Everything I Watched in 2009

Feature Films:

January '09

1	Dil Chahta Hai	****1/2	2001	Farhan Akhtar
2	Chhoti Si Baat	****	1976	Basu Chatterjee
3	Kamasutra - A Tale of Love	**	1996	Mira Nair
4	Aastha - In the Prison of Spring	**	1997	Basu Bhattacharya
5	Chhupa Rustam	**1/2	1973	Vijay Anand
6	Mrityudand	***	1997	Prakash Jha
7	Naya Daur	***	1957	B. R. Chopra
8	Warrunt	**	1975	Pramod Chakraborty
9	Tere Mere Sapne	***	1971	Vijay Anand
10	Mahal	**	1969	Shankar Mukerjee
11	Around The World	**	1967	Pachhi
12	China Town	**	1962	Shakti Samanta
13	Aashiq	**1/2	1962	Hrishikesh Mukherjee
14	Hamrahi	***	1963	T. Prakash Rao
15	Boond Jo Ban Gayee Moti	**1/2	1967	V. Shantaram
16	Bhai Bhai	**1/2	1956	M. V. Raman
17	Hum Dono	****	1961	Amar Jeet
18	Teen Devian	***	1965	Amar Jeet

February '09

19	Gangster - A Love Story	**1/2	2006	Anurag Basu
20	Kaagaz Ke Phool	****	1959	Guru Dutt
21	Chhoti Behen	***	1959	L. V. Prasad
22	Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!	****	2008	Dibakar Banerjee
23	Hulchul	***	2004	Priyadarshan
24	Vijaypath	**	1994	Faroough Siddiqui
25	Dilwale	**	1994	Harry Baweja
26	Dil Ek Mandir	**1/2	1963	Sridhar
27	Betaaj Baadshah	**	1994	Iqbal Durrani

March '09

28	Baadshah	***	1998	Abbas-Mustan
29	Ajnabee	**	2001	Abbas-Mustan
30	Daastan	***	1950	A. R. Kardar
31	Bachna Ae Haseeno	**	2008	Siddharth Anand
32	Raaz	**	2002	Vikram Bhatt
33	Jism	**	2003	Amit Saxena
34	Faraar	**1/2	1975	Shankar Mukerjee
35	Mela	***	1948	S. U. Sunny
36	Amar	***	1954	Mehboob
37	Tere Naam	***	2003	Satish Kaushik
38	Chalo America	***	1999	Piyush Jha
39	Slumdog Millionaire	****	2008	Danny Boyle
40	Purab Aur Pachhim	***	1970	Manoj Kumar
41	Dhool Ka Phool	***	1959	Yash Chopra
42	Dev. D	****	2009	Anurag Kashyap
43	Main Nashe Men Hoon	**1/2	1959	Naresh Saigal
44	Gazal	**	1964	Ved Madan
45	Papi	*1/2	1953	Chandulal Shah
46	Aakhri Daon	*1/2	1958	Mahesh Kaul
47	Ghunghat	**1/2	1960	Ramanand Sagar
48	Zindagi Aur Khwab	**	1961	S Banargee
49	Sanyasi	*1/2	1975	Sohanlal Kanwar
50	Do Badan	**	1966	Raj Khosla
51	Galiyon Ka Baadshah	0	2001	Kanti Shah

