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<b>J Jagannath:</b> Best scenes of 2016

The year we left behind has been truly terrible

A still from Shakun Batra’s Kapoor and Sons
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A still from Shakun Batra’s Kapoor and Sons

J Jagannath New Delhi
Stop it with your “Best of 2016” lists. There is no “best” anything about this year.” So tweeted someone and yes, the year we left behind has been truly terrible . Hence, I decided to refrain from a top ten movie list and instead I shall mention a few fleeting moments that were cathartic enough to enrich my battered soul.

Sairat: That climactic scene has really pulled the rug off my feet. Director Nagraj Manjule’s bait-and-switch lead up to that gory climax was truly an aha moment of 2016 for me.

Raman Raghav 2.0: When Sobhita Dhulipala’s character seamlessly speaks in fluent