Let’s now list down the top 15 Adult rated Bollywood movies of all time.
7. B.A. Pass (2012)
Neo-noir movie 'B.A. Pass' garnered stupendous response at film festivals. Based on the short story 'The Railway Aunty', the movie tells about a young college-goer's romantic affair with a woman much older than him and what conspires after.
6. Jism 2 (2012)
Jism 2 was the 2012 erotic thriller directed by Pooja Bhatt. It was the launch vehicle of Canadian porn star Sunny leone. The film saw Sunny do some really bold and erotic scenes.
5. Miss Lovely (2012)
A near perfect movie with a topic that can be hardly seen in Indian Mainstream movie territory. Ashim Ahluwalia’s debut effort ‘Miss Lovely’ is an atmospheric tale of Sonu and Pinky, played by Nawazuddin Siddique and Niharika Singh respectively. Centred around Mumbai’s C-grade movie industry, the film perfectly deals with the themes of love, sexuality, crime and redemption. It earned cult status for its usage of visual imageries, a pulp style portrayal of the 90s sub-genre and lastly a gritty way of storytelling.
4. Lipstick Under My Burkha (2017)
The film does have some sensationalist dialogue, but it never gets overboard (And what’s Bollywood without at least some theatrics!) Unapologetically bold and opinionated in its treatment of grave woman issues, the film is one of the best of 2017.Watch it to step into the shoes of all the ladies who walk wearing lipsticks under their burkhas. India needs more films like ‘Lipstick Under My Burkha’, but I’m unsure of whether we deserve them. Watch the film, not for its explicit content or your curiosity about what the whole CBFC fuss was about, but for its brilliance.
3. Ugly (2014)
The enfant terrible of Indian cinema, Anurag Kashyap has been the catalyst which proved instrumental in ushering in a new generation of bold and unflinchingly honest filmmakers. A neo-noir psychological thriller, ‘Ugly’ follows the investigation into the abduction of a young girl in broad daylight, and all the murkiness that unravels from beneath the surface. Much like the works of the Austrian auteur Michael Haneke, Kashyap’s ‘Ugly’ does not want you watching it from the comfortable seats of your home, munching popcorn; no, it wants you to be provoked, disturbed and disgusted. A movie where the little girl and her fate is pushed to the background; where it becomes a minor detail, ‘Ugly’ could terrify you to the core.
2. Fire (1996)
‘Fire’ was one of the first Bollywood films to explicitly show homosexual relations. Initially, it was passed uncut by India’s censor board with a rating of Adult. The film was first screened and ran to full houses in most metropolitan cities throughout India for almost three weeks. But soon, the protestors started vandalizing theaters across the country demanding the film to be taken off the theaters. The film was then referred back to the Censor Board for a re-examination. The Indian government was criticised for siding with the vandals. ‘Fire’ remains one of the best explorations of homosexuality in India.
1. Kaminey (2009)
This was an unusual departure for Vishal Bhardwaj in relation to his previous films. He was fascinated for the longest time by Caper genre and decided to pay homage to such films as Snatch and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. At the outset, ‘Kaminey’ is a simple story of two brothers who go separate ways only to cross each other’s path at a later stage. What makes ‘Kaminey’ inimitable is its inner workings, its conversations, the maze it weaves as it progresses and its exceptional supporting cast. Shahid played twins – one with a stammer and one with a lisp – with absolute conviction and delivered not one but two of his career’s best performances – Guddu and Charlie – in a single film. ‘Kaminey’ is also remembered fondly by its loyalists for its legendary characters of Bhope Bhau and Mikhail.
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