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Tuesday, 13 January 2015

Thursday, 8 January 2015

Report Card of Bollywood Actors in 2014

Just like any other year 2014 too was rocked by three khans, here is the ranking of the bollywood actors in terms of their box office performance as well as their contribution in the box office success of their movies.

The actors who rocked in 2014

1.Aamir Khan- On no 1 position it is the perfectionist Khan, Aamir Khan. He was the first actor whose film has entered in 100cr club and 200cr club and now he broke his own record and give the first ever movie to enter in the 300cr club which is "PK". It took only 17 days to do that. This movie has already earned more than 300cr and still running well in the theaters. It has already surpassed the box office collection record of "Dhoom 3" and has became the all time blockbuster. Apart from "PK", Aamir was also in limelight for his successful TV show "Satyamev Jayate" with his two successful seasons this year.

2.Salman Khan - In 2013 Salman had no release but in 2014 he has two releases. His first release was "Jai Ho" which was quite disappointing as per the expectations of Salman Khan but even a Salman Khan flop also earns more than 100cr at the box-office. Salman's next release was "Kick" which came on the auspicious occasion of Eid. With "Kick" Salman came back with a power punch and gave his first 200cr hit. Apart from his movies Salman was also in news for his hit TV show "Big Boss" during the last quarter of 2014.

3. Shahrukh Khan - Shahrukh Khan made a very late entry in 2014 with his only Diwali release "Happy New Year". This movie made the record of highest opening day collection with around 42cr. and its total indian gross income was more than 200cr. Though it could not break the records of King khan's last year release "Chennai Express" but still it was a big hit. Apart from this Shahrukh was in news for 1000 weeks completion of 1995 classic
"Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge".

4. Hrithik Roshan - Hrithik had only one release this year which was "Bang Bang" , this movie was not a favorite with the critics but it made a big collection at the ticket windows due to its highly created pre-release buzz. Once again Hrithik impressed us with his well chiseled body and superb dancing skills.To promote this film Hrithik had taken an innovative initiative by giving his friends from film industry a BangBang Dare challenge.
This movie made around 180 cr at the box office.

5. Arjun Kapoor - This rising star has three release this year and all three were successful. First one was "Gunday" where we found him in a bit grey shade. Then came "2 States" his first 100cr hit where he played a cool MBA pass out lover boy and then came "Finding Fanny" where he played another romantic role and made his presence felt in a cast comprising half a dozen veteran actors. Not only box office collection wise but also Arjun proved himself as an actor too by choosing different range of characters and performing them well too.

6. Ajay Devgan - Ajay Devgan once agin return as Bajirao Singham in the independence release "Singham Returns" and it became the highest grossed film of his career with around 140cr box office collection. His fans loved him in this movie. But unfortunately his second film this year "Action Jackson" was a disappointment. Ajay Devgan tries to do something totally out his trademark style but it did not work for him his action was still good but his dance and comedy was not up to the mark.

7. Akhsay Kumar- Just like any other year Akhshay has mixed year this time too. Again he had three releases among them the first one was a big hit entered in 100cr club , it was "Holiday". Akhshay Kumar's performance as an army officer was very good. Then came a comedy "Entertainment". Here Akhshay was good with his comic timing but people could not relate with story of bonding of a dog and a human so in spite of getting a good start it was just an average at the box office in long run. Still it manage to earn 70cr. Finally Akhshay came in a extended cameo in his own home production "The Shaukeens" which was a remake of old Basu Chatterjee film "Shaukeen". The film did not worked at box office but everyone liked Akshay's hilarious portrayal himself on the big screen where he played a lot of spoof on himself. Apart from this He tried his luck as producer in yet another movie which was "Fugly" with four new comers , this film flopped badly in the box office.

8. Siddhart Malhotra - Karan Johar's discovery Siddharth had two releases this year one was "Hasee To Phasee" where he played sentimental romantic lead with perfection. This film did quite good business as per its budget. Then came his second big hit "Ek Villain". This movie was the biggest hit all the cast member's career including Siddhart. It made entry to 100cr club. Its music was a big hit. With this movie Siddharth shows another side of his acting by playing a local goon.

9. Varun Dhawan - Another Karan Johar discovery Varun Dhawan made his presence felt in Bollywood this year. In 2014 he appeared in two back to back hit comedies one directed by his own father David Dhawan and another one was from Karan Johar's production house. Both "Main Tera Hero" and "Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania" were big hits and made more than 50cr at the box office. Also these movies proved Varun's comic timing. No doubt Bollywood has got an alternate for Govinda with his unique combination of comedy and dancing skill.

