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Best of Bollywood Community Vote (Week 14): Which Film Deserves the Best Film Spot?

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The Best Film category has concluded.

Sholay (1975) wins Best Film with 78 upvotes, securing its place in the Best of Bollywood Hall of Fame.

Current Winners

Romance — Veer-Zaara (2004)

Action — Kill (2024)

Comedy — Hera Pheri (2000)

Drama — Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... (2001)

Thriller — Andhadhun (2018)

Horror — Tumbbad (2018)

Biopic — Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (2013)

Family — Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! (1994)

Gangster — Gangs of Wasseypur (2012)

Cop — Sarfarosh (1999)

Sci-Fi — Mr. India (1987)

Fantasy — Jajantaram Mamantaram (2003)

Sports — Chak De! India (2007)

Best Film -- Sholay (1975)

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Now it's time for the next category: Best Experimental.

Not necessarily the biggest blockbuster, the most popular film, or the film with the biggest star — which Hindi film do you believe deserves to be considered the best experimental film of Bollywood?

Which Hindi film deserves the Best Experimental spot on the Best of Bollywood Hall of Fame grid?

📜 Rules

- Hindi/Bollywood films only.

- One film per comment.

- Upvote existing nominations instead of reposting them.

- The highest-upvoted nomination at the end of the week wins.

- In case of a tie, the higher-ranked comment at the close of voting wins.

Voting closes next Sunday at 9 PM IST.

Let the debates begin.

The Sci-Fi category has concluded.

Mr. India (1987) wins Best Sci-Fi with 72 upvotes, defeating Koi... Mil Gaya in a tie. Mr. India’s nomination was ranked higher when voting closed, securing its place in the Best of Bollywood Hall of Fame.

🏆 Current Winners

Romance — Veer-Zaara (2004)

Action — Kill (2024)

Comedy — Hera Pheri (2000)

Drama — Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... (2001)

Thriller — Andhadhun (2018)

Horror — Tumbbad (2018)

Biopic — Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (2013)

Family — Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! (1994)

Gangster — Gangs of Wasseypur (2012)

Cop — Sarfarosh (1999)

Sci-Fi — Mr. India (1987)

Now it's time for Best Fantasy.

📜 Rules

- Hindi/Bollywood films only.

- One film per comment.

- Upvote existing nominations instead of reposting them.

- The highest-upvoted nomination at the end of the week wins.

- In case of a tie, the higher-ranked comment at the close of voting wins.

Voting closes next Sunday at 9 PM IST. 🎬

Let the nominations begin! 🗳️

The Cop category has concluded.

Sarfarosh (1999) wins Best Cop with 106 upvotes, securing its place in the Best of Bollywood Hall of Fame.

Current Winners:

Romance — Veer-Zaara (2004)

Action — Kill (2024)

Comedy — Hera Pheri (2000)

Drama — Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... (2001)

Thriller — Andhadhun (2018)

Horror — Tumbbad (2018)

Biopic — Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (2013)

Family — Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! (1994)

Gangster — Gangs of Wasseypur (2012)

Cop — Sarfarosh (1999)

Now it's time for Best Sci-Fi.

Which Hindi film deserves the Sci-Fi spot on the Hall of Fame grid?

Rules:

Hindi/Bollywood films only.

One film per comment.

Upvote existing nominations instead of reposting them.

The highest-upvoted nomination at the end of the week wins.

In case of a tie, the higher-ranked comment at the close of voting wins.

Voting closes next Sunday at 9 PM IST. 🎬

P.S. Sorry for the extremely late post. I got hung up in some work and personal issues

The Gangster category has concluded.

Gangs of Wasseypur (2012) takes the crown with 90 upvotes, securing its place in the Best of Bollywood Hall of Fame.

Current Winners:

Romance — Veer-Zaara (2004)

Action — Kill (2024)

Comedy — Hera Pheri (2000)

Drama — Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... (2001)

Thriller — Andhadhun (2018)

Horror — Tumbbad (2018)

Biopic — Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (2013)

Family — Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! (1994)

Gangster — Gangs of Wasseypur (2012)

Now: Best Cop

Rules:

Hindi/Bollywood films only.

