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Earth (1998)
Not Bollywood, But Indian.. (A slight spoiler is included, nothing major)
Personally i think this film is great. Its Indian through and through but its definitely not Bollywood, there is no happy ending and they all don't live happily ever after.
It carefully re-constructs an image on Lahore back in the late 1940's when Indian was still one, under the British Raj. It builds up toward the moment of partition and the horror that followed.
Following a diverse group of friends from various religions and the effects of partition on them. What I like is that this film does not bias towards any one side and make out the opposite an enemy, it takes a significantly neutral perspective which is honest in nature. Aamir Khan is absolutely amazing in this and perfectly acts the role of a young Indian Muslim back in the 1940's.
This is no documentary but follows certain events closely and shows the consequential events to follow.
Move aside bollywood, and let people watch this film.
Do Bigha Zamin (1953)
Classic
This movie is a an Indian classic.... I don't know why so many people here are going on about how unrealistic it is...... I would wonder how many who commented as such have actually been to that part of India and witnessed the poverty there....
The story may well have been copied but the film is no doubt still great. I cant think of many other copies which are actually good. This film does actually touch you with its sadness, and claims of melodramaticness will be gladly tossed aside because we are talking about Indian cinema here...
All in all i think this is definitely a gem in Indian cinema, and fit the bill of an all time classic.