7 Visionary Bollywood Movies That Deserved An Oscar

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3. A Wednesday

A Police Commissioner due for retirement receives an ambiguous phone call that becomes his case of a lifetime. The call comes from an ordinary man who is frustrated at the incompetence of the authorities in killing terrorists who have bombed cities and ended innocent lives. This civilian becomes the harbinger of awakening from a bureaucrat system of operation. He threatens the Mumbai police with bombing five cities for failure to follow his orders.

This thought-provoking story brings forth the pent-up resentment of a common man who is plagued with terrorism and a redundant and delayed approach to justice. Inspired by the 2006 Mumbai train bombings, this low-budget immensely powerful film was worthy of Oscar.

Bheed toh dekhi hogi na aapne? Bheed mein se koi ek shakal chun lijiye…Main woh hoon

– The Common Man, A Wednesday

4. Masaan

Masaan is another archetype of the kind of that new-age cinema Bollywood has embraced. The movie juggles between life and death, casteism and sexism to mirror a grave reality that still exists in our country. The movie follows two seemingly different plot lines that converge at the end to birth a composite reality. Where Devi Pathak is being held on a noose for indulging in pre-marital sex, Deepak is falling in love with a high caste Hindu girl to enter a relationship that is doomed from the very beginning within the context he operates.

This strikingly powerful movie weaves some heart-rending scenes and ends on a poignant note for a plausibly good future. Masaan remains a highly underrated movie, it deserves more recognition. It is yet another visionary movie worthy of an Oscar.

Sitaroon ko aankhon mein mehfuz rakhna,

                    – Shaalu Gupta, Masaan