Bests of 2013

7. CHASHME BADDOOR:  The adversaries may complaint that this film was low-brow comedy, but then that is what one can expect seeing the promos. The film had rib-tickling sequences one after the other. It in a way had very derivative narration which reminds you of Govinda’s brand of comedy. The humor was borrowed from sms jokes, from hilarious poems and the slapstick that rather worked well. This one was a good comedy that gave me worth of my ticket price.

6. BOMBAY TALKIES:  Plotted with four different stories, all reaching love for bollywood somehow, this one was compellingly made by each director and especially by Zoya Akhtar’s which was more of coming of age story. All had a very relevant and connective turns in their story that somewhere brought smiles on our faces. Even the competent performances formed vital reason for an engaging drama.

5. SHAHID:  Nicely penned, this film injected all the right ingredients to make for an absorbing film. The film had a linear screenplay which was well brought on celluloid. The court-room sequences were excellent and nail-biting. Even Rajkumar Yadav’s top-notch portrayal on Shahid Azmi did well for the content.

4. VISHWAROOP:  This film had some of the best action scenes of recent times. It was not merely entertaining; it had a lot more to it. Kamal Hassan rouse as one man show that did not only perform well but also directed a very enthralling film. The film was also shot in beautiful locales that legitimatized the flavor of the film. All in all, a very well made film.

3. D-DAY:  I was taken aback by the film’s execution which was surprisingly without many clichés as against my prophecy. The film starts on a strong note and moves with solid pace thanks to the screenplay that tied the film’s scenes in grip. Taut, intense and thrilling, D-DAY was a film that was borrowed from facts and was stapled to director’s dream that we saw in climax. And I don’t need to talk about acting when you have ace actors like Irfan Khan and Rishi Kapoor in the film supported adequately by Huma Qureshi, Arjun Rampal and Chandan Roy Sanyal.

2. KAI PO CHE:  This one was heart-breaking and heart-warming in equal measures. This film also boasts of a scene which I regard as best scene of the year in which the three protagonists jump into a river, which was slightly referred from “Rang De Basanti” but had got its own charm that left lasting imprint in my head and heart. The film was about three friends behaving almost brothers in beginning but soon the norms of life brings a crack in the cup. The swing in the mood of the film from joyful to tense is brought with ease by Abhishek Kapoor who also directed that heartfelt “Rock-On”.

1.      1. GO GOA GONE:  A first of its kind in Bollywood, this film knew how it should roll out before Indian audience. From scene A to scene Z, it kept me thinking about it and simultaneously made me jump in my seat laughing. It wasn’t a scary film, it wasn’t supposed to be one, but it definitely was supposed to be humorous which it indeed was. A smart screenplay favored the film’s lovely characters which ultimately made GO GOA GONE a hell of a roller-coaster-ride and the best film of the year.