Films

[...] The Bandit Queen anyone? I'm looking to expand my Indian film collection from just the 2 films that I have at the moment (The Warrior and Slumdog Millionaire). Any other recommendations? I'm not much for the traditional singing and dancing stuff. [...]

When originally released, and rewatching recently, I found "The Bandit Queen" to be a very interesting and powerful film (with the bonus of a soundtrack by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan).

I can recommend plenty of "singing and dancing" films; but here are some non-"singing and dancing" films I have enjoyed that I can immediately think of at the moment:

• Mira Nair's "Salaam Bombay!", "Monsoon Wedding", "The Namesake";
  
• Deepa Mehta's "Fire", "Earth", "Water";
  
• Satyajit Ray's "Pather Panchali", "Aparajito", "Apur Sansar" ("The Apu Trilogy");
  
• "Chak De! India" (stars Bollywood (or "Hindi Film Industry" if Mr. Bachchan) star SRK, but has no "singing and dancing". One of my favourite sports films ever);
  
• "Peepli [Live]" (http://www.artificial-eye.com/film.php?dvd=ART513DVD&plugs&qt=true&wm=true)
  
• "The Last Thakur" (http://www.artificial-eye.com/film.php?dvd=ART456DVD)
  
• "The President Is Coming" (a brilliant satirical film (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_President_Is_Coming))
  
• "Rang De Basanti" ... has some "singing", but more as musical interludes; in any event the music is scored by A. R. Rahman, and I'll watch any film he scores. A wonderfully idealistic film; one of my favourites, and a brilliant film IMO. (Chris Patten's daughter plays the westerner, and her Hindi is actually not too bad, cf., for example, the Britisher actors in "Lagaan"). (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rang_De_Basanti)