Is Sholay the Greatest Bollywood Movie of all Time?

Is Sholay the Greatest Bollywood Movie of All Time?

Life has many pressing questions  but for Bollywood fans it has to be – which is the greatest Bollywood film of all time? It’s a highly  subjective question and there can be no one clear answer but wonder of wonders, 30 Bollywood gurus have come together to agree upon a clear winner! It is ‘Sholay’ – Ramesh Sippy’s action thriller from 1975.

The Film Gurus Have Spoken: Sholay, Mughal-e-Azam & Mother India

Time Out polled Bollywood experts across the UK, US and India to compile a definitive list of  the 100 best Bollywood films. The very fact that Bollywood is getting the interest of mainstream media shows that the ever-increasing Indian diaspora is making its presence felt. Time Out chose 30 Bollywood cinema experts, from the UK, US and India, and asked them to rank their top ten Bollywood films of all time to determine the definitive top 100. The result is an eclectic mix, with family drama, romance and action-packed thrillers dominating the top ten.

The Bollywood experts include Metro’s Bollywood columnist Stacey Yount, Priya Joshi, entertainment reporter at Digital Spy and The International Business Times, BBC Asian Network presenter Noreen Khan, Bollywood and Indian cinema expert for BBC London and Cineworld cinemas Ashanti Omkar, Time Out’s Bollywood film critic Anil Sinanan, Mumbai Mirror journalist Aniruddha Guha and Rachel Dwyer, Professor of Indian Cultures and Cinema at SOAS

The top three films according to these experts are  ‘Sholay’, ‘Mughal-e-Azam’ an d ‘Mother India’. Do you agree or do have other top favorites? .

Here are the Top ten greatest Bollywood films according to Time Out

1.       Sholay (1975)

2.       Mughal-e-Azam  (1960)

3.       Mother India (1957)

4.       Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995)

5.       Pyaasa (1957)

6.       Guide (1965)

7.       Deewaar (1975)

8.       Lagaan (2001)

9.       Pakeezah (1972)

10.   Amar Akbar Anthony (1977)

Check out all the 100 at  www.timeout.com/bollywood