10. Reteish Deshmukh - So far Reteish Deshmukh has a name as a comic actor but this year he took a 360 degree reverse turn and played a negative character in "Ek Villain". His negative performance has been well received by critics and audiences. The movie does a very well at box office. Apart from this we see Riteish Deshmukh in his usual self in comic role in "Humshakals" the movie was a disaster but Retiesh Deshmukh was good with his comic timing. In 2014 Retiesh also made his debut as an action star in Marathi film. His debut Marathi film also became a big hit in regional market.

Apart from these actors we also loved the following actors :
Abhishek Bachchan - Happy New Year
Ranadeep Hooda - Highway,Kick
Shahid Kapoor - Haider
Nawazuddin Siddiqui - Miss Lovely, Kick
Arshad Warsi - Dedh Ishqiya

The actors who flopped in 2014

Emraan Hashmi - 2014 was very unlucky for Emraan Hashmi. His both the films "Raja Natwarlal" and "Ungly" got very bad response at box office. Even the music of these films did not work much as per Emraan Hashmi's past records It seems he have to back to Bhatt camp to regain his popularity.

Saif Ali Khan - Saif had two releases in 2014. First one was "Humshakals" which flopped badly at box office. Saif looked totally out of sync in this mindless comedy. But the bad thing for Saif is even he could not win audiences heart in a tailor made role for him in "Happy Ending". With this movie he also failed as a producer.

Aditya Roy Kapoor - After the big success of "Ashiqui 2" everyone had big hopes from Aditya Roy Kapoor but he appeared in a disastrous film in 2014 which was "Daawat-E-Ishq". Here Aditya tried to experiment with his looks as well as with his screen image but both this experiments did not worked in his favor.

The actors whom we missed in 2014

Among the A listed actors we missed the following actors very much in 2014:

Ranbir Kapoor - Only appeared in very small but interesting cameo in "PK".

John Abraham - No releases only came in limelight for his football team ownership and his secret marriage.

Sushant Singh Rajput - Only had a special appearance in "PK".

Sunday, 4 January 2015

Box office update of Bollywood in 2014

2014 has ended and its time to look back at the business of movies in 2014. In terms of business it will be remembered as the year when we got the first Bollywood movie to touch 300 cr figure and the movie is "PK". "PK" took 17 days to became the first and so far only bollywood movie to enter in the 300cr club. Apart from that two other movies enters in 200cr club and seven other movies enters in 100cr club.

Here are the top 10 grosser of 2014 as per box office collections :

2014 Box Office Positions	Movie	Lead Stars	Directors	India Nett Collection in Crores
1	PK	Aamir Khan, Anushka Sharma, Sanjay Dutt,Sushant Singh Rajput	Rajkumar Hirani	294.00*
2	Kick	Salman Khan, Jacqueline Fernandez,Randeep Hooda	Sajid Nadiadwala	233.00
3	Happy New Year	Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone,Abhishek Bachchan, Sonu Sood, Boman Irani, Vivaan Shah	Farah Khan	203.30
4	Bang Bang	Hrithik Roshan, Katrina Kaif	Siddharth Anand	181.03
5	Singham Returns	Ajay Devgn, Kareena Kapoor Khan	Rohit Shetty	141.00
6	Holiday	Akshay Kumar, Sonakshi Sinha	A.R. Murugadoss	112.65
7	Jai Ho	Salman Khan, Daisy Shah	Sohail Khan	111.00
8	Ek Villain	Sidharth Malhotra, Shraddha Kapoor, Riteish Deshmukh	Mohit Suri	105.50
9	2 States	Arjun Kapoor, Alia Bhatt	Abhishek Varman	104.00
10	Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania	Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan	Shashank Khaitan	76.81

Apart from these movies there were so many movies made with small budget which made huge profit though these movies collection were not too big but their profit percentage was very big.

