Amar Akbar Anthony

Amar Akbar Anthony, directed by Manmohan Desai, follows three brothers separated at birth and raised by families of three different faiths, Hindu, Muslim, and Christian, who reunite years later; it opened on May 27, 1977. The film grossed 155 million rupees in India, making it 1977's highest grossing Indian film. 1977 was the year Desai had four films open at once, after India's release calendar reopened following a two year suspension during the Emergency, and all four ranked among the year's top five grossers. Amitabh Bachchan won Best Actor for the film at the 25th Filmfare Awards. The film is considered a classic of Bollywood's lost-and-found genre and was officially remade in Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam. Who it's for: anyone curious about a classic Bollywood film, from a year when a single director had four films simultaneously rank in the year's top five grossers, reuniting brothers raised in three different faiths. Who it's not for: viewers wanting a grounded, restrained family drama, since this is an exuberant, masala style Bollywood classic.