13 February 2025

Everything I Watched in 2025

Feature Films/Documentaries:

January 2025

1. Marco (2024/Haneef Adeni) [***]

2. A Night of Knowing Nothing (2021/Payal Kapadia) [****1/2]

3. Bloody Beggar (2024/Sivabalan Muthukumar) [***]

4. How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies (2024/Pat Boonnitipat) [**1/2]

5. Nunakkuzhi (2024/Jeethu Joseph) [***]

6. Rifle Club (2024/Aashiq Abu) [***]

7. A Real Pain (2024/Jesse Eisenberg) [***]

8. Heretic (2024/Scott Beck and Bryan Woods) [***]

9. Sólo con tu pareja (1991/Alfonso Cuarón) [***1/2]

10. Anora (2024/Sean Baker) [****]

11. UI (2024/Upendra) [*]

12. Wicked (2024/Jon M. Chu) [**1/2]

13. Gladiator (2000/Ridley Scott) [****]

14. Kinds of Kindness (2024/Yorgos Lanthimos) [****]

15. Deva (2025/Rosshan Andrrews) [**1/2]

February 2025

16. Mersal (2017/Atlee) [***]

17. Memoir of a Snail (2024/Adam Elliot) [****]

18. Game Changer (2025/Shankar) [**]

19. The Mehta Boys (2025/Boman Irani) [***]

20. Juror #2 (2024/Clint Eastwood) [***]

21. The Storyteller (2025/Ananth Mahadevan) [***]

22. Mrs. (2025/Arati Kadav) [***1/2]

23. Baby John (2024/Kalees) [*1/2]

Short Films:

January 2025

1. Badminton (2025/Dibakar Banerjee)

February 2025

2. Next, Please (2023/Rishav Kapoor)

3. Anuja (2024/Adam J. Graves)

4. Angry Young Man (1970/Shamshuddin)

Web Series:

January 2025

1. Bandish Bandits (Season 2) [***]

2. Black Warrant (Season 1) [****]

3. Paatal Lok (Season 2) [****]

Repeat Viewing:

January 2025

1. Santosh (2024/Sandhya Suri) [****]

February 2025

2. Raavan (2010/Mani Ratnam) [***]

3. Mrs. (2025/Arati Kadav) [***1/2]

[Note: Films seen in movie theatres and at film festivals/screenings are highlighted in bold and italic font, respectively.]
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31 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]

246. Yo Yo Honey Singh: Famous (2024/Mozez Singh) [**] 

247. Ab Toh Sab Bhagwan Bharose (2023/Shiladitya Bora) [**]

248. Viduthalai: Part 2 (2024/Vetrimaaran) [****]

249. Thangalaan (2024/Pa. Ranjith) [****]

250. The Apprentice (2024/Ali Abbasi) [***1/2]

251. Foxy Brown (1974/Jack Hill) [***1/2]

252. Singham Again (2024/Rohit Shetty) [*]

253. Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 (2024/Anees Bazmee) [**]

254. RRR: Behind & Beyond (2024)

255. Coffy (1973/Jack Hill) [***]

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 - 68
Finnish - 01
French - 06
German - 02
Hindi - 91
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 - 22
Telugu - 10
Turkish - 01

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

Theatre - 34
Amazon Prime - 59
Disney+ Hotstar - 09
Mubi - 13
Netflix - 49
Vimeo - 02
YouTube - 16
Zee5 - 11
Film Festival - 27
Others - 35

Decade-wise first-time watches

1930s - 03
1940s - 01
1950s - 06
1960s - 09
1970s - 06
1980s - 09
1990s - 06
2000s - 10
2010s - 08
2020s - 197

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30 December 2024

Books I Read in 2024

March 2024

1. चीलें (भीष्म साहनी)

July 2024

2. कार में लाश (सुरेंद्र मोहन पाठक)

August 2024

3. दफा ३०२ (सुरेंद्र मोहन पाठक)

September 2024

4.  लम्बे हाथ (सुरेंद्र मोहन पाठक)

October 2024

5.  Kishore Kumar: The Ultimate Biography (Anirudha Bhattacharjee)

6. साँझक गाछ (राजकमल चौधरी)

November 2024

7. शर्ट का तीसरा बटन (मानव कौल)

December 2024

8. पानी केरा बुदबुदा (सुरेंद्र मोहन पाठक)

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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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