Year Ender 2023 | Aatmapamphlet to Three of Us: Best Indian films of the year you probably didn't watch
Hindustan TimesYear end lists are difficult, but they serve as a careful and necessary reminder of the films that surrounded us in the last few months. The feather-weight touch of Ashish Bende's Marathi language coming-of-age film Aatmapamphlet skillfully deals with the uncompromising subject matter- intercutting cultural history and personal history together unlike few Indian films in recent memory. Where to watch: Zee5 Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai A terrific Manoj Bajpayee performance elevates Apoorv Singh Kalki's resolute courtroom drama Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai to new heights. Where to watch: Zee5 Three of Us Set in the Konkan region of Maharashtra, Avinash Arun Dhaware's beautifully realized drama chronicles an unusual vacation taken by a middle-aged woman named Shailaja Patankar, who has been diagnosed with early onset of dementia. Where to watch: Zee5 Dada Ganesh Babu's Dada is one of those films which could have gone wrong due to the melodramatic tendencies of its plot.