Top Actresses of Bollywood in 2016

The year 2016 is about to end so it is a time to look back and see how the actresses of Bollywood performed throughout the year. It can be easily said the new brigade of actresses were more dominating compared to older established actresses. Also this year we found many women oriented movies showing the girl power.

Here are the Top 3 Actresses of 2016.

[This ranking has been done based on combining the factors like acting, box office success and the actress's contribution towards the success of his movies.]

1. Alia Bhatt 

This young lady surely dominates the industry now choosing a wide range of

characters and surprising us every time with her brilliant acting. In her first release #KapoorAndSons, she had nothing much to do apart from playing a bubbly urban girl, but even in that limited scope she managed to impress us . Also we loved her grooving to the tunes of "Ladki Beautiful". Her second release this year was #UdtaPunjab where she played a Bihari migrant working in Punjab as a field worker. Her performance in this movie was a revelation. Her physical transformation and Bihari accent were beyond any words. She performed the character with near perfection. Her third movie this year was #DearZindagi where she got a chance to play the main lead in spite of having Shahrukh Khan in the film. She played a young urban girl dealing with the problems of personal and professional life and she was so natural in each and every scene. This girl is surely evolving as an actor with every film. Business wise too all her films made profit at the box office.

2. Anushka Sharma 

She appeared in two movies this year and both were big hits especially

#Sultan was a huge hit. In spite being a Salman Khan film where he is supposed to dominate from first frame to last, Anushka managed to leave impression as the female wrestler. She went through training to make her wrestling moves effortless on screen and we appreciate her for that. In her second film #AeDilHaiMushkil she got a chance to play the parallel lead with her hero and she utilised this opportunity totally. She was too good and energetic in the character of a talkative filmy girl. Also in the emotional scenes she was extraordinary. There is no doubt she was the live wire of the film.

3. Sonam Kapoor

So far Sonam Kapoor has always been criticized by many for not being a good actress and not being so successful too. But in 2016 she proved them wrong. This girl gave a powerful punch to those haters and delivered one big hit with #Neerja and on top of that she played the main lead of the film and took the responsibility of the whole film on her broad shoulders. If we talk about acting then it can be said it was her best performance till date. The way she recreate the real life personality of Late Neerja Bhanot it was very authentic and praise worthy. It won't be surprising if she gets some awards for this performance.

Apart from these actresses there were some more actresses who were very much impressive with their following performances.

Vidya Balan (Kahaani 2) – Though the film did not work but we loved the sincere acting from Ms Balan as a mother who can go to any extent for her daughter. It was one powerful act from her.

Swara Bhashkar (Neel Battey Sannata) – This talented actress hardly gets chance to play the lead and when she got it she proved that how talented she is. She was very natural in the character of a domestic help who is very ambitious about her daughter’s future.

Shabana Azmi (Neerja) – In recent time we don’t see much of her in Bollywood movies. This year we saw her in Neerja as a mother and she totally made us speechless with her acting. There is hardly anyone who did not have tears in their eyes in her final speech scene in the movie.

Tapaasee Pannu (Pink) – Before Pink she was more known as beautiful eye candy but in Pink she proved herself as a powerful actress too. She was just awesome as the urban working girl. No wonder, now we will get to see her more in Bollywood movies after the success of Pink.

Radhika Apte (Phobia, Parched) – This girl mesmerised with her effortless acting as a girl with psychological disorder in “Phobia”. The film would not have been half as thrilling as it was without her as the leading lady. In “Parched”, Radhika showed the bold side of her character and it created a lot of controversy but seriously, hats off to you girl for giving such a bold and brave performance.

Kalki Koecklin (Waiting) – Kalki is one actress who always prefer to choose something different from regular Bollywood stuff where she can excel as an actress and with “Waiting” she did the same. She was very impressive as a young lady who is struggling through her life.

Kirti Kulhari (Pink) – She had done two forgettable movies earlier but with Pink she re-established herself as a promising actress who is capable of doing sincere acting.

Surveen Chawla (Parched) – This TV actress have done few movies in Hindi and Punjabi earlier but her bold and brave performance is “Parched” gave her a new identity . It was really a fantastic act.

