20 Underrated Movies in Recent Times

Originally posted by: blue-ice

Most of these movies are excellent movies...Swades tops the list and how come they forgot Lootera??

Originally posted by: blue-ice

Most of these movies are excellent movies...Swades tops the list and how come they forgot Lootera??

I think based on personal tastes there may be other movies that should have been on the list. That being said BW cinema quality has actually improved significantly over the years. There is a lot more variety and a lot more subjects touched upon. The only problem is that the big masala blockbusters overshadow these smaller films.

Lists like these reiterate my point earlier this week that high grossing revenue doesn't really say much. These underrated films have a good run in multiplexes and have a long lasting word of mouth run. Since many of them use small budgets and lesser known stars their costs are low and ROI is higher. So not only quality, these films may actually give the makers more bang for their buck. If this wasn't true you wouldn't see a steep increase in these films over the past decade. You wouldn't see major production houses like Yash Raj films switch gears from magnum opuses to small films here and there. The burst of this small-mid range flick genre is also seeing more foreign investors like Fox Searchlight and Disney. Bottom line is ATBBs look good with the high earnings, they may work miracles for stars, but they aren't as lucrative as they seem from investment perspective.