@Cinemawaali's #100filmydays Challenge!

Being a cinema lover, a movie buff or an enthusiastic cinema goer was not enough. There was a need to understand cinema by adopting a dedicated idea towards the same. That is when Farhat (@juzinquistive) who was following the #100happydays exercise popped the idea of #100filmydays. And yes, I was sold to it! So Farhat, Parichay (@parichaymehta) and I, signed up for the #100filmydays challenge.

-100 films to be watched in 100 days.

- At least 70 unwatched films and 30 repeats was the set ratio.

And the challenge began! We were not to watch a film a day necessarily, but to watch 100 films in 100 days was the target. Yes, this was the most interesting challenge set, more than anyone for myself.  I was enthusiastic about watching films which were long due on my watch list but I hadn’t watched before.  And then the window of 30 repeat films was left to give the space for re watching a film which makes you happy to lift your spirits.

"You’d be surprised to see names like Swades, Andaz Apna Apna, Deewana, and many more on the list. But this list also includes those many films that I had watched only a part of while channel surfing. With this challenge I also watched those special films from the beginning to the end roll credits for the first time.  And then, there are also some really trashy names like The Xpose, Gunda, etc. Take my word; there is a lot that a bad film can teach you. A LOT. Plus, it’s always fun to enjoy trashy stuff too!"

Here’s a list of my 100 films watched during the #100filmydays challenge:

1.    In Pursuit of Happyness

2.    Breakfast At Tiffany’s

3.    Jolly LLB

4.    Malegaon Ka Superman

5.    Chashme Buddoor (Old)

6.    Andaz Apna Apna

7.    The Amazing Spiderman 2

8.    Ghost Writer

9.    Kaagaz Ke Phool

10. Zero Dark Thirty

11. The Little Black Book

12. Ragini MMS

13. Ek Duje Ke Liye

14. Revolver Rani 
15. The Truman Show
16. Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham (Repeat)

17. The Perks Of Being A Wallflower

18. IPS Vishwa Pratap Singh

19. The Bridge To Terrabithia

20. City Lights

21. Bridget Jone’s Diary

22. The Purge

23. Heropanti

24. Choti si Baat

25. Lost in Translation

26. Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman

27. Edge of Tomorrow

28. Satya 2

29. Samrat & Co.

30. The Towering Inferno

31. The Beach

32. Filmistaan

33. The Xpose

34. Holiday

35. Mere Dad Ki Maruti

36. The Internship

37. Hotel Transylvania

38. Saving Mr. Banks

39. Deewana

40. Abraham Lincoln and the Vampire Slayer

41. Maleficient

42. Sirf Tum

43. Devil Wears Prada

44. Pancham

45. Yes Man

46. Transformers: Age of Extinction

47. The Grand Budapest Hotel

48. Sex And The City

49. Sex And The City 2

50. Bobby Jasoos

51. Chaudhavi Ka Chand

52. Balak Palak

53. Bride Wars

54. Rocket Singh: Salesman of The Year

55. Hawaa Hawaai

56. The Fault In Our Stars

57. The Message

58. Maqbool

59. Khosla Ka Ghosla

60. Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhaniya

61. Ek Villain

62.  We’re The Millers

63. Shree 420 (Repeat)

64. Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (Repeat)

65. Masoom

66. Youngistaan

67. Kanoon

68. 15 Park Avenue

69. My Fake Fiance

70. Aaye Din Bahar Ke

71. An Evening In Paris

72. Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron (Repeat)

73. Khoobsurat

74. Saare Jahan Se Mehenga

75.  Aaye Din Bahar Ke

76. Heera Panna

77. Sujata

78. Salt

79. Jab We Met (Repeat)

80. Tomorrow Never Dies

81. Troy

82. The Amazing Spiderman

83. Dharam Veer (Repeat)

84. Kung Fu Panda

85. Around The World In 80 Days

86. Yeh Dillagi

87. Lai Bhaari

88. The Roman War Machine

89. Yuva

90. Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (Repeat)

91. Bhoot Bangla

92. Tere Mere Sapne

93. Swades

94. Kaalia

95. Delhi 6

96. Cinema Paradiso

97. Argo

98. Saaransh

99. Making of The Mahatma

100.              Prometheus

101.              Gunda

Many films on my watch list still remain untouched. But I’m glad that I completed the challenge and have developed a further sense of regularity towards watching films. Also, films in various languages- Hindi, English, Marathi, French, Korean were watched. This helped in removing linguistic barriers from the cinematic experience. Nothing better than worshipping your dreams, isn’t it?

And now I shall watch more films (which definitely includes Harry Potter and Lord Of The Rings marathon). But what is defining of this challenge is the lesson turning into a belief.

“There is nothing like cinema. It swaps your worlds; it teaches you the unthinkable, reinstates faith, amazes you with the impossible and takes you through an extremely different journey of life. And if you look through the still waters, you’d know that more than reflecting or emulating life, cinema teaches you about life and beyond.”

Stay filmy! Stay happy! :)

PS. One of the best part of this challenge was, the regular twitter updates on the films being watched inspired even more people to take up the #100filmydays challenge. Yes, you can take it too, by starting this very moment.

As for me, I might return with #100filmydays Version2 soon!

Love,

Parampara (@cinemawaali)