Baton Baton Mein

Why it's in the canon

The most affectionate portrait of Bombay's Christian community, on the 8:10 to Churchgate.

A Bombay Catholic family, the local train, and a courtship that keeps being derailed by everyone's opinion of it.

The essentials

• Directed by Basu Chatterjee — also responsible for Ek Ruka Hua Faisla, Rajnigandha.
• Released in 1979, in the 1970s — see everything else from that decade.
• Filed under Romance, Comedy.
• Read more on Wikipedia, check the full crew on IMDb, or find a legal stream via JustWatch.