Featuring an ensemble cast that does exactly what they are supposed to do – make sense out of this crazy inane idea. If mainstream cinema needed saving, this film is the rightful prodigy of the better side of it all. Genuinely heart-warming and funny, Amit Sharma’s “Badhaai Ho” understood the middle-class family dynamics so well that it turned numerous simplistic instances into crackling moments of pure joy. Related to the best Hindi films of 2018 – Art and the Obstinate Expectations of Avant-Gardism Featuring Vineet Kumar in the role of a lifetime, Mukkabaaz is a cheering winner for Bollywood. An angry, unforgiving sports film disguised as a dark, brooding critique on the ever-alarming and the ridiculously unfair caste system. Similar to Best Hindi Films of 2018: Top 15 Hindi Films of 2016įoreshadowing his previous films with grim realism, Anurag Kashyap’s “Mukkabaaz” featured him diving into the mainstream cinema without holding off his punches. Featuring another fantastic central performance by Nawazuddin Siddiqui that film follows a narrative that pays homage to the blurriness between Manto’s idea of reality and literature itself. In spite of a pretty basic, surface level, theatrical representation of the great Pakistani writer Saadat Hasan Manto, Nandita Das’s “Manto” works because it understands that even though many decades have passed since the writer was charged with intolerant obscenity, the subject is more relevant now than ever. Similar to Best Hindi Films of 2018: 10 Best Hindi Films of 2020 However, Prosit Roy’s “Pari” was that rare India horror film that married creepy atmospheric thrills with cleverly placed social commentary (unlike the unintentional hybrid ‘Stree’) on the situations and derogatory life that raped and abused women of the country have to face. When it comes to horror, Indian directors have unsuccessfully drenched themselves in poorly woven CGI-theatrics and unabashedly horrendous evil plots. Featuring one of the best Manoj Bajpai performances ever, the film also examined how physical and emotional abuse seen at homes can sometimes scar lives forever. A delirious tale of a voyeuristic individual whose obsession with the kid next door shuns him into despair as his sanity keeps slipping away. Also, Read – Manmarziyaan Review: Crazy, Stupid Love Indeedĭipesh Jain’s “Gali Guleiyan” was a slow-burning psychological drama that revolved around a man who is so stuck in the criss-cross lanes of Old Delhi, that even deeply seated wounds can’t help him escape.
A wise, abide messy film whose characters sometimes so completely inhibit the title’s meaning that it gets frustrating. Kanika Dhillon penned a ferociously energetic central character in Rumi which Taapsee completely dissolved into. Brought down by questionable character motivations, Anurag Kashyap’s “Manmarziyaan” was a layered love story that scalped the modern-day Indian lovebirds with the precision of an old-school melodrama. The most divisive Hindi films of Anurag Kashayp’s career came out in 2018. This comprehensive list only includes those films that I think managed to tick at least a couple of boxes when it comes to being a good film. And Vikramaditya Motwane’s pretty down-to-earth vigilante drama “Bhavesh Joshi Superhero,” which was somehow botched down by inconsistent writing, lack of character depth and conventional cut-out villains.
Also missing the list is the Netflix Anthology “Lust Stories” which was two stories short of being a great film (go figure yourself which two am talking about). One of those was the Netflix Original “Love Per Square Foot” – A modern-day rom-com that mostly worked because it knew that everyone eventually searches for a home – be it in a person or a place. I did not just struggle to keep up with the films produced but even tried more than I should to like them.īefore getting into the count I’d like to point out three films that could have slipped into the list but didn’t for some reason or the other. It didn’t work its magic and produce something as exceptional as the top three picks from 2017. However, the Best Hindi Films of 2018 sadly didn’t even get out via the responsible indie-circuit. Bollywood Movies in 2018 were so overtly bad that everyone had to seek getaway in indie film. To me, there was only one film that really managed to surpass expectations and remain memorable. While every year features a truck-load of crap, 2018 will be especially known for celebrating mediocrity. 2018 turned out to be a really bad year for Hindi Cinema.
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