'Soft power is the power really to win friends and influence people with the strength of your ideas.' 'India's greatest soft power is being India itself. A nation of varied beliefs, states, creeds, castes, languages and yet embodying that spirit of unity in diversity.'
Aseem Chhabra's take on the highlights of Indian cinema this year.
Here are Aseem Chhabra's picks -- 'films that mattered to me, entertained me and will stay with me through the year.'