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The year 2022 continues Malayalam Cinema's fine form in creating content-driven movies that are not only thinking but also are successful in raising pertinent questions about the society that we are living in.
Unlike public opinion, Bollywood wasn't going through a year that see it produce only poor content. Here are our pick of Hindi movies that we loved the most in 2022.
Return of an old romance, emergence of a new antagonist, and cracks not being filled, the ball is already rolling for the upcoming season of TVF Pitchers, thanks to the epilogue shown in the finale!
From the costliest film in Bollywood to a remake of a Hollywood film that no one asked for to a tender take on LGBTQ equations, these films also had something in common - lovely, surprise cameos.
In 2022, there were pleasant cameos like Akshay Kumar in An Action Hero, Shah Rukh Khan in Laal Singh Chaddha, Anushka Sharma in Qala et al. But not all cameos left us impressed. Here are seven such cameos...
A serial killer obsessed with movie critics, a vengeance seeking politician, an emotionally manipulative mother, a black-magic wielding twin sister and more - check out our list of 10 best villains in Hindi cinema this year!
Cirkus meeting Golmaal gang, A Spy-verse involving Shah Rukh Khan's Pathaan, Salman Khan's Tiger and Possibly Hrithik Roshan's Kabir, a HIT universe, an Excel-Verse and bizarrely even a sneaky Mohanlal universe too... there are quite a few ones teased in 2022!
Okay, here's a fair warning - reading this feature outside the privacy of your home is very NSFW! Be it Shamshera or Freddy or Gehraiyaan, some of these kisses are known to raise the temperatures quite high!
On one end of the spectrum, we have films like Gangubai Kathiawadi, RRR, Jhund, An Action Hero et al, and then on the other hand, we have these films....
Cirkus is a comedy entertainer that is directed by Rohit Shetty, and stars Ranveer Singh, Varun Sharma, Pooja Hegde, Jacqueline Fernandez, Johnny Lever, Sanjay Mishra, Murali Sharma, Siddhartha Jadhav, Mukesh Tiwari among others.
From Nimisha Sajayan and Roshan Mathew's unfettered makeout scene in Oru Thekkan Thallu Case to Priya Prakash Varrier and Sarjano Khalid's aesthetically pleasing kissing scene in 4 Years, here are some of hottest, sweetest and boldest liplocks in Malayalam cinema this year.
Kaapa, a gangster drama directed by Shaji Kailas based on a script by GR Indugopan, stars Prithviraj, Asif Ali, Aparna Balamurali and Anna Ben in the lead roles, with Jagadeesh, Nandu, Dileesh Pothan, Senthil Krishna in the supporting cast.
TVF Pitchers is created by Arunabh Kumar under The Viral Fever Brand and is directed by Vaibhav Bundhoo. The second season stars. Naveen Kasturia, Arunabh Kumar, Abhay Mahajan, Riddhi Dogra, Abhishek Banerjee, Ridhi Dogra, Sikander Kher and Ashish Vidyarthi. TVF Pitchers is streaming on Zee5.
Kaapa is a Malayalam gangster drama that is directed by Shaji Kailas and written by GR Indugopan. The movie stars, Prithviraj Sukumaran, Asif Ali, Aparna Balamurali, Anna Ben, Jagadeesh, Dileesh Pothan among others.
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery is a mystery thriller written and directed by Rian Johnson. The movie stars Daniel Craig, Edward Norton, Janelle Monáe, Kathryn Hahn, Leslie Odom Jr, Jessica Henwick, Madelyn Cline, Kate Hudson, Dave Bautista and Noah Segan.
Deepika Padukone and Shah Rukh Khan, both facing outrage in India over their Pathaan song, managed to gain glorious spotlight during the FIFA World Cup 2022 Final in Qatar.
While Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2, Drishyam 2, RRR, KGF 2, The Kashmir Files made merry at the box office, there were some good Bollywood films that didn't impress much at the theatres.
Avatar: The Way of Water stars Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Stephen Lang, Sigourney Weaver, Kate Winslet, Cliff Curtis, Edie Falco, Jemaine Clement, Brendan Cowell, Joel David Moore, CCH Pounder, Giovanni Ribisi and Dileep Rao.
Govinda Naam Mera is a Dharma film produced by Karan Johar and written and directed by Shashank Khaitan. The movie stars Vicky Kaushal, Bhumi Pednekar, Kiara Advani, Renuka Shahane, Amey Wagh, Dayanand Shetty, Sayaji Shinde among others. Govinda Naam Mera is streaming on Disney+ Hotstar.
Ariyippu is a Malayalam drama written and directed by Mahesh Narayanan. The movie stars Kunchacko Boban, Divya Prabha, Danish Husain, Loveleen Mishra, Faizal Malik among others. Ariyippu aka Declaration is streaming on Netflix.