Tanishtha Chatterjee (Parched) – Though she was more in news for her controversy with a TV reality show , but we want to remember her in 2016 for her brilliant performance in “Parched”. Her performance was very natural and authentic as a Rajashthani middle aged widow.

Fatima Sana Sheikh (Dangal) – This girl made a confident debut in a character based on real life world champion wrestler Geeta Phogat. She was really hardworking and dedicated to learn things like Haryanvi accent or wrestling moves to look authentic on screen. We must say her sincerity will help her to grow more as an actress in future.

Sonakshi Sinha (Akira) – Sonakshi Sinha tried her hands in action zone and gave a solid power packed performance in “Akira”. Her stunts and action scenes were really commendable. Though it was a flop but we appreciate the girl for taking the courage to step into the action zone.

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (Sarbjit) – Though she was more talked about for her glamorous supporting act in “Ae Dil Hai Mushkil”, but we loved her doing some serious acting in “Sarbjit” as Dalbir Kaur, Sarbjit’s sister.

Actresses who flopped in 2016

Katrina Kaif – This beautiful girl was part of two big flops of this year #Fitoor and #BaarBaarDekho. Her only saving grace was her chartbuster song #KaalaChashma. And we better not talk about her acting.

Priyanka Chopra – She became hugely popular with her English TV series but in Bollywood her only outing #JaiGangaajal was a disaster. We really wonder what forced her to do such a movie when she is in such a good position in her career.

Actress who was missing in 2016

Deepika Padukone – This lovely lady was missing from Bollywood for the whole year though she was in news for her Hollywood debut and also for her next Bollywood movie for which she has started shooting, but we really miss her watching on big screen this year.

Parineeti Chopra – Apart from a song appearance in #Dishoom she was not there in any movie. But she was in news for signing few new movies and we are happy to know that this talented actress will be back on screen in 2017.

Top Actors of Bollywood in 2016

The year 2016 is about to end so it is a time to look back and see how the actors of Bollywood performed throughout the year. It can be easily said the senior actors were more dominating than the younger brigade. 

Here are the Top 5 Actors of Bollywood in 2016
[This ranking has been done based on combining the factors like acting, box office success and the actor’s contribution towards the success of his movies.]

1. Aamir Khan - He had only one release this year #Dangal but it was big enough to give

him the top position. Since the first trailer was released it created storm. Everyone was looking forward to see the movie, after all a Aamir Khan movie was releasing after long two years. Aamir Khan once again proved he is Mr Perfectionist. The way he portrayed his character of Haryanvi wrestler, it was definitely one of the best performances we have seen by any actor in recent times. His body language, his Haryanvi accent, and his wrestling moves everything showed his dedication as an actor. As expected the movie got huge opening and earned 100cr in just 3 days and near about 200cr in first week itself. The movie is already the second big hit of 2016 and soon it will enter 300cr and hopefully it will break all the records to be the highest grosser of all time.

2. Salman Khan - Salman Khan once again proved he is the Sultan of box office with his

only release of the year #Sultan. It was released on Eid, the most favourite season for Bhaijaan. This movie did a humongous business and entered 300cr club to become the second big hit of Salman Khan. Ruling the box office is an old habit of Salman Khan but with his last few releases he is getting acknowledged for choosing good subjects and acting well too. In #Sultan too he was highly appreciated for his performance in the role of a wrestler who struggles to find his lost love and lost glory.

3. Akshay Kumar - Akshay Kumar kept us entertaining throughout the year with three

back to back hits #Airlift, #Houseful3 and #Rustom. All of these three movies were 100cr hits. Among these three the best film was #Airlift. Akshay Kumar gave superb performance in this movie as a NRI who helped to airlift a group of Indian people from Kuwait to India. It was one of his career best performances so far. In #Houseful3 he entertained us with his comic timing, though it was very poor comedy but no doubt Akshay Kumar's comic performance was the best thing about the film. In #Rustom once again he appeared in serious role and he won our hearts once again. Also we can not forget his cameo in #Dishoom, it was hilarious and his five minute appearance was the best thing about the movie. Overall it was a very good year for his career.

