Manoj Bajpayee, Devashish Makhija, and Piiyush Singh in Bhonsle (2018)

Following are the top-rated Hindi Movies ever to come out of INDIA.

Note 1: This list doesn't include any South-Indian movies which haven't been dubbed well in Hindi. Note 2: This list also includes low-rated movies on important social issues that were ahead of their time when they were released.

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The National Film Awards, established in 1954, are the most prominent film awards in India that merit the best of the Indian cinema. The ceremony also presents awards for films in various regional languages.

Awards for films in seven regional language (Bengali, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil and Telugu) started from 2nd National Film Awards which were presented on 21 December 1955.

Three awards of "President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film", "Certificate of Merit for the Second Best Feature Film" and "Certificate of Merit for the Third Best Feature Film" were instituted.

The later two certificate awards were discontinued from 15th National Film Awards (1967).

Directed by Sohrab Modi, the 1954 film Mirza Ghalib was honoured with the first president's silver medal for Best Feature Film in Hindi. 

The most recent recipient is the 2023 Gulmohur.

Hrishikesh Mukherjee and Shyam Benegal has 6 films each.

Bimal Roy, Govind Nihalani, and Gautam Ghose has 3 films each.

The highest rated film is Dosti 8.5 and lowest rated film is Kasturi 5.4.

18 films are rated 8 to 8.9 in IMDb rating.

53 films rated 7 to 7.9 in IMDb rating.

10 films rated 6 to 6.9 in IMDb rating.

2 films rated 5 to 5.9 in IMDb rating.

2 films not rated.

National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi

This list contains all titles ever playing on the "Un Certain Regard" section on the Cannes Festival (includes all titles from 1978 till present year).

"Un Certain Regard" section exists since 1978 and was built by Gilles Jacob out of 3 "Out of Competition" categories, to support films which are too "untypical/different" for the main competition. Since 1998 the best film of this category is awarded with the "Un Certain Regard" prize. ----- As there wasn't held a 2020 edition of the Cannes Festival, 56 Films were announced, which would have been played on the different categories such as the Un Certain Regard one. Check out this list for those 56 selected titles. https://www.imdb.com/list/ls098974571/ ----- -Sorted per Festival Year (descending) and Original Titles (A-Z). If you want to see the Original Titles being displayed, visit this link and choose "Original" on the menu "Title display country/region". https://www.imdb.com/preferences/general -I have used the official festival site to find all titles and prizes won. -In case you prefer it, this list is also available on Letterboxd. https://letterboxd.com/bk007/list/un-certain-regard-all-titles-including-award/

It features 22 Classics that include 9 National Award Winning Films  & 16 Films Screened in International Film Festival and appreciated by World Audience.

He is the Only Actor in India with 16 Films Screened in International Film Festivals. A Record.

He is the Only Bollywood Actor with 5 National Award Nominations and 3 times Winner in 2 different Category - Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor and 2 Languages - Hindi and Bengali. A Record.

The Highest rated film is The Kashmir Files with 8.6 and the lowest rated film is Sameera with 4.3. 

5 of the films are rated 8 to 8.9  out of 10 in IMDb ratings.

9 of the films are rated 7 to 7.9  out of 10 in IMDb ratings.

7 of the films are rated 6 to 6.9 out of 10 in IMDb ratings.

1 of the film is rated 5 to 5.9 out of 10 in IMDb ratings.

Mithun Chakraborty Classics (National & International Award Winning Films)

Mithun Chakraborty is One of the Few Actors with 38 films of Diverse Genre rated 7 and above in IMDb.

The Highest rated film is The Kashmir Files with 8.7.

7 of the film is rated 8 to 8.9 out of 10 in IMDb ratings.

31 of the film is rated 7 to 7.9 out of 10 in IMDb ratings.

Mithun Chakraborty's Top Rated Movies in IMDb

Mithun Chakraborty, Pallavi Joshi, Anupam Kher, Darshan Kumaar, Bhasha Sumbli, and Chinmay Mandlekar in The Kashmir Files (2022)

The Festival de Cannes had lifted the curtain in 1946 after a six-year-long break for the Second World War. Chetan Anand’s acclaimed Neecha Nagar among the Indian films at Cannes Film Festival 1946 earned the top award, Grand Pix du Festival International du Film, and shared it with David Lean’s Brief Encounters.

In 1952, filmmaker Rajaram Vankudre Shantaram’s Marathi biopic  Amar Bhupali (The Immortal Song) represented Indian Cinema at Cannes Film Festival. 

In 1955 there were two films screened at Cannes and they are Biraj Bahu and Boot Polish.

Bimal Roy had 3 films screened at Cannes- Do Bigha Zamin (1953), Biraj Bahu (1954) and Sujata (1960).

Satyajit Ray had 4 films screened at Cannes - Pather Panchali (Song of the Little Road) (1955), Parash Pathar (The Philosopher's Stone) (1958), Devi The Goddess) (1960), and Ganashatru (Enemy of the People') (1990) 

Mrinal Sen had 3 films screened at Cannes -  Ek Din Pratidin (And Quiet Rolls the Dawn) (1979), Kharij (The Case Is Closed) (1982) and Khandhar (The Ruins) (1983).

K.A.Abbas had 2 films screened at Cannes and they are Pardesi (1957) and The Naxalites (1980). 

Anurag Kashyap had 4 films screened at Cannes -Gangs of Wasseypur (2012), Ugly (2014), Raman Raghav 2.0 (2016) and Kennedy (2023).   The 1999 Cannes screened Murli Nair’s Marana Simhasanam (The Throne of Death), a Malayalam film from Kerala.

Mithun Chakraborty is the Only Indian Actor with 4 films screened in Cannes International Film Festival.

Balraj Sahni had 3 films screened at Cannes - Do Bigha Zamin (1953), Pardesi (1957) and Garm Hava (1974).

Nawazuddin Siddiqui had 3 films screened at Cannes - The Lunchbox (2013), Psycho Raman (2016) and Manto (2018).

Mithun Chakraborty and Nawazuddin Siddiqui are 2 Indian Actors who had consecutive screening.

Mithun Chakraborty had Gudia (1997), Guru (2007) and Chal Chalein (2009) and Nawazuddin Siddiqui had Psycho Raman (2016) and Manto (2018).

Hindi Films screened at Cannes International Film Festival

A 3 time National Award winning Actor is not getting a single Nomination in the Best Actor Category in his entire career questions the authenticity of the Filmfare Award.

A list of Award Winning Performance that were not even nominated by Filmfare Award that prove the Camping, Nepotism and Favoritism related with Filmfare Award.

The Highest rated film is The Kashmir Files with 8.3 and the lowest rated film is Chingaari with 4.7. 

3 of the films are rated 8 to 8.9  out of 10 in IMDb ratings.

7 of the films are rated 7 to 7.9  out of 10 in IMDb ratings.

15 of the films are rated 6 to 6.9 out of 10 in IMDb ratings.

8 of the films are rated 5 to 5.9 out of 10 in IMDb ratings.

2 of the films are rated 4 to 4.9 out of 10 in IMDb ratings.

Mithun Chakraborty Classics (Best Hindi Films)

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