Aseem Chhabra gives us the top films that enriched his year.

Veterans Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks lost out to Frances McDormand and Gary Oldman at the Golden Globes 2018.

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This is no straight-forward sob story, observes Mayur Sanap.

Stree 2 has etched its name in cinematic history by becoming the highest-grossing Hindi film ever, surpassing the lifetime collections of Shah Rukh Khan's Jawan.

Which of the 28 films in contention gets your vote?

'I didn't want the sequence to look like an orgy.'

'Whatever you see of me on celluloid will be with the idea of wanting to push the envelope.'

'This was a film, a story that had never been told before.'

'I went to a school in Baroda, where if the boys harassed us, the teachers pulled the girls aside and said, "Oh, your skirts are too short".' 'They made us feel ashamed of having any sexual feelings or having bodies that were growing up to be a young women.'

'Usually, we are always worried that we are missing out something in life.''We are very keen for the audience to have this as a cinema experience in theatres.''You get the rare chance to be patient.'

'I thought of a suppressed country and a free world.''If we travel from one to another, what will that road look like?''What colours, music there will be? What kind of people would you see?'

'If someone were to ask you if you want to die tomorrow, no matter what problems you are grappling with, you would be hesitant, right?'

'I am a spontaneous actor. I follow what works for the character.'

'I have nostalgia for Ladakhi culture, which is common to both Muslims and Buddhists.''It is kind of a Buddhist way of life. You are compassionate and nice to each other.''You are good human beings.'

'The censor board asked me for some strange cuts.''Otherwise, they would have given me an 'A' certificate.''One cut was where Girish Karnad was explaining artificial insemination in cattle.''These cuts never made any sense to me.'

'I am ready to go an extra mile if I have to. My pain or personal problems don't matter.'

'I wanted people to know that women across all ages have an exciting life.'

'Ranbir Kapoor has only one film as does Salman Khan.''Hrithik Roshan only has War 2.''Ranveer Singh has no film on floors today.'

'I promise you, you've never seen her do anything like this.''It is a complete reinvention of Janhvi Kapoor.'

'This story has been always there since my childhood because of missing people.''I remember a family member who disappeared and I kept wondering what happened to him.'

'People worship Krishna. People don't worship Ved Vyas, who wrote the Mahabharata.''It's a cultural thing because we don't see the heroes behind the screen, we see the heroes who are in front of the screen.'

'Whenever people say to me that all my work looks unique, I say to them originality is the art of concealing your source.''You can't see the sources that I take from because usually, they are Indian.''But then Indians don't find my work Indian.'

Vinita Shrivastava, Senior Director at Harman India, on how to ensure loyalty while helping employees reach personal goals

The actor will be seen in upcoming releases Kapp and Kunjammini’s Hospital

Aanu, starring Sajitha Madathil and Namitha Pramod, will be screened at the 27th International Film Festival of Kerala

‘Mahadev Ka Gorakhpur’, starring Ravi Kishan in the lead, is based around the Aghori sadhus and will be dubbed in multiple languages

Poornima Indrajith effortlessly transforms for the role of a lifetime in Rajeev Ravi’s opus Thuramukham

Samantha Ruth Prabhu opens up on being all grace and poise for ‘Shaakuntalam’ to being covered in bruises while filming action sequences for ‘Citadel’

Actor Nandamuri Balakrishna’s 108th film directed by Anil Ravipudi is titled ‘Bhagavanth Kesari’, also stars Kajal Aggarwal, Sree Leela and Arjun Rampal

Actor Ravi Teja’s new Telugu film to be directed by Karthik Gattamneni is titled ‘Eagle’, targets the Sankranti 2024 festive season for theatrical release

Mrunal Thakur signs her third Telugu film, which also brings together the hit trio Vijay Deverakonda, Parasuram Petla and Gopi Sunder once again

Actor Nani’s 30th film, directed by debutant Shouryuv and co-starring Mrunal Thakur, is titled ‘Hi Nanna’ and is a Hesham Abdul Wahab musical

Warszawa : Adam Mickiewicz Institute, [2009]

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2010]