4. Shahrukh Khan - Superstar Shahrukh Khan was missing this year. He appeared in two

movies and both failed to even enter in 100cr club. No doubt business wise he is lagging much behind of the other two Khans. But if we forget about those things then it can be easily said it was very good year for Shahrukh Khan as an actor. This year we saw Shahrukh coming out of his comfort zone of playing romantic roles and doing quite different characters. First he appeared in #Fan where he played a double role a superstar and his lookalike fan. As the fan he gave an award winning . In his second outing #DearZindagi we saw him giving able support to Alia Bhatt as her cool and composed therapist. We must say he was very impressive in that rool. Also his beard look made him look more appealing.

5. Sushant Singh Rajput - Among the crowd of veteran actors this young talented guy

has made a quick entry solely because of his hard work and talent. He appeared as captain cool M S Dhoni in the biopic #MSDhoniTheUntoldStory and he played this role superbly. He had totally nailed it, the way Dhoni plays cricket. Watching him on screen playing those big shots was so real that even people from cricket world were speechless. He proved his calibre not only on learning cricket styles but also in the emotional scenes where he showed the struggle that Dhoni has to go through in his life. This movie earned 133cr at box office and became the third highest grosser of this year which was a big achievement for a comparatively younger actor like Sushant.

Apart from these actors there were some more actors who were very much impressive with their following performances.

Ranbir Kapoor (Ae Dil Hai Mushkil) - For last few years he was going through a bad phase in his professional career. But this year he got back his lost luck and gave a big hit with #AeDilHaiMushkil. He did an awesome acting as the heart broken lover. He was rocking with every emotion and he got a big thumbs up from each and everyone. Even those who had not liked the film had praised Ranbir Kapoor for his effortless acting.

Fawad Khan (Kapoor & Sons)- He was more in news for all the wrong reasons for his guest appearance in #AeDilHaiMushkil but the film where he was really impressive that was #KapoorAndSons. He was too good in that film and it was one brave step for him to take such a role which many of his contemporaries might have denied to do. 

Randeep Hooda (Sarbjit) - He was just out of the world with his extraordinary performance in and as #Sarbjit. His physical transition was something to look out for and his expression showing the agony and pain of Sarabjit was so real. 

Rishi Kapoor (Kapoor & Sons) - He played the mischievous grandfather excellently. Though his make-up was very helpful to make him look like an old man but to play a character who is much older than your real age is not an easy task and Rishi Kapoor had mastered this tough job with his perfect mannerism.

Amitabh Bachchan (Pink)  - He is of course a big star and brilliant actor and he really do not need any recommendations now still we must say he was dynamic as the lawyer in #Pink. Every single dialogue mouthed by him became a rage nationwide. Even at this age he can give tough competition to his juniors.

Shahid Kapoor (Udta Punjab) - His portrayal of a drug addict pop singer Tommy Singh was very much impressive and authentic. The way he had transformed himself physically was highly commendable. 

Diljit Dosanjh (Udta Punjab) - This Punjabi super star made a confident debut with #UdtaPunjab and we love him for everything he does on screen.

Manoj Bajpayee (Aligarh) – He portrayed an aged Gay professor fighting for his basic rights of having privacy in his personal life. He was brilliant with the mannerism of an aged lonely guy. Also playing a gay character was one bold decision for his part as an actor.

R. Madhavan (Saala Khadoos) – This was unfortunately one over looked performance of the year. Hats off to Madhavan for playing the role of a strict boxing coach with such perfection.

Pankaj Tripathi (Neel Batte Sannata ) – Even without saying any funny dialogue he made us laugh with his expressions and that is the talent of this wonderful actor.

Nawazuddin Siddiqui (Raman Raghav 2.0) – Nawazuddin is powerhouse of talent and he once again proved that playing a psycho serial killer with such perfection.

Piyush Mishra (Happy Bhaag Jayegi , Pink) – He is not a regular face as an actor but whenever he comes on screen he proves himself as a talented actor. Whether it is doing comedy in #HappyBhaagJayegi or doing a negative character in #Pink ,he did both with same excellence.

