There are films that win millions of hearts and chase big numbers at the box office. Then there are movies that don’t live up to the hype and fall flat on their face. Then there are some underrated films that even though become box office failures but succeed in impressing the audience with their content.
A cinema nerd recently took to Twitter and shared her unpopular opinion about the film ‘Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana’
Mimansa Shekhar tweeted that it’s a feel-good movie. She also asked people to share a film that they think is an underrated gem.
Tell me a movie that you believe is an underrated gem since less people have watched it
I'll start – #LuvShuvTeyChickenKhurana
A feel good movie about a guy trying to find the secret recipe of his family restaurant to save it from a financial crisis.#KunalKapoor #HumaQureshi pic.twitter.com/HsDbooBddC— Mimansa Shekhar | मीमांसा शेखर (@mimansashekhar) May 1, 2023
After people understood what she was saying, they soon came to the comments section and shared about that one film that even though touched their hearts, didn’t become a massive success.
Detective Byomkesh Bakshy
Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! (2015)
This Sushant Singh thriller was highly atmospheric with gorgeous set design and a banging unconventional soundtrack.
The cold reception of this gem-of-a-movie prompted me to create this list on Letterboxd: https://t.co/GhSHmIPOXS pic.twitter.com/dubianZXUX— Karan (@thatKaran) May 2, 2023
Mai, Meri Patni aur Woh
Has anyone talked about “Mai, Meri Patni aur Woh” ?
The love and insecurities of Chote Babu #RajpalYadav for his beautiful wife #RituparnasenGupta pic.twitter.com/ZrwnaChyJL
— 🇮🇳 Yogesh Kumar ਯੋਗੇਸ਼ ਕੁਮਾਰ (@igoy_k) May 1, 2023
Goodbye
#Goodbye Actually this film has an emotional ride for whole family pic.twitter.com/DQwdhyWRiw
— Aashish Palod (@aspalod) May 1, 2023
Yeh Mera India
“Yeh Mera India” Directed by N. Chandra is one of the most underrated films I feel bad about. Multiple stories stitched together towards one common end has been brilliantly conceived in the end. It’s a people’s film. One should definitely watch it. Available on @ZEE5India pic.twitter.com/6FWGomRXXa
— Nitish Jalali (@shoonyakumar) May 1, 2023
Khoya Khoya Chand
I admire almost everything that @IAmSudhirMishra has made but most are already well appreciated.
Khoya Khoya Chand, unfortunately doesn’t seem to get the same love.
Every character arc is poetry.(And that scene where Shiney Ahuja keeps asking for a reshoot breaks my heart.) pic.twitter.com/u20K4Evz5a
— Bipin Upadhyay @[email protected] (@BipinU) May 1, 2023
Raincoat
I loved Rituparno Ghosh’s Raincoat. Both Aishwarya and Ajay in offbeat avatars. A fine adaptation of O Henry’s Gift of the Magi. Fine use of music as well pic.twitter.com/zyw8YX07ao
— Arjun Narayanan (@madraswallah) May 1, 2023
Rules, Pyar Ka Superhit Formula
Great choice 👍
Let me add “Rules, Pyar ka superhit formula” pic.twitter.com/EkOGpKBuuc
— 🇮🇳 Yogesh Kumar ਯੋਗੇਸ਼ ਕੁਮਾਰ (@igoy_k) May 1, 2023
Puzzle
Puzzle; this is one of the rare gem that needs a mention ! pic.twitter.com/h5GufVDImH
— Pankit Thakker (@pankitthakker) May 1, 2023
Johnny Gaddar
My pick is Johnny Gaddar, a thriller shot in B/W, directed by Sriram Raghavan @justlalit pic.twitter.com/93zk127c78
— Tarani Trotter (@TaraniTrotter) May 2, 2023
Seher
Seher-A gem of a movie. Great theme, beautiful performances. Criminally underrated.
— Gitangshu Dey (@geet_dey8) May 1, 2023
Aamir
— Nicky Modi (@modinicky) May 1, 2023
Darwaza Bandh Rakho
Super funny movie,
Super underrated, even nobody knows it’s existence. pic.twitter.com/MHfoxXboV3— Nicky Modi (@modinicky) May 1, 2023
Karthik Calling Karthik
This underrated gem.. pic.twitter.com/LITD7sBsCE
— Naveen Shekhar (@nav_she) May 1, 2023
Tu Hai Mera Sunday
This! pic.twitter.com/j7UCk15bvX
— Aavishkar (@aavishhkar) May 1, 2023
Namesake
Namesake! pic.twitter.com/F2vNc1A2C2
— Jyoti Agarwal (@jervi08) May 1, 2023
Honestly, even I haven’t heard about a lot of movies mentioned here. But since Twitter thinks they are filmy gems, we ought to give them the attention they deserve. What say?