Indian Films

Comedy Crime Dark Comedy Drama Indian Films Satire

Raghu Romeo/2003/Hindi

FiC Rating: 3.5/5
Dir: Rajat Kapoor
Setting: Urban
Why FiC recommends?
1) Smart, sensible and funny. Not logical!! But it’s not always about logic. This is Vijay Raaz’s best performance ever seen. He makes Raghu feel like a person more than a character.
2) Although this is only a light hearted satirical cinema without any heavy duty message, this is the kind of film at end of which you come out as more empathetic and loving human being.

P.S. This is the first movie to be made with money of common man. The director Rajat Kapur had asked for finance from people like us through internet. He got fabulous response and therefore the film could be made.

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  • April 21, 2020
Drama Indian Films Romance

Devdas/2002/Hindi

FiC Rating: 4/5
Dir: Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Setting: Urban/Suburban/Vintage
Why FiC recommends?
1) The film was misjudged as a commercial gimmick. But on the contrary, the emotion and passion of the story is felt just as strongly in every frame of Devdas. You can clearly see the blood and sweat they invested in every department, this is a work of art and heart!
2) Bhansali knew exactly what to do with the film, the shot execution, the sound quality, the cinematography and the direction, the entire film has an overwhelming hugeness to it that’s hard to resist.

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  • April 21, 2020
Drama Indian Films Romance

Photograph/2019/Hindi

FiC Rating: 4.5/5
Dir: Ritesh Batra
Setting: Urban
Why FiC recommends?
1) A love story that will remain with for a long time.
2) This movie has the ability to grow on you as it progresses. Slow, steady and poetic.
3) Extra-ordinary climax.

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  • April 21, 2020
Comedy Documentary Drama Indian Films

Supermen of Malegaon /2008/Hindi,Marathi

FiC Rating: 5/5
Dir: Faiza Ahmad Khan
Setting: Small Town
Why FiC recommends?
1) Aspirations don’t have any pre-conditions where it should arise from. A man from a small town wants to make movies and he makes it. He re-creates none other than ‘Superman’! He with his team runs a local movie industry.
2) It starts off as a funny take on the efforts by these amateur filmmakers, but slowly it starts growing on you and by the time it reaches the end you’ll be moved!

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  • April 20, 2020
Comedy Drama Indian Films

Elizabeth Ekadashi/2014/Marathi

FiC Rating: 3.5/5
Dir: Paresh Mokashi
Setting: Town
Why FiC recommends?
1) A heartwarming film about children just being children, with all their cares and carefree abandon. And adults just being adults, with all their idiosyncrasies, quirks and secret anguish.
2) The high-point are the sterling performances and in the end, it is the kids who walk away with all the laurels

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  • April 20, 2020
Crime Drama Indian Films Indie

Autohead/2016/Hindi

FiC Rating: 5/5
Dir: Rohit Mittal
Setting: Urban/Suburban
Why FiC recommends?
1) Deepak Sampat’s performance in this flick as a ‘disturbed-mind’ is simply incomparable!
2) The trick that movie uses onto audience in it’s format & techniques is brilliant. It’s one of the rare indie masterpiece coming out of India.

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  • April 20, 2020
Drama Indian Films

Love And Shukla/2017/Hindi

FiC Rating: 5/5
Dir: Siddartha Jatla
Setting: Urban
Why FiC recommends?
1) These cities look so huge. They’re huge, but is it really capable of giving enough space to all its inhabitants to live a dignified life?
2) Stellar performance by all the actors make you feel for the characters.

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  • April 20, 2020
Drama Indian Films Romance

Aamis/2019/Assamese

FiC Rating: 4.5/5
Dir: Bhaskar Hazarika
Setting: Town
Why FiC recommends?
1) To say this is something ‘new’ would be an understatement. Even a single hint would act as a ‘spoiler’!
2) Sometimes we know who we are, deep down. But it dies because there’s nothing for it to cling to. This movie attempts something around it!
Note: Knowingly not tagging the category ‘horror’ to it!

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  • April 20, 2020
Comedy Drama Indian Films

Thodasa Roomani Ho Jaayen /1990/Hindi

FiC Rating: 4.5/5
Dir: Amol Palekar
Setting: Remote Place
Why FiC recommends?

1) Outstandingly beautiful and charmingly poignant tale of a conman that stays with you and keeps giving you a good feeling!
2) A poetic blend of Dreams and Reality, the film is real and surreal at the same time! The story unfolds with much poetry and a dreamlike quality that is magical.

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  • April 19, 2020
Drama Indian Films

Court/2014/Marathi,Hindi

FiC Rating: 4.5/5
Dir: Chaitanya Tamhane
Setting: Urban/Suburban
Why FiC recommends?
1) So slow and real that it makes you restless. If you like slow-phased ultra-realistic movies this is your thing!
2) A mirror to the Indian judicial system – almost the way it is, if not exactly!

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  • April 19, 2020
Drama Indian Films Satire

Ee.Ma.Yau (R.I.P)/2018/Malayalam

FiC Rating: 5/5
Dir: Lijo Jose Pellissery
Setting: Countryside/Village
Why FiC recommends?
1) This film is about death, and how?! Cinematic, Satirical, Dramatic and Emotional!
2) The whole act and the movie setting is so simple and realistic that you’ll become part of it.

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  • April 19, 2020
Drama Indian Films Romance

Nathicharami/2018/Kannada

FiC Rating: 4/5
Dir: Manso Re
Setting: Urban
Why FiC recommends?
1) A subtle yet solid take on a widow’s sexuality and the way she deals with eyes of the public around her.

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  • April 19, 2020
Drama Indian Films

Asha Jaoar Majhe/2014/Bengali

FiC Rating: 5/5
Dir: Aditya Vikram Sengupta
Setting: Urban/Suburban
Why FiC recommends?
1) This film is a poem without a single word uttered.
2) It’s minimal approach brings in so many thoughts to mind- true love, urban survival, loneliness and much more.

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  • April 18, 2020
Indian Films Mystery Thriller

Varthamana/2018/Kannada

FiC Rating: 4/5
Dir: Umesh Amshi
Setting: Urban/Not-specified
Why FiC recommends?
1) A rare attempt in Indian cinema to bring ‘weirdism’ on the screen. (David) Lynchian style evident at places.
2) Treat for people who enjoy ‘dreamlike’ sequences.

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  • April 18, 2020
Kaul 2016
Drama Indian Films Mystery

Kaul/2016/Marathi

FiC Rating: 5/5
Dir: Aadish Keluskar
Setting: Countryside/Village
Why FiC recommends?
1) The concept of ‘nihilism’ is explored in this film so mysteriously that it gives you chills every now and then.
2) Poetic, Mysterious, Experimental and what not!

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  • April 18, 2020
To Let
Drama Indian Films

To Let/2019/Tamil

FiC Rating: 4/5
Dir: Chezhiyan
Setting: Urban/Suburban
Why FiC recommends?
1) This film is a lesson on how a small cast film & minimalistic can movie can be made.
2) Addresses an important ‘urban trap’ issue in a very believable manner.

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  • April 17, 2020
Drama Indian Films

Thithi/2018/Kannada

FiC Rating: 5/5
Dir: Raam Reddy
Setting: Countryside/Village
Why FiC recommends?
(1) Non-actors fill in lot of authenticity
(2) Humor-filled and captivating storyline. By end of the film you’ll be a part of their life and you start feeling for them.

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  • April 12, 2020