Farhan Akhtar (Wazir) – He played an emotional character who is struggling with his relationship and he was good enough to leave his mark in spite of sharing screen space with Big B.

Rajkumar Rao (Aligarh) - He played a small time reported who an old man to fight his legal battle. Rajkumar Rao was very natural in his performance and we appreciate the way he had picked up the malayali accent for his character.

There were some Actors who were not so impressive in 2016.

Flop Actors of 2016

Aditya Roy Kapoor -  He was very much hopeful with his solo release of this year #Fitoor and had given a lot of effort for that but it flopped badly at the box office.

Hrithik Roshan - He appeared in much hyped periodic drama #MohenjoDaro which was an ambitious project and his Fans were very much hopeful with it, but finally it was disaster.

Emraan Hashmi - He kept searching for good luck but failed once again. Both his movies #Azhar and #RaazReboot were big flops, though he still have teh good luck with his songs.

The Actor who was missing in 2016
Saif Ali Khan - Though he was very much in news for his personal life for becoming a proud father but professionally he was missing from big screen.

Update of Bengali Movies in the 4th Quarter of 2016

The last quarter of 2016 was the best in terms of business as well as good movies. As there two most favorite festive seasons Durga Puja and Christmas were there in this quarter, so most of the awaited movies were released in this quarter.

Let's look back at this quarter and have month wise recap.

October

The month of October is always special for bengali movie lovers as it is the season of Durga Puja which has became the most favorite festive season for Bengali film producer since last few weeks.This year Durga Puja season was even bigger with six release Zulfiqar, #Gangster, #Abhimaan, #ByomkeshOChiriyakhana,#Chocolate and #PremKiBujhini. Among these six two were hits, two were average successful and other two surrendered to the other stronger competitors. Let's talk about the movies which made highlights in this month.

#Zulfiqar
One of the most successful director Srijit Mukherjee collaborated with the biggest production house of the industry to make a big budget Magnum opus with almost half dozen

of big stars, definitely this was enough to make #Zulfiqar one of the most awaited film of this year. It was the talk of the town since the first teaser was released. The story concept, to adapt two Shakespeare's novels 'Julius Caesar' and 'Antony and Cleopatra' in one movie that too in the backdrop of mafias in Khidderpore doc area was very fresh and appealing to Bengali cine lovers. Apart from the director and the concept the huge star cast was obviously an added attraction which included names like Prosenjit Chatterjee, Dev, Parambrata Chatterjee, Jisshu Sengupta, Kaushik Sen, Ankush, Paoli Dam, Nusrat, Rahul Banerjee among others.Not to forget the wonderful music by Anupam Roy which was already popular before the release of the film. All these factors helped this film to get the biggest opening among the other Puja releases. But after watching it, people were divided in different opinions. Some felt it was a good effort from Srijit but many of the loyal fans of Srijit Mukherjee felt that he tried to attend more commercial subject coming out of his own signature style of film making ,to make it more mass appealing. No matter whether some people were not too happy with it but the positive response towards it was huge enough and that reflected on the box office collections too. Also a great satellite deal and Amazon Prime deal helped it to break even on its second week itself, in spite of having a high budget. On final run it was a big box office success. 
Among the actors Prosenjit Chatterjee, Parambrata Chatterjee, Kaushik Sen, Paoli Dam got appreciation for their performances. Dev got a huge acclaim for his superb acting in a mute character. But Jisshu Sengupta was the show stealer with his exceptionally well portrayal of a negative character.

