India, July 25 -- Long before hashtags and marches, Hindi cinema was already telling stories of young people who refused to look away. Here is a look back at the films that turned youthful anger into action, and still manage to light a fire every time we revisit them.

Director: Aanand L. Rai | Cast: Dhanush, Sonam Kapoor, Abhay Deol

Better known as a heartbreak story, Raanjhanaa quietly doubles as a portrait of campus politics once its heroine, Zoya, becomes a Delhi University student leader. Her romance with Akram, a young activist trying to reform the system from within, is loosely drawn from the real culture of DU's student union elections, where politics has long been a young person's first taste of public life, and where personal c...