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In a singularly sombre year for the Indian people, Hindi cinema offered some bright sparks in 2016. Some thoughtful, creative and inventive films with unusual themes and real people, were on offer. The true star of this year was the scriptwriter.
If Hindi cinema today is several notches above that of a decade and a half ago, it is because now scripts explore ideas and backdrops that were earlier unthinkable in mainstream cinema. For many decades since the 1970s, the peasant and the working class protagonist had disappeared from popular Hindi cinema. Whereas, the wealthy, …