Well I must say I'm honored to be envied. Ignorance alert though, Indian film is far from my strong point. In fact of the 11 Indian films I've seen, all of them were directed by Satyajit Ray. They're not too easy to come across at least here in the states. Sure there are specialty Indian stores (not exactly on every street corner) but then you have to deal with not even being able to read the boxes, etc. Hopefully this thread here will get me some good ideas for the future. In the meantime here's a Ray top ten.

Distant Thunder
Pather Panchali 
The Middleman
Aparajito 
The World of Apu
Mahanagar
Two Daughters
Charulata 
Days and Nights in the Forest
Devi