World – Jurassic Park – English (1997)

Director: Steven Spielberg

Writers: Michael Crichton, David Koepp

Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriler

Cast: Jeff Goldblum, Julianne Moore, Pete Postlethwaite, Richard Attenborough, Vince Vaughn, Arliss Howard, Vanessa Lee Chester, and others

Discover the lost word of Dinosaurs with Steven Spielberg

48. Swades – Hindi (2004)

Director - Writer: Ashutosh Gowarikar

Genre: Drama

Cast: Shahrukh Khan, Gayatri Joshi, Raja Awasthi, Vishwa S. Badola, Kishori Balal, Rajesh Balwani, Makrand Deshpande, Vishnudatt Gaur, and others

Another inspiring and patriotic movie……

49. Kabul Express – Hindi (2006)

Director: Kabir Khan

Writers: Kabir Khan, Sandeep Srivastava

Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Thriller

Cast: John Abraham, Arshad Warsi, Salman Shahid, Hanif Hum Ghum, Linda Arsenio, and others..

Journey in the heart of troubled Afghanistan…..

50. Khuda Kay Liye – Urdu (2008)

Writer/Director: Shoaib Mansoor

Genre: Crime, Drama, War

Cast: Shaan, Fawad Khan, Iman Ali, Alex Edwards, Rasheed Naz, Angela Williams, Lary Newman and others

The film is about difficulties Muslims facing since 9/11, makes you think for sure.

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Jumanji

Movie Review: “Jumanji” (1995 - English)

Director: Joe Johnston

Writers: Jonathan Hensleigh, Greg Taylor

Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Thriller

Cast: Robin Williams, Jonathan Hyde, Kirsten Dunst, Bradley Pierce, Bonnie Hunt, Bebe Neuwirth, David Alan Grier and Others.

“Jumanji” is a name of a Board game which is at the centre of the film so the movie is called by its name “Jumanji”. The movie is based on a picture book story of the same name written by Chris Van Allsberg. Movie will easily rank in top 20 entertaining movie I watched ever in my life so far. It has everything contents of Adventure and Action, bit of Comedy, Fantasy, Thriller, lot of Special Effects. But most of all it will be classified a movie for children. But I enjoy the movie every time I watch it although I am all grown up now.

Movie start with two kids burying the “Jumanji”(a board game) in ancient time. Then movie skips forward when Alan digs out the game outside his father’s shoe factory. And he decides to try his hand with his friend Sarah. And after that as the tagline of the movie says “Roll the dice and unleash the excitement”. That’s what we get, as Sarah rolls the dice thousands of Bats flies out of the game. And if that wasn’t scary enough when Alan rolls the dice, he gets sucked in the game itself. And he has to be there for next twenty six years of his life. Sarah needs treatment for her insanity.

The story again skips forward by twenty six year when two kids Judy (Kirsten Dunst) and Peter come to live in Alan’s home with their aunt. They also found out that the game is calling for them, when they get to the game they also decide to try their hands on the game. And they also discover the fun of the game when Judy rolls the dice Mosquitoes attack them, next roll some crazy monkeys come out of the game, next roll the lion comes out and when they roll again Alan himself comes out of the game. But this time he is all grown up. But real action starts when Alan and kids realized that they are playing the same game which Alan started twenty six earlier. And if they want to undo everything done by the game they had to finish the game. So they need all the four participants including Sarah. They make Sarah to participate in the game once again. After that movie gets even more adventures because as they roll the dice they encounter even more scary things like a Hunter with big gun, wild man eating trees, Animal stampede, big deadly spiders, crocodiles and crazy jungle monsoon.

So story takes you to the end how they manage to overcome every obstacle and manage to finish the game. And eventually able to undo all the disaster created by the game.

After watching the movie the person who should be admired is Director of the movie Joe Johnson. Because in Special effect movies like this it is very easy to overdo the special effect to make it more glamorous. But in the process story might lost which didn’t happen with “Jumanji”. The special effects may be at par with the time when the movie released but we can see movies are coming out with better special effect. In the movies like Jurassic Park, Twister, Godzilla, Narnia. But I really enjoyed the sequence of stampede and the cute hippo lagging behind them. On the whole all the actors did brilliant job. Movie will surely be enlisted in my Must watch movies before you die.

If I have to rate the movie I will give 9 out of 10 for this pure entertainment movie.

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Movies to watch befor you Die - (11 - 20)

11. Black (2005) – (Hindi)

Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali

Writer: Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Bhavani Iyer

Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Rani Mukharjee and Others

Genre: Drama

Rani Mukharjee gave performance of her life…

12. Jane Bhi Do Yaaron (1983) – Hindi

Director: Kundan Shah

Writer: Ranjit Kapoor, Satish Kaushik

Cast: Nasruddin Shah, Pankaj Kapoor, Satish Shah, Ravi Baswani, Om Puri, Satish Kaushik, Neena Gupta, Bhakti Barve

Genre: Comedy

The best climax scene you will ever see in any movie…

13. Sholay (1975) – Hindi

Director: Ramesh Sippy

Writer: Salim - Javed

Cast: AmitabhBachchan, Dharmendra, Sanjeev Kumar, Amjad Khan, Hema Malini, Jaya Bhaduri, Sachin, Keshto Mukharjee, and others

Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance, Thriller

The biggest entertainer and biggest blockbuster in Indian film industry.

14. Godfather (1972) – English

Director: Francis Ford Coppola

Writer: Mario Puzo

Cast: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, and others

Genre: Drama, Thriller, Gangster

This has been rated as one of the best movie made by critics all over the world.

15. Titanic(1997) – English

Director: James Cameron

Writer: James Cameron

Cast: Leonardo Decaprio, Kate Winslet, and others

Genre: Drama, Romance

This is how movie should be made

16. Ashi Hi Banavabanvi (1987) – Marathi

Director: Sachin Pilgaonkar

Cast: Sachin, Ashok Saraf, Laksmikant Berde, Supriya, Ashwini Bhave and Others

Genre: Comedy

Music By: Arun Poudwal

One of the best movie in Marathi

17. Dil Chahata Hai (2001) – Hindi

Director: Farhan Akhtar

Writer: Farhan AkhtarKassim Jagmaggia

Cast: Aamir Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Akshay Khanna, Preity Zinta, Dimple Kapadia, Sonali Kulkarni and others

Genre: Romance, Drama, Musical, Comedy

Music By: Shankar, Ehsan, Loy

Started new trend in bollywood, greatest movie on friendship..

18. Deewaar (1975) – Hindi

Director: Yash Chopra

Writer: Salim - Javed

Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Shashi Kapoor, Neetu Singh, Nirupama Roy

Genre: Drama, Family, Action, Crime

Unforgettable dialogues….

19. Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (1995) – Hindi

Director: Aaditya Chopra

Writer: Aaditya Chopra, Javed Siddiqui

Cast: Shahrukh Khan, Kajol, Amrish Puri

Genre: Romance, Family, Musical, Comedy

Music By: Jatin Lalit

Die Hard Romantic, excellent Music

20. Andaj Apana Apana (1994)- Hindi

Director: Rajkumar Santoshi

Writer: Rajkumar Santoshi, Dilip Shukla

Cast: Aamir Khan, Salman Khan, Raveena Tandon, Karisma Kapoor, Paresh Rawal and Shakti Kapoor

Genre: Comedy

It’s a Mad, Mad Comedy.

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