![]() The biggest strength of ‘Kahaani’ is its story, which awes the viewer with its final revelation. She moves every nook and corner of a Kolkata that still possesses an old world charm, to investigate her husband’s disappearance. She’s in her third trimester of pregnancy and is in no condition to go back which anyway she doesn’t want to, before her husband is found. The reason? Her husband is missing and she’s frantically looking for him. Forty decades after the movie was released, we still marvel at the intelligence of director Vijay Anand, who took us for a ride while looking for the real Jewel Thief.Ī London based software engineer reaches Kolkata and straightaway visits the nearest police station. Eventually when the secret is revealed, along with him, we the viewers are left spellbound. When every evidence points towards him, he sets on a mission to clear his name and plays an undercover agent to infiltrate the gang. The reason being his face, to be identical as the jewel thief. Made much before ‘Internal Affairs’ and ‘The Departed’, directed by Govind Nihalni, ‘Droh Kaal’ meaning ‘The times of betrayal’ explores how terrorism tries to create the turmoil in the society by pitting itself against the chosen democracy, without taking any sides.Īn ordinary man is labelled as a mastermind behind many jewellery heists. And while this happens, the terrorists manage to infiltrate the police and try to identify the mole. However, when one of the insider gets killed, it becomes important to save the remaining one from getting caught. Infiltrate the terrorist organisation by placing two insiders. It’s ironical that Chandra Barot, the director of this film never achieved success of similar level ever again.Īt the heights of terrorism, two police officers come together to form a plan to counter it. ![]() The movie ran to packed houses and even today commands an audience when it airs on TV. ![]() To see him play the charismatic Don and his lookalike the simpleton Vijay, who turns into the nefarious Don was the treat to the eyes. Amitabh Bachchan is the actor, on whose stardom the newer generation grew up with. It takes all of his wits to come out of the issue and put the true culprit behind the bars. But when the only person knowing the truth about the insider dies, the mole gets cornered by both the police and the rest of the criminals. In every sense, ‘Don’ is an undercover agent film, where a lookalike of a wanted criminal is placed as a mole inside the gang, to help the police uncover its true intentions. But how this’s a spy film then? I say, better watch it on youtube! ‘Andha Naal’ in Tamil meaning ‘That Day’ went on to become one of cult movies of Indian cinema. This was a huge thing back in 1954, where songs and dance were specifically crafted for the audience in mind. Inspired from Akira Kurosawa’s masterpiece ‘Rashomon’, the director Balachander went on to script his own version and created India’s first noir film, sans any songs. And every man presents his discourse to the audience, contemplating what would have happened. The police, in its course of investigation discovers a number of suspects, each having motive to kill the man. Set in 1943, a man is shown to be dying of a gun shot on a night when the city is being bombed by the Japanese. The movie was appreciated by the critics and audience alike for its taut script and pace to move the story ahead. The plan goes horribly wrong and that what forms the crux of the story. When an undercover RAW agent in Pakistan discovers a slim chance of catching Goldman alive, three other Indian agents reach Pakistan to get it done. Directed by Nikhil Advani, ‘D-Day’ tells the story of a group of Indian spies, infiltrating Pakistan to kill a man code-named Goldman. But all said and done, the idea of killing one of India’s most wanted criminals in a country that has given him refuge was sensational. It tries to drive home the point, that despite of providing their mettle, in the bigger scheme of things, informers mere pawns of the game. Directed by Mani Shankar, this film has shades of ‘The Departed’. But living a double life, it becomes a burden on his soul. As a mole, he successfully infiltrates a terrorist organisation, uncovers the next between police and drug dealers and organ trafficking. A young boy, fresh out of a juvenile prison becomes the police informer at the behest of a top cop and leads his life to the verge of extinction. It talks about the lives of the police informers who lead a double life, while constantly putting it to danger. The list includes Bollywood espionage movies and also films from other regional industries. ![]() So here is the list of the top Indian spy movies ever. When we, at The Cinemaholic, sat down to create a list of this genre, we had to look beyond the above set of movies and had to explore the concept of spies and undercover agents, used in many films a little different from the usual over the top way.
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