Honourable mentions: 5 films that almost made it to the list, and deserve a hand.
Manorama Six Feet Under
Navdeep Singh's painstakingly detailed Chinatown adaptation went from Los Angeles in the original to a brilliantly earthy Rajasthan town, and showed off fantastic flavour.
Taare Zameen Par
Aamir Khan's sensitive yet simplistic hit chose an admirably off-centre subject like dyslexia and made it an unlikely talking point. Also, directing children is hard.
Khoya Khoya Chand
Sudhir Mishra's ode to Bollywood's golden age is a visually lovely film made with great affection and sincerity, yet the romance almost seems to get in the way of the telling.
Life In A Metro
Anurag Basu's multiple-narrative film finally got the threading right, and took us on an evocative journey with interesting characters, albeit painted by really broad brushstrokes.
Nishabd
Ram Gopal Varma's disconcertingly relatable tale of an old man falling into temptation over a leggy nymphet was brooding, dark and suitably creepy, but marred by its third act.
Also read: 'Tare Zameen Pe is unique because of its story'
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