One film per comment.

Upvote existing nominations instead of reposting them.

Highest-upvoted nomination at the end of the week wins.

In case of a tie, the higher-ranked comment at the close of voting wins.

Voting closes next Sunday at 9 PM IST. 🎬

The Family category has concluded.

Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! (1994) wins Best Family with 88 upvotes, earning its place in the Best of Bollywood Hall of Fame.

Current Winners:

Romance — Veer-Zaara (2004)

Action — Kill (2024)

Comedy — Hera Pheri (2000)

Drama — Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... (2001)

Thriller — Andhadhun (2018)

Horror — Tumbbad (2018) Biopic — Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (2013)

Family — Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! (1994)

Now it's time for Best Gangster.

Which Bollywood film deserves the Best Gangster spot?

Rules:

- Hindi/Bollywood films only.

- One film per comment.

- Upvote existing nominations instead of reposting them.

- The highest-upvoted nomination at the end of the week wins.

- In case of a tie, the higher-ranked comment at the close of voting wins.

Voting closes next Sunday at 9 PM IST. 🎬

Best of Bollywood Community Vote (Week 8): Which Film Deserves the Family Spot?

The Biopic category has concluded.

Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (2013) wins Best Biopic with an impressive 133 upvotes, earning its place in the Best of Bollywood Hall of Fame.

Current Winners:

Romance — Veer-Zaara (2004)

Action — Kill (2024)

Comedy — Hera Pheri (2000)

Drama — Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... (2001)

Thriller — Andhadhun (2018)

Horror — Tumbbad (2018)

Biopic — Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (2013)

Now it's time for Best Family.

Which Hindi film deserves to be crowned the Best Family film?

Rules:

- Hindi/Bollywood films only.

- One film per comment.

- Upvote existing nominations instead of reposting them.

- The highest-upvoted nomination at the end of the week wins.

- In case of a tie, the higher-ranked comment at the close of voting wins.

Voting closes next Sunday at 9 PM IST. 🎬

The Horror category has concluded.

Tumbbad (2018) wins Best Horror with 74 upvotes, defeating 13B (2002), which finished with 58.

Current Winners:

Romance — Veer-Zaara (2004)

Action — Kill (2024)

Comedy — Hera Pheri (2000)

Drama — Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... (2001)

Thriller — Andhadhun (2018)

Horror — Tumbbad (2018)

Now we move on to Best Biopic.

Which biopic deserves a place in the Best of Bollywood Hall of Fame?

Rules:

- Hindi/Bollywood films only.

- One film per comment.

- Upvote existing nominations rather than reposting them.

- The highest-upvoted nomination at the end of the week wins.

- In case of a tie, the higher-ranked comment at the close of voting wins.

Voting closes next Sunday at 9 PM IST.

The Drama category has concluded!

Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... (2001) takes the Drama spot with an incredible 317 upvotes, becoming the fourth entry in our Bollywood Hall of Fame.

Current Winners:

❤️ Romance — Veer-Zaara (2004)

💥 Action — Kill (2024)

😂 Comedy — Hera Pheri (2000)

🎭 Drama — Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... (2001)

Now it's time for Thriller.

Which Bollywood film deserves the Thriller spot on the Hall of Fame grid?

Rules:

- Bollywood/Hindi films only.

- One film per comment.

- Upvote existing nominations instead of reposting them.

- The highest-upvoted comment at the end of the week wins.

- In case of a tie, the higher-ranked comment at the close of voting will be declared the winner.

Winner will be announced next Sunday at 9 PM IST along with the next category. Happy voting! 🎬

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The Comedy category has concluded!

Hera Pheri (2000) takes the Comedy spot with a massive 272 upvotes, becoming the third entry in our Bollywood Hall of Fame.

Current Winners:

❤️ Romance — Veer-Zaara (2004)

💥 Action — Kill (2024)

😂 Comedy — Hera Pheri (2000)

Now it's time for Drama.

Which Bollywood film deserves the Drama spot on the Hall of Fame grid?

Rules:

- Bollywood/Hindi films only.

- One film per comment.

- Upvote existing nominations instead of reposting them.