#ByomkeshOChiriyakhana
During last year Durga Puja, director Anjan Dutta presented Jisshu Sengupta as new Byomkesh Bakshi and it was a big hit. Getting inspired from last year's success the team

came back this Puja with yet another mystery of Byomkesh Bakshi. This time the story was 'Chiriyakhana'. This was the same story on which Satyajit Ray had made his only Byomkesh movie with Uttam Kumar. Though it was not a kind of remake of Ray's 'Chiriyakhana', rather director Anjan Dutta had made it, in his own way. This time too Jisshu Sengupta, Saswata Chatterjee and Ushoshi were there as Byomkesh, Ajit and Satyabati. Along with them there were a bunch of film and television actors like Shantilal Mukherjee, Sayani Ghosh, Neel Mukjerjee, Priyanka Sarkar, Riju Biswas, Kanchan Mallik and Subhra Saurav Das. All of them were perfect in their roles especially Subhra was too good as a mentally challenged guy. Both Jissu and Saswata were as usual in good form. Whenever Anjan Dutta has made a Byomkesh film it has never failed and this time too there was no exception. The movie got a wonderful opening and considering its limited budget it became a big hit in just few weeks. It continued ruling ticket windows for a long time. In fact it was the most profitable film among the all six releases during this Puja.

#Abhimaan
It was the third mainstream masala movie of this year featuring superstar Jeet. This was a

remake made by director Raj Chakraborty. To add the glamour quotient there were two lovely ladies Shubhoshree and Sayantika. This movie had all the ingredients of a commercial blockbuster action, emotion, drama, romance, songs picturised in beautiful foreign location and a big reliable star. The songs like “Mon Bechara” and “Saiyaan” were quite popular. Moreover to be ahead in the tough completion during Puja weekend the producers choose to release it one day ahead of the other releases. Though this strategy was not that effective for this movie as the number of theaters was very less where it was released one day ahead. It got a decent opening at the small centers and most of the people who had watched this film had liked this family entertainer but in the long run it could not manage to be a big blockbuster. Maybe lack of promotion and tough fight among commercial movies during Puja had ceased its business to some extent. Though  it got an average success but Jeet once again proved that he is still more loved super star than his other contemporaries.

#Gangster
Like every year Shree Venkatesh Films released one out an out commercial film on Puja alongside one Srijit Mujherjee film, this time it was #Gangster. They repeated their last

Puja hit director Birsha Dashgupta who had given a big hit on last Puja with #SudhuTomariJanno. In recent time, commercial movies are not doing good business, maybe because of that this time they launched a new leading man Yash Dashgupta who was already a household name because of his successful TV serial. The presence of Yash had given the film a fresh appeal at the same time it had limited the budget too. This was a love story of a gangster played by Yash where the female lead was played by Mimi Chakraborty. The movie was shot beautifully in the exotic locations of Turkey. The fresh pair and the maiden location had given the movie a refreshing look. Moreover the songs like “Thik Emon” and “Bol Na Re Mon” were very popular much before the release. For the commercial movie lovers it was definitely a good choice to watch during the Puja vacations and they choose to watch it for obvious reasons. The movie got a better than expected opening and continued doing better than average business even having tough completion from the other releases and Bengali film industry got a new commercial star Yash Dashgupta.

November

The month of November ususally have to suffer from the overdose of movies in October during Puja, so normally there is hardly any big movie which comes in November. This year in November there were several small movies but two movies which made a mark were #ThammarBoyfriend and #Antarleen

#ThammarBoyfriend

As the name suggest, it was a movie based on a funny concept of one old grand mother and her young boyfriend played by Savitri Chatterjee and Abir Chatterjee respectively. It was really wonderful to see Savitri Chatterjee playing a leading lady after a long time. Though the subject has been presented as comedy but the main motive of the movie was to give a social message that was to give love and care to the elderly people. It was a nice comedy with some beautiful performances by Abir Chatterjee, Arunima Ghosh and Supriyo Dutta. The movie got a fare enough response at the ticket windows though  business wise it could not be called a successful film but the film got positive response from the audiences and people liked the message of this film. People feel connected with the strong social message. 


#Antarleen
This was a murder mystery with some wonderful performances and engaging twists.

Debutante director Arindam Bhattacharya made this film with a relatively unknown cast and crew which gave it a fresh approach. In this movie for the first time we got to see Kharaj Mukherjee in a lead role that too doing some serious stuff as an investigating officer of crime branch. Also it was lovely to see Mamata Shankar making a comeback in movies with a solid performance. Apart from that, the exotic locations of hill town Kasouli was an added attraction of the film. In spite of being a good thriller it got very cold response at the ticket windows and mostly it was because of the lack of promotion and star value. Though the few number people who had watched this movie , they had liked it very well. We hope, we will get to see some really good movies from this talented director in future.

