Water
Deepa Mehta's elegiac look at a widow's ashram on the banks of a quietly non-judgemental river..

Dor
Nagesh Kukunoor's story of two young women's search for one destination...

Lage Raho... Munna Bhai
Lage raho, Raju bhai. Raj Kumar Hirani pulled out all stops to give us a film...

Gangster
It was the dark horse of the year with a sublime performance by debutante Kangana Ranaut...

Dombivli Fast
A Marathi film by debutant director Nishikant Kamath featuring Sandeep Kulkrani as a man...

Khosla Ka Ghosla
The biggest surprises come in smallest packages. This was the sunshine film of the year..

Omkara
Saif Ali Khan as the newest avatar of Shakespeare's Iago was the epitome of evil -- so mean..

Vivah
Simple, elegant, soft and supple "Vivah" brought back a feeling we had long abandoned in our quest...

Provoked
Jagmohan Mundhra's well-crafted film on domestic violence gave actress Aishwarya Rai...

Pyaar Ke Side Effects
Who would've thought there would be a chemistry between Mallika Sherawat and Rahul Bose?

Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna
Karan Johar explored the anatomy of urban marriages with an aplomb that insouciantly...

Corporate
Madhur Bhandarkar's sharp exploration of the corporate world...