Recently, Time magazine announced its list of the 100 greatest films of all time, and the eclectic selection includes five Indian films.

While none would question the brilliance of the selected Indian classics like Satyajit Ray's Apu Trilogy, Guru Dutt's Pyaasa and Mani Ratnam's Nayakan, rediff.com decided to ask Indian filmmakers, artistes, technicians and critics what they felt were the best Indian films of all time.

Today, we feature Ram Gopal Varma, director of Rangeela, Satya, Company, Bhoot and the forthcoming Sarkar, whose television promo has an exciting buzz about it.

Check out what our top moviemakers say about India's Best Films

Cast: Actors: Dharmendra, Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini, Jaya Bhaduri, Sanjeev Kumar, Amjad Khan
Director: Ramesh Sippy

Cast: Sanjeev Kumar, Deven Verma, Moushmi Chatterjee, Aruna Irani, Deepti Naval
Director: Gulzar

Cast: Shashi Kapoor, Anant Nag, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Raj Babbar, Amrish Puri, Om Puri, Supriya Pathak, Reema Lagoo
Director: Shyam Benegal

Cast: Om Puri, Smita Patil, Amrish Puri, Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Naseeruddin Shah, Achyut Potdar
Director: Govind Nihalani

Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Amrish Puri, Farida Jalal, Anupam Kher.
Director: Aditya Chopra

Cast: Satyen Kappu
Director: Tulsi Ramsay

Cast: Amol Palekar, Vidya Sinha, Dinesh Thakur, Ranjita Thakur
Director: Basu Chatterjee

Cast: Vinod Khanna, Rishi Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan, Shabana Azmi, Neetu Singh, Parveen Babi, Nirupa Roy, Pran
Director: Manmohan Desai

Cast: Jennifer Kendal, Dhritiman Chatterjee, Debashree Roy, Geoffrey Kendal, Soni Razdan.
Director: Aparna Sen

Cast: Meena Kumari, Vinod Khanna, Shatrughan Sinha, Danny Denzongpa
Director: Gulzar