April '09

52	Ek Phool Do Maali	***	1969	Devendra Goel
53	Jab Jab Phool Khiley	***	1965	Suraj Prakash
54	Kisse Pyaar Karoon	*	2009	Ajay Chandok
55	Chandni Chowk To China	**	2009	Nikhil Advani
56	Guru	****	2007	Mani Ratnam
57	Kill Bill Vol. 1	*****	2003	Quentin Tarantino
58	Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam	****	1962	Abrar Alvi
59	Pocketmaar	**1/2	1956	H. S. Rawail
60	Mr. Natwarlal	**	1979	Rakesh Kumar
61	Rajkumar	**1/2	1964	K Shankar
62	Murdaa Ghar	0	1999	Kishan Shah
63	Naseeb	***	1981	Manmohan Desai
64	Pyaasa	*****	1957	Guru Dutt
65	Hum Hain Kamaal Ke	**1/2	1993	Vijay Reddi
66	Saajan	***	1991	Lawrence D'Souza
67	Aamir	***1/2	2008	Rajkumar Gupta
68	Nikaah	***	1982	B. R. Chopra
69	Tawaif	***	1985	B. R. Chopra
70	Kranti Veer	***	1994	Mehul Kumar
71	Ankush	**1/2	1986	N. Chandra
72	Prahaar	***	1991	Nana Patekar

May '09

73	Waqt	***1/2	1965	Yash Chopra
74	Jhanak Jhanak Paayal Baje	***	1956	V. Shantaram
75	Jal Bin Machli Nritya Bin Bijli	**	1971	V. Shantaram
76	Dharmputra	***	1962	Yash Chopra
77	Howrah Bridge	***	1958	Shakti Samanta
78	12 O' Clock	***	1958	Pramod Chakraborty
79	Kyaa Kool Hain Hum	*1/2	2005	Sangeeth Sivan
80	Dostana	**1/2	2008	Tarun Mansukhani
81	Delhi-6	***	2009	Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
82	Akeyle Hum Akeyle Tum	***	1995	Mansoor Khan
83	Footpath	**1/2	1953	Phani Majoomdar
84	Be-Imaan	***	1972	Sohanlal Kanwar
85	Baarish	**1/2	1957	Shankar Mukerjee
86	Namkeen	***	1982	Gulzar
87	Kabhi Pass Kabhi Fail	***	1998	Virendra Saini
88	Aar Paar	***	1954	Guru Dutt
89	Naaraz	*1/2	1994	Mahesh Bhatt
90	Hey Ram	****	2000	Kamal Haasan
91	Asli Naqli	***	1962	Hrishikesh Mukherjee
92	Jab Pyaar Kisi Se Hota Hai	**1/2	1961	Naasir Hussain
93	Do Bigha Zamin	****	1953	Bimal Roy
94	The Goal	***	1999	Gul Bahar Singh

June '09

95	Gulaal	****	2009	Anurag Kashyap
96	Aa Dekhen Zara	**	2009	Jahangir Surti
97	Bandini	****	1963	Bimal Roy
98	Ek- The Power Of One	*	2009	Sangeeth Sivan
99	Pukaar	***	1983	Ramesh Behl
100	Amardeep	**	1958	T. Prakash Rao
101	Hawa	*	2003	Guddu Dhanoa
102	Saudagar	****	1973	Sudhendu Roy
103	Milan	***	1967	A Subba Rao
104	Bhai Bahen	**1/2	1969	A. Bhimsingh
105	Ghaath	*1/2	2000	Aakashdeep
106	Parichaya	***	1972	Gulzar
107	Dum	**	2003	E. Niwas
108	Mere Apne	***	1971	Gulzar
109	Anokha Bandhan	***	1982	Mehul Kumar
110	Barah Aana	***	2009	Raja Menon
111	Ghajini	***	2008	A. R. Murugadoss
112	Naajayaz	**1/2	1995	Mahesh Bhatt
113	God Tussi Great Ho	**	2008	Rumy Jaffrey
114	Khandan	***	1965	A. Bhimsingh
115	Ardh Satya	****	1983	Govind Nihalani
116	Shahenshah	***	1989	Tinnu Anand
117	Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na	***1/2	2008	Abbas Tyrewala
118	Namak Halaal	***	1982	Prakash Mehra
119	Laawaris	***	1981	Prakash Mehra
120	Rungoli	**	1962	Amar Kumar
121	Aakhri Raasta	*1/2	1986	K Bhagyaraj
122	Khubsoorat	**	1998	Sanjay Chhell
123	Raaste Ka Patthar	**	1972	Mukul Dutt
124	Hum Tum	***	2004	Kunal Kohli
125	Chameli	***	2003	Sudhir Mishra
126	Batwara	***	1989	J. P. Dutta
127	Kasauti	**	1974	Aravind Sen

