Haider and the Hindutva brigade

Haider posterIt’s amazing how a movie like Haider gets even the closeted hindutva brigade crawling out of the woodwork. It’s a movie. It’s more about a family than about Kashmir. Yes, it’s set in Kashmir, and yes, the major protagonists are Muslims. Does that make it an us vs them story? No. It makes it a human story.

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Looking back 2010 – Top 10 movies

There were some excellent English and Hindi movies released in 2010…from among those, these were my 10 favorite movies during the year (in no particular order).

  1. Dabangg
  2. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – part 1
  3. Eat, Pray, Love
  4. Rajneeti
  5. Inception
  6. Anjaana Anjaani
  7. Iron Man 2
  8. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
  9. Sex and the City 2
  10. I Hate Luv Stories

What were your favorite movies in 2010?

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