Top 10 Hindi Movies of 2013

Top 10 Hindi Movies of 2013

Here goes the list of my top 10 Hindi films of 2013 [from among what I have seen] - Not necessarily in any order

Special 26

Intelligent scripting, great direction made this retro-thriller not only click at the Box Office but also a critic favorite

Shuddh Desi Romance

A quirky Rom-Com made memorable by the lead cast, especially Parineeti Chopra

 

 Shahid

Movie based on the tragic real life story of activist-lawyer Shahid Azmi - hard hitting and powerful

 

 Lootera

A Beautiful tragic love story, definitely one of the best of 2013 if not the best. Great acting, direction, locations, music etc made the film something to cherish. We also saw classy avatar of the massy Sonakshi Sinha

 

The Lunchbox

Critic's favorite movie of 2013, the surprise hit of the year. Terrific perfomances by Irrfan, Namrata, Nawazudin, a film that touched every one in one way or the other.

Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster Returns
 
 A sequel that was as good as the prequel. Good crime-romance-thriller-drama

 

Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

A biopic on the life of Flying Sikh Milkha Singh with knock out acting by Farhan Akthar.

 

Kai Po Che

A Good film can be made from a bad/average source material was proved by KPC.

 

Raanjhanaa

another beautiful tragic romantic saga of 2013 made special by AR Rahman songs and great Bollywood debut by Dhanush

 

Madras Café

A fictionalized version of events leading to Rajiv Gandhi assassination. a gripping thriller, well made too

Honorable mentions Ankur Arora Murder Case, Sixteen, Aashiqui 2, Ram-Leela, Fukrey, ABCD, Ghanchakkar,  [Haven't seen 'Ship of Thesus']

 These are the Hindi movies I liked the most this year, may not necessarily be 'the best of 2013'

Salman Khan, Lungi Dance, Shreya Ghoshal, Sachin among most searched terms of 2013

Salman Khan, Lungi Dance, Shreya Ghoshal, Sachin Tendulkar among most searched terms of 2013

Salman Khan once again is the hottest property when it comes to internet searches, according to the data provided by Microsoft's Bing, a popular searching site. Here are theother important aspects in the data given by them

Most Searched Celebrity

 1 Salman Khan

2 Shahrukh Khan

3 Katrina Kaif

4 Sachin Tendulkar

5 Deepika Padukone

6 Priyanka Chopra

7 Kareena Kapoor

8 Akshay Kumar

9 Ranbir Kapoor

10 Vidya Balan

Most Searched Songs

1 Lungi dance – Chennai Express

2 Party on my mind – Race 2

3 Challa – Jab Tak Hai Jaan

4 Ambarsariya - Fukrey

5 Batmeez dil - Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani

6 Gulabi – Shuddh Desi Romance

7 Tum tak – Raanjhanaa

8 Zinda – Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

9 Dil tu hi bata – Krrish 3

10 Sawaar loon – Lootera

Most Searched Movies:

1 Race 2

2 Chennai Express

3 Aashiqui 2

4 Grand Masti

5 Fukrey

6 Special 26

7 Lootera

8 Ramaiya Vastavaiya

9 Himmatwala

10 Nasha

Most Searched Sports persons

  

1 Sachin Tendulkar

2 Virat Kohli

3 Milkha Singh

4 Suresh Raina

5 Yuvraj Singh

6 Rahul Dravid

7 Jwala Gutta

8 Saina Nehwal

9 Rohit Sharma

10 Gautam Gambhir

Most Searched Travel Destinations

 1 Bangalore

2 Mumbai

3 Goa

4 Kolkata

5 Chennai

6 Jaipur

7 New Delhi

8 Shimla

9 Amritsar

10 Srinagar

Most Searched Music Artists:

 

