Breaking Bolly: 10 atypical Indian films

Probably Mira Nair's most personal film, Monsoon Wedding revolves around an arranged marriage set to happen right as the monsoon descends on Delhi. With a deceitful bride, two potential couples and a cousin with a dark secret, there are plenty of plates for Nair to keep spinning.

Udaan is one of the most stripped-down films to come out of Bollywood in recent memory. It tells the story of Rohan, his abusive father and a brother that he never knew existed. His father, played by the frightening Ronit Roy, is one of the most chillingly realistic villains to appear in a Bollywood film.

Three very different people must confront similar ethical dilemmas.

A Muslim man and a Hindu woman form an unexpected connection on a bus traveling in the midst of an outbreak of communal violence.

A bored clerk takes refuge in his daydreams when he is stuck in an Indian backwater, isolated from the locals by his lack of language skills.

A love triangle develops between three people who live in the Dhobi Ghat area of Mumbai.

A dramatic recreation of the 1993 Bombay bombings and the resulting investigation.

A film set in a microcosm of society at a single traffic light. Madhur Bhandarkar tells the stories of the hustlers, prostitutes and beggars who all make their living off the light.

Four loosely connected Indians strive to overcome personal tragedy as they also fight cultural stigma. A gay man attempts to navigate the tricky pickup scene. A divorced woman tries to get pregnant without a husband. A flighty filmmaker must deal with his traumatic past and a woman returns home to Kashmir and finds that everything has changed.

Rituparno Ghosh's finest film, a story of love, pride and lies.