July '09

128	Shair	**1/2	1949	Chawla
129	Abdullah	**1/2	1980	Sanjay Khan
130	Mujhe Jeene Do	**1/2	1963	Moni Bhattacharjee
131	Amaanat	*1/2	1994	Raj N. Sippy
132	Dharma	*1/2	1973	Chand
133	Sultnut	**1/2	1986	Mukul S. Anand
134	Imaandar	*1/2	1987	Sushil Malik
135	Khauff	**	2000	Sanjay Gupta
136	Kaartoos	**	1999	Mahesh Bhatt
137	Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa	****	1993	Kundan Shah
138	Shiva	**	2006	Ram Gopal Varma
139	Mela	**	1971	Prakash Mehra
140	Yaadon Ki Baarat	***	1973	Naasir Hussain
141	Saawan Bhado	**	1970	Mohan Segal
142	Geet	**	1970	Ramanand Sagar
143	Taxi Driver	**1/2	1954	Chetan Anand
144	Nagin	***	1976	Rajkumar Kohli
145	Bhai Bhai	**1/2	1970	Raja Nawathe
146	Amarapali	**1/2	1966	Lekh Tandon
147	Yaadein	***	1964	Sunil Dutt
148	Daastan	***	1972	B. R. Chopra
149	Nadiya Ke Par	***	1948	Kishore Sahu
150	Dashavatar	*1/2	2009	K S Ravikumar
151	Dhadkan	**	2000	Dharmesh Darshan
152	Ishq Vishq	**	2003	Ken Ghosh
153	Chalte Chalte	***	2003	Aziz Mirza
154	Dil Kabaddi	*	2008	Anil Sharma
155	Pyaar Ke Side Effects	***	2006	Saket Chaudhry
156	Insaniyat	**1/2	1955	S. S. Vasan
157	Jhankar Beats	**	2003	Sujoy Ghosh
158	Mumbai Matinee	**	2003	Anant Balani
159	Arzoo	**1/2	1950	Shahid Lateef
160	Masoom	****	1983	Shekhar Kapur
161	Gharana	***	1961	S. S. Vasan
162	Anari	****	1959	Hrishikesh Mukherjee
163	Anurag	***	1973	Shakti Samanta
164	Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki	***	1979	Raj Khosla
165	Mili	***	1975	Hrishikesh Mukherjee
166	Bawarchi	***	1972	Hrishikesh Mukherjee
167	Kala Patthar	***1/2	1979	Yash Chopra
168	Kakhan Harab Dukh Mor	***1/2	2005	Santosh Badal
169	Insaniyat	*	1994	Tony
170	Jashnn: The Music Within	*	2009	Raksha Mystry
171	Amar Akbar Anthony	***1/2	1977	Manmohan Desai