1 Shreya Ghoshal

2 Lata Mangeshkar

3 Sonu Nigam

4 Kishore Kumar

5 Kumar Sanu

6 Sunidhi Chauhan

7 AR Rahman

8 Falguni Pathak

9 Himesh Reshammiya

10 Mohit Chauhan

Most Searched Social Websites

 1 Facebook

2 Twitter

3 Skype

4 Myspace

5 WhatsApp

6 Line

7 tumblr

8 Pinterest

9 Instagram

10 Viber

Bollywood Box Office 2013 - Exclusive Half Year Report

Bollywood Box Office 2013 Half Year Report

Last year by this time we had too many blockbusters and 100 crore movies, this year all probable entrants in those fields are coming in the second half of the year only. The biggest hit of the year is with out a doubt 'Yeh Jawaani Hai Dewaani'. Lets look which all other films joins the list

1. Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani

Netting 187 crores just from Indian Box Office the film is the biggest hit of the year and 3rd biggest all time [3 Idiots 202cr & Ek Tha Tiger 198.5 cr].  In Overseas too the film is a huge hit, 9th biggest hit of all time grossing 59 crores. With budget around 45 crores the film joins the elite club of 'All  time Blockbusters'. The distributor share from India alone will be around 90 crores. The film made a lot of revenue from In brand placements, satellite & other rights too. ROI wise this film might end up the biggest hit of the entire year.

All Time Blockbuster

2. Race 2

The first biggie of the year also turned out to be the first entrant of 100 crore club in 2013. With a budget of around 60 crores the film made 102 crores from Indian Box Office.

HIT

3. Aashiqui 2

The real surprise hit of the year. The WOM hit film had an good opening thanks to chartbuster music, but also sustained well in following weeks due to terrificword of mouth. Made in a shoe string budget of 12 crores the film ended up making 82+ crores from Indian Boxoffice ie almost 7 times the investment from theatricals alone.

Blockbuster +

4. Special Chabbis (26)

Another WOM hit of the year the film made about 70 crores from Indian Box Office. The film not being a typical bollywood entertainer was pricey at 42crores. Thus ROI wise the film suffered.

Hit +

5. Shootout At Wadala

Sequel to 'Shootout at Lokhandwala', the film got mixed response from crtics, but got good response from Box Office despite being 'A' rated. The film took the biggest opening ever for an 'A' rated flick. Being too pricey is a negative for the this film too.Budget 47 crores [including P&P] Nett: 62 crores 

Above Average

6. Kai Po Che

Budget around 25 crores. Film starring  new comers opened with terrific reviews and neted 50 crores at Indian Box Office

HIT+

7. ABCD – Any Body Can Dance

India's 1st 3D dance film opened to good reviews and collected good numbers despite competition from special 26. Budget 12crores Nett 46 crores

Super HIT

8. Raanjhanaa

The film which is just 10 days old @ Indian Box Office has already netted 44 crores from Indian box Office & close to 10 crores from Overseas. The budget is around 35 crores. The Tamil dubbed version 'Ambikapathy' which opened this past Friday has taken a good opening too.

HIT+

9. Chashme Baddoor

The remake of 1981 film with same title, the film ended up as a surprise hit. Budget 20crores Nett 40 crores

Hit +

10. Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola

The film took the biggest opening ever for a Vishal Bhardwaj film. Met with poor reviews from critics the film Collected 42 crores from Indian Box Office. Budget 33 crores

Above Average

Other Highlights

Himmatwala : Budget 38-40 Crores, Nett 45 cores - FLOP

Jolly LLB - Budget 12 Crores, Nett 32 cores - HIT+

Fukrey - Budget 11 Crores, Nett 31 cores [Still running] - HIT+

Murder 3 -  Budget 7 Crores, Nett 20 cores - Above Average
  
Yamla Pagla Deewana 2 - Budget 20 Crores, Nett 37cores - Average

Nautanki Saala! - Budget 10 Crores, Nett 21 cores - Above Average

Ek Thi Daayan -  Budget 20 Crores, Nett 27 cores - Average-

Aurangazeb - Budget 25 Crores, Nett 23 cores - Flop

RAANJHANAA - Movie Review

RAANJHANAA  : Exclusive Movie Review

                                       