Film	Box Office Collection (Lifetime) (In Cr)	Box-office verdict
Khoobsurat	25.87	Hit
Finding Fanny	35.91	Hit
Creature 3D	20	Hit
Mary Kom	64	Hit
Mardaani	36	Hit
Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania	76.81	Hit
Heropanti	55	Hit
Main Tera Hero	55.00	Plus
Ragini MMS 2	47.00	Super-Hit
Queen	61.00	Super-Hit
Highway	27.25	Average
Gunday	76.55	Plus
Hasee Toh Phasee	35.5	Plus
Yaariyan	40	Super-Hit

Review of Bengali film Badshahi Angti

Actor Bibhu Bhattacharya's unfortunate demise created a new challenge for director Sandip Ray to continue with his Feluda series without the inseparable character of Jatayu,but Sandip Ray took this challenge brilliantly and make a fresh start from the very first novel of Feluda sereis "Badshahi Angti" where the character of Jatayu is not there. With this initiative not only he get extra time to find a perfect actor for the character of Jatayu but also he got a chance to handover the baton to an young actors to play Feluda and his sidekick Topshe.

So while watching this you will get the nostalgic feeling of watching a Feluda movie but also you will get a fresh and contemporary approach too which will appeal to the current generation.

As the story is based on the first novel of the series so our very own sleuth Prodosh C Mitter(Abir Chatterjee) is not a professional detective yet rather he is working in a bank and working as detective is his hobby only. During a visit to Lucknow to an uncle's place he found himself involved in a mysterious case of a missing ring. The ring which was once worn by Aurangzeb and later goes to too many hands and finally goes missing from Feluda's uncles's house. There are a lot of interesting characters who are all in the suspect's list like Dr. Srivastava(Bharath Kaul) who was the last owner of the Ring, Mahavir (Tathagata Mukherjee) whose father has gifted the ring to doctor,the animal lover Banabihari Sarkar (Paran Bandopadhyay) or his aide Ganesh Guha(Rajatava Dutta). In his investigation Feluda is joined by his cousin Topshe (Sourav Das). and finally how they solved the mystery is the rest of the story.

Along with these characters, another important character of the film is the backdrop of Lucknow and Haridwar which has became alive with the perfect cinematography by Sirsha Ray. While watching the film you can feel you are watching a investigation of a missing ring and at the same time you are also watching a travelogue of Lucknow and Haridwar city. From Bada Imambara, Kaizar Bag , Bhulbhulaiya to the Ganges ghats of Haridwar every place has been captured with the eyes of a tourist and there is enough information also about those monuments as Feluda or Banabihari keeps playing perfect guide to Topshe from time to time. Even you will get a glance of Lucknow special kebab and other Nawabi food items too.

As a director Sandip Ray has played the masterstroke by choosing the story to relaunch the series with a fresh lead actor.His direction is good from choosing perfect actors to perfect locations.

Abir Chatterjee has already made his mark as Byomkesh so far but he has played the character of Feluda with the same confidence and has created the character of his own. In fact Abir looks more suitable as Feluda in terms of his screen age in comparison to earlier Feluda played by Sabyasachi Chakraborty. We will definitely look forward to watch more Feluda movies with Abir Chatterjee playing the lead.
Unfortunately the same can not be said for the debutante actor Sourav Das who has played Topshe for the first time. His looks matches with the screen age of his character but his acting is just average. Though it can be overlooked considering that he has act with the veterans in his very first film at this young age. Hope he will give more mature performance in the next movies of the series.

Among the others Paran Bandopadhyay is brilliant as animal lover Banabihari Sarkar, once again he has proved that he is the best character actor of Tollywood in recent times. The rest of the cast including Bharath Kaul, Biswajeet Chakraborty, Dipankar De has given appropriate support. Rajatava Dutta has very little to do as Ganesh Guha, in fact he has dialogues in only one scene. Probably he has done this role only as a gesture of friendship.

Among the technical team the person who deserves special mention is cinematographer Shirsha Ray. He has captured the scenic beauty of Lucknow and Haridwar very lavishly. The editing is good and keeps the pace correct for a n adventure thriller. The background music is obviously the main attraction of a Feluda movies without that signature theme music in background the Feluda nostalgia would have been incomplete.

Overall "Badshahi Angti" is a must watch for all Feluda fans, go and watch the new generation Feluda who still smokes cigarette but at the same time he also prefers to drink coffee at CCD. Even if you are not a die hard fan of Feluda still you can enjoy this adventure thriller with talented actors and beautiful locations of Lucknow and Haridwar.

All AbOuT MoViEs N mOrE.....

Tuesday, 13 January 2015

Winners of 10th Renault Star Guild Awards

Thursday, 8 January 2015

Report Card of Bollywood Actors in 2014

Nominations for 10th Renault Star Guild Awards(for 2014)

Sunday, 4 January 2015

Box office update of Bollywood in 2014

Review of Bengali film Badshahi Angti

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