Best Indian film performances of 2022: Alia Bhatt in Gangubai Kathiawadi to Fahadh Faasil in Malayankunju
Hindustan TimesA great performance is marked by that invisible thread of connection with the audience that almost transfers the qualities from the screen to us. Alia Bhatt in Gangubai Kathiawadi: Alia is present in almost every frame in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's grandiose tribute to the life of a sex worker who bows to rise up against all odds. In Sajimon's survival drama Malayankunju, the National Award-winning actor is given the Herculean task of taking the entire narrative ahead single-handedly, even while he is trapped in a landslide. Soumitra's posthumous presence increases the metaness of this performance alone, but the generational actor is quietly affecting as he gently guides us through a life lived by, in all its subtle pauses and thrills. Actor Darshana Rajendran in a still from the Malayalam film Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaya He.