20 December 2024

Everything I Watched in 2024

Feature Films/Documentaries:

January 2024

1. Chithha (2023/S. U. Arun Kumar) [****]

2. Parking (2023/Ramkumar Balakrishnan) [****]

3. Dono (2023/Avnish Barjatya) [**1/2]

4. The Missouri Breaks (1976/Arthur Penn) [***]

5. Collateral (2004/Michael Mann) [***1/2]

6. Maestro (2023/Bradley Cooper) [***]

7. The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008/Mark Herman) [***1/2]

8. Shastry Virudh Shastry (2023/Nandita Roy, Shiboprosad Mukherjee) [**]

9. Lone Wolf McQuade (1983/Steve Carver) [***]

10. 800 (2023/M.S. Sripathy) [**1/2]

11. Hi Nanna (2023/Shouryuv) [***]

12. Garudan (2023/Arun Varma) [***]

13. Merry Christmas (Hindi) (2024/Sriram Raghavan) [***1/2]

14. Talk To Me (2022/Danny Philippou, Michael Philippou) [***]

15. Platoon (1986/Oliver Stone) [****]

16. Red River (1948/Howard Hawks) [***1/2]

17. Fallen Leaves (2023/Aki Kaurismäki) [***1/2]

18. Dancer in the Dark (2000/Lars von Trier) [***1/2]

19. Salaar: Part 1 – Ceasefire (2023/Prashanth Neel) [**1/2]

20. Mangalavaaram (2023/Ajay Bhupathi) [**1/2]

21. Medicine for Melancholy (2008/Barry Jenkins) [***]

22. Neru (2023/Jeethu Joseph) [***]

23. Swathi Mutthina Male Haniye (2023/Raj B. Shetty) [***1/2]

24. Aayitha Ezhuthu (2004/Mani Ratnam) [***1/2]

25. Judgment at Nuremberg (1961/Stanley Kramer) [****]

26. Annapoorani (2023/Nilesh Krishnaa) [***]

27. The Manchurian Candidate  (1962/John Frankenheimer)

February 2024

28. Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A (2023/Hemanth M. Rao) [****]

29. Hanu-Man (2024/Prasanth Varma) [***]

30. Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side B (2023/Hemanth M. Rao) [****]

31. Hahaha (2010/Hong Sang-soo) [**]

32. The Mother and the Whore (1973/Jean Eustache) [***1/2]

33. Capote (2005/Bennett Miller) [***]

34. Winter Sleep (2014/Nuri Bilge Ceylan) [***1/2]

35. One-Eyed Jacks (1961/Marlon Brando) [***1/2]

36. The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934/Alfred Hitchcock) [***]

37. Vidyapati (1937/Debaki Bose) 

38. Beau is Afraid (2023/Ari Aster) [****]

39. Bhakshak (2024/Pulkit) [**1/2]

40. Lantrani (2024/Kaushik Ganguly, Bhaskar Hazarika, Gurvinder Singh) [***]

41. President (1937/Nitin Bose) 

42. Kadhala Kadhala (1998/Singeetam Srinivasa Rao) [***]

43. Fighter (2024/Siddharth Anand) [**1/2]

44. Anweshippin Kandethum (2024/Darwin Kuriakose) [***]

45. Bramayugam (2024/Rahul Sadasivan) [****]

46. Premalu (2024/Girish A D) [***1/2]

47. The Great Buster: A Celebration (2018/Peter Bogdanovich)

48. Aatmapamphlet (2023/Ashish Avinash Bende) [***]

49. Ivan's Childhood (1962/Andrei Tarkovsky) [***1/2]

50. All India Rank (2024/Varun Grover) [***1/2]

March 2024

51. Laapataa Ladies (2024/Kiran Rao) [****]

52. The Party (1968/Blake Edwards) [**]

53. American Fiction (2023/Cord Jefferson) [***]

54. Poor Things (2023/Yorgos Lanthimos) [****]

55. Mausam (2011/Pankaj Kapur) [**]

56. A Passage to India (1984/David Lean) [***1/2]

57. Merry Christmas (Tamil) (2024/Sriram Raghavan) [***1/2]

58. Captain Miller (2024/Arun Matheswaran) [***1/2]

59. Malaikottai Vaaliban (2024/Lijo Jose Pellissery) [***1/2]

60. Shaitaan (2024/Vikas Bahl) [***]

61. Anatomy of a Fall (2023/Justine Triet) [***1/2]

62. Main Atal Hoon (2024/Ravi Jadhav) [*1/2]

63. To Kill a Tiger (2024/Nisha Pahuja) [***1/2]

64. Priscilla (2023/Sofia Coppola) [***]

65. The Zone of Interest (2023/Jonathan Glazer) [***1/2]

66. Aattam (2024/Anand Ekarshi) [****]

67. Murder Mubarak (2024/Homi Adajania) [***]

68. Lawrence of Arabia (1962/David Lean) [****]

69. Ae Watan Mere Watan (2024/Kannan Iyer) [**1/2]

70. Madgaon Express (2024/Kunal Kemmu) [***]

71. Ferrari (2023/Michael Mann) [***1/2]

72. Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya (2024/Amit Joshi, Aradhana Sah) [**1/2]

73. Aankh Micholi (2023/Umesh Shukla) [**]

74. Crew (2024/Rajesh Krishnan) [***]

75. Aadujeevitham (2024/Blessy) [****]

April 2024

76. Woh Bhi Din The (2024/Sajid Ali) [**]

77. Jhini Bini Chadariya (2021/Ritesh Sharma) [***1/2]

78. Por (2024/Bejoy Nambiar) [***]

79. Amar Singh Chamkila (2024/Imtiaz Ali) [***1/2]

80. Farrey (2023/Soumendra Padhi) [***]

81. Maidaan (2024/Amit Ravindernath Sharma) [***]

82. LSD2: Love, Sex aur Dhokha 2 (2024/Dibakar Banerjee) [***]

83. Article 370 (2024/Aditya Suhas Jambhale) [**1/2]

84. Monkey Man (2024/Dev Patel) [****]

85. Do Aur Do Pyaar (2024/Shirsha Guha Thakurta) [***1/2]

86. Demons (2024/Rohit Mittal) [***]

87. Dange (2024/Bejoy Nambiar) [***]

88. Om Bheem Bush (2024/Sree Harsha Konuganti) [**]

May 2024

89. Aavesham (2024/Jithu Madhavan) [***1/2]

90. Sthal (2023/Jayant Digambar Somalkar) [***1/2]

91. Berlin (2023/Atul Sabharwal) [***1/2]

92. Samanantar (2021/Niraj Kumar Mishra) [**]

93. Kayo Kayo Colour? (2023/Shahrukhkhan Chavada) [***1/2]

94. Follower (2023/Harshad Nalawade) [***1/2]

95. WOMB: Women of My Billion (2021/Ajitesh Sharma) [***1/2]

96. Gaami (2024/Vidyadhar Kagita) [***]

97. Not Without My Daughter (1991/Brian Gilbert) [***1/2]

98. 8 A.M. Metro (2023/Raj Rachakonda) [***]