Direction by Anand L. Rai

Story & Screenplay by Himanshu Sharma

Produced by Krishika Lulla

Music by A R Rahman

Stars : Dhanush, Sonam Kapoor & Abhay Deol

Movie Review by Sree Prasad Nair

Theater – Al Wahda Cinemas, UAE

20/06/2013 – 8.30 pm

Occupancy – 40 %

Raanjhanaa is the second film of director Anand L. Rai. The director made a successful debut with 2011 Family Hit 'Tanu Weds Manu'. Raanjhanaa stars National Award Winning Actor Dhanush & Sonam Kapoor. Raanjhanaa is the debut film of Dhanush in Bollywood, who is also a Superstar in Tamil film industry.

Story

Raanjhanaa is the story of a Brahmin boy, Kundan (Dhanush) falls in love with a beautiful Muslim girl, Zoya (Sonam Kapoor) Ranjhana is the story of Kundan and his journey from a 13 year old boy in love who goes on to become a committed and spirited young man. All for 1 reason, to get Zoya. The film engages you strongly with several twists and turns, What's that?

Go and watch Raanjhanaa... But Why ??? Because...

Positives

Dhanush is Dhanush!!! Yes, You read it right! Dhanush as Kundan is simply outstanding. It's always difficult for a South Indian actor to act in Bollywood and speak faultless hindi. But this talent called Dhanush proved that there is no language barrier when it comes to real acting. He may not have the good looking face to score good in bollywood, but he got the 'real acting talent' which many bollywood good faces are struggling to find! Brilliant will be an underrated term to describe his acting! He makes u laugh,cry,fall in love & feel the pain all at one time, and above all faultless hindi! COME ON BOLLYWOOD, POWERHOUSE OF TALENT IS HERE!!!

Sonam Kapoor is very good as Zoya. Raanjhanaa is the 8th film of Sonam and without a doubt Zoya is her career best perfomance! Abhay Deol as usual impressive. And a special mention to Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub(No One Killed Jessica, Jannat 2) & Swara Bhaskar (Tanu Weds Manu & Aurangzeb) Both are rocking as Dhanush's friends and Ayyubs witty one-liners are first rate. All other co-actors are good.

Another pluspoint of the film is, no prize for guessing A R Rahman's music. Most of the songs are already chartbusters and are filmed at the correct situations. Difficult to pick one, still my personal favorite is Tum Tak. Cinematography by Natarajan Subramaniam is eyecatching , especially the beautiful Banaras!

Story & Screenplay by Himanshu Sharma is good in the first half & excellent in the second half and brilliant in the climax. You don't see such climax in Bollywood often. Last but not least, the director, Anand L Rai. Direction is brilliant & full marks to him for choosing Dhanush as Kundan. Thank You Mr.Anand for introducing Dhanush to bollywood.

Negatives

Not much negatives about Raanjhanaa. The second half dragged little bit. Also the romantic angle between two characters in the second half are not executed properly. Some foul words are used in this film. The climax will meet with mixed reaction. While some may like the inconclusive climax, there would be others who would have preferred a completely conclusive climax.... But for me, Climax is just Brilliant!!!

Overall Raanjhanaa is a winner all the way. Dhanush can't ask for a better debut. Excellent Story & Direction, Brilliant Acting, Fantastic Climax(Rare In Bollywood), That's Raanjhanaa for you. Come On Bollywood, Accept This Super Talent, Dhanush! The film is set to have an average opening at the box office. But I’m sure that Raanjhanaa will be loved for its content and works for its credits. An opening day of 4-6 crores with a weekend of 15cr-18cr is a safe bet for this film. Let's hope Dhanush can win the hearts of audience in this Khans-Kumar-Kapoors dominated Bollywood & break the South Indian Actors Jinx at the Bollywood Box office!

P.S-  If Raanjhanaa fails, it means bollywood can't appreciate "Real Talent" aka South Actors, they just need South films to remake & make 100cr business at the box office...

Verdict - WINJAANA Hai Yeh RAANJANAA

Rating - 4/5! Just Brilliant !!!

Box office Prediction - 50crore!!!

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