Aadukalam,
Andhadhun, Sairat, Kammatipaadam, Mahanati, Village Rockstars: 100 great Indian
films of the 2010s
Technically,
as a friend pointed out to me, this week, 2020 is not the start of a new
decade, it is the final year of the decade that began in 2011. Still, it feels
like a milestone and when the mind wants to look back, it will. So, here is a
list of some great films that India produced in the 2010s. I say “great” and
not “the greatest” simply to acknowledge the fact that India is the country
that produces the largest number of films in the world and no critic, not even
the most avid viewer, can possibly watch every single film released across our
multiple film industries, so this is a list of my favourite films from among
all the ones I watched and loved from 2010 to 2019.
With
a few exceptions, the list consists of films that got mainstream theatrical
releases, and barring three, they are all fiction features. A majority are now
available online, so if you missed them in the year they were released, you can
still catch up. Here they are in alphabetical order.
1. Aadukalam / Tamil / 2011
Director: Vetri Maaran
2. Aamis / Assamese / 2019
Director: Bhaskar Hazarika
3. Aaranya Kaandam / Tamil / 2011
Director: Thiagarajan
Kumararaja
4. Anaarkali of Aarah / Hindi / 2017
Director: Avinash
Das
5. Andhadhun / Hindi / 2018
Director: Sriram Raghavan
6. Angamaly Diaries / Malayalam / 2017
Director: Lijo Jose Pellissery
7. Article 15 / Hindi / 2019
Director: Anubhav Sinha
8. Asuran
/ Tamil / 2019
Director: Vetri Maaran
9. Band Baaja Baaraat / Hindi / 2010
Director: Maneesh
Sharma
10. Bulbul Can Sing / Assamese / 2019
Director: Rima Das
11. Chauthi Koot / Punjabi / 2016
Director: Gurvinder Singh
12. Court
/ Marathi / 2015
Director: Chaitanya
Tamhane
13. Dekh Tamasha Dekh / Hindi / 2014
Director: Feroz
Abbas Khan
14. Drishyam / Malayalam / 2013
Director: Jeethu Joseph
15. DumLaga Ke Haisha / Hindi / 2015
Director: Sharat Katariya
16. Eeda / Malayalam / 2018
Director: B. Ajithkumar
17. Eega / Telugu / 2012
Director: S.S. Rajamouli
18. Ee.Ma.Yau /
Malayalam / 2018
Director: Lijo Jose Pellissery
19. Elizabeth Ekadashi /
Marathi / 2014
Director: Paresh
Mokashi
20. Fandry
/ Marathi / 2014
Director: Nagraj
Manjule
21. Filmistaan / Hindi / 2014
Director: Nitin Kakkar
22. G Kutta Se / Haryanvi, Hindi / 2017
Director: Rahul
Dahiya
23. Goynar Baksho / Bengali / 2013
Director: Aparna Sen
24. Gully Boy / Hindi / 2019
Director: Zoya
Akhtar
25. Haider / Hindi / 2014
Director: Vishal Bhardwaj
26. Hellaro / Gujarati / 2019
Director: Abhishek Shah
27. I Am / Hindi, English, Kashmiri / 2011
Director: Onir
28. Iewduh
/ Khasi / 2019
Director: Pradip
Kurbah
29. Irudhi Suttru / Tamil / 2016
Director: Sudha
Kongara
30. Jallikattu
/ Malayalam / 2019
Director: Lijo Jose Pellissery
31. Jigarthanda / Tamil / 2014
Director: Kathik
Subbaraj
32. Joker / Tamil / 2016
Director: Raju Murugan
33. Kaadu Pookunna Neram / Malayalam / 2017
Director: Dr Biju
34. Kaaka
Muttai / Tamil / 2015
Director: M. Manikandan
35. Kaala / Tamil / 2018
Director: Pa. Ranjith
36. Kahaani / Hindi / 2012
Director: Sujoy Ghosh
37. Kai Po Che /
Hindi / 2013
Director: Abhishek
Kapoor
38. Kaithi / Tamil / 2019
Director: Lokesh
Kanakaraj
Director: Sameer
Thahir
40. Kammatipaadam
/ Malayalam / 2016
Director: Rajeev Ravi
41. Kapoor & Sons (Since 1921) / Hindi / 2016
Director: Shakun Batra
42. Kothanodi / Assamese / 2016
Director: Bhaskar Hazarika
43. Kumbalangi Nights / Malayalam / 2019
Director:
Madhu C. Narayanan
44. Kutrame Thandanai / Tamil / 2016
Director: M.
