Add to it an unusual protagonist (by Bollywood standards), some great characters (the bespectacled assassin is hard to forget) and short running time made up for the somewhat predictable ending. Ghosh used the chaotic vibrancy of the city during the Durga Puja festival to great effect in this thriller. Kahaani - ‘Ekla Chalo Re’ in Amitabh Bachchan’s baritone and Vidya Balan looking down at a teeming Kolkata street is my lasting memory of Sujoy Ghosh’s “Kahaani”. Despite the somewhat predictable ending, this one was a winner all the way. Ayushmann Khurrana played the perfect Delhi boy, and Yami Gautam set quite a few hearts aflutter. Especially when most ‘comedy’ films this year seemed to have lost the plot. Credit must go to writers Shoojit Sircar and Juhi Chaturvedi for making the year’s funniest film, that too on a subject like sperm donation without using double entendres. Vicky Donor - There is one criterion for watching “Vicky Donor” - you have to have lived in Delhi, or visited the city to get the humour. The next time you see someone speak haltingly in English, or any language for that matter, you won’t be so quick to judge. Sridevi, in her comeback movie, outshone any actress in any role this year and proved once again that you don’t need a male star to make a good Bollywood film. “English Vinglish” was one of those films that are difficult not to like. English Vinglish - Gauri Shinde got the language of her debut feature right.
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