August '09

172	Khuddar	***	1982	Ravi Tandon
173	Do Anjane	***	1976	Dalaal Guha
174	Bawandar	***	2000	Jag Mundhra
175	Kora Kagaz	***	1974	Anil Ganguly
176	Amber	**1/2	1952	Jayant Desai
177	Zakhm	***1/2	1998	Mahesh Bhatt
178	13 B : Fear Has a New Address	***	2009	Vikram K. Kumar
179	Aaj Ki Awaz	***	1984	Ravi Chopra
180	Raaz: The Mystery Continues	*	2009	Mohit Suri
181	Geet Gaaya Pattharon Ne	***	1964	V. Shantaram
182	Laadla	**	1966	Krishnan Panju
183	Raju Ban Gaya Gentlemen	***	1992	Aziz Mirza
184	Prem Granth	**	1995	Rajiv Kapoor
185	Aa Ab Laut Chalein	**1/2	1999	Rishi Kapoor
186	Kya Kehna	***	2000	Kundan Shah
187	Rampur Ka Laxman	**1/2	1972	Manmohan Desai
188	Haath Ki Safai	**	1974	Prakash Mehra
189	Bollywood Calling	*1/2	2003	Nagesh Kukunoor
190	Life Mein Kabhi Kabhie	**	2007	Vikram Bhatt
191	Jawani Diwani	**	1972	Narender Bedi
192	Dhoop	***	2003	Ashwini Chaudhary
193	Alaap	***	1977	Hrishikesh Mukherjee
194	Umrao Jaan	***	1981	Muzaffar Ali
195	Biwi Ho To Aisi	**1/2	1988	J K Bihari
196	Aakhri Daku	**	1978	Prakash Mehra
197	Angaar	**1/2	1992	Shashilal Nair
198	New York	***1/2	2009	Kabeer Khan
199	Heera Panna	**1/2	1973	Dev Anand
200	Doli Saja Ke Rakhna	**1/2	1998	Priyadarshan
201	Bemisal	**1/2	1982	Hrishikesh Mukherjee
202	Luck	**	2009	Soham Shah
203	Love Aaj Kal	***	2009	Imtiaz Ali
204	Hum Saath Saath Hain	**	1998	Sooraj R. Barjatya
205	Vivah	*	2006	Sooraj R. Barjatya
206	Geet Gaata Chal	***	1975	Hiren Nag
207	Soldier	**	1998	Abbas-Mustan
208	Shor	***	1972	Manoj Kumar

September '09

209	Lakshya	***	2004	Farhan Akhtar
210	Mera Saaya	***	1966	Raj Khosla
211	Basera	**1/2	1981	Ramesh Talwar
212	Sharmilee	**1/2	1971	Samir Ganguly
213	Qaatil Chudail	0	2002	Rajan Llyalpuri
214	Qaatil Chandalini	0	1992	Rajan Llyalpuri
215	Darwaza	*	1978	Tulsi, Shyam Ramsay
216	Bandh Darwaza	*	1972	Tulsi, Shyam Ramsay
217	Dangerous Invitation	*	1998	Leland Price
218	Patthar Ke Sanam	***	1967	Raja Nawathe
219	Nastik	**	1983	Pramod Chakraborty
220	Aaya Saawan Jhoom Ke	**1/2	1969	Raghunath Jhalani
221	Aan Milo Sajna	**1/2	1970	Mukul Dutt
222	A Perfect Murder	***	1998	Andrew Davis
223	Ek Raaz	**1/2	1963	Shakti Samanta
224	Mumbai Xpress	**	2005	Singeetham S. N. Rao
225	Basic Instinct	***	1992	Paul Verhoeven
226	Basic Instinct 2	**	2006	Michael Caton-Jones
227	Pitaah	**1/2	2002	Mahesh V. Manjrekar
228	Sagina	**	1974	Tapan Sinha
229	Tamanna	**1/2	1998	Mahesh Bhatt
230	Do Waqt Ki Roti	*	1988	Satpal
231	Zameer	**1/2	1975	Ravi Chopra
232	Char Dil Char Rahein	**1/2	1959	Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
233	Chirag Kahan Roshni Kahan	***	1959	Devendra Goel
234	Piya Ka Ghar	***	1971	Basu Chatterjee
235	Uphar	***	1971	Sudhendu Roy
236	Tapasya	***	1976	Sudhendu Roy
237	Dil Apna Aur Preet Parayi	***	1960	Kishore Sahu
238	Sharda	**1/2	1957	L. V. Prasad
239	Tarang	***	1983	Kumar Shahani
240	Khiladi	***	1992	Abbas-Mustan
241	Super Star	**	2008	Rohit Hansraj
242	Yes Boss	***	1997	Aziz Mirza
243	Armaan	**	2003	Honey Irani
244	Goonj Uthi Shehnai	***	1959	Vijay Bhatt
245	Bahu Begum	***	1967	M Sadiq
246	Yuva	***	2004	Mani Ratnam
247	Dil Se	***1/2	1998	Mani Ratnam
248	Vachan	**1/2	1955	Raj Rishi
249	Tahaan	***	2008	Santosh Sivan