Manikandan
45. Lessons In Forgetting / English / 2013
Director: Unni
Vijayan
46. Lucia
/ Kannada / 2013
Director: Pawan
Kumar
47. Mahanati / Telugu / 2018
Director: Nag Ashwin
48. Maheshinte Prathikaaram / Malayalam / 2016
Director: Dileesh Pothan
49. Manhole / Malayalam / 2016
Director: Vidhu Vincent
50. Manjadikuru
/ Malayalam / 2012
Director: Anjali Menon
51. Mayaanadhi / Malayalam / 2017
Director: Aashiq Abu
52. Mukti Bhawan / Hindi / 2017
Director: Subhashish
Bhutiani
53. Munnariyippu / Malayalam / 2014
Director: Venu
54. My Name Is Khan / Hindi / 2010
Director: Karan
Johar
55. Naanu Avanalla...Avalu / Kannada / 2015
Director: B.S.
Lingadevaru
56. Natasamrat / Marathi / 2016
Director: Mahesh
Manjrekar
57. Neerja / Hindi / 2016
Director: Ram Madhvani
58. Newton / Hindi with Gondi / 2017
Director: Amit V.
Masurkar
59. Nil Battey Sannata / Hindi / 2016
Director: Ashwiny Iyer
Tiwari
60. Njan Prakashan / Malayalam / 2018
Director: Sathyan
Anthikad
61. Noukadubi / Bengali / 2011
Director: Rituparno
Ghosh
62. Onaatah
/ Khasi / 2016
Director: Pradip
Kurbah
63. Ottaal / Malayalam / 2015
Director: Jayaraj
64. Ottamuri
Velicham / Malayalam / 2018
Director: Rahul Riji Nair
65. Ozhivudivasathe Kali / Malayalam / 2016
Director: Sanal Kumar
Sashidharan
66. Papanasam / Tamil / 2015
Director: Jeethu
Joseph
67. Papilio Buddha / Malayalam / 2013
Director: Jayan K.
Cherian
68. Pathemari / Malayalam / 2015
Director: Salim Ahamed
69. Peranbu / Tamil / 2019
Director: Ram
70. Phobia / Hindi / 2016
Director: Pavan Kirpalani
71. Pizza /
Tamil / 2012
Director: Karthik
Subbaraj
72. Placebo / English / 2015
Director: Abhay Kumar
73. Queen / Hindi / 2014
Director: Vikas Bahl
74. Raazi / Hindi / 2018
Director: Meghna Gulzar
75. Raman Raghav 2.0 / Hindi / 2016
Director: Anurag Kashyap
76. Ribbon / Hindi / 2017
Director: Rakhee Sandilya
77. Sairat / Marathi / 2016
Director: Nagraj Manjule
78. Salt N’ Pepper / Malayalam / 2011
Director: Aashiq Abu
79. Sexy Durga / Malayalam / 2018
Director: Sanal Kumar
Sashidharan
80. Ship of Theseus / Hindi / 2013
Director: Anand Gandhi
81. Shor In The City / Hindi with English / 2011
Director: Raj Nidimoru and
Krishna DK
82. Soodhu Kavvum / Tamil / 2013
Director: Nalan
Kumaraswamy
83. Super Deluxe / Tamil / 2019
Director: Thiagarajan
Kumararaja
Director: Faiza Ahmad Khan
85. Take Off / Malayalam / 2017
Director: Mahesh
Narayanan
86. Talvar / Hindi / 2015
Director: Meghna Gulzar
87. Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru / Tamil / 2017
Director: H. Vinoth
88. The Lunchbox / Hindi / 2013
Director: Ritesh Batra
Director: Nisha Pahuja
90. Thithi
/ Kannada / 2016
Director: Raam
Reddy
91. Udaharanam Sujatha / Malayalam / 2017
Director: Phantom Praveen
92. Unda / Malayalam / 2019
Director: Khalidh Rahman
93. Unmadiyude Maranam / Malayalam
Director: Sanal Kumar
Sashidharan
94. Usthad
Hotel / Malayalam / 2012
Director: Anwar
Rasheed
95. U Turn / Kannada / 2016
Director: Pawan
Kumar
96. Village
Rockstars / Assamese / 2018
Director: Rima Das
97. Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa / Tamil / 2010
Director: Gautam Menon
98. Virus /
Malayalam / 2019
Director: Aashiq Abu
99. Visaranai / Tamil / 2016
Director: Vetri Maaran
100. Walking With The Wind / Ladakhi / 2017
Director: Prakash
Morchhale
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