99. Vazhakku (2022/Sanal Kumar Sasidharan) [**1/2]

100. Culture Vulture (2024/Sudhish Kamath) [**1/2]

101. Jaggi (2022/Anmol Sidhu) [****1/2]

102. The French Lieutenant’s Woman (1981/Karel Reisz) [***1/2]

103. Yodha (2024/Sagar Ambre and Pushkar Ojha) [**]

104. Zara Hatke Zara Bachke (2023/Laxman Utekar) [*1/2]

105. Srikanth (2024/Tushar Hiranandani) [***]

106. Ek Phool Char Kaante (1960/Bhappi Sonie) [**1/2]

107. The Bounty (1984/Roger Donaldson) [***1/2]

108. May December (2023/Todd Haynes) [***1/2]

109. Barbarian (2022/Zach Cregger) [***1/2]

110. Mr. & Mrs. Mahi (2024/Sharan Sharma) [***]

June 2024

111. The Monk and the Gun (2023/Pawo Choyning Dorji) [***]

112. It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963/Stanley Kramer) [**]

113. Challengers (2024/Luca Guadagnino) [****]

114. Days of Being Wild (1990/Wong Kar-wai) [***1/2]

115. Bade Miyan Chote Miyan (2024/Ali Abbas Zafar) [*]

116. Anchakkallakokkan (2024/Ullas Chemban) [**1/2]

117. Love Lies Bleeding (2024/Rose Glass) [***1/2]

118. Hit Man (2024/Richard Linklater) [***1/2]

119. The Teacher's Lounge (2023/Ilker Çatak) [****]

120. The Apartment (1960/Billy Wilder) [****]

121. Spirited Away (2001/Hayao Miyazaki) [***]

122. Chandu Champion (2024/Kabir Khan) [***]

123. Maharaj (2024/Siddharth P. Malhotra) [***]

124. Lover (2024/Prabhu Ram Vyas) [***1/2]

125. Perfect Days (2023/Wim Wenders) [***1/2]

126. Sharmajee Ki Beti (2024/Tahira Kashyap Khurrana) [***]

July 2024

127. Kalki 2898 AD (3D) (2024/Nag Ashwin) [***]

128. Kill (2024/Nikhil Nagesh Bhat) [****]

129. Garudan (2024/R. S. Durai Senthilkumar) [**]

130. The Best of the Youth (2003/Marco Tullio Giordana)

131. Cocaine Bear (2023/Elizabeth Banks) [***]

132. Battle of Banaras (2015/Kamal Swaroop) 

133. Maharaja (2024/Nithilan Swaminathan) [****]

134. Kakuda (2024/Aditya Sarpotdar) [*1/2]

135. Wajood (1998/N. Chandra) [**1/2]

136. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024/George Miller) [****]

137. Guruvayoorambala Nadayil  (2024/Vipin Das) [**1/2]

138. Rautu Ka Raaz (2024/Anand Surapur) [**]

139. Muqabla (1993/T. Ramarao) [**]

140. Bhaiyya Ji (2024/Apoorv Singh Karki) [*1/2]

141. In a Violent Nature (2024/Chris Nash) [***1/2]

142. Kurangu Bommai (2017/Nithilan Saminathan) [***1/2]

143. The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (2024/Guy Ritchie) [***]

August 2024

144. Dressed to Kill (1980/Brian De Palma) [***1/2]

145. Manjummel Boys (2024/Chidambaram) [****]

146. Modern Masters: SS Rajamouli (2024/Raghav Khanna)

147. Gudia (1997/Goutam Ghose) [***]

148. Savi (2024/Abhinay Deo) [**]

149. Saw X (2023/Kevin Greutert) [***1/2]

150. Rolling Thunder (1977/John Flynn) [***1/2]

151. Ullozhukku (2024/Christo Tomy) [***1/2]

152. Civil War (2024/Alex Garland) [***]

153. Indian 2: Zero Tolerance (2024/Shankar) [**]

154. Phir Aayi Hasseen Dillruba (2024/Jayprad Desai) [**1/2]

155. Blink (2024/Srinidhi Bengaluru) [***]

156. Kireedam (1989/Sibi Malayil) [***]

157. Satyamev Jayate (1987/Raj N. Sippy) [**1/2]

158. Stree 2 (2024/Amar Kaushik) [***1/2]

159. Vedaa (2024/Nikkhil Advani) [***]

160. Monster (2023/Hirokazu Kore-eda) [***1/2]

161. Deadpool & Wolverine (IMAX 3D) (2024/Shawn Levy) [***1/2]

162. Inside Out 2 (3D) (2024/Kelsey Mann) [****]

163. Agra (2024/Kanu Behl) [***1/2]

164. Raayan (2024/Dhanush) [***1/2]

165. Godzilla Minus One (2023/Takashi Yamazaki) [****]

166. Munjya (2024/Aditya Sarpotdar) [**1/2]

167. The Ladykiller (2023/Ajay Bahl) [*1/2]

September 2024

168. Vaazhai (2024/Mari Selvaraj) [****]

169. Chilli Chicken (2024/Prateek Prajosh) [***]

170. Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984/Michael Radford) [***]

