This year really was a mixed bag for films. There were big-budget franchise films falling drastically (Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore); some even failed twice (Morbius). There were long-delayed films that did chartbusting numbers (Top Gun: Maverick, maybe even Brahmastra: Part One – Shiva). There was the low-budget comedy drama film with practically no White cast members except Jamie Lee Curtis looking disgruntled, which catapulted Hollywood icon Michelle Yeoh into Oscars talk (Everything Everywhere All at Once). And there was the renewed chatter closer home of Bollywood not managing to keep up with films from the South either commercially or critically.