Here are my top 10 Bollywood films of 2019—films in Hindi, mainstream, indie and 'mindie' (mainstream + indie):

1. GULLY BOY by Zoya Akhtar: Pulsating with kinetic energy, this radically feminist Bollywood film opened at the Berlin Film Festival and was India's entry for the Oscars. Also aspirational 'minority report', about a Muslim couple from the Dharavi slums: when Murad dreams of becoming a rapper, Safeena, in hijab, says, go ahead, follow your dream, I'll become a surgeon and support both of us. Bravo to Ranveer Singh for redefining a Bollywood hero who is okay being financially dependent on the heroine (Alia Bhatt). On Amazon Prime Video.