171. Rebel Ridge (2024/Jeremy Saulnier) [***]

172. Coup de Chance (2023/Woody Allen) [***]

173. Sector 36 (2024/Aditya Nimbalkar) [***1/2]

174. Bad Newz (2024/Anand Tiwari) [**]

175. The Buckingham Murders (2024/Hansal Mehta) [***]

176. Yudhra (2024/Ravi Udyawar) [**1/2]

177. The Fall Guy (2024/David Leitch) [**1/2]

178. Auron Mein Kahan Dum Tha (2024/Neeraj Pandey) [*1/2]

179. The Harder They Fall (2021/Jeymes Samuel) [***1/2]

180. Kishkindha Kaandam (2024/Dinjith Ayyathan) [***1/2] 

181. Ulajh (2024/Sudhanshu Saria) [**1/2]

October 2024

182. Kottukkaali (2024/P. S. Vinothraj) [****]

183. The Fall (2006/Tarsem) [***]

184. Some Like it Hot (1959/Billy Wilder) [***1/2]

185. CTRL (2024/Vikramaditya Motwane) [***1/2]

186. Saripodhaa Sanivaaram (2024/Vivek Athreya) [***]

187. When Evil Lurks (2023/Demián Rugna) [***1/2]

188. Falling in Love Like in Movies (2023/Yandy Laurens) [***]

189. Jigra (2024/Vasan Bala) [**1/2]

191. Khel Khel Mein (2024/Mudassar Aziz) [**1/2]

192. Jamoora (2024/Varrun Sukhraj)

193. All We Imagine as Light (2024/Payal Kapadia) [****]

194. Agent of Happiness (2024/Arun Bhattarai, Dorottya Zurbó) [***1/2]

195. Angammal (2024/Vipin Radhakrishnan) [***1/2]

196. Girls Will Be Girls (2024/Shuchi Talati) [****]

197. Despatch (2024/Kanu Behl) [***1/2]

198. On Becoming a Guinea Fowl (2024/Rungano Nyoni) [***]

199. The Shameless (2024/Konstantin Bojanov) [***1/2]

200. Ghatashraaddha (1977/Girish Kasaravalli) [****]

201. Ghamasaan (2024/Tigmanshu Dhulia) [***]

202. Village Rockstars 2 (2024/Rima Das) [***1/2] 

203. Pooja, Sir (2024/Deepak Rauniyar) [***]

204. Santosh (2024/Sandhya Soori) [****]

205. Nocturnes (2024/Anirban Dutta, Anupama Srinivasan) [***1/2]

206. Love (2024/Dag Johan Haugerud) [***]

207. Wild Diamond (2024/Agathe Riedinger) [***]

208. My Melbourne (2024/Onir, Arif Ali, Rima Das, Kabir Khan, Rahul Vohra) [***]

209. Phool Ka Chhand (2024/Amit Dutta) [***]

210. The Fable (2024/Raam Shetty) [***1/2]

211. Go Noni Go (2024/Sonal Dabral) [**1/2]

212. Humans in the Loop (2024/Aranya Sahay) [***] 

213. Diciannove (2024/Giovanni Tortorici) [***]

214. Boong (2024/Lakshmipriya Devi ) [***1/2]

215. Dharmveer: Mukkam Post Thane 2 (2024/Pravin Tarde) [1/2]

216. Do Patti (2024/Shashanka Chaturvedi) [**1/2]

217. Flavors (2003/Krishna DK, Raj Nidimoru) [***]

218. Zwigato (2023/Nandita Das) [***]

November 2024

219. Mathu Vadalara 2 (2024/Ritesh Rana) [***]

220. The Substance (2024/Coralie Fargeat) [****]

221. The Broken Circle Breakdown (2012/Felix van Groeningen) [***1/2]

222. Human Desire (1954/Fritz Lang) [***1/2]

223. Rebel Without a Cause (1955/Nicholas Ray) [***]

224. Longlegs (2024/Oz Perkins) [***1/2]

225. Strange Darling (2023/J.T. Mollner) [****]

226. And, Towards Happy Alleys (2023/Sreemoyee Singh) [***1/2]

227. Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (2023/Ariane Louis-Seize) [***1/2]

228. Vettaiyan (2024/T. J. Gnanavel) [***]

229. Gaganachari (2024/Arun Chandu) [**1/2]

230. Vijay 69 (2024/Akshay Roy) [***]

231. While The City Sleeps (1956/Fritz Lang) [***]

232. Don’t Move (2024/Adam Schindler, Brian Netto) [***]

233. The Searchers (1956/John Ford) [***]

234. Roopanthara (2024/Mithilesh Edavalath) [***]

235. The Body (2019/Jeethu Joseph) [*]

236. Johnny Guitar (1954/Nicholas Ray) [****]

237. I Want to Talk (2024/Shoojit Sircar) [***1/2]

238. Lucky Baskhar (2024/Venky Atluri) [***1/2]

December 2024

239. Sookshmadarshini (2024/MC) [***1/2]

240. Sikandar Ka Muqaddar (2024/Neeraj Pandey) [***]

241. Agni (2024/Rahul Dholakiya) [**1/2]

242. Pushpa 2: The Rule (2024/Sukumar) [***]

243. Vicky Vidya Ka Woh Wala Video (2024/Raaj Shaandilyaa) [**]

244. Amaran (2024/Rajkumar Periasamy) [***]

245. Joker: Folie à Deux (2024/Todd Phillips) [***1/2]

Short Films:

February 2024

1. Lick The Star (1998/Sofia Coppola)

March 2024

2. 2100ft (2022/Krishan Hooda)

April 2024

3. Jal Tu Jalaal Tu (2024/Prateek Vats) [****]

4. A New Life (2024/Saumyananda Sahi) 

5. Crossing Borders (2024/Saurav Rai) 

6. Óbur (2024/Faraz Ali) 

7. Mirage (2024/Archana Atul Phadke) 

8. Cheepatakadumpa (2021/Devashish Makhija) 

May 2024

9. Three Blind Men (2007/Kanu Behl)

June 2024

10. Under the Waters (2022/Ambiecka Pandit)

11. ICU (2023/Nikhil Chalam)

July 2024

12. Khaane Ki Tasveer (2024/Ananya Arora)

August 2024

13. Khabsurat (2021/Ashutosh Pathak)

October 2024

14. Rest in Paper (2022/Haseeb Rehman) 

15. The Gap (2024/Keerthigan Sivakumar) 

16. Holy Curse (2024/Snigdha Kapoor)  

17. Cry Me A River (2024/Suman Sen) 

18. Gagan Gaman (2024/Suruchi Sharma)  

19. Am I the Skinniest Person You've Ever Seen? (2024/Eisha Marjara) 

20. Monsoon Walk (2024/Avinash Arun) 

21. Bunnyhood (2024/Mansi Maheshwari) 

22. Banata Hai (2024/Arya Pravin Sagar, Karan Bharat Patel) 

23. Beyond the Horizon (2024/Disha Pawar) 

24. Naam Mein Kya Rakha Hai? (2024/Avi Kesarwani) 

25. Shunya Ke Paar (2024/Akul Kumar) 

26. Chhat (2024/Vaidaangi Sharma) 

27. BMCLD (2024/Shreela Agarwal) 

28. The Slow Train (2024/Tanmay Gemini) 

29. A Tale of Two Cities (2024/Sameeha Sabnis) 

30. After Twenty Years (2024/Sparsh Srivastava) 

31. I Was Painted Red (2024/Bhagyesh Rajeshirke) 

32. The Hamster (2024/Vahram Adajania) 

33. The Jellyfish Can't Live Without Water (2024/Harsh Salunke) 

34. Weapons of Mass Destruction (2012/Payal Kapadia) 

35. Watermelon, Fish and Half Ghost (2014/Payal Kapadia) 

36. The Last Mango Before the Monsoon (2015/Payal Kapadia) 

37. And What is the Summer Saying? (2018/Payal Kapadia) 

Web Series/Specials:

January 2024

1. Cubicles (Season 3) [**1/2]

2. Sapne vs Everyone (Season 1) [****]

3. Killer Soup (Season 1) [***1/2]

4. Indian Police Force (S01E01-03) [*]

5. Money Heist: Berlin (Season 1) [***1/2]

February 2024

6. Love Storiyaan (Season 1) [***]

March 2024

7. Maamla Legal Hai (Season 1) [***]

8. Maharani (Season 3) [***]

9. Showtime (Season 1 Part 1) [***]

10. Poacher (Season 1) [***1/2]

April 2024

11. Family Aaj Kal (Season 1) [***]

12. Chacha Vidhayak Hain Humare (Season 3) [**]

May 2024

13. Baby Reindeer (Mini-Series) [****]

14. Inspector Rishi (Season 1) [***]

15. Dil Dosti Dilemma (Season 1) [***]

16. Undekhi (Season 3) [***]

17. Murder in Mahim (Season 1) [***]

18. Them: The Scare (Season 2) [***1/2]

19. Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar [***]

