r/IndianCinema

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Am looking to study some movies where the director has successfully made the location or setting a crucial part of the story

Not pretty landscapes or romantic Kashmir stuff, but there the liberation is actually a character

Some i know of

Kaun - a claustrophobic and excellent thriller with Urmila and Manoj Bajpayee set in just one house

Guna - the caves where the couple take refuge plays a key part

Two movies with Fahadh Fasil set in just one house. He's a serial killer in one, and a trapped landslide victim in another

Yaadein (the Sunil Dutt one) - Just one character the entire movie. A man all alone in his house, thinking the worst thoughts

Any others you can recommend please? Thanks in advance

real talk. india used to have a PROPER quiz show culture. bournvita quiz contest. quiz time on DD. KBC literally becoming a national event every year. that one school quiz final where you lost because someone buzzed 0.2 seconds before you and you're STILL not over it... just me? ok.

Somewhere after OTT became mainstream the whole category just... vanished?? everything became crime. romance. scams. gangsters. biopics. reality drama. rinse repeat.

Smart Champs on hotstar is interesting because it doesn't look like a plain buzzer quiz. it mixes quiz questions with puzzle tasks, physical challenges, team strategy, printed clues and a proper gameshow set. basically learning plus competition plus adventure plus chaos.

i think that's the ONLY way quiz shows work for a generation raised on reels and 15 second attention spans. you can't just put kids behind podiums with a buzzer and expect people to watch anymore. you need stakes. visuals. speed. personality. teams panicking under time pressure.

Genuine question... would you actually watch more indian quiz adventure shows if they were made like proper competition TV instead of boring classroom TV?

Just watched the Aakhri Sawal trailer and it genuinely feels like there's going to be a lot of discourse around this given the plot of the movie.

What do you guys think about the whole RSS narrative??

Right now I am deep into a full blown Amitabh Bachchan obsession, specifically his golden era from the 1970s, 1980s, and early 1990s when he completely owned the screen as the angry young man of Indian cinema.

There is something addictive about the intensity he brought into those action thrillers.

The rage, swagger, moral conflict, dialogue delivery, and raw screen presence feel unmatched even today.

Modern action films often look polished but lack the emotional fire that Bachchan carried naturally in almost every frame.

Watching films like Zanjeer, Deewar, Sholay, Majboor, Dostana, Trishul, Shakti, Agneepath, Kaalia, Kaala Patthar, Shaan, Coolie, and Amar Akbar Anthony almost feels like revisiting a tougher, grittier India where heroes were flawed, angry, and unforgettable.

What are some of his other films from those three decades that I should watch? I’d really appreciate your recommendations.