Here`s my Top 20 All-India Films of 2023. Films 1-10 appeared last week. Film ranks are shifting sands, as the films include fiction, documentary and short films—and Indian films made in Farsi, Nepali and English. 

11. BE KUCHEYE KHOSHBAKHT BY SREEMOYEE SINGH (AND, TOWARDS HAPPY ALLEYS, IN FARSI): Moving personal documentary, fully shot in Iran. Enchanted by Iranian film and poetry, Singh, a Jadavpur University student in Kolkata, travelled to Iran. She met filmmakers Jafar Panahi and others, and filmed repressed Iranians’ fight for liberty. You’ve never seen an Indian film like this. Berlin Film Festival (Panorama); Best Film, BAFICI- Argentina, Dharamshala film festivals (FFs). Woman director and producer.