20. Lootere (Season 1) [***]

21. Patna Hostel in Pune (Season 1)

June 2024

22. Bodkin (Season 1) [***]

23. Panchayat (Season 3) [**1/2]

24. Very Paarivarik (Season 1) 

25. Gullak (Season 4) [**1/2]

26. Industry (Season 1) [**1/2]

27. Kota Factory (Season 3) [**1/2]

July 2024

28. Mirzapur (Season 3) [***]

29. Showtime (Season 1 Part 2) [**1/2]

30. Pill (Season 1) [***1/2]

31. Tribhuvan Mishra CA Topper (Season 1) [***1/2]

32. Gaanth Chapter 1: Jamnaa Paar [**1/2]

August 2024

33. Bad Cop (Season 1) [**1/2]

34. Gyaarah Gyaarah (Season 1) [***1/2]

35. Angry Young Men (Season 1) [***]

36. Shekhar Home (Season 1) [**1/2]

37. Angry Young Men (Limited Series) [***]

38. When They See Us (Limited Series) [****]

September 2024

39. Ripley (Limited Series) [****]

40. IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack (Limited Series) [***1/2]

41. Tanaav (Season 2) [**1/2]

42. Call Me Bae (Season 1) [***]

October 2024

43. Taaza Khabar (Season 2) [**]

44. Zindaginama (Season 1) [***]

November 2024

45. Raat Jawaan Hai (Season 1) [***]

46. Citadel: Honey Bunny (Season 1) [***]

47. Freedom at Midnight (Season 1) [***1/2]

December 2024

48. Waack Girls (Season 1) [***]

Others:

1. Koffee With Karan (S08E09-10)

2. The Great Indian Kapil Show (S01E01, E05)

3. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (S07E02, S11E13)

Repeat Viewing:

January 2024

1. Ram Ke Naam (In the Name of God) [1992/Anand Patwardhan] [****]

2. Animal (2023/Sandeep Reddy Vanga) [****]

February 2024

3. Veer-Zaara (2004/Yash Chopra) [****]

4. Khakee (2004/Rajkumar Santoshi) [***1/2]

5. Apaharan (2005/Prakash Jha) [***1/2]

March 2024

6. Batwara (1989/J. P. Dutta) [***]

7. Kissi Se Na Kehna (1983/Hrishikesh Mukherjee) [***]

8. Johnny Gaddaar (2007/Sriram Raghavan) [****]

April 2024

9. Amar Singh Chamkila (2024/Imtiaz Ali) [***1/2]

10. Pyaasa (1957/Guru Dutt) [*****]

May 2024

11. Paatal Lok (Season 1) [****1/2]

June 2024

12. Manthan (The Churning) (1976/Shyam Benegal) [****]

13. ICU (2023/Nikhil Chalam)

14. Oldboy (2003/Park Chan-wook) [****]

July 2024

15. Yeshwant (1997/Anil Mattoo) [***]

16. Prem Rog (1982/Raj Kapoor) [***1/2]

August 2024

17. Bombay Velvet (2015/Anurag Kashyap) [***]

18. Bombay Mirror (2014/Shlok Sharma) 

19. One Day Mataram (2015/Vijayeta Kumar)

September 2024

20. Rang De Basanti (2006/Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra) [*****]

21. Baadhshah (1999/Abbas-Mustan) [***]

November 2024

22. Gangaajal (2003/Prakash Jha) [***1/2]

23. Namak Haraam (1973/Hrishikesh Mukherjee) [***]

24. Ankur: The Seedling (1974/Shyam Benegal) [****]

December 2024

25. All We Imagine as Light (2024/Payal Kapadia) [****]

26. Animal (2023/Sandeep Reddy Vanga) [****]

27. Sangam (1964/Raj Kapoor) [****]

28. Ram Teri Ganga Maili (1985/Raj Kapoor) [****]

29. Barsaat (1949/Raj Kapoor) [***1/2]

30. Mera Naam Joker (1970/Raj Kapoor) [****1/2]

31. Awara (1951/Raj Kapoor) [*****]

32. Bobby (1973/Raj Kapoor) [***1/2]

[Note: Films seen in movie theatres and at film festivals/screenings are highlighted in bold and italic font, respectively.]

Language-wise (Feature Films/Documentaries, first-time watches)

Assamese - 01
Cantonese - 01
Dutch - 01
Dzongkha - 02
English - 64
Finnish - 01
French - 06
German - 02
Hindi - 87
Hinglish - 03
Indonesian - 01
Italian - 02
Japanese - 04
Kannada - 07
Korean - 01
Maithili - 01
Malayalam - 19
Manipuri - 01
Marathi - 04
Nepali - 01
Norwegian - 01
Persian - 01
Punjabi - 01
Russian - 01
Spanish - 01
Tamil - 20
Telugu - 10
Turkish - 01

Source (Feature Films/Documentaries, first-time watches)

Theatre - 33
Amazon Prime - 57
Disney+ Hotstar - 09
Mubi - 13
Netflix - 44
Vimeo - 02
YouTube - 16
Zee5 - 11
Film Festival - 27
Others - 33

Decade-wise first-time watches

1930s - 03
1940s - 01
1950s - 06
1960s - 09
1970s - 04
1980s - 09
1990s - 06
2000s - 10
2010s - 08
2020s - 189

Older Viewing Logs:

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31 December 2023

Everything I Watched in 2023

Feature Films/Documentaries:

January 2023

1. BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths (2022/Alejandro González Iñárritu) [**1/2]

2. Django & Django (2021/Luca Rea)

3. Mili (2022/Mathukutty Xavier) [**1/2]

4. Hit: The Second Case (2022/Dr. Sailesh Kolanu) [***]

5. Shaandaar (2015/Vikas Bahl) [*1/2]

6. Thai Massage (2022/Mangesh Hadawale) [**1/2]

7. Uunchai (2022/Sooraj R. Barjatya) [**1/2]

8. Phone Bhoot (2022/Gurmmet Singh) [*1/2]

9. Kuttavum Shikshayum (2022/Rajeev Ravi) [***]

10. Victoria & Abdul (2017/Stephen Frears) [**1/2]

11. Inside Man (2006/Spike Lee) [***]

12. Padavettu (2022/Liju Krishna) [**1/2]

13. Kuttey (2023/Aasmaan Bhardwaj) [***]

14. Mukundan Unni Associates (2022/Abhinav Sunder Nayak) [****]

15. Dear Friend (2022/Vineeth Kumar) [**1/2]

16. Avatar: The Way of Water (IMAX 3D) (2022/James Cameron) [****]

17. Happy Birthday (2022/Ritesh Rana) [***]

18. The Menu (2022/Mark Mylod) [***]

19. The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) (2017/Noah Baumbach) [***]

20. Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (2022/Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson) [***1/2]

