This Hansal Mehta directed movie is worth a watch. A biopic of Shahid Azmi, an advocate who was famous for representing people falsely accused in anti-state cases, especially Muslims. Shahd gets killed, the murder is still unsolved. Rajkumar Yadav did a brilliant role as Shahid. And Hansal Mehta also did an exceptional job by keeping away obvious Bollywood dramas from this movie. The film neither tries to romanticise Azmi’s life nor tries to demonize him. It tries to show us a perspective though. Shahid is about courtrooms wherein life and death decisions are made. And Shahid also becomes the reflection of the country in itself.

In the mood for love isn’t a cinema, but poetry- soothing, slow and peaceful. This is one sad story of love, life, and loneliness. What makes this movie special is perhaps its universality. You be in New York or Kerala or South Africa, you can perhaps relate to this movie. The story speaks about two neighbors living in the same building who comes to realize their respective spouses are having an affair. They start to develop a love for each other too, in the most subtle way possible. A romance that is borne out of shared betrayal. The Cinematography is spectacular, filled with a mood for love.

Directed by Wong Kar Wai, My Blueberry Nights is perhaps one of those films which lack the Wong Kar Wai signature. A good one time watch, the movie isn’t spectacular like the directors' other ones. The movie is Elizabeth’s story, who after a heartbreak is n pursuit of her own self. The movie is romantic, but not romantic enough. I feel one problem that might have resulted in this is the fact that Wong Kar Wai tried to translate his style for a New York audience and obviously the essence got lost in translation. The thread was too simple, the movie too long.

One of my all-time favorite movies, 12 angry men is a courtroom drama. A 16-year-old boy is accused of killing his father. What will be his fate on the court? Well, watch the movie to find out. The concept is sharp, the casting is perfect and the movie is a no-nonsense experience. The peculiarity is that it isn’t just the courtroom being shown but behind the courtroom discussions. The viewers are witnessing the whole thing and the movie pushes the viewers into moral conflict. The plot is brilliant and this is why without extensive scenery and many characters the film remains a memorable experience.

Antaheen is a movie tightly packed with emotions. It simultaneously speaks the stories of relationship across generations. The story is clichéd I agree, however, the movie can’t be evaluated just on the basis of a story for each story could be told in lot many ways. That’s what the director had done here. He took an age-old clichéd story and created magic with it. Cinematography and music are two strong points of antaheen, which actually gave life to the whole plot. Performance of Rahul Bose, Sen is average. But what is nice about the movie is perhaps the feel it gives to the audience.

The movie speaks about the youth of North Madras, how [politics affect them, their lives. As the director, Pa Ranjith himself says “it’s a mainstream movie which has documented the vibrant life of the oppressed”. Listen to the words he uses. It is indeed a documentation and that might be the reason why this movie breaks many dominant Tamilian stereotypes seen in the other films. The film shows North Chennai in its actuality. Each of the characters has a major and memorable role to play except maybe for the lead Karthi. An inanimate thing like a wall leads the story making many life-changing decisions in people’s life.

Are you really fond of animated films? Then you should definitely watch this movie, for what use is an animation buff without watching Miyazaki films. It is about a family who recently had relocated to the village. There are two kids whose mother is hospitalized. The kids encounter forest spirits. What happens then? Watch the movie to find out. Like all Miyazaki movie, Totoro is also filled with myths and legends and it is rich in imagination. Death lingers all through the movie in each of the frames. But Miyazaki has managed to not make it scary. Well, another Miyazaki brilliance, to be short and specific.

Matrix trilogy is a series of three films that depicts a war between man and artificial intelligence. The story of virtual reality gone out of control. The movie is technically mind-blowing, the performances are top notch. The plot and concept is intense. There is a fine balance between the plot and the execution of it. The fight scenes are amazing. Is life real or imagination, matrix forces us to think. What if we are all a created reality whose whole function has gone wrong. There is drama, action, emotions, content, and spirituality and all of it is properly blend resulting in an amazing movie.

A movie set in Romania, 4 months 3 weeks and 2 days speaks about the story of two girls, one of them pregnant. Romania has outlawed abortion. And she wants to get aborted while her friend volunteers to help. The film makes us live the life and moments that the characters are living. The beauty of this film is perhaps the subtle ways in which it speaks its politics. The entire movie is filled with patriarchy, of the state and of the society and here are two women who have come out to fight it on their own terms. The movie won Palm de Or at Cannes film festival, very well deserving indeed.