'When I met him, I was a behaving like a 16 year old!' 'He is incredible, very casual and chilled out.' 'He told me he would watch Gully Boy and then he said a dialogue from Gully Boy, 'Bahut hard!'.'
Zoya Akhtar's film won an unprecedented 13 awards, the most for any film at any Filmfare awards.
'Gully Boy is a pulsating salute to the new angry India and its youth,' says Aseem Chhabra who watched Zoya Akhtar's movie at the Berlin film festival.
Here is Sukanya Verma's pick of 10 best male performances of the year.
Gully Boy is a glorious blend of hip-hop and assured filmmaking, promises Sukanya Verma.