21. She's Gotta Have It (1986/Spike Lee) [***]

22. True Grit (2010/Ethan Coen, Joel Coen) [***]

23. Pathaan (2023/Siddharth Anand) [***]

24. Salaakhen (1975/A. Salaam) [**]

25. Chaahat (1996/Mahesh Bhatt) [**]

26. The Northman (2022/Robert Eggers) [****]

27. The Guilty (2021/Antoine Fuqua) [**1/2]

28. Attention Please (2021/Jithin Issac Thomas) [***]

29. The Power of the Dog (2021/Jane Campion) [***1/2]

30. Joyland (2022/Saim Sadiq) [***1/2]

31. Tick, Tick... Boom! (2021/Lin-Manuel Miranda) [**]

February 2023

32. Force Majeure (2014/Ruben Östlund) [***]

33. Vengeance is Mine, All Others Pay Cash (2021/Edwin) [***]

34. Almost Pyaar With DJ Mohabbat (2023/Anurag Kashyap) [***]

35. Jonaki (2018/Aditya Vikram Sengupta)

36. Vadh (2022/Jaspal Singh Sandhu, Rajeev Barnwal) [***]

37. The River (1951/Jean Renoir) [**1/2]

38. Chi-Raq (2015/Spike Lee) [***]

39. Where the Crawdads Sing (2022/Olivia Newman) [***]

40. All That Breathes (2022/Shaunak Sen) [**1/2]

41. Vedha (2022/Harsha) [**1/2]

42. Salaam Venky (2022/Revathy) [**]

43. Halal Love (and Sex) (2015/Assad Fouladkar) [**]

44. Decision to Leave (2022/Park Chan-wook) [****]

45. Argentina, 1985 (2022/Santiago Mitre) [****]

46. Vijay (1988/Yash Chopra) [**]

47. Lost (2023/Anirudhha Roy Chowdhury) [**1/2]

48. Pebbles (2021/P. S. Vinothraj) [****]

49. Thankam (2023/Saheed Arafath) [***]

50. Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam (2022/Lijo Jose Pellissery) [***1/2]

51. Vaalvi (2023/Paresh Mokashi) [***1/2]

52. Traffic (2000/Steven Soderbergh) [***1/2]

53. Faasle (1985/Yash Chopra) [**]

March 2023

54. Audition (1999/Takashi Miike) [***1/2]

55. Babylon (2022/Takashi Miike) [****]

56. Gulmohar (2023/Rahul V. Chittella) [**1/2]

57. Broker (2023/Hirokazu Kore-eda) [**1/2]

58. Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar (2023/Luv Ranjan) [***]

59. Ela Veezha Poonchira (2022/Shahi Kabir) [***1/2]

60. Middle Class Love (2022/Ratnaa Sinha) [**]

61. Bheed (2023/Anubhav Sinha) [***]

62. Chor Nikal Ke Bhaga (2023/Ajay Singh) [***]

63. Vaathi (2023/Venky Atluri) [***]

64. Night Drive (2022/Vysakh) [***]

65. Iratta (2023/Rohit M.G. Krishnan) [***1/2]

66. Money Shot: The Pornhub Story (2023/Suzanne Hillinger) [**]

April 2023

67. Sarkar 3 (2017/Ram Gopal Varma) [**]

68. Bakasuran (2023/Mohan G.) [***]

69. Faraaz (2023/Hansal Mehta) [**1/2]

70. Piggy (2022/Carlota Martínez-Pereda) [**1/2]

71. Promising Young Woman (2020/Emerald Fennell) [***1/2]

72. Bommai Nayagi (2023/Shan) [**1/2]

73. Nakkash (2019/Zaigham Imam) [**]

74. Holy Cow (2022/Sai Kabir) [*]

75. Evil Dead Rise (2023/Lee Cronin) [***1/2]

76. Ponniyin Selvan: Part Two (2023/Mani Ratnam) [****]

77. Sisu (2022/Jalmari Helander) [****]

78. The Song of Scorpions (2023/Anup Singh) [***]

May 2023

79. Footfairy (2020/Kanishk Varma) [**]

80. Smile (2022/Parker Finn) [***]

81. Dasara (2023/Srikanth Odhela) [**1/2]

82. Jai Hind (1999/Manoj Kumar) [1/2]

83. Rajput (1982/Vijay Anand) [**]

84. One 2 Ka 4 (2001/Shashilal Nair) [**]

85. Afwaah (2023/Sudhir Mishra) [***1/2]

86. Tora's Husband (2022/Rima Das) [***]

87. Evil Dead (2013/Fede Álvarez) [***]

88. Close (2022/Lukas Dhont) [***1/2]

89. Antichrist (2009/Lars von Trier) [***]

90. Lajwanti (2014/Pushpendra Singh) [***]

91. Mrs. Chatterjee vs Norway (2023/Ashima Chibber) [**1/2]

92. House by the River (1950/Fritz Lang) [***]

93. Cinema Bandi (2021/Praveen Kandregula) [***]

94. Mithila Makhaan (2016/Nitin Neera Chandra) [***]

95. Kathal (2023/Yashowardhan Mishra) [**]

96. Shesher Kobita (2015/Suman Mukhopadhyay) [**1/2]

97. Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar (2000/Jabbar Patel) [***1/2]

98. Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai (2023/Apoorv Singh Karki) [***]

99. Miracle in Milan (1951/Vittorio De Sica) [***1/2]

100. Bholaa (2023/Ajay Devgn) [**]

101. Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag (2007/Ram Gopal Varma) [1/2]

102. Viduthalai: Part 1 (2023/Vetrimaaran) [****]

103. Fire in the Mountains (2021/Ajitpal Singh) [***]

June 2023

104. Blood & Gold (2023/Peter Thorwarth) [***]

105. Bloody Daddy (2023/Ali Abbas Zafar) [**1/2]

106. Ghar Banduk Biryani (2023/Hemant Awtade) [**1/2]

107. Por Thozhil (2023/Vignesh Raja) [***1/2]

108. Extraction 2 (2023/Sam Hargrave) [***]

109. I Love You (2023/Nikhil Mahajan) [*]

110. Kisi Ka Bhai… Kisi Ki Jaan (2023/Farhad Samji) [*]

111. Siya (2022/Manish Mundra) [***]

112. The Idiots (1998/Lars von Trier) [**]

113. Bones and All (2022/Lars von Trier) [***]

114. Kaphal (2013/Batul Mukhtiar) [**]

115. Lust Stories 2 (2023/R. Balki, Konkona Sensharma, Sujoy Ghosh, Amit Ravindernath Sharma) [***]

July 2023

116. Unlocked (2023/Kim Tae-joon) [***]

117. Mukta (1994/Jabbar Patel) [***]

118. Lakadbaggha (2023/Victor Mukherjee) [***]

119. Satyaprem Ki Katha (2023/Sameer Vidwans) [***]

120. Closed Curtain (2013/Jafar Panahi, Kambuzia Partovi) [***]

121. Aftersun (2022/Charlotte Wells) [***]

122. Blind (2023/Shome Makhija) [**]

123. Tarla (2023/Piyush Gupta) [**1/2]

124. The Fabelmans (2022/Steven Spielberg) [***1/2]

125. Till (2022/Chinonye Chukwu) [***]

126. Satya - Ab Tak Pachchees (2023/Parth Vyas, Hitarth Desai)

127. Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023/Christopher McQuarrie) [***]

