Hindi movies to watch out for in 2014

As  the year 2014 has already started here is the list of movies to watch out for in 2014. All the movies listed here may not rule the box office, similarly not all the movie will be good enough to win audiences heart but all these movies has something to look out for. 

Release Date	Movie	Director	Cast	Main Highlights
10-Jan-14	Dedh Ishqiya	Abhishek Chaubey	Madhuri Dixit, Arshad Warsi, Naseeruddin Shah, Huma Qureshi	It’s a sequel to Ishqiya. It’s the comeback film of Madhuri Dixit. Waiting to see some brilliant acting from the whole cast.
24-Jan-14	Jai Ho!	Sohail Khan	Salman Khan, Daisy Shah	A Salman Khan starrer coming after gap of one year.
07-Feb-14	Hasee Toh Phasee	Vinil Mathew	Sidharth Malhotra, Parineeti Chopra	Fresh pairing of Sidharth Malhotra and Parineeti Chopra.
14-Feb-14	Gunday	Ali Abbas Zafar	Ranveer Singh, Arjun Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Irrfan Khan	Male bonding of Ranveer Singh and Arjun Kapoor. A 70s style action drama involving smugglers and police.
21-Feb-14	Highway	Imtiaz Ali	Randeep Hooda, Alia Bhatt	We have lots of expectation from Imtiaz Ali’s direction. Another unconventional love story penned by Imtiaz Ali. Unusual pairing of Randeep Hooda and Aliya Bhatt.
28-Feb-14	Shaadi Ke Side Effects	Saket Chaudhary	Farhan Akhtar, Vidya Balan, Ram Kapoor, Gautami	Two extremely talented actors Farhan Akhtar and Vidya Balan have been paired up for the first time. Its prequel was a nice romantic comedy hope to experience the same entertainment from the director Saket Chaudhury.
14-Mar-14	Bewakoofian	Nupur Asthana	Rishi Kapoor, Ayushman Khurrana, Sonam Kapoor	Yashraj Banner. Ayushman Khuarana as actor and singer.
28-Mar-14	Happy Ending	Krishna DK, Raj Nidimoru	Saif Ali Khan, Ileana D Cruz, Kalki Koechlin	Director duo Krishna DK and Raj Nidhimoru every time make an different but engaging movie.
Mar-14	Welcome Back	Anees Bazmee	John Abraham, Anil Kapoor, Nana Patekar	It’s a sequel to superhit Welcome. The magical combo of Nana patekar and Anil Kapoor will be back again playing the same characters.
04-Apr-14	Main Tera Hero	David Dhawan	Varun Dhawan, Ileana D Cruz, Nargis Fakhri	After the success of “Chashme Baddoor” we are hopeful that David Dhawan will give another hilarious comedy. Varun Dhawan’ second film after the success of “Student Of The Year”.
18-Apr-14	2 States	Abhishek Varman	Arjun Kapoor, Alia Bhatt	It’s based on Chetan Bhagat’s most popular story. The fresh pairing of Arjun Kapoor and Aliya Bhatt.
18-Apr-14	Hawaa Hawaai	Amole Gupte	Saqib Saleem, Partho Gupte	After “Stanley Ka Dabba” we are very hopeful from the director Amol Gupte.
01-May-14	Holiday - A Soldier Is Never Off Duty	A. R. Murugadoss	Akshay Kumar, Sonakshi Sinha	It’s the second Hindi film of A.R.Murugadoss after the super successful “Ghajini”.
01-May-14	Action Jackson	Prabhu Deva	Ajay Devgn, Sonakshi Sinha, Suniel Shetty, Yami Gautam	Prabhudeva’s action comedies always works at the box office no matter how good or bad they are.
09-May-14	Daawate-E-Ishq	Habib Faisal	Aditya Roy Kapur, Parineeti Chopra	Director Habib Faisal is returning with another Yashraj film after “Ishaqzaade”. After the success of “Ashiqui 2”, Aditya Roy Kapoor will be back as a main lead. Extremely talented Parineeti Chopra.
23-May-14	Ungli	Rensil D Silva	Emraan Hashmi, Sanjay Dutt, Randeep Hooda and Kangna Ranaut	Rensil D Silva is the man who had made the hard hitting film “Kurbaan” and had written the script of “Rang De Basanti”, is expected to make a truly different type of film with an unusual combination of actors.
