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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Regarded among the finest stage and film actresses of her times and one of the greatest film actresses of all time,.

She made her film debut with Shyam Benegal's Charandas Chor (1975).

She became one of the leading actresses of parallel cinema, a New Wave movement in India cinema, though she also appeared in several mainstream movies throughout her career.

Smita Patil appeared in over 80 Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Gujarati, Malayalam and Kannada films in a career that spanned just over a decade.

During her career, she received two National Film Awards and a Filmfare Award.

National Film Award for Best Actress. 1.Bhumika (1977) 2.Chakra (1981)

National Film Award for Best Feature Film  1.Samna (1975) 2.Nishant (1975) 3.Jait Re Jait (1977) 4.Aakrosh (1980) 5.The Churning (1980) 6.Bhavni Bhavai (1981) 7.In Search of Famine (1981) 8.Umbartha (1982) 9.Chidambaram (1985) 10.Mirch Masala (1986)

Gaman (1978) won the National Film Award for Best Music Direction in 1979 for his work, and for the Song "Aap ki Yaad Aati Rahi", Chhaya Ganguly won a National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer.

Mandi (1983) won the 1984 National Film Award for Best Art Direction for Nitish Roy.

Giddh: The Vulture (1984) won Special Jury Award (32nd National Film Awards)

Smita Patil received 6 Nomination and won the Filmfare Awards & Filmfare Marathi Awards 1.Jait Re Jait (1977) 2.Chakra (1981) 3.Umbartha (1982)

She earned 3 Nomination for Filmfare Awards for Best Actress for Bhumika (1977), Bazaar (1982) and Aaj Ki Awaz (1984).

She also received 2 Nomination for Filmfare Awards for Best Supporting Actress for Arth (1982) and Mandi (1983).

Smita Patil won the Maharashtra State Film Awards for Best Actress for Umbartha (1982).

Smita Patil  won the Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards for Best Actress (Hindi) for Mirch Masala (1986).

Smita Patil Patil won the Best Actress trophy at the 2nd Star & Style-Lux Awards for Waaris (1988).

She was the recipient of the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian honour in 1985.

The Priyadarshni Academy started with the Smita Patil Memorial Award as a tribute to the veteran actress in 1986.

In 2011, Rediff.com listed her as the second-greatest Indian actress of all time, behind Nargis.

According to Suresh Kohli from Deccan Herald, "Smita Patil was, perhaps, the most accomplished actress of Hindi cinema. Her oeuvre is outstanding, investing almost every portrayal with a powerhouse realistic performance."

In 2012, the Smita Patil International Film Festival Documentaries and Shorts was initiated in her honour.

On the occasion of 100 years of the Indian cinema, a postage stamp bearing her face was released by India Post to honour her on 3 May 2013.

Mohan Agashe, Shreeram Lagoo, and Nilu Phule in Samna (1975)

Regarded among the finest stage and film actresses of her times and one of the greatest film actresses of all time,.

She made her film debut with Shyam Benegal's Charandas Chor (1975).

She became one of the leading actresses of parallel cinema, a New Wave movement in India cinema, though she also appeared in several mainstream movies throughout her career.

Smita Patil appeared in over 80 Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Gujarati, Malayalam and Kannada films in a career that spanned just over a decade.

During her career, she received two National Film Awards and a Filmfare Award. 

She was the recipient of the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian honour in 1985.

The Highest rated film is Samna with 8.5 and the lowest rated film is Dilwaala with 3.8.

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

32 films is rated 7 to 7.9 out of 10 in IMDb ratings.

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

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

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

Rahul Bose and Mallika Sherawat in Pyaar Ke Side Effects (2006)

Jesse Eisenberg in The Social Network (2010)

My goal here is to focus on Indian Cinema and what goes beyond the norm (music and dance) and here I wanted to list films that focus on the daily struggle and the lifestyle of humans. Here through directors like Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Satyajit Ray, Mrinal Sen, Girish Kasaravalli,Shyam Benegal, Govind Nihalani, Aparna Sen, Rituparno Ghosh, Jahnu Barua,and Goutam Ghosh. Even todays prodigies like Deepa Mehta, Mira Nair,Anurag Kashyap, Vishal Bhardwaj, Srijit Mukherjee, Suman Mukhopadhyay, Dr. Biju, and Bala. And Actors like Naseeruddin Shah, Shabana Azmi, Smita Patil, Om Puri, Pankaj Kapur, Nandita Das, Rahul Bose, Konkona Sen Sharma, Manoj Bajpai, Irrfan Khan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui and many many more. Though I am not an Indian my goal is to understand Indian cinema a bit more through language (Hindi, English, Bengali, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Gujarati, Oriya, and many more), Art, and Culture from India to the diaspora (Bangladesh, Pakistan, and the US). If you have any recommendations for any film comment below. Rate and Comment please on any film and also a saying "If there's no struggle, no progress" Thank You P.S: I would like to see a rating for films like Investment, The Bastard Child (more will come) And Happy New Years and support the LGBT community

Randeep Hooda and Alia Bhatt in Highway (2014)

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