October '09

250	XXX	**	2002	Rob Cohen
251	Bhoot Unkle	**	2006	Mukesh Saigal
252	Chhota Chetan	*1/2	1984	Jijo
253	My Friend Ganesha	*	2006	Rajiv S. Ruiyya
254	Maruti Mera Dosst	*	2009	Manikya Raju
255	Dacait	***	1987	Rahul Rawail
256	Hawas Ki Raat	0	2001	Kailash Churi
257	Raja Rani Ko Chahiye Paseena	**1/2	1978	Sulabhdesh Pandey
258	Little Zizuo	***	2009	Sooni Taraporevala
259	Maine Pyaar Kiya	***	1989	Sooraj R. Barjatya
260	Hum Dono	**1/2	1995	Shafi Inamdar
261	Dulhann Wahi Jo Piya Mann Bhaye	***	1978	Lekh Tandon
262	Izaajat	***	1987	Gulzar
263	Life In A ... Metro	***	2007	Anurag Basu
264	Phir Kabhi	*	2009	V K Prakash
265	Sanam Teri Kasam	***	1982	Narender Bedi
266	Ek Duuje Ke Liye	***	1981	K. Balachander
267	Mumbai Se Aya Mera Dost	*	2003	Apoorva Lakhia
268	Naseeb Apna Apna	**	1986	T. Ramarao
269	Refugee	***	2000	J. P. Dutta
270	Do Dooni Char	***	1968	Debu Sen
271	Bewafa	**1/2	1952	M. L. Anand
272	Raat Aur Din	***	1967	Satyen Bose
273	Andaz	***	1971	Ramesh Sippy
274	Border	***	1997	J. P. Dutta
275	L. O. C. Kargil	**1/2	2003	J. P. Dutta
276	Dreams … Sapne Such Honge	0	2005	Aashish
277	Izzatdaar	**	1990	K Bapaiah
278	Narasimha	**1/2	1991	N. Chandra
279	Baat Ban Jaye	**	1986	Bharat Rangachary
280	Qaidi No. 911	*	1959	Aspi
281	Salaam Bachche	*1/2	2007	Pratibha Kulkarni
282	Khuddar	*1/2	1994	Iqbal Durrani
283	Sankat City	***	2009	Pankaj Advani
284	Safari	**1/2	1999	Jyotin Goel
285	Gambler	*1/2	1995	Dayal Nihalani
286	Chhote Sarkar	*	1996	Vimal Kumar
287	Maharaja	*1/2	1998	Anil Sharma
288	Gunda	0	1998	Kanti Shah
289	Guru	*1/2	1989	Umesh Mehra
290	Roti Ki Keemat	*1/2	1990	Ramesh Ahuja
291	Apne	**	2007	Anil Sharma
292	Joshilaay	*	1989	S H Rizvi
293	Aarti	***	1962	Phani Majoomdar
294	Moonraker	***	1979	Lewis Gilbert

November '09

295	Daadi Maa	***	1966	L. V. Prasad
296	Road	**1/2	2002	Rajat Mukherjee
297	International Khiladi	**	1999	Umesh Mehra
298	From Russia With Love	***	1963	Terence Young
299	License To Kill	***	1989	John Glen
300	Aandhi	***1/2	1975	Gulzar
301	Khuda Kay Liye	***1/2	2008	Shoaib Mansoor
302	Shaheed	***1/2	1966	Ram Sharma
303	Raghu Romeo	***	2003	Rajat Kapoor
304	Paigham	***	1959	S. S. Vasan
305	Shera	*	1999	T. L. V. Prasad
306	Bhagwan Dada	*1/2	1986	J. Om Prakash
307	Sanjog	**1/2	1971	J. Om Prakash
308	Love Story	***	1981	Rajendra Kumar
309	Jaani Dushman- Ek Anokhi Kahani	*	2002	Rajkumar Kohli
310	Barsaat	**1/2	1995	Rajkumar Santoshi
311	Yugpurush	**	1998	Partho Ghosh
312	Adalat	**1/2	1976	Narender Bedi
313	Yeh Raaste Hain Pyaar Ke	**1/2	1963	Narender Bedi
314	Jail	**	2009	Madhur Bhandarkar
315	Virasat	***1/2	1997	Priyadarshan
316	Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic	**	2008	Kunal Kohli
317	Wake Up Sid!	****	2009	Ayan Mukerji
318	Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon	**	2002	Sooraj R. Barjatya
319	Maya	***	1961	D. D. Kashyap