December

The month of  December is also one special season for Bengali movies as it is time of Christmas and New Year vacation. Specially this vacation season is related with school holidays so it is the perfect time for releasing adventure movies like Feluda and Byomkesh.
This December we witnessed one big clash of the two sleuths when both #DoubleFeluda and #ByomkesPawrbo released on same Friday, though both the movies are doing well at the box office without affecting each other's business.

#ByomkeshPawrbo

Last year director Arindam Sil had reintroduced Byomkesh in his first attempt with

Byomkesh movies with #HarHarByomkesh and this year with #ByomkeshPawrbo he continued that trend. Once again we got a Byomkesh movie which was more mainstream and more contemporary without compromising with the traditional Byomkesh sentiments. This movie was based on Shirdendu Bandopadhyay's novel "Amriter Mrityu", which was about solving the mystery of illegal arms circulation. The backdrop was set in the forest areas of Dooars in the time of 1948. One must say the recreation of the period of 1948 had been done very authentically by the talented crew lead by Director Arindam Sil. As Byomkesh Bakshi, Abir Chatterjee was in superb form and he was the main highlight of the film. Apart from him Sohini Sarkar, Kaushik Sen and Rudranil Ghosh were also appreciated for their performances. Besides fine acting and direction another high point of the film was brilliant cinematography by Soumik Halder. The movie got a very good opening and kept doing good business with every passing day. It is one of the rare successful movies of this year and the way it is gaining popularity it will keep doing good business for long time.


#DoubleFeluda
#DoubleFeluda was not just a regular Feluda movie by Sandip Ray. It was quite different as it marked the celebration of completion of glorious fifty years Feluda series. That is why the word Feluda was used in the title itself and also for the fans it had not one rather two stories

in two halves. These two stories were "Samaddarer Chabi" and "Golakdhaam Rahasya". As Sandip Ray is yet to find a new actor to play Jatayu so he had to choose two stories from the initial phase of Feluda series where Jatayu was not there. To play Feluda and Topshe he once again choose his old favorites Sabyasach Chakraborty and Saheb Bhattacharya. Sabyasachi Chakraborty has played the character of Feluda on screen for the maximum time and he has succeeded to match our expectations every time. Before the release of this film, there were many doubts to many people, as he is growing old and looking aged. But on a surprising note with perfect make up and a better body language Sabyasachi managed to overcome all those shortcomings.
Apart from two stories in two halves, there were some additional features for the fans like the opening credit which showed the original textbook snapshots from different popular Feluda stories to bring back all the memories of reading the books. The end credit was a journey through the memories of Feluda movies where the cast and crew members shared there experience working with Satyajit Ray on Feluda movies, in a short documentary format. Sandip Ray's simple storytelling and Sabyasachi Chakraborty's wonderful performance in the title role make it a favorite among the fans. As expected the movie got a better opening and continued successful run.

Overall the last quarter of 2016 was the best and now we are looking forward to even better and bigger 2017.

Best Film of Quarter 4 2016

• Zulfiqar
• Byomkesh O Chiriyakhana
• Byomkesh Pawrbo
• Double Feluda
• Antarleen

Best Directors of Quarter 4 2016

• Srijit Mukherjee - Zulfiqar
• Anjan Dutta - Byomkesh O Chiriyakhana
• Arindam Sil - Byomkesh Pawrbo
• Sandip Ray - Double Feluda
• Arindam Bhattacharya - Antarleen

 Best Actors of Quarter 4 2016

• Dev - Zulfiqar
• Parambrata Chatterjee -  Zulfiqar
• Jishhu Sengupta - Byomkesh O Chiriyakhana / Zulfiqar
• Kharaj Mukherjee - Antarleen
• Abir Chatterjee - Byomkesh Pawrbo
• Kaushik Sen - Zulfiqar / Byomkesh Pawrbo
• Prosenjit Chatterjee - Zulfiqar
• Saswata Chatterjee - Byomkesh O Chiriyakhana
• Shubhra Saurav Das - Byomkesh O Chiriyakhana
• Ankush Hazra - Zulfiqar
• Rahul Banerjee - Zulfiqar
• Rudranil Ghosh - Chocolate / Byomkesh Pawrbo

