All ye' screenland fans and screenland lovers are interested in knowing which indeed was the most successful screenland flick of 2008. Is it Ghajini or Golmaal Returns? Or is there other clear winner? What do trade guides show? Which screenland flick truly rocked 2008? Is the most successful screenland flick of 2008, also your selection movie?
Presenting here are the hits, superhits and blockbusters screenland movies of 2008, including a brief review. The movies are unreal according to their time of release.
1. Jodhaa Akbar : Released on February 15' 2008, Jodhaa Akbar, directed by screenland Movie prolific administrator Ashutosh Gowariker, was a motortruck hit. It went on to do a business of Rs. 62 crores . Hrithik Roshan was the USP of the film, he played Akbar so substantially that the historic figure is now synonymous with the actor.
2. Race: Released on March 21' 2008, Race was the first bounteous hit of 2008. An edge of the seat thriller, the flick directed by Abbas-Mustan was full of twists and turns. As of May 30, it grossed Rs.63,67,00,000 ($14,886,600) in India, and $9,505,321 in other parts bringing a worldwide amount of $24,391,921. Race is actually the fifth large hit of 2008.
3. Jannat: Jannat, directed by Kunal Deshmukh, was a Mukesh Bhatt film, free on May 16. Based on cricket betting, the flick extracted the career prizewinning performance of Emran Movie. Debutante Sonal Chauhan prefabricated a pretty picture in the movie. Jannat grossed 32,47,00,000 in 5 weeks, quite higher than its outlay of production.
4. Aamir: One of the dark horse hits of 2008, Aamir directed by Raj Kumar Gupta free on June 6. The flick starring Rajeev Khandelwal was a story most how an innocent man gets trapped in the hands of religious extremists who poverty to assail the city. An interesting premise, the flick did good business.
5. Sarkar Raj: Sarkar Raj, directed by Ram Gopal Verma free on June 6 2008. The flick was a semi-hit; people compared Sarkar Raj to its prequel Sarkar, and found that the sequel was not as effective as the first one. Nevertheless, it grossed 34 crores in Bharat in its first digit weeks and over $1 million in the USA.
6. Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na: Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na, free on July 4 2008; directed by Abbas Tyrewala and produced by Aamir Khan, was the iconic flick of 2008. The flick was a blazing hit and it is still the favorites of the youth segment, which forms a major part of the flick going audience. The youthful flick had a cliched but entertaining story with fantastic penalization by A.R.Rahman. in 5 weeks, it attained approximately 52.96 crores.
7. Singh is Kinng: Singh is Kinng was a movie, all Akshay Kumar fans were inactivity for. Released on August 8, 2008; the flick recorded the large advance booking in the history of Bollywood, second exclusive to Ghajini. With a fantastic figure of Rs.44 crores in the first week, Singh is Kinng was the fourth large hit of screenland 2008. By September, it had already attained Rs.73 crores.
8. Bachna Ae Haseeno: Released on August 15, 2008, Bachna Ae Haseeno evidenced to be a solace for Yash Raj films which had exclusive given flops before this, in 2008 same Movie and Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic. Made on a budget of Rs.18 crores, this Ranbir Kapoor attained Rs.31.20 crores in its second week, and was declared a motortruck hit.
9. Phoonk: Phoonk directed by Ram Gopal Verma was belike the small pricey movie, which did Movie business. The flick supported on black magic was a success because of the subject.
10. Mumbai Meri Jaan: Mumbai Meri Jaan, free on August 22' 2008 was a flick supported on 7/11 assail blasts. A slightly documentary call film, it focussed on the repercussions of the assail blasts. The flick was an an above cipher hit. The USP of the flick was a noesis packed performance by Paresh Rawal and Irrfan Khan.
11. Rock On!!: Rock On(released August 29' 2008), directed by Abhishek Kapoor and produced by Farhan Akhtar, was another youth favorite, same Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na. Based on friendship and rock music, Rock On was treated same a sequel to the faith flick Dil Chahta Hai. It prefabricated singer-actor-producer-director(phew!) Farhan Akhtar, a household name.
12. A Wednesday: A Wednesday, free on September 5 2008, is the dark horse success of 2008. A powerful script, impeccable dialogues and a unique treatment by administrator Neeraj Pandey, prefabricated this belike the most watchable flick of 2008. Naseerudin monarch evidenced that he is inimitable when it comes to stellar performance.
13. 1920: A spooky flick directed by Vikram Bhatt(released Sep 12' 08) was high on horror around a concerned palatial house. Newbies Rajneesh Duggal and Adah Sharma gave a spirited(no pun intended!) performance. The fantastic English locales and visual effects evidenced to be the USP of the film.
14. Welcome to Sajjanpur: Welcome to Sajjanpur, free on September 19 2008 was administrator Shyam Benegal's entry to commercial cinema. The flick effort in rural set-up brought back memories of Malgudy Days and fared substantially at the incase office.
15. Fashion: Fashion directed by Madhur Bhandarkar, gave a push to Priyanka Chopra who Movie down-slide with four back to back flops in 2008. It appealed to the youth and the upper crust and did good business.
16. Golmaal Returns: Released on the same date as Fashion(October 29' 2008), Golmaal Returns was a run-away super hit. Though marred by critics, it was declared a huge success by the masses. It surpassed the first period totals of Om Shanti Om, last year, by collecting 22.03 lakhs on period one. This Rohit Shetty venture attained Rs.48 crores in the first week, making it the third large hit of 2008.
17. Dostana: Dostana directed by Tarun Mansukhani for Karan Johar free on November 14' 2008. The story of digit men Abhishek Bachchan and Evangelist Abraham, who pretend to be gays, and start in love with eye-candy Priyanka Chopra prefabricated the incase office smile. By Dec 12, it had already attained Rs.80 crores.
18. Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi: One of the much awaited movies, the Shahrukh Khan starrer Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, free on Dec 12'08. Made on a modest budget of Rs.22 crores by Yash Raj standards, Aditya Chopra directed this flick to success. The flick also featured debutante Anushka Sharma. Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi attained 7.5 crore net all over Bharat and by period 1, and attained Rs.44.5 crores by hebdomad 1. Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi is the second large hit of 2008.
19. Ghajini: The most awaited flick Ghajini, evidenced to be a achievement breaking success. The most successful flick of the year and perhaps digit of the all time bounteous hits, this Aamir Khan flick directed by A.Murgadoss evidenced ceding cannot beat quality. Released on Dec 25, 2008, this remake of the Southern flick of the same name is running quite strong, thanks to the Aamir Khan brand power. On Day 1, Ghajini attained Rs.33 crores,(compared to Rs.18 crore of Rab Ne) worldwide, something which is unheard off. Ghajini is all set to pass Rs.100 crores in threesome weeks, overtaking the lines of previous digit years biggies Om Shanti Om(Rs.80 crores) and Dhoom 2(Rs.85 crores).
Conclusion 2008: Ghajini has evidenced to be a bounteous money spinner for Bollywood. The year 2008 has pooled in 15 percent or Rs.900 crore more than last year. Call it the Pareto Principal, if you will but Rab Ne and Ghajini hit added another 20 percent more to the incase Movie collection of movies preceding them. Masala films and movies supported on 'terror issues' submissive 2008.
So, here is the countdown of the top 5 films of screenland 2008:
5. Race
4. Singh is Kinng
3.Golmaal Returns
2. Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
1. Ghajini
(ArticlesBase SC #701071)
