Santosh Sivan's "The Terrorist" is on my Top 10 films for 2000.  Although it is self-consciously artistic in a few places, the film raises some intriguing issues on revenge, fanaticism, duty, and affirmation of life.

I also greatly admire Deepa Mehta's courage, resilience and determination as a filmmaker in examining very serious and socially relevant issues of contemporary India in the Elements Trilogy ("Earth", "Fire" and "Water").

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