- The highest-upvoted comment at the end of the week wins.

- In case of a tie, the higher-ranked comment at the close of voting will be declared the winner.

Winner will be announced next Sunday at 9 PM IST along with the next category. Happy voting! 🎬

The Action category has concluded!

Kill (2024) stormed to victory with 215 upvotes, earning its place as Bollywood's representative for Action on the Hall of Fame grid.

A quick correction regarding last week's Romance category: I had initially announced Jab We Met (2007) as the winner based on the standings at the time I checked. However, after revisiting the final vote count, Veer-Zaara (2004) had finished with the highest number of upvotes before the voting period officially ended. The grid has now been updated to reflect the correct result.

Current Winners:

❤️ Romance — Veer-Zaara (2004)

💥 Action — Kill (2024)

Now it's time for Comedy.

Which Bollywood film deserves the Comedy spot on the Hall of Fame grid?

Rules:

- Bollywood/Hindi films only.

- One film per comment.

- Upvote existing nominations instead of reposting them.

- The highest-upvoted comment at the end of the week wins.

- In case of a tie, the higher-ranked comment at the close of voting will be declared the winner.

Winner will be announced next Sunday at 9 PM IST along with the next category.

P.S. My bet is on any 2000s Akshay movie

The final category has concluded.

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Meiyazhagan (2024) won the Feel-Good category with 85 upvotes, officially completing the Best of Indian Cinema community grid.

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What started as a simple community voting experiment grew into weeks of discussions, debates, surprises, close contests, and passionate film recommendations from across Indian cinema.

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The Hall of Fame:

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• Romance — Mouna Ragam (1986)

• Action — Thallumaala (2022)

• Comedy — Panchathanthiram (2002)

• Drama — Kireedam (1989)

• Thriller — Drishyam (2013)

• Horror — Tumbbad (2018)

• Emotional — Taare Zameen Par (2007)

• Family — Kumbalangi Nights (2019)

• Gangster — Gangs of Wasseypur (2012)

• Cop — Mumbai Police (2013)

• Sci-Fi — Enthiran (2010)

• Fantasy — My Dear Kuttichathan (1984)

• Sports — Dangal (2016)

• Experimental — Super Deluxe (2019)

• Best Film — Pather Panchali (1955)

• Feel-Good — Meiyazhagan (2024)

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Thank you to everyone who participated, voted, debated, agreed, disagreed, and helped shape this list.

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Credit to u/hogyaku_aizen for inspiring the grid.

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Looking back at the completed grid, which winner do you agree with the most, and which result would you change if given the chance?

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We're finally here.

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The Experimental category has concluded, and Super Deluxe (2019) won with 60 upvotes to claim its place on the grid.

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Current Winners:

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• Romance — Mouna Ragam (1986)

• Action — Thallumaala (2022)

• Comedy — Panchathanthiram (2002)

• Drama — Kireedam (1989)

• Thriller — Drishyam (2013)

• Horror — Tumbbad (2018)

• Emotional — Taare Zameen Par (2007)

• Family — Kumbalangi Nights (2019)

• Gangster — Gangs of Wasseypur (2012)

• Cop — Mumbai Police (2013)

• Sci-Fi — Enthiran (2010)

• Fantasy — My Dear Kuttichathan (1984)

• Sports — Dangal (2016)

• Experimental — Super Deluxe (2019)

• Best Film — Pather Panchali (1955)

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After more than two weeks of voting, debates, surprises, close contests, and landslide victories, only one category remains.

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Today's category: Feel-Good.

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Which Indian film leaves you with the biggest smile on your face? Whether it's uplifting, heartwarming, inspiring, comforting, or simply makes you feel better about life, which film deserves to represent the Feel-Good category on the final grid?

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Any Indian film from any language is eligible.

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The highest-upvoted comment after 24 hours wins and completes the Best of Indian Cinema community grid.

The Fantasy category has concluded.

My Dear Kuttichaathan (1984) secured 58 upvotes to claim the Fantasy spot on the Best of Indian Cinema grid. Decades after its release, the film continues to be remembered as one of the most iconic fantasy adventures in Indian cinema.

