A DIFFERENT VIEW(ER)
Film historians and film professionals may have differing views on films. Kamal Haasan’s list is a very personal one. And so HT asked film scholar and historian Rachel Dwyer for her own list of 70 films. In her words: “It is always fun to compile lists but on the understanding that they can be altered. This is my list today. Perhaps tomorrow I might change it as there are films I can’t bear to have left out but there was no space. How does one choose from among Satyajit Ray’s films? I barely know films from the NorthEast...I haven’t chosen a single Bhojpuri or Odiya film. I’ve seen more Tamil, Malayalam films than Telugu and Kannada films. I like songs, romance and fun but I also like the emotionally nuanced films. I could easily have chosen 70 films from the 1950s alone…”. Here then is Dwyer’s list.
She has 11 films in common with Kamal Haasan.
Andaz, 1949, Hindi
Awaara 1951 Hindi
Apu Trilogy 1955, 1956, 1959 Bangla Devdas 1955 Hindi Shree 420 1955 Hindi CID 1956 Hindi Do Aankhen Barah Haath 1957 H Harano Sur 1957 Bengali
Maya Bazaar 1957 Tamil, Telu Mother India 1957 Hindi
Naya Daur 1957 Hindi
Pyaasa 1957 Hindi Madhumati 1958 Hindi Kaagaz Ke Phool 1959 Hindi MughalEAzam 1960 Hindi Junglee 1961 Hindi
Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam 1962 Hindi Bandini 1963 Hindi Charulata 1964 Bengali
Guide 1965 Hindi Subarnarekha 1965 Bengali Thiruvilayadal 1965 Tamil
Waqt 1965 Hindi
Jewel Thief 1967 Hindi Padosan 1968 Hindi Aradhana 1969 Hindi
Purab Aur Pachhim 1970 Hindi Anand 1971 Hindi Pakeezah 1972 Hindi
Bobby 1973 Hindi
Garam Hawa 1973 Hindi Yaadon Ki Baaraat 1973 Hindi Zanjeer 1973 Hindi Deewaar 1975 Hindi Sholay 1975 Hindi Kabhi Kabhie 1976 Hindi Amar Akbar Anthony 1977 Hindi Bhumika 1977 Hindi Ghatashraddha 1977 Kannada Trishul 1978 Hindi Silsila 1981 Hindi Umrao Jaan 1981 Hindi Disco Dancer 1982 Hindia Elippathayam 1982 Malayalam
Ardh Satya 1983 Hindia
Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro 1983 Hin Nayakan 1987 Tamil Chandni 1989 Hindi
Maine Pyar Kiya 1989 Hindi Parinda 1989 Hindi
Thalapathi 1991 Tamil
Roja 1992 Tamil, Hindi Manichithrathazhu 1993 Malayalam
Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! 1994 Hindi Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge 1995 Hindi Raja Hindustani 1996 Hindi
Kuch Kuch Hota Hai 1998 Hindi Satya 1998 Hindi
Dil Chahta Hai 2001 Hindia
Munna Bhai M.B.B.S 2003 Hindi Chak De! India 2007 Hindi Jodhaa Akbar 2008 Hindi Gangs Of Wasseypur 2012 Hindi Kevi Rite Jaish 2012 Gujarati Fandry 2013 Marathi Goliyon Ki Rasleela RamLeela 2013 Hindi Qissa 2013 Punjabi
Queen 2013 Hindi
Bahubali 2015 Telugu, Tamil
Bajrangi Bhaijaan 2015 Hindi