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<\/a>By far the biggest hit of the year is undoubtedly Rajkumar Hirani\u2019s latest magnum opus \u20183 Idiots\u2019. The film has witnessed unprecedented opening collections including the paid preview collections. Perhaps for the first time in the annals of the Hindi cinema, \u20183 Idiots\u2019 had as many as 38 shows starting from the unearthly hour of 6 am. Besides \u20183 Idiots\u2019, there were only ten out of the 240 plus films made in Hindi during the year, which proved to be hits. They were \u2018Love Aaj Kal\u2019, \u2018Kaminey\u2019, \u2018All The Best\u2019, \u2018Wanted\u2019, \u2018De Dana Dan\u2019, \u2018New York\u2019, \u2018Wake Up Sid\u2019, \u2018Raaz- The Mystery Continues\u2019,\u00a0\u2018Dev D\u2019, \u2018Paa\u2019 and last but not the least \u2018Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani\u2019.\n\u2018Love Aaj Kal\u2019, director Imtiaz Ali\u2019s third directorial venture and Saif\u2019s first attempt as a producer, which was appreciated by both critics and audiences. Though it was made on a budget of Rs.48 crore, it did business of about Rs.75 crore in its first week itself. Spanning two different eras, the romantic drama starred Saif Ali Khan, Deepika Padukone and newcomer Giselle Monteiro.
\nThe unprecedented success of Vishal Bhardwaj\u2019s \u2018Kaminey\u2019 made on a budget of Rs.35 crores was a gamble at making a crime thriller that succeeded in talking both director Vishal Bhardwaj and actor Shahid Kapoor to a different level. Also starring Priyanka Chopra, the film\u2019s box office earning was close to Rs.63.75 crore in India.
\n\u2018All The Best\u2019, directed by Rohit Shetty was the solo survivor during the Diwali week, which saw the release of \u2018Blue\u2019 as well as \u2018Main Aurr Mrs. Khanna\u2019 too. The laugh riot opened to a slow start, but picked up gradually, thanks to word of mouth. Starring Ajay Devgn, Bipasha Basu, Sanjay Dutt, Fardeen Khan and Mugdha Godse, it grossed Rs.50 crore out of its about Rs.30 crores investment.
\nSalman Khan ended up as a wanted actor by every one in Bollywood after his film \u2018Wanted\u2019, the Hindi remake of the Telugu hit \u2018Pokkiri\u2019, which sent every one\u2019s adrenaline pumping by showing the power of single-screen theatres in the country as the maximum collections came from there. Directed by Prabhu Deva, the film\u2019s total cost was Rs.35 crores but it recovered the investment by earning Rs.38 crores in its first week itself!
\nThough \u2018De Dana Dan\u2019, directed by Priyadarshan had stars like Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty, Paresh Rawal, Katrina Kaif and Sameera Reddy, and started with a good box office response, it started limping gradually and will take some time before it makes a kill at the box office. Made at a budget of Rs.37 crores, it managed to rake in around Rs.68 crore at the domestic box office and is still running.
\nKabir Khan\u2019s \u2018New York\u2019 broke the dry spell at the ticket counters as the first hit after the producer-distributor and multiplex strike over revenue sharing got over. The film dealt with terrorism and had John Abraham, Katrina Kaif and Neil Nitin Mukesh as key players. Where producer Karan Johar was unlucky with his film on terrorism- \u2018Kurbaan\u2019 flopping at the box office, Aditya Chopra was happy with handsome rewards at the box office for his film. Aditya, however, was disappointed with the outcome at the box office of both his ambitious films \u2018Dil Bole Hadippa\u2019 and \u2018Rocket Singh- Salesman Of The Year\u2019 directed by Shimit Amin.
\n\u2018Wake Up Sid\u2019, not an expensive film by any standard hit the bull\u2019s eye at the box office though it had an unusual lead pair – Ranbir Kapoor and Konkona Sen Sharma. Made on a low budget of Rs.15 crores by Karan Johar under his banner Dharma Productions, the debutant director Ayan Mukherjee\u2019s film collected Rs.42.75 crores in India. .
