Everything I Watched in 2015

Feature Films/Documentaries:

January '15

1	U Me Aur Hum	**	2008	Ajay Devgn
2	Jalwa	**	1987	Pankaj Parashar
3	Masoom	**	1960	Satyen Bose
4	The Imitation Game	***	2014	Morten Tyldum
5	The Interview	***	2014	Evan Goldberg, Seth Rogen
6	Teen Bahuraniyan	*	1968	S. S. Balan, S. S. Vasan
7	Big Hero 6	***	2014	Don Hall, Chris Williams
8	Whiplash	***1/2	2014	Damien Chazelle
9	Videsh - Heaven On Earth	*	2008	Deepa Mehta
10	American Sniper	**	2015	Clint Eastwood
11	Main Madhuri Dixit Banna Chahti Hoon	***	2003	Chandan Arora
12	Jaagriti	***	1954	Satyen Bose
13	I	***	2015	Shankar
14	Sikandar	**	2009	Piyush Jha
15	Ferry (Kashti)	**	1954	Hemen Gupta
16	Sarhad	**	1960	Shankar Mukerjee
17	Miss Mala	**	1954	Jayant Desai
18	Dumb And Dumber	*1/2	1994	Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly
19	Aaj Ka M.L.A. Ram Avtar	*1/2	1984	Narayana Rao Daseri
20	Anurodh	**	1977	Shakti Samanta
21	Joroo Ka Ghulam	**	1972	A. Bhimsingh
22	Jawab	*1/2	1955	Ismail Menon
23	Baby	***1/2	2015	Neeraj Pandey
24	Ek Nazar	**	1972	B. R. Ishara
25	Hum Panchhi Ek Daal Ke	***	1957	P. L. Santoshi
26	Naach	***	2004	Ram Gopal Varma
27	Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja	*1/2	1961	H. S. Rawail
28	Ardhangini	**	1959	Ajit Chakraborty
29	Midnight's Children	**	2013	Deepa Mehta
30	Daddy	***1/2	1989	Mahesh Bhatt
31	Foxcatcher	**	2014	Bennett Miller
32	Subah	**	1984	Jabbar Patel

February '15

Books I Read in 2015

(in alphabetical order)

Hindi

1. Adhe Adhoore (Mohan Rakesh)
2. Anand Math (Bankim Chandra Chatterji)
3. Ande Ke Chhilke (Mohan Rakesh)
4. Ashadh Ka Ek Din (Mohan Rakesh)
5. Colaba Conspiracy (Surendra Mohan Pathak)
6. Crystal Lodge (Surendra Mohan Pathak)
7. Goa Galatta (Surendra Mohan Pathak)
8. Gunahon Ka Devta (Dharmvir Bharti)
9. Jhootha Such - Desh Ka Bhavishya (Yashpal)
10. Jhootha Such - Watan Aur Desh (Yashpal)
11. Karmbhumi (Premchand)
12. Kashi Ka Assi (Kashinath Singh)
13. Maila Aanchal (Phanishwar Nath 'Renu')
14. Murjhaye Vriksha (Prem Pradhan)
15. Partee: Parikatha (Phanishwar Nath 'Renu')
16. Raag Darbari (Shrilal Shukla)
17. Suraj Ka Saatwan Ghoda (Dharmvir Bharti)
18. Tamas (Bhisham Sahni)

English

1. And Then One Day: A Memoir (Naseeruddin Shah)
2. Around The World In 80 Days (Jules Verne)
3. Bollybook (Diptakirti Chaudhary)
4. Don't Stand Too Close To A Naked Man (Tim Allen)
5. Eleven Nights (Paulo Coelho)
6. Five Point Someone (Chetan Bhagat)
7. Half Girlfriend (Chetan Bhagat)
8. How Sachin Destroyed My Life (Vikram Sathaye)
9. Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro: Seriously Funny Since 1983 (Jai Arjun Singh)
10. Kitney Aadmi They (Diptakirti Chaudhary)
11. Love, Rosie (Cecelia Ahern)
12. The Diary of A Young Girl (Anne Frank)
13. The Guide (R K Narayan)

