{"id":6079,"date":"2014-12-28T01:12:12","date_gmt":"2014-12-28T06:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fridaynirvana.com\/film\/?p=6079"},"modified":"2015-01-07T16:10:59","modified_gmt":"2015-01-07T21:10:59","slug":"best-hindi-films-of-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fridaynirvana.com\/film\/2014\/12\/best-hindi-films-of-2014.html","title":{"rendered":"Best Hindi Films of 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, I know you have been waiting for this post all year (with bated breath etc.) so I will get to it. But instead of doing the mini-review thingy like I usually do, I&#8217;ll tell you why the film made it on this list, and maybe embed a song. Clicking on the movie name will take you to the full review.<\/p>\n<p><strong>10. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><a title=\"Happy Ending\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fridaynirvana.com\/film\/2014\/11\/movie-review-happy-ending.html\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Happy Ending<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0: The charming Ileana D&#8217;Cruz made this quirky film work.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FoNqHH6toDI\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>9. <em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a title=\"Highway\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fridaynirvana.com\/film\/2014\/06\/movie-review-highway-2014.html\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Highway<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0: I expected to be floored by this movie. I really did. I was not. Still, a decent film.<\/p>\n<p><strong>8. <em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a title=\"2 States\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fridaynirvana.com\/film\/2014\/04\/movie-review-2-states.html\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">2 States<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0: This was an entertaining film. Cute. Young. Peppy. Fun. Lots of drama. Lots of gana-bajana. Romance. Nice music.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G6RR2_NQ530\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>7. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><a title=\"Haider\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fridaynirvana.com\/film\/2014\/10\/movie-review-haider-2014.html\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Haider<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0: Shahid was so good in this film, Tabu was magnificent, and it was nice seeing Shraddha play a female with a brain (have you seen <a title=\"Ek Villain\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fridaynirvana.com\/film\/2014\/07\/movie-review-ek-villain-2014.html\">Ek Villain<\/a>?). It is a tragedy though, and there is sadness and snow. The music was gorgeous, so gorgeous that I&#8217;m just grateful to be able to listen to one great man&#8217;s poetry put to such delicate music by another genius.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2xvTVjmp7lk\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>6. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><a title=\"Dedh Ishqiya\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fridaynirvana.com\/film\/2014\/01\/movie-review-dedh-ishqiya-2014.html\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Dedh Ishqiya<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/span>\u00a0: <\/strong>An intricately plotted film with zany, peculiar characters. Quite entertaining despite having to wade through chaste Urdu dialogues.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5.\u00a0<a title=\"Mardaani\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fridaynirvana.com\/film\/2014\/08\/movie-review-mardaani-2014.html\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Mardaani<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0: Rani Mukherjee playing a fearless, intelligent, <em>dhishum-dhishum<\/em> cop, a niche mostly reserved for heroes. And she does it well.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4.<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><strong><a title=\"Bobby Jasoos\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fridaynirvana.com\/film\/2014\/07\/movie-review-bobby-jasoos-2014.html\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Bobby Jasoos<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span>\u00a0: Vidya Balan. Also good to see floppy-haired, lazy-eyed <a title=\"Ali Fazal\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fridaynirvana.com\/film\/2013\/09\/movie-review-fukrey.html\">Ali Fazal<\/a>\u00a0actually show some energy.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WSTwewxP3sg\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>3.<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em> <a title=\"P.K.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fridaynirvana.com\/film\/2014\/12\/movie-review-pk-2014.html\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">P.K.<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0: Humorous, wholesome and pretty clean entertainment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><a title=\"Aankhon Dekhi\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fridaynirvana.com\/film\/2014\/08\/movie-review-ankhon-dekhi-2013.html\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Aankhon Dekhi<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/strong>: A gorgeous film. By a film-maker who knows what he is doing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><a title=\"Queen\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fridaynirvana.com\/film\/2014\/03\/movie-review-queen-2014.html\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Queen<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0: Many Bollywood movies pretend to show female empowerment or have their characters mouth off on respecting women,\u00a0but they have nary a clue. This film does. And how. Besides all that, Kangana is marvelous.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4gtc5P5KZxA\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, I know you have been waiting for this post all year (with bated breath etc.) so I will get to it. But instead of doing the mini-review thingy like I usually do, I&#8217;ll tell you why the film made &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fridaynirvana.com\/film\/2014\/12\/best-hindi-films-of-2014.html\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"twitter_17000648_17000648":"","facebook_10233691416821117_190635594420624":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[186,185,6,76,157,100,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-186","category-annual-roundup","category-best-hindi-movies","category-bollywood","category-lists","category-mini-reviews","category-recommended"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"post-thumbnail":false,"sow-carousel-default":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"amodini","author_link":"https:\/\/www.fridaynirvana.com\/film\/author\/admin"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Yes, I know you have been waiting for this post all year (with bated breath etc.) so I will get to it. 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