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The year in a recap: 2015 did not give hopes to cinema...

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I am coming back after a very long time and this is more out an exasperation of not being able to write home anything good about cinema in general. There have been a series of trash that seems to be singularly being belted out from Hindi Film Industry and Hollywood does not seem to be giving any much hopes either. 2015 can be a watershed year to that extent where there is nothing much in there to be written about. Deep diving into Bombay and the industry, I saw only a few clear winners. Masaan, Dum Laga Ke Haissha, Talvar, NH10 (in a limited way) and Badlaapur. There were some that seemed over hyped, over discussed and most of all over the top. Baby, Piku, Byomkesh, Tanu Weds Manu 2, Dil Dhadkne Do and Drishyam fell in this category. And there were many other whom I would safely like to forget. Though I missed, Titli and Kajariya and it would be wrong to write them off, since I have heard good things about them. A quick word on Masaan. It works for its simplicity and under rated p