The Best of 2015

BEST FILMS 2015

15. Margarita With A Straw

14. Baby

13. Tanu Weds Manu Returns

12. Dum Laga Ke Haisha

11. Bajirao Mastani

10. Bajrangi Bhaijaan

9. Dil Dhadakne Do

8. Badlapur

7. Bahubali: The Beginning

6. NH10

5. Talvar

4. Titli

3. Piku 

2. Tamasha

1. Masaan

NOT BAD AT ALL

Dolly Ki Doli, Shamitabh, Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!, Dharam Sankat Mein, Bombay Velvet, Main Aur Charles

BEST PERFORMERS (MALE)

In a leading role:

6. Ayushmann Khurrana (Dum Laga Ke Haisha)

5. Irrfan (Talvar)

4. Amitabh Bachchan (Piku)

3. Vicky Kaushal (Masaan)

2. Ranbir Kapoor (Tamasha)

1. Ranveer Singh (Bajirao Mastani & Dil Dhadakne Do)

In a supporting role:

6. Anil Kapoor (Dil Dhadakne Do)

5. Sanjay Mishra (Masaan)

4. Irrfan (Piku)

3. Deepak Dobriyal (Tanu Weds Manu Returns)

2. Nawazuddin Siddiqui (Badlapur)

1. Ranvir Shorey (Titli)

BEST PERFORMERS (FEMALE)

6. Anushka Sharma (NH10)

5. Richa Chaddha (Masaan)

4. Kangana Ranaut (Tanu Weds Manu Returns)

3. Kalki Koechlin (Margarita With A Straw)

2. Deepika Padukone (Piku)

1. Deepika Padukone (Tamasha)

Special Mention:

Deepti Naval (NH10), Shefali Shah (Dil Dhadakne Do), Harshaali Malhotra (Bajrangi Bhaijaan)

BEST SONGS 2015

15. Gallan Goodiyaan (Farhan Akhtar, Shankar Mahadevan & Others; Dil Dhadakne Do)

14. Maati Ka Palang (Samira Koppikar; NH10)

13. Bezubaan (Anupam Roy; Piku)

12. Judaai (Rekha Bhardwaj, Arijit Singh; Badlapur)

11. Deewani Mastani (Shreya Ghoshal; Bajirao Mastani)

10. Banno Tera Swagger (Brijesh Shandllya, Swati Sharma; Tanu Weds Manu Returns)

9. Matargasti (Mohit Chauhan; Tamasha)

8. Naak Pe Gussa (Neeti Mohan; Bombay Velvet)

7. Byomkesh in Love (Rishi Bradoo, Anil Bradoo, Usri Banerjee; Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!)

6. Moh Moh Ke Dhaage (Monali Thakur; Dum Laga Ke Haisha)

5. Chali Kahani (Sukhwinder Singh; Tamasha)

4. Mann Kasturi (Amit Kilam; Masaan)

3. Wat Wat Wat (Arijit Singh, Shashwat Singh; Tamasha)

2. Dhadaam Dhadaam (Neeti Mohan; Bombay Velvet)

1. Agar Tum Saath Ho (Alka Yagnik, Arijit Singh; Tamasha)/Tu Kisi Rail Si (Swanand Kirkire; Masaan)

BEST SOUNDTRACKS 2015

7. NH10 (Bann Chakraborty & Others)

6. Badlapur (Sachin-Jigar)

5. Bajirao Mastani (Sanjay Leela Bhansali)

4. Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! (Sneha Khanwalkar & Others)

3. Masaan (Indian Ocean)

2. Bombay Velvet (Amit Trivedi)

1. Tamasha (A. R. Rahman)