Best Bollywood films this year
Good stories and great acting, not star power, worked at box office
This was one of Bollywood’s most divisive films of 2019. The debate about whether the film celebrated a misogynistic hero continues till date, but there’s no denying its warped appeal. Shahid Kapoor breathed life into the bitter human pill Kabir Singh, an emotionally damaged and cocky man-child. But Kapoor makes the toxic title character devastatingly humane with his knockout performance as a high-functioning alcoholic and surgeon. This film is truly the survival of the despicable. Put a ring on Kabir Sigh if you are in the mood for watching a love story that’s wonderfully wicked and warped.