128. Girl Friends and Girlfriends (2022/Zaida Carmona) [**]

129. Au Hasard Balthazar (1966/Robert Bresson) [***]

130. Mouchette (1967/Robert Bresson) [***]

131. Bawaal (2023/Nitesh Tiwari) [**]

132. Shiv Shastri Balboa (2023/Ajayan Venugopalan) [**1/2]

133. Barbie (2023/Greta Gerwig) [***1/2]

134. Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani (2023/Karan Johar) [***]

135. Maamannan (2023/Mari Selvaraj) [***1/2]

August 2023

136. Mystery Train (1989/Jim Jarmusch) [***]

137. Zindagi Tamasha (2019/Sarmad Sultan Khoosat) [***1/2]

138. Pickpocket (1959/Robert Bresson) [***]

139. Europa (1991/Lars von Trier) [***]

140. Triangle of Sadness (2022/Ruben Östlund) [***1/2]

141. Chopsticks (2019/Sachin Yardi) [***]

142. OMG 2 (2023/Amit Rai) [***]

143. Oppenheimer (IMAX) (2023/Christopher Nolan) [****]

144. Maaveeran (2023/Madonne Ashwin) [***1/2]

145. The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001/Woody Allen) [***1/2]

146. What’s Up, Tiger Lily? (1966/Woody Allen) [*]

147. Chalti Ka Naam Zindagi (1982/Kishore Kumar) [**]

148. Ghoomer (2023/R. Balki) [***]

149. Polite Society (2023/Nida Manzoor) [***]

150. John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023/Chad Stahelski) [***]

151. Sweet and Lowdown (1999/Woody Allen) [***]

152. Don't Drink The Water (1994/Woody Allen) [**1/2]

153. Adipurush (2023/Om Raut) [*1/2]

154. Bheeshma Parvam (2022/Amal Neerad) [***1/2]

155. Past Lives (2023/Celine Song) [****]

156. Asteroid City (2023/Wes Anderson) [*1/2]

157. A (1998/Upendra) [***]

158. Jago Hua Savera (1959/A. J. Kardar) [***]

159. Zamaane Ko Dikhana Hai (1981/Nasir Hussain) [**1/2]

160. Kill Boksoon (2023/Byun Sung-hyun) [***]

September 2023

161. Friday Night Plan (2023/Vatsal Neelakantan) [***]

162. Shabbash Daddy (1979/Kishore Kumar) [*1/2]

163. Jailer (2023/Nelson Dilipkumar) [***]

164. Waris Shah: Ishq Daa Waaris (2006/Manoj Punj) [***]

165. While We Watched (2022/Vinay Shukla) [****]

166. Jawan (2023/Atlee) [***1/2]

167. Haddi (2023/Akshat Ajay Sharma) [*1/2]

168. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023/James Mangold) [***]

169. Jackson Halt (2023/Nitin Neera Chandra) [**1/2]

170. Thiruchitrambalam (2022/Mithran R. Jawahar) [***1/2]

171. Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. (2023/Kelly Fremon Craig) [***]

172. Saaya (1989/Keshu Ramsay) [**1/2]

173. Shaheed-E-Mohabbat Boota Singh (1999/Manoj Punj) [***]

174. Writing With Fire (2021/Rintu Thomas, Sushmit Ghosh) [****]

175. Jaane Jaan (2023/Sujoy Ghosh) [***1/2]

176. Des Hoyaa Pardes (2004/Manoj Punj) [***]

177. The Great Indian Family (2023/Vijay Krishna Acharya) [***]

October 2023

178. RDX: Robert Dony Xavier (2023/Nahas Hidayath) [***]

179. Love at First Sight (2023/Vanessa Caswill) [**1/2]

180. Zindagi Khoobsoorat Hai (2002/Manoj Punj) [**]

181. Khufiya (2023/Vishal Bhardwaj) [***1/2]

182. Kushi (2023/Shiva Nirvana) [**]

183. Gadar 2: The Katha Continues (2023/Anil Sharma) [*1/2]

184. Fair Play (2023/Chloe Domont) [***1/2]

185. No Hard Feelings (2023/Gene Stupnitsky) [**1/2]

186. Apocalypto (2006/Mel Gibson) [****]

187. The Whale (2022/Darren Aronofsky) [****]

188. Mark Antony (2023/Adhik Ravichandran) [***]

189. The Magnificent Seven (1960/John Sturges) [***]

190. Dream Girl 2 (2023/Raaj Shaandilyaa) [*1/2]

191. The Killing of Two Lovers (2020/Robert Machoian) [***]

192. Planet Terror (2007/Robert Rodriguez) [***]

193. The Long Goodbye (1973/Robert Altman) [****]

194. The Night of the Hunter (1955/Charles Laughton) [***1/2]

195. EO (2022/Jerzy Skolimowski) [***]

196. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998/Guy Ritchie) [***]

197. As Good As It Gets (1997/James L. Brooks) [***]

198. Narmada Diary (1995/Simantini Dhuru, Anand Patwardhan)

199. Blow Out (1981/Brian De Palma) [****]

200. Killers of the Flower Moon (IMAX) (2023/Martin Scorsese) [****1/2]

201. 12th Fail (2023/Vidhu Vinod Chopra) [***1/2]