Best Actresses of Quarter 4 2016

• Arunima Ghosh - Thammar Boyfriend
• Sohini Sarkar - Byomkesh Pawrbo
• Paoli Dam - Zulfikar
• Mimi Chakraborty - Gangster
• Mamata Shankar - Antarleen

Update of Bollywood in 4th Quarter of 2016

The last quarter of this year was the biggest one with three 100 cr Hits and one Aamir Khan release which has already crossed 150 cr mark in just 5 days and have all the potential to become the highest grosser of all time.
Let's do a quick recap of Q4 2016.

October
The month of October had a bumper start with #MSDhoniTheUntoldStory. It was the biopic

of one of the most loved captain of Indian cricket team Mahendra Singh Dhoni. It was one of the most eagerly awaited movies of this year and it got a bumper opening with a huge 21cr on opening day and 66 cr in its first weekend. This craze proved once again that Mahendra Singh Dhoni is really a big brand who can assure a big opening of the level of Big Bollywood stars. The movie was wonderfully made by Neeraj Pandey and the solid performance by Sushant Singh Rajput in the title role was highly appreciated. This movie kept doing excellent business and became the third highest grosser of 2016 with a lifetime collection of 133 cr.
It was followed by a Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's #Mirzya , a contemporary take on folk tale of "Mirza Sahiba" . This movie was awaited because it marked the debut of Anil Kapoor's son Harshvardhan Kapoor along with debutante Sayami Kher. But in spite of the support and back up of industry insiders, Harshvardhan's debut turned out to be one of the biggest disasters of this year.

Next highlight of this month was the big clash on the Diwali weekend between two biggies Karan Johar's #AeDilHaiMushkil and Ajay Devgan's #Shivaay. Though both the movies

were different from each other in terms of concept and treatment, still they have to fight with each other to grab audiences attention. Both movies got good opening because of the big expectation and holiday seasons but after watching these movies both audience and critics were disappointed. As a result after getting a good opening collections dropped for both the movies from second week onward.Although people could not connect with the emotional one sided love story of #AeDilHaiMushkil but the performances of Ranbir Kapoor and Anushka Sharma and the music by Pritam were highly appreciated. On the other hand the main highlight of #Shivaay were the exceptionally well picturization of Himalayas and the wonderfully designed high voltage action sequences.
On final run, #AeDilHaiMushkil win the fight by a safe margin with a collection of 112 cr at domestic box office where #Shivaay just managed to enter 100 cr club , even in the worldwide business #AeDilHaiMushkil was much ahead of #Shivaay. 

November
The month of November begin with back to back flop sequels starting with #RockOn2 ,

#TumBin2 followed by #Force2. #RockOn2 tried to take the story forward from where it was ended in the first part with the same cast with an addition of Shraddha Kapoor but this time it failed to connect with the audience. Neither the story nor the music was that much impressive compared to the first part. #TumBin2 was almost a remake of the first part with fresh new cast. #Force2 was a spy thriller dealing with global terrorism. Among these three #Force2 get comparatively better response but in the long run all three were big flops. There were two main reasons , first of all these movies were not as good as the prequels and secondly these movies were partially affected by the Govt's decision of demonetization which forced people to cut off there luxuries like watching movies because of the lack of cash available in hand. 

This bad phase ended with #DearZindagi, the last release of November. It was a simple heart touching story of a young ambitious  girl who is fighting with challenges in her personal and professional life and finally how she learns to overcome it with the help of a therapist. This movie had been produced by Karan Johar and directed by Gauri Shinde. It featured Alia Bhatt and Shahrukh Khan in the lead roles but in spite of having such big names associated with it , this movie was promoted as a simple small film where the content was the main USP not the stars. Both Alia Bhatt and Shahrukh Khan did fabulous job along with the supporting cast and this movie make its way to everyone's hearts which helped it to became a hit with a collection of 67 cr, which is profitable enough considering the small budget of the film. This movie was also got much acknowledgment for addressing an important but ignorant topic that is to take care of mental health.