\n\u2018Raaz- The Mystery Continues\u2019 proved to be an unexpected success and the first hit of the year. The movie proved that content rules at the box office. Made on a shoestring budget of Rs.9 crore, producers Mahesh and Mukesh Bhatt managed to earn Rs.33 crores in India. Director Mohit Suri\u2019s film had Emraan Hashmi, Kangana Ranaut and Adhyayan Suman in the lead roles. The Bhatts tasted failure with their next venture \u2018Jashn\u2019, which had Shekhar Suman\u2019s son Adhyayan leading the star cast with Anjana Sukhani and Shahana Goswami.
\nAbhay Deol scored a high as an actor with his hit film \u2018Dev D\u2019, a low-budget film with not so big co-stars like Mahi Gill and Kalki Koechlin. It was writer Anurag Kashyap\u2019s take on Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay\u2019s classic Bengali novel \u2018Devdas\u2019. Director Anurag Kashyap presented the doomed love story with chutzpah and people loved watching the tragic love story in its new avatar. While the total money invested in the movie was a meager Rs.6 crores, it earned Rs.23.25 crores.
\n\u2018Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani\u2019 directed by Rajkumar Santoshi who tasted a big hit after his film \u2018Hulla Bol\u2019 flopped last year, proved to be the savior for Ranbir Kapoor, besides \u2018Wake Up Sid\u2019, though his \u2018Rocket Singh- Salesman of the year\u2019 bombed, like Madhur Bhandarkar\u2019s \u2018Jail\u2019. The Ranbir-Katrina star pair was liked by the audiences, so much so, that the media was full of stories about how Ranbir had dropped his lady love Deepika for the sake of Katrina, in spite of Salman Khan, though both Ranbir and Kat denied the stories vehemently.
\nAmitabh Bachchan proved that he is indeed the Shahenshah at the box office by coming up with an award winning performance as Abhishek Bachchan and Vidya Balan\u2019s child afflicted with illness called Progeria in \u2018Paa\u2019. The film directed by R. Balki who had earlier made \u2018Cheeni Kum\u2019 was made on a budget of Rs 16 crores but can be safely called a hit because Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan and directors R. Balki reportedly did not charge their market price for the film and also the Bachchans- both Amitabh and Abhishek have reportedly kept the satellite rights of the film which is valued at Rs 10 crores.
\nThough Priyanka had a hit in the form of \u2018Kaminey\u2019, she tasted failure when \u2018What\u2019s Your Raashee?\u2019 proved that she couldn\u2019t carry a film on her shoulders. Ditto was the case with Rani Mukherjee who could not carry \u2018Dil Bole Hadippa\u2019 on her shoulders. Though the year proved to be dismal for Shah Rukh Khan whose \u2018Billu\u2019 flopped at the box office, in spite of having Priyadarshan as the director. Kareena tasted failure with both \u2018Main Aurr Mrs Khanna\u2019 as well as \u2018Kurbaan\u2019 though she had a hit in the form of \u20183 Idiots\u2019. Bipasha had a hit in \u2018All The Best\u2019 though her film \u2018Aa Dekhe Zara\u2019 sank without a trace.
\nAs far as the actors are concerned, it was certainly a bad year for Akshay Kumar, since every film of his flopped- \u20188 X 10 Tasveer\u2019, \u2018Chandni Chowk to China\u2019, \u2018Kambakkht Ishq\u2019 and \u2018Blue\u2019. To some extent \u2018De Dana Dhan\u2019 helped him resurrect his sagging career. Saif Ali Khan had a hit in \u2018Love Aaj Kal\u2019 and a flop in \u2018Kurbaan\u2019. It is Aamir Khan who scored a high with his film \u20183 Idiots\u2019 which was an icing on the cake for Rajkumar Hirani whose third film it was, after \u2018Munnabhai MBBS\u2019 and \u2018Lage Raho Munnabhai\u2019.
\nOn the whole, it was a lackadaisical and lackluster year for Bollywood which faced the worst set back during the year when the multiplexes remained closed for almost two months crippling the film industry badly. One hopes the year 2010 is able to bring cheers to Bollywood!<\/p>\n
Courtesy of Real Bollywood<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"