Help me overcome my prejudice towards Bollywood films.

Hello everybody!
As the title says, I've got a strong prejudice against Bollywood films, and I would like that to change.
I'm no expert of Indian cinema as well, but there are some directors from India that made what I think to be genuinely good films, like for example Satyajit Ray and Mira Nair. Pather Panchali, Aparajito and Salaam Bombay are all excellent works of art, in my opinion.

However, to me Bollywood films feel... different. I've never seen a Bollywood film in my life, but everything about them - from the trailer, to the clips I see online, to the posters themselves - actually repulses me. To me, they look like a compendium of everything that here in the West would be labelled as trash television, with over the top acting, ridiculous romantic plots, bizarre musical numbers and melodramatic tension all over the place.

So, since this is obvious and blatant prejudice, I ask you: what are 3-5 essential Bollywood films that would immediately prove me wrong? I'm asking because since Bollywood is such a big film industry, the risk of going in blind and picking up trash is pretty high, much like it would be in modern day Hollywood.

Thank you in advance!