December
The month of December started with one of the highly awaited film of recent times

#Kahaani2. #Kahaani had set a benchmark for thrillers so when the same combo of director Sujoy Ghosh and actress Vidya Balan came together it set sky high hopes automatically. But unfortunately the film was not up to the mark to our expectations. First of all it was not at all a thriller and a perfect successor of #Kahaani, rather it was an emotional story of a mother and daughter which was trying desperately to be qualified as a thriller. The only good thing about the movie was the brilliant acting by the leading lady Vidya Balan. No doubt it was a big flop, in spite of getting comparatively better start. Another good thing was the way it had handled a sensitive issue of child abuse but unfortunately that issue lost somewhere while trying to make it a thriller forcefully. We wish the team had made it just as a emotional drama and not as a sequel to #Kahaani.

The second week saw a similar incident when another much hyped film #Befikre flopped to match the expectations from the big director behind the movie Aditya Chopra. When Aditya Chopra decided to come back to director's seat we obviously expect yet another classic from him. On the contrary to that what we found in this Ranveer Singh and Vaani Kapoor starer, that was just a regular boy meets girl story who are not ready to commit in relationship but finally falls in love. This is one age old story which has been told so many times even three four times under Yashraaj banner itself. The only good thing about the movie was the highly energetic performance by Ranveer Singh and some superb dancing by the lead pair.

Finally Mr Perfectionist Aamir Khan arrived as a savior to Bollywood with his Christmas release #Dangal which was based on the real life story of Haryanvi wrestler Mahavir Singh Phogat who gave training to her daughters Geeta and Babita to became world champion wrestlers. There is no doubt this Nitesh Tiwari directed film is one of the best film of recent times. Aamir Khan is no doubt the biggest USP of the film which has helped it to earn more than 150cr in just five days. Apart from Aamir Khan the other positive factors about this movie is the story which had blended entertainment with social message about women up-liftment and patriotism , brilliant performances by the whole cast and the hard work of the crew to make the film and the wrestling matches look absolutely authentic. This movie has already broken some record and we are hopeful that it will enter 350cr mark to be the biggest grosser of all time.



Overall the last quarter was very good in terms of business and now we are eagerly waiting for the big releases of next year. Hope 2017 will be be a bigger one for Bollywood.

Best Film of Q4 2016

• MSDhoni The Untold Story
• Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
• Dear Zindagi
• Dangal

Best Director of Q4 2016

• Neeraj Pandey - MSDhoni The Untold Story
• Karan Johar - Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
• Gauri Shinde - Dear Zindagi
• Nitesh Tiwari - Dangal

Best Actor of Q4 2016

• Shushant Singh Rajput - MSDhoni The Untold Story
• Ajay Devgan - Shivaay
• Ranbir Kapoor - Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
• Shahrukh Khan - Dear Zindagi
• Ranveer Singh - Befikre
• Aamir Khan - Dangal
• Tahir Raj Bhasin - Force 2
• Farhan Akhtar - Rock On 2
• Purab Kohli - Rock On 2

Best Actress of Q4 2016

• Anushka Sharma - Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
• Alia Bhatt - Dear Zindagi
• Vidya Balan - Kahaani 2
• Aishwarya Rai Bachchan - Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
• Sana Fatima Sheikh - Dangal
• Sanya Malhotra - Dangal
• Sakhshi Tanwar - Dangal

Top Songs of Q4 2016

• Koun Tujhe - M S Dhoni The Untold Story
• Ae Dil Hai Mushkil/Bulleya/Channa Mereya/Break Up Song  - Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
• Bolo Har Har/Darkhast  - Shivaay
• Love You Zindagi - Dear Zindagi
• Koi Fariyaad  - Tum Bin 2
• Dangal Dangal / Dhakad / Haanikarak Baapu - Dangal