This was a weird year, were smaller films like Bareilly Ki Barfi and Newton found massive box office & critical success, bigger & much awaited films like Rangoon & Sarkar 3 were complete washouts. Even superstars like Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan had to bare the burn of their film’s failures, initially forcing them to return a certain investment back to their investors. Even though filmmakers tried their hands at concept-based films like Raabta or realistic films like Haseena Parkar, nothing seemed to have struck a chord with the audience. One major victor this year was filmmaker S.S. Rajamouli’s tent pole Baahubali 2, which grossed a mind-boggling $265 million, but it’s worth noting that it is a Telegu language film, which was dubbed in Hindi along with other languages. While there were bad films released left & right, below, however is a list of 10 films who in my opinion deserve a special seat at the table:
- Jab Harry Met Sejal (2017)
- Simran (2017)
- Half Girlfriend (2017)
- Judwaa 2 (2017)
- Sarkar 3 (2017)
- Munna Michael (2017)
- Raabta (2017)
- Machine (2017)
- Haseena Parkar (2017)
- Tubelight (2017)
