A radio broadcaster falls for a mysterious woman involved in a revolutionary cell .
Mani Ratnam Vintage status: A cult classic that failed on release but now stands as a landmark. Manisha’s Meghna is revolutionary: a freedom fighter who weaponizes her femininity. Her dance to “Chaiyya Chaiyya” is red-hot, but the rest of the film is bathed in twilight blues—especially the final sequence in the Kashmir valley. She never won a National Award for this. History is still apologizing.