Report card of Actors of Bollywood in 2015

2015 has just finished so its time to look back at the year and who were the leading men who ruled Bollywood in the year 2015. 

Top Actors of 2015

1.Salman Khan - In 2014 Salman Khan no releases but in 2015, he compensated that withtwo back to back hits on Eid and Diwali. First it was "Bajrangi Bhaijaan" on Eid which was the biggest hit of 2015 and second big hit of all time with a collection of 320cr. It was followed by yet another big hit "Prem Ratan Dhan Payo" on the occasion of Diwali. It made a box office collection of 207cr. In both these movies Salman Khan had played characters which were really different from his current image of an action hero still his fans accepted him in these movies and appreciated his performance. He got good recognition from critics too for his wonderful portrayal of Bajrangi in "Bajrangi Bhaijaan". Together Salman alone earned more than 500cr in Bollywood this year which is big enough to prove his stardom.


2. Akshay Kumar - He had not a single 100cr hit in 2015 but still he is on the second position because he kept delivering average hits constantly throughout the whole year with

each movie having an average collection between 80-90cr. He had four releases this year and coincidentally one movie per quarter. The first one was "Baby" a fast paced thriller with wonderful performance from Akshay, where he played an under cover agent. The next one was Akshay's fight against corruption in the South Indian remake "Gabbar". Here too his stunts and acting was well received. The third installment was "Brothers" an emotional drama about two estranged brothers in the background of a MMA competition. Once again he proved his acting capabilities but the main highlight was the superb martial arts performed by Akshay Kumar. The last one was "Singh Is Bling". In this one Akshay Kumar showed his funny side after a long time. It was a funny comedy with Akshay Kumar's wonderful comic timing. Together all four movies had made more than 300cr.

3. Ranveer Singh - This guy was definitely not in the race of big heroes in last few years

but in 2015 he has made a big jump towards stardom with two big movies "Dil Dhadkne Do" and "Bajirao Mastaani". At box office "Dil Dhadakne Do" was an average earner where "Bajirao Mastaani" made it to 100cr club and became fourth big hit of 2015. Performance wise Ranveer Singh was superb in both movies. Both the characters were poles apart and he managed to give life both the characters brilliantly. Where in the first one he played a rich brat confused about his goals in his life , in the second one he played a great warrior with a heart of gold. Not only acting , even his physical transformation for both the characters was also commendable.

4. Shahrukh Khan - It is quite strange but true that in 2015 King Khan was not ruling box

office the way his fans expect him to rule. His only release this year was "Dilwale" which had sky high expectations because it was the only release from the super star after one year and also because this time he had made a comeback with her most loved on screen partner Kajol. But the movie did not get that big opening and even it took one week to enter in 100cr club which was below expectations. Although people loved SRK and Kajol pair very much but in final run it was not that big hit to prove the power of Badshah Khan at the box office. It is high time for Shahrukh Khan to think about his movie selection.

5.Varun Dhawan - Varun Dhawan has proved it, that he is running much ahead of his

contemporaries. In 2015 he had three releases "Badlapur", "ABCD2" and "Dilwale". All three movies were hit at the box office specially the last two were 100cr club members. But the thing which have made Varun Dhawan a part of this list, is not only his box office success rather it is his selection of totally three different characters and his wonderful performance in those versatile roles. In "Badlapur" he proved his caliber as a powerful actor as an intense angry man on a mission to take revenge, it was very serious dark thriller and it was his best performance till date. In "ABCD2", he proved his dancing abilities and in "Dilwale", he remind us about his comic timing. This guy is really making a fast progress hope to see him in much better position in future.

Note- This ranking has been done with combination of Box office success and the actor's contribution towards this success along with his individual performance as an actor.
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Apart from these actors there were some other actors who are not in the race of conventional leading man but impressed us in different charter roles. Such as:

• Nawazuddin Siddiqui - Badlapur/Manjhi - The Mountain Man/Bajrangi Bhaijaan
• Ayushmann Khurrana -Dum Laga Ke Haisha
• Gulshan Deveiah - Hunterr
• Amitabh Bachchan - Piku
• R. Madhavan - Tanu Weds Manu Returns
• Irrfan Khan - Piku/Talvar
• Deepak Dobriyal - Tanu Weds Manu Returns
• Anil Kapoor - Dil Dhadakne Do/Welcome Back
• Ranvir Shorey - Titli
• Amit Sial - Titli
• Darshan Kumar - NH10
• Kartik Aaryan - Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2
• Sunny Singh Nijjar - Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2

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The actor who failed at the box office in 2015.

1. Emraan Hashmi - once again he failed to impress his fans. He tried to regain his luck once again with his home ground Vishesh films in movies like "Mr.X" and "Hamari Adhuri Kahaani", a thriller and a romantic movie respectively. Both the movies failed at box office very badly.

2. Ranbir Kapoor - He keep delivering back to back flops in 2015. First it was "Roy" in which he had an extended cameo. It was followed by his most ambitious film "Bombay Velvet" which was one of the biggest flop of this year. His last release was "Tamasha" which got comparatively decent feedback but could not became more than average at box office. Although his performance was highly appreciated in "Tamasha".

3. Shahid Kapoor - This year he was in news for his marriage and being a judge on a dance reality show but at the box office he was very much unlucky this year. In 2014 he has revived his career with "Haider" which helped him to bag many awards in 2015. But his only release in 2015, "Shandaar" became one of the biggest box office dud of his career. It definitely damaged his image at ticket windows.

4. Arjun Kapoor - This young rising hero had been proved very much successful in 2014 with back to back success but the good phase did not continued in 2015. This year he had only one release "Tevar" which was completely washed out at the ticket windows.

5.Saif Ali Khan - Badluck keep haunting Saif Ali Khan in 2015 too. In 2015 his only hope was "Phantom" but this film failed at the box office in spite of having good promotion, and successful director. The bad thing was many people blame the leading man Saif for the failure of the film.

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The actors whom we missed in 2015.

Aamir Khan - He was very much in news for his controversial comments on national issues but as an actor we really miss him this year.

Hrithik Roshan - In 2015 he had no release at the box office. Only concession for his fans was the music video of the Honey Singh remix version of Dheere Dheere Se.