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Desi, Hollywood Hits in our list of blockbuster movies of 2023

The bomb is alloyed out

What a year it’s been at the box office! India Currents reviewers were scratching their heads: Shah Rukh Khan has done two blockbuster action films, Pathan And Joan, Giving Superstar Rajinikanth jailer Some stiff competition. Both Pathan and Jawan have made it to the top 100 at the worldwide box office; SS Rajamouli 2022 Super Hit RRR, And Short documentary film Elephant whispers, He won Oscars; And Oppenheimer And Barbie They battled for first place.

We had fun presenting them all.

Here are the 6 most popular movie reviews on India streams in 2023.

This is an image of two posters of the Hindi language film, Mrs. Chatterjee vs. Norway.  They both show a woman with two children and information about the film.  (Courtesy: IMDB)
Ms. Chatterjee vs. Norway movie poster (image from IMDB)

Despite some caricatures, this film is a compelling account of a mother’s battle to regain the children she almost lost to a culture clash, says Aindrila Roy.

Janhvi Kapoor in Millie - Frozen but not shaken
Janhvi Kapoor in Millie – Frozen but not shaken

The Hindi remake of the Malayalam film Helen It is a survival story inspired by a real-life story about escaping from a refrigerator, He says it works well Indrila Roy.

Shah Rukh Khan in the movie Pathan (Image from IMBD website)
Shah Rukh Khan in the movie Pathan (Image from IMBD website)

S. Char discovers that Shah Rukh Khan can still pull off the role of an action hero, even without the romantic hero magic working.

Posters of Shahrukh Khan (standing with a gun) "Joan" Rajinikanth (standing with his hands behind his back) "jailer".
Who is the manager? Both King Khan and Thailaiva Rajinikanth have given blockbuster action films in the last two months. (Images courtesy of IMDB)

Superstars Rajinikanth and Shah Rukh Khan are competing in summer action blockbusters. S Char tells us who came out of the tops.

This is a scene from Oppenheimer's film showing a woman and a man looking at each other while walking.  The man is smiling and the woman is looking sullen.  (Image courtesy of IMDB-Universal Pictures).
A scene from Oppenheimer’s film. (Image courtesy of IMDB-Universal Pictures).

Oppenheimer is a fascinating deep dive into the life of a physicist, but the use of the Gita is misplaced, as Monita Soni argues.

A group of women watch in shock as one of them raises her foot
A scene from the movie Barbie (image from IMDB)

The plastic doll enters the real world to give insight into patriarchy, but it ignores feminist issues and BIPOC women, she says India streams Young writer Aman Mahajan.