The list consists
some of the best offbeat movies from Bollywood.
1. Gram Hawa (1973)
Directed : M. S. Sathyu
Produced : Ishan Arya
ScreenPlay : Kaifi Azmi / Shama Zaidi
Stor : Ismet Chugtai
Cast : Balraj Sahni, Farooq Shaikh, Geeta Siddharth,
Shaukat
Azmi, A. K. Hangal
Music : Aziz Ahmed, Bahadur Khan, Khan Warsi
Awards:
Academy
Awards
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Nominated
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Indian
submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
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Cannes Film
Festival
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Nominated
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Cannes Film
Festival: Golden Palm
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National
Film Awards
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Won
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Best Feature
Film on National Integration
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Filmfare
Awards
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Won
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Best
Dialogue -- Kaifi Azmi
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Filmfare
Awards
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Won
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Best
Screenplay - Kaifi Azmi,
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Filmfare
Awards
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Won
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Best Story -
Ismet Chugtai
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2. Paar (1984)
Directed by : Goutam Ghose
Screenpaly : Partha Banerjee
Story : Paathi by Samaresh Basu
Starring : Shabana Azmi, Naseeruddin Shah. Om Puri
Utpal Dutt
Awards:
National Film Award
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Won
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Screenplay - Goutam Ghose, Partha Banerjee
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Actor- Naseeruddin Shah
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Actress - Shabana Azmi
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Volpi Cup
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Won
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Actor - Naseeruddin Shah
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UNESCO Award
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Won
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Venice Film
Festival
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Fipresci Award
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Won
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Red Cross Award
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Won
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Verna Film
Festival
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3. Jaane Do Bhi Yaaron (1983)
Directed : Kundan Shah
Produced : NFDC
story & screenplay : Sudhir
Mishra, Kundan Shah
Cast : Naseeruddin Shah, Ravi Baswani, Om Puri,
Pankaj
Kapur, Satish Shah, Bhakti Barve,
Satish
Kaushik, Ashok Banthia, Neena Gupta
Music : Vanraj Bhatia
Cinematography : Binod
Pradhan
Editing by : Renu Saluja
Indira
Gandhi Award
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Won
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Best
First Film of a Director - Kundan Shah
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Filmfare!Won
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Won
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Best
Comedian - Ravi Baswani
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4. Bhuvan Shome (1969)
Directed : Mrinal Sen
Produced : Mrinal Sen Productions
Written : Balai Chand Mukhopadhyay
Narrated : Amitabh Bachhan
Starring : Utpal Dutt, Suhasini Mulay, Mithun Chkraborty
Music : Vijay Raghav Rao
Cinematography : K.
K. Mahajan
Awards:
National Film Award
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Won
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Best
Feature Film
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National Film Award
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Won
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Best
Director - Mrinal Sen
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National Film Award
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Won
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Best
Actor - Utpal Dutt
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5. Mirch Masala (1987)
Directed : Ketan Mehta
Written : Chunilal Madia, Ketan Mehta, Shafi Hakim
Starring : Naseeruddin Shah, Smita Patil, Om Puri,
Suresh
Oberoi, Deepti Naval, Dina Pathak,
Mohan
Gokhale, Paresh Rawal
Music : Rajat Dholakia
Cinematography : Jehangir
Choudhury
Awards:
National
Film Award
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Won
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Best
Supporting Actor - Suresh Oberoi
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Moscow
International Film Festival
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Nominated
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Golden
Prize - Ketan Mehta
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Bengal
Film Journalists' Association
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Won
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Best
Supporting Actor - Suresh Oberoi
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Manthan (1976)
Directed : Shyam Benegal
Produced : Amul
Dialogue : Kaifi Azmi
Screenplay : Vijay Tendulkar
Story : Verghese Kurien & Shyam Benegal
Cast : Smita Patil, Girish Karnad, Naseeruddin
Shah,
Amrish
Puri
Music : Vanraj Bhatia
Cinematography : Govind
Nihalani
Editing : Bhanudas Divakar
Awards:
National
Film Award
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Won
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Best Feature Film
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Best Screenplay - Vijay Tendulkar
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Academy
Award
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Not
nominated
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Indian
film for Best Foreign Language Film
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Filmfare
Award
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Won
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Best Female Playback Singer - Preeti Sagar
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Holy by Ketan
Mehta, which was Aamir Khan’s debut movie, Kalyug and Damul are the few other
names could have included in the list.
!!! In
a cruel and evil world, being cynical can allow you to get some entertainment
out of it. - Daniel Waters!!!