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 Movies 2025
My favorite Hindi films of 2025: Saiyaara, Dhurandhar, Kaalidhar Laapata, Azaad, and Dhoom Dhaam.
Favorite Hindi 2023
My Favorite Hindi Movies of 2023
Haseen Dillruba
Pulp Fiction – An approach to storytelling that is fast-paced, a little trashy, with lurid details and overblown emotions, and characters who are not what they seem. ‘Haseen Dillruba’ is set in a...
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.
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 familiar.
Favorite Malayalam 2025
My favorite Malayalam movies of 2025: Thalavara, Eko, and Lokah: Chapter One
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...
Favorite Telugu Movies 2025
My favorite Telugu movies of 2025: Court: State vs. Nobody and Girlfriend
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 2025
Kaantha, Maareesan, and Tourist Family are my favorite Tamil movies of 2025.
