5 Most Gripping Bollywood Movies That Will Make You Forget Hollywood

The Bollywood movie industry is known for its amazing love stories, colorful costumes, beautiful songs, and of course, bizarre fight scenes. Almost all Indian movies also have some sort of super villain who tries hard to make everyone's life miserable only to be defeated in the end.

But this is only one part of the movies the industry creates, the other part is a tough drama. When we hear about drama, we are used to movies with sad endings or the ones where everything starts and goes bad but comes to redemption in the end.

Well, these 5 Bollywood hidden gems are so gripping that they make Hollywood thrillers look like children's movies.

1. Khilona (1970)

A truly devastating story about an unfortunate woman who only tried to bring love and joy into the life of a tortured soul. We meet a wealthy family where one of the sons, Vijaykamal, is mentally challenged because he witnessed the death of his beloved. As a result, he loses his mind and is trapped by the family on the terrace of the house.

To help him, his father hires a courtesan named Chand to pretend to be his wife. And while Vijaykamal gets better with her help, it doesn't stop him from sexually assaulting her and the rest of the family from abusing her. And when she becomes pregnant with Vijaykamal's child, the family decides to get rid of her…

The question remains, what else does she have to survive?

2. Lal Patthar (1971)

At the center of the story is a raja who all his life has stayed away from alcohol, women and everything else. But one day he meets Saudamani, a young woman played by the one and only Hema Malini, falls in love with her and takes her to his palace. He renames her Madhuri and tries to change her into something else, but still never marries her.

Many years later, history repeats itself when he meets another young woman, Sumita, and takes her home. But he marries her in an instance. However, while at home, he makes it clear that the new wife knows Madhuri's word means everything. Soon Sumita will discover that her childhood sweetheart is in town and meet him, and her jealous husband will try to kill them both, thinking they are lovers. But will he succeed?

3. Dil Se (1998)

We are used to seeing Shah Rukh Khan playing romantic male leads, we are also used to seeing him playing the coolest guys, not afraid of anything, ready to fight for the course. But in Dil Se, he mixes it all up and gives us an amazing performance from the POV of a man desperately in love with a dangerous woman.

When Amar meets Meghna, he immediately falls in love with her, but realizes that there's something suspicious about her. He approaches her several times, only to be rejected each time. Later, the story reveals her overwhelming secret, and it seems that only Amar can save her and hundreds of innocent people who could have died because of her.

The story tells of a man who is willing to sacrifice everything for the woman he loves. Even if he has to die for her so that they can be together...

4. Talaash (2012)

A complex thriller with a brilliant performance by Aamir Khan as the main protagonist Inspector Shekhawat is a must watch for the fans of mystery crime dramas. As the story unfolds, we manage to meet Inspector’s own dark and guilty side, as well as realizing how hard his job is.

He had to focus on a murder case investigation, but his mind was with his dead son. He meets a suspicious sex worker named Rosie in the streets and they become close, but little did the Inspector know that soon he was going to find a devastating truth…

5. Ugly (2013)

Those who watched the movie to the end say it was a harrowing experience. Apparently, the name says it all about all the characters in the movie. Viewers say there was not a single scene or plot that made them sympathize with the characters. As the story goes deeper, we see that all the main people become greedy, jealous and actually ugly enough to be called that.