December '09

320	Fiza	***	2000	Khalid Mohammad
321	Blue	*	2009	Anthony D'souza
322	Wanted	**	2009	Prabhu Deva
323	De Dana Dan	**	2009	Priyadarshan
324	Pyar Hi Pyar	**	1969	Bhappie Soni
325	Mere Humdum Mere Dost	**	1968	Amar Kumar
326	Bhabhi Ki Chudiyan	**	1961	Sadashiv J. Rowkavi
327	Kaminey	****	2009	Vishal Bhardwaj
328	New Delhi	**1/2	1956	Mohan Segal
329	Bewaqoof	**	1960	I. S. Johar
330	Khamoshi	***	1969	Asit Sen
331	Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya	***	2001	Rajat Mukherjee
332	Blackmail	**1/2	1973	Vijay Anand
333	Clerk	*	1989	Manoj Kumar
334	The Man With The Golden Gun	***	1974	Guy Hamilton
335	Goldfinger	***1/2	1964	Guy Hamilton
336	For Your Eyes Only	***	1981	John Glen
337	Thunderball	***	1965	Terence Young
338	Kurbaan	**1/2	2009	Rensil D'silva
339	Singh Is Kinng	***	2008	Anees Bazmi
340	Namastey London	**	2007	Vipul Amrutlal Shah
341	Kambakkht Ishq	*	2009	Sabir Khan
342	8 X 10 Tasveer	**	2009	Nagesh Kukunoor
343	Paa	***1/2	2009	R Balki
344	Radio - Love On Air	*1/2	2009	Ishaan Trivedi
345	Tum Mile	**	2009	Kunal Deshmukh
346	London Dreams	**	2009	Vipul Amrutlal Shah
347	Jogan	**	1950	Kidar Sharma
348	Teree Sang	**	2009	Satish Kaushik
349	Agyaat	*	2009	Ram Gopal Varma
350	Kisaan	**	2009	Puneet Sira
351	Love Khichdi	**	2009	Shrinivas Bhasyam
352	Life Partner	*	2009	Rumy Jaffrey
353	Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro	*****	1983	Kundan Shah
354	Babul	***	1950	S. U. Sunny
355	Panna	*	1944	Najam Naqvi
356	Shaheed	***	1948	Ramesh Saigal
357	Julie	*	2004	Deepak Shivdasani
358	Sheesha	*	2004	Ashu Trikha
359	Julie	***	1975	K S Sethumadhavan
360	Anand Ashram	***	1977	Shakti Samanta
361	Amaanush	***	1975	Shakti Samanta
362	All The Best	***	2009	Rohit Shetty
363	Sunghursh	**1/2	1968	H. S. Rawail
364	Ajab Prem Ki Ghajab Kahani	**1/2	2009	Rajkumar Santoshi
365	Aladin	**	2009	Sujoy Ghosh
366	Jaisi Karni Waisi Bharni	*	1989	Vimal Kumar
367	Hu Tu Tu	***	1999	Gulzar
368	Hum Paanch	***	1980	Bapu

Non-Feature Films:

1. Oadh (2005; Marathi; Dheeraj Meshram)
2. Vilaap (1971; Hindi; Surendra Chaudhary)
3. Kshya Tra Gya (2004; Hindi; Amit Dutta)