Top 10 all-India films 2020
Here are my top 10 All India and South Asian films of 2020. Note that it has been an exceptional year because of COVID-19, with theatrical, festival, online and related film screenings of 2020 and 2021 delayed or in a flux. Despite everything, filmmakers still made films-and miracles happened.
1. THE DISCIPLE by Chaitanya Tamhane, Marathi: Was in the main competition at the Venice Film Festival, where it won Best Screenplay and the FIPRESCI Film Critics’ Award. Executive Producer Oscar-winner Alfonso Cuaron. About a devoted Hindustani classical music vocalist who finds his commitment to his art challenged in today’s times.
2. NASIR by Arun Karthick, Tamil: Was in the Rotterdam Film Festival’s Tiger Competition, where it won the NETPAC Award for Best Asian Film. About a gentle, hardworking Muslim, textile salesman and poet in Coimbatore, who is stabbed to death by Hindu fundamentalists.
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