hindi recommendations
The Last Color
This film was written and directed by Vikas Khanna and adapted from his book of the same name. The story is set in Varanasi (also known as Banaras), often called the spiritual capital of India and...
Favorite Hindi 2023
Jawan Shahrukh Khan brings the star power and Tamil writer/director Atlee, in his Hindi debut, brings his style of emotional over-the-top action, slow-motion fights, and socially relevant commentary...
Favorite Hindi Movies of 2021
Haseen Dillruba was a quirky pulp fiction-style murder mystery. Great acting by Vikrant Massey as a naïve everyman who marries a beautiful but high maintenance Taapsee Pannu. When well-built and...
The Last Color
This film was written and directed by Vikas Khanna and adapted from his book of the same name. The story is set in Varanasi (also known as Banaras), often called the spiritual capital of India and...
SIR
SIR, winner of the Best Film at the 2018 New York Indian Film Festival, is the debut feature film of Rohena Gera, who has written, directed, and produced it. The film explores class divides in...
Gully Boy
Set in Mumbai’s multi-religious, multi-ethnic Dharavi Slum, Gully Boy is the journey of Murad, a young Muslim man nearing the end of college. Warned that dreaming of a better life will...
malayalam recommendations
Halal Love Story
The Malayalam film industry seems to specialize in heartwarming slice of life movies, films that help us understand the culture, the surroundings, and most of all people groups with whom we are not...
Favorite Malayalam 2022
Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaya Hey - Jaya (Darshana Rajendran) is a young woman who wants to finish her college education and get a job before taking on the responsibilities of marriage. Unfortunately for her,...
telugu recommendations
Baahubali: The Beginning
Director/Screenwriter S.S. Rajamouli's epic tale begins as a villager rescues a tiny baby from the raging waters of a spectacular waterfall. The boy is raised by a surrogate mother and is given the...
Ante Sundaraniki
Sundar Prasad, played to perfection by Nani, is a young man with a problem. From an orthodox Hindu Brahmin family, Sundar has fallen in love with Leela (Nazriya Fahadh in her Telugu debut), from a...
tamil recommendations
Sarvam Thaala Mayam
Best of Tamil 2019 Written and directed by Rajiv Menon, with A.R. Rahman serving as music director, SARVAM THAALA MAYAM is a tribute to South Indian Carnatic music as seen through the...
Favorite Tamil Movies 2021
Sarpatta Prambarai - This was my favorite film of all the Indian industries. It had action, comedy, drama, social commentary, and unforgettable characters. The story follows Kabilan, a young man...