Current Winners:

• Romance — Mouna Ragam (1986)

• Action — Thallumaala (2022)

• Comedy — Panchathanthiram (2002)

• Drama — Kireedam (1989)

• Thriller — Drishyam (2013)

• Horror — Tumbbad (2018)

• Emotional — Taare Zameen Par (2007)

• Family — Kumbalangi Nights (2019)

• Gangster — Gangs of Wasseypur (2012)

• Cop- Mumbai Police(2013)

• Sci-Fi- Enthiran(2010)

• Fantasy — My Dear Kuttichaathan (1984)

Today's category: Sports.

From cricket and boxing to hockey, wrestling, athletics, and beyond, Indian cinema has produced some unforgettable sports stories.

Which film deserves to represent the Sports category on the grid?

Any Indian language is eligible. The highest-upvoted comment after 24 hours takes the spot.

The Sci-Fi category has concluded.

Enthiran (2010) secured a convincing victory with 85 upvotes, earning its place as the Science Fiction representative on the Best of Indian Cinema grid. Blending ambitious ideas, spectacle, and one of Indian cinema's most iconic AI characters, it emerged as the clear community choice.

Current Winners:

• Romance — Mouna Ragam (1986)

• Action — Thallumaala (2022)

• Comedy — Panchathanthiram (2002)

• Drama — Kireedam (1989)

• Thriller — Drishyam (2013)

• Horror — Tumbbad (2018)

• Emotional — Taare Zameen Par (2007)

• Family — Kumbalangi Nights (2019)

• Gangster — Gangs of Wasseypur (2012)

• Sci-Fi — Enthiran (2010)

Today's category: Fantasy.

From mythology-inspired adventures and magical worlds to epic quests and supernatural wonders, which Indian film deserves to represent Fantasy on the grid?

Any Indian language is eligible. The highest-upvoted comment after 24 hours takes the spot.

The Cop category has concluded, and Mumbai Police (2013) secured 62 upvotes to earn its place on the Best of Indian Cinema grid.

Current Winners:

• Romance — Mouna Ragam (1986)

• Action — Thallumaala (2022)

• Comedy — Panchathanthiram (2002)

• Drama — Kireedam (1989)

• Thriller — Drishyam (2013)

• Horror — Tumbbad (2018)

• Emotional — Taare Zameen Par (2007)

• Family — Kumbalangi Nights (2019)

• Gangster — Gangs of Wasseypur (2012)

• Cop — Mumbai Police (2013)

Today's category: Science Fiction.

From artificial intelligence and time travel to dystopian futures and space-age concepts, Indian cinema has produced some ambitious sci-fi stories over the years.

Which film deserves to represent the Sci-Fi category on the grid?

Any Indian language is eligible. The highest-upvoted comment after 24 hours takes the spot.

Gangs of Wasseypur Claims the Gangster Spot. Which Indian Film Has the Greatest Cop?

The Gangster category has concluded, and Gangs of Wasseypur (2012) secured a commanding victory with 108 upvotes to earn its place on the Best of Indian Cinema grid.

Current Winners:

• Romance — Mouna Ragam (1986)

• Action — Thallumaala (2022)

• Comedy — Panchathanthiram (2002)

• Drama — Kireedam (1989)

• Thriller — Drishyam (2013)

• Horror — Tumbbad (2018)

• Emotional — Taare Zameen Par (2007)

• Family — Kumbalangi Nights (2019)

• Gangster — Gangs of Wasseypur (2012)

Today's category is Cop.

From honest officers and relentless investigators to larger-than-life lawmen, Indian cinema has given us some unforgettable police protagonists.

Which film deserves to represent the Cop category on the grid?

Any Indian language is eligible. The highest-upvoted comment after 24 hours will take the spot.

Kumbalangi Nights Wins Family. Now for a Tougher Question...

After receiving 82 upvotes, Kumbalangi Nights has been voted the Family representative on the community's Best of Indian Cinema grid.

The next category is Gangster.

Indian cinema has produced everything from underdog stories and gangster epics. Which film stands above the rest?

Highest-upvoted comment after 24 hours takes the spot.