I already published my list of 2015 Best Films, now I’m just segregating all the content from each other. I even have my Top10 Films Directed by Women.
The journey, you guys, the journey is two-and-a-half years old [1][2][3][4][5] already and counting. I’m no longer tracking what I’m watching because it got way too complicated. And though the number of Indian films I get to watch is minuscule to the actual output; at 38 films this year (of 203), it’s the most I’ve seen in a year. It’s almost one movie a week (!!) and it almost reaches my mark of 46 (of 274) of last year. And it totally surpasses my 33 mark in 2013 when I started it all.
*Note: Though 113 films (over 55% of the list) is English-based, not all of them are Hollywood movies. The number also considers UK, Canadian, Irish and Australian productions and some other mix-and-match co-productions.
Of course, I’m way more comfortable navigating mainstream Hindi cinema than I am Tamil or other industries. But Anupama Chopra has just released her video of the Best and Worst of Hindi Cinema in 2015, so I got inspired to have my own segregated list. xD
The Best of Indian Cinema 2015
- Dil Dhadakne Do (dir. Zoya Akhtar)
- Talvar (dir. Meghna Gulzar)
- Piku (dir. Shoojit Sircar)
- Masaan (dir. Neeraj Ghaywan)
- Dum Laga Ke Haisha (dir. Sharat Katariya)
- NH10 (dir. Navdeep Singh)
- Margarita, with a Straw (dir. Shonali Bose)
- Bajrangi Bhaijaan (dir. Kabir Khan)
- Baahubali: The Beginning (dir. S.S. Rajamouli)
- Angry Indian Goddesses (dir. Pan Nalin)
The Worst of Indian Cinema 2015
- Dirty Politics (dir. K.C. Bokadia)
- Badlapur (dir. Sriram Raghavan)
- Phantom (dir. Kabir Khan)
- Katti Batti (dir. Nikhil Advani)
- Hawaizaada (dir. Vibhu Puri)
Haha, Kabir Khan in both lists xD
Still Pending~
- Aligarh
- Ayal Njanalla
- Bajirao Mastani
- Charlie (dir. Martin Prakkat)
- Dilwale
- Dhanak
- Kothanodi
- Main Aur Charles
- Orange Mittai
- Premam
- Shaandaar
- Tamasha
- Thani Oruvan
- Thoongaa Vanam
- Umrika
- Zubaan
Badlapur tried waaaayyy too hard to be edgy. At least Nawaz’s character had a fitting ending, and Huma Qureshi’s character got some kind of last word. It was awful to see her put through that for the main purpose of showing just how sordid the path of an antihero can take…
Yeahhhhhhhh, I was so grossed out by it. xD I couldn’t take it. But go fight with the people who think it’s a masterpiece of this year’s Indian output.