202. Godavari (2021/Nikhil Mahajan) [***1/2]

November 2023

203. Me Vasantrao (2022/Nipun Dharmadhikari) [***1/2]

204. Three of Us (2023/Avinash Arun Dhaware) [****]

205. The Woman King (2022/Gina Prince-Bythewood) [***]

206. Thuramukham (2023/Rajeev Ravi) [***1/2]

207. Leave No Traces (2021/Jan P. Matuszynski) [***]

208. The Village (2023/Michihito Fujii) [**1/2]

209. Pippa (2023/Raja Krishna Menon) [**1/2]

210. Tiger 3 (2023/Maneesh Sharma) [***]

211. The Killer (2023/David Fincher) [***1/2]

212. Blind Chance (1987/Krzysztof Kieślowski) [***]

213. Purusha Pretham (2023/Krishand) [***1/2]

214. Great Freedom (2021/Sebastian Meise) [***1/2]

215. Apurva (2023/Nikhil Nagesh Bhat) [***]

216. No End (1985/Krzysztof Kieślowski) [***1/2]

217. No Bears (2022/Jafar Panahi)

218. Pokhar Ke Dunu Paar (2022/Parth Saurabh) [***]

219. Ran (1985/Akira Kurosawa) [****]

220. Camera Buff (1979/Krzysztof Kieślowski) [***]

221. Waltz with Bashir (2008/Ari Folman) [***]

222. Fukrey 3 (2023/Mrighdeep Singh Lamba) [*1/2]

223. Kannur Squad (2023/Roby Varghese Raj) [***1/2]

224. Leo (2023/Lokesh Kanagaraj) [**1/2]

December 2023

225. Sam Bahadur (2023/Meghna Gulzar) [***] 

226. Animal (2023/Sandeep Reddy Vanga) [****]

227. Mission Raniganj: The Great Bharat Rescue (2023/Tinu Suresh Desai) [**]

228. Thank You For Coming (2023/Karan Boolani) [**]

229. West Side Story (1961/Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins) [***1/2]

230. The Archies (2023/Zoya Akhtar) [***]

231. Kaathal - The Core (2023/Jeo Baby) [***1/2]

232. Kastoori: The Musk (2023/Vinod Kamble) [****]

233. Joram (2023/Devashish Makhija) [****]

234. I Hired a Contract Killer (1990/Aki Kaurismäki) [***]

235. Runaway Train (1985/Andrei Konchalovsky) [***1/2]

236. Mast Mein Rehne Ka (2023/Vijay Maurya) [***]

237. Dunki (2023/Rajkumar Hirani) [***]

238. Dry Day (2023/Saurabh Shukla) [*]

239. Dhak Dhak (2023/Tarun Dudeja) [**1/2]

240. Sajini Shinde Ka Viral Video (2023/Mikhil Musale) [***]

241. Kho Gaye Hum Kahan (2023/Arjun Varain Singh) [***1/2]

242. Toby (2023/Basil Alchalakkal) [****]

243. Kadaisi Vivasayi (2021/M. Manikandan) [****]

244. Wonder Women (2022/Anjali Menon) [**]

245. Jigarthanda DoubleX (2023/Karthik Subbaraj) [***1/2]

246. Lorni - The Flaneur (2019/Wanphrang Diengdoh) [***]

Short Films:

January 2023

1. Haiku Love (2023/Rajesh Rajamani)

February 2023

2.  Fursat (2023/Vishal Bhardwaj)

3. Making All Quiet on the Western Front (2023)

4. The Broken Table (2023/Chintan Sarda)

5. Afternoon With Julia (2016/Abhiroop Basu)

May 2023

6. Recess (1972/Abbas Kiarostami)

7. The Alphabet (1969/David Lynch)

8.  An Exercise in Discipline (1982/Jane Campion)

9. Solution No. 1 (1978/Abbas Kiarostami)

10. Two Solutions For One Problem) (1975/Abbas Kiarostami)

June 2023

11. Orderly or Disorderly (1981/Abbas Kiarostami)

12. Blank Narcissus (Passion of the Swamp) (2022/Peter Strickland)

13. All the Crows in the World (2021/Tang Yi)

14. Pashi (2018/Siddharth Chauhan)

15. The Colours (1976/Abbas Kiarostami)

16. Don't Forget to Go Home (2020/Victoria Singh-Thompson)

17. Gair (Pariah) (2022/Nishant Roy Bombarde)

18. The Bread and Alley (1970/Abbas Kiarostami)

July 2023

19. A Wild Patience Has Taken Me Here (2021/Érica Sarmet)

20. Nest (2022/Hlynur Palmason)

21. Six Men Getting Sick (1967/David Lynch)

August 2023

22. My Mother's Girfriend (2021/Arun Fulara) [***1/2]

23. Sunday (2020/Arun Fulara) [***]

24. Blue Jeans (1958/Jacques Rozier) 

25. Antoine and Colette (1962/François Truffaut) 

26. 42 (2010/Gaspar Noé)

27. Man Woman Man Woman (2023/Naseeruddin Shah) 

28. Summer’s Puke is Winter’s Delight (2016/Sawako Kabuki) 

29. Koodal (1970/Tyeb Mehta) 

October 2023

30. Poison (2023/Wes Anderson)

31. The Swan (2023/Wes Anderson)

32. The Ratcatcher (2023/Wes Anderson)

33. The Comedian (2020/Katyayan Shivpuri)

34. Rat in the Kitchen (2023/Arkish Aftab) 

35. Mein Mehmood (2022/Prataya Saha) 

36. Birha: The Journey Back Home (2022/Puneet Prakash) 

37. Gangster Ganga (2023/Sahil Rakesh Grover)

38. Munna Ka Bachpan (2023/Yudhishtir Urs) 

39. Ghuspaith: Between Borders (2023/Mihir Lath) 

40. The Daughter (2022/Soumyak Kanti DeBiswas) 

41. The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (2023/Wes Anderson) 

November 2023

42. Vakeel Babu (2022/Sumit Purohit)

Web Series/Specials:

January 2023

1. Vadhandhi: The Fable of Velonie (Season 1) [***]

2. Taaza Khabar (Season 1) [***]

3. Trial By Fire (Season 1) [***1/2]

4. Cinema Marte Dum Tak (Season 1) [***]

5. India: The Modi Question

6. The Kapil Sharma Show (Episodes: Ten Years of Gangs of Wasseypur, The Gangs of Wasseypur Reunion)

February 2023

7. Jehanabad - Of Love & War (Season 1) [***]

8. Farzi (Season 1) [***]

9. Class (Season 1) [***]

10. The Romantics (Season 1) [***]

11. The Night Manager (Part 1) [***]

12. Hunters (Season 2) [****]

13. Raja, Rasoi Aur Anya Kahaniyaan (Season 1)

14. All of Us are Dead (S01E01-04)

March 2023

15. Them (Season 1) [***1/2]

16. S K Sir Ki Class (Season 1) [***]

17. Taj: Divided By Blood [**]

18. Rana Naidu (Season 1) [***1/2]

19. Rocket Boys (Season 2) [***]

20. Happy Family: Conditions Apply (Season 1) [**1/2]

April 2023

21. Jubilee (Season 1) [****1/2]

22. Beef (Mini Series) [***]

23. Obsession (Mini Series) [***]

24. Garmi (Season 1) [**]

25. Tooth Pari: When Love Bites (Season 1) [**1/2]

May 2023

26. Saas, Bahu Aur Flamingo (Season 1) [***]

27. Dahaad (Season 1) [***]

June 2023

28. Scoop (Season 1) [***]

29. Taj: Reign of Revenge [**]

30. School of Lies (Season 1) [***]

31. Asur (Season 2) [***]

32. Modern Love Chennai (Season 1) [***1/2]

33. Never Have I Ever (Season 4) [***]

July 2023

34. The Night Manager (Part 2) [***]

35. Sandeep Bhaiya (Season 1) [***]

36. Adhura (Season 1) [***]

37. Kohrra (Season 1) [****]

38. Black Mirror (Season 6) [***1/2]

August 2023

39. Kaalkoot (Season 1) [***]

40. Half CA (Season 1) [***]

41. Made in Heaven (Season 2) [***1/2]

42. The Jengaburu Curse (Season 1) [***]

43. Guns & Gulaabs (Season 1) [***1/2]

44. Taali (Season 1) [**1/2]

September 2023

45. The Offer (Mini-Series) [***1/2]

46. Bambai Meri Jaan (Season 1) [**1/2]

47. Hostel Daze (Season 4) [**1/2]

October 2023

48. Sex Education (Season 4)  [***]

49. Charlie Chopra & The Mystery of Solang Valley (Season 1) [***]

50. Kumari Shrimati (Season 1) [***]

51. Stranger Things (Season 4) [***1/2]

52. Permanent Roommates (Season 3) [**1/2]

53. Koffee With Karan (S08E01)

54. Kaala Paani (Season 1) [****]

November 2023

55. Aspirants (Season 2) [***1/2]

55. Koffee With Karan (S08E02-05)

56. Deadloch (S01E01-02)

57. The Adventures of Lleo (Season 1) [***]

58. Duranga (Season 2) [***]

59. The Railway Men (Mini-Series) [***1/2]

December 2023

60. Shehar Lakhot (Season 1) [***]

61. Chamak (Season 1) [***]

62. First Act (Season 1) [**1/2]

63. Dr. Arora (Season 1) [**1/2]

64. Tamil Rockerz (Season 1) [**1/2]

65. I'mMature (Season 3) [**1/2]

66. Flames (Season 4) [***]

Repeat Viewing:

January 2023

1. Raajneeti (2010/Prakash Jha) [***1/2]

2. Anjaam (1994/Rahul Rawail) [***]

3. Rockstar (2011/Imtiaz Ali) [****1/2]

4. The Disciple (2020/Chaitanya Tamhane) [****]

February 2023

5. Gulaal (2009/Anurag Kashyap) [****]

6. Kaala Patthar (1979/Yash Chopra) [***]

7. AK vs AK (2020/Vikramaditya Motwane) [***1/2]

8. Meal (2020/Abhiroop Basu) [****]

9. Rahim Murge Pe Mat Ro (2008/Devashish Makhija, Rajat Nagpal)

March 2023

10. Vicky Donor (2012/Shoojit Sircar) [***1/2]

11. Suhaag (1979/Manmohan Desai) [***]

12. Shahid (2013/Hansal Mehta) [****]

13. Kuttey (2023/Aasmaan Bhardwaj) [***]

14. Mithya (2008/Rajat Kapoor) [***]

15. Satya (1998/Ram Gopal Varma) [****]

16. Taxi Driver (1976/Martin Scorsese) [*****]

17. Jab Tak Hai Jaan (2012/Yash Chopra) [***]

April 2023

18. Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Maara (2005/Jahnu Barua) [***1/2]

19. Kaminey (2009/Vishal Bhardwaj) [****]

20. Almost Pyaar With DJ Mohabbat (2023/Anurag Kashyap) [***]

21. Hum (1991/Mukul S. Anand) [***]

22. Black Friday (2007/Anurag Kashyap) [****1/2]

23. Shakthi: The Power (2002/Krishna Vamsi) [**]

24. Amar Akbar Anthony (1977/Manmohan Desai) [***]

May 2023

25. Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa (1993/Kundan Shah) [****]

26. Billu (2009/Priyadarshan) [***]

27. Lakshya (2004/Farhan Akhtar) [***]

28. Main Hoon Na (2004/Farah Khan) [**]

29. Maya Memsaab (1993/Ketan Mehta) [***]

30. Dhuin (2022/Achal Mishra) [***1/2]

31. Massey Sahib (1985/Pradeep Krishen) [***]

32. Clerk (1989/Manoj Kumar) [*]

33. Andhaa Kanoon (1983/T. Rama Rao) [**1/2]

June 2023

34. Naseeb (1981/Manmohan Desai) [***]

35. Nau Do Gyarah (1957/Vijay Anand) [***]

36. Saathiya (2002/Shaad Ali) [****]

37. Gadar-Ek Prem Katha (2001/Anil Sharma) [***]

38. The Big Shave (1967/Martin Scorsese) [****]

39. Udaan (2010/Vikramaditya Motwane) [*****]

40. Chhalia (1960/Manmohan Desai) [***]

41. Dhobi Ghat (Mumbai Diaries) (2011/Kiran Rao) [****]

42. Sarfarosh (1999/John Matthew Mathan) [***1/2]

July 2023

43. Lust Stories 2 (2023/Konkona Sensharma, Sujoy Ghosh, Amit Ravindernath Sharma) [***]

44. Lootera (2013/Vikramaditya Motwane) [****1/2]

45. An Insignificant Man (2017/Khushboo Ranka, Vinay Shukla) [***1/2]

46. Maqbool (2004/Vishal Bhardwaj) [****]

47. Half Ticket (1962/Kalidas) [****]

48. Mohalla Assi (2018/Chandraprakash Dwivedi) [**1/2]

49. Hulchul (2004/Priyadarshan) [***]

50. Guru (2007/Mani Ratnam) [****]

51. Pinjar (2003/Dr. Chandraprakash Dwivedi) [***]

52. A Clockwork Orange (1971/Stanley Kubrick) [*****]

August 2023

53. Matrubhoomi: A Nation Without Women (2005/Manish Jha) [****]

54. Anwar (2007/Manish Jha) [***]

55. Slumdog Millionaire (2008/Danny Boyle) [****]

56. My Name is Khan (2010/Karan Johar) [***]

57. Gangs of Wasseypur (2012/Anurag Kashyap) [*****]

58. Gangs of Wasseypur II (2012/Anurag Kashyap) [*****]

59. Mukkabaaz (2018/Anurag Kashyap) [****1/2]

September 2023

60. While We Watched (2022/Vinay Shukla) [****]

61. C.I.D. (1956/Raj Khosla) [***]

October 2023

62. Khufiya (2023/Vishal Bhardwaj) [***1/2]

63. Tamasha (2015/Imtiaz Ali) [****]

64. Socha Na Tha (2005/Imtiaz Ali) [***]

65. Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani (2023/Karan Johar) [***1/2]

66. Chachi 420 (1997/Kamal Haasan) [***1/2]

November 2023

67. Indian (1996/Shankar) [***]

68. Sivaji: The Boss (2007/Shankar) [***]

69. Dharavi (1992/Sudhir Mishra) [***]

70. Maqbool (2004/Vishal Bhardwaj) [****1/2]

December 2023

71. Eeb Allay Ooo! (2019/Prateek Vats) [****]

72. Chhuri (2017/Mansi Jain)

73. Animal (2023/Sandeep Reddy Vanga) [****]

[Note: Films seen in movie theatres and at film festivals/screenings are highlighted in bold and italic font, respectively.]

Language-wise (Feature Films/Documentaries, first-time watches)

Arabic - 01
Assamese - 01
Bengali - 02
Danish - 01
English - 66
French - 05
German - 02
Hebrew - 01
Hindi - 93
Indonesian - 01
Italian - 01
Japanese - 03
Kannada - 03
Khasi - 01
Korean - 05
Maithili - 02
Malayalam - 16
Marathi - 05
Persian - 02
Polish - 05
Punjabi - 05
Spanish - 04
Tamil - 13
Telugu - 05
Urdu - 02
Yucatec Maya - 01

Source (Feature Films/Documentaries, first-time watches)

Amazon Prime - 48
Bejod - 01
Theatre - 31
Disney+ Hotstar - 06
Jio Cinema - 05
Mubi - 24
Netflix - 69
Sony Liv - 04
YouTube - 14
Zee5 - 15
Film Festival/Screening - 02
Others - 27

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