06-Jun-14	Peekay (P.K.)	Rajkumar Hirani	Aamir Khan, Anushka Sharma, Sushant Singh Rajput, Sanjay Dutt, Boman Irani	All the films made by director Rajkumar Hirani have been well received by both critics and masses and have done extremely well business at the Box office. Aamir Khan is the leading man.
20-Jun-14	Humshakals	Sajid Khan	Saif Ali Khan, Riteish Deshmukh, Ram Kapoor	Maybe his last film was one the biggest flops of the year but when it comes to comedies Sajid Khan is always dependable as director. Three lead actors playing triple role, the concept sounds that it might be a good comedy of errors.
20-Jun-14	Roy	Vikram Jeet Singh	Ranbir Kapoor, Arjun Rampal, Jacqueline Fernandez	Ranbir Kapoor as the leading man.
27-Jun-14	The Villain	Mohit Suri	Sidharth Malhotra, Shraddha Kapoor, Riteish Deshmukh	As a director Mohit Suri has always successful to know the pulse of his audiences, especially after the grand success of “Ashiqui 2” we can expect a lot from him. The “Ashiqui 2” girl Shraddha Kapoor is coming back as the leading lady with this movie.
04-Jul-14	Finding Fanny Fernandes	Homi Adajania	Arjun Kapoor, Deepika Padukone, Naseeruddin Shah	Director Homi Adajania has made good movies like “Cocktail” and “Being Cyrus”. Deepika Padukone is choosing good movies nowadays; hope she will continue her success story with this movie too.
11-Jul-14	All Is Well	Umesh Shukla	Abhishek Bachchan, Asin, Rishi Kapoor	There is lots of expectation from director Umesh Shukla after his debut film “Oh My God”
11-Jul-13	Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania	Shashank Khaitan	Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt	Its A Karan Johar production. The pairing of varun Dhawan and Aliya Bhatt is coming back after “Student Of The Year”.
27-Jul-14	Kick	Sajid Nadiadwala	Salman Khan, Jacqueline Fernandez, Randeep Hooda	It’s a Salman Khan Starrer. Salman Khan movie is releasing on the occasion of Eid.
Not Decided Yet	Mary Kom	Sanjay Leela Bhansali	Priyanka Chopra	Its a biopic based on the life of boxer Mary Kom.
08-Aug-14	Its Entertainment	Farhad-Sajid	Akshay Kumar, Tamannaah Bhatia, Sonu Sood	Although he is not dependebale always but still hope to get a good comedy from Akshay Kumar.
15-Aug-14	Singham 2	Rohit Shetty	Ajay Devgn	It’s a sequel to “Singham”. Director Rohit Shetty and Actor Ajay Devgan is always a winning combination.
15-Aug-14	Phantom	Kabir Khan	Saif Ali Khan, Katrina Kaif	After directing the blockbuster “Ek Tha Tiger”, director Kabeer Khan is coming with another Spy thriller. Saif Ali Khan and Katrina Kaif have been paired for the first time.
29-Aug-14	Shaatir	Kunal Deshmukh	Emraan Hashmi	The combination of Director Kunal Deshmukh and actor Emraan Hashmi has given successful movies like “Jannat” and “Jannat 2”
05-Sep-14	Kill Dill	Shaad Ali	Ranveer Singh, Parineeti Chopra, Ali Zafar, Govinda	It’s a Yashraj Production. Ranveer Singh and Parineeti Chopra’s chemistry was well appricated in their last movie together “Ladies Vs Ricky Behl”
12-Sep-14	NH10	Navdeep Singh	Anushka Sharma	Director Navdeep Singh had made an engaging dark thriller “Manorama Six Feet Under” earlier.
02-Oct-14	Bang Bang	Siddharth Anand	Hrithik Roshan, Katrina Kaif	The sizzling chemistry of Hrithink Roshan and Katrina Kaif. The highly energetic action.
02-Oct-14	Jagga Jasoos	Anurag Basu	Ranbir Kapoor, Katrina Kaif, Govinda	Director Anuraag Basu and actor Ranbir Kapoor are coming back together after the success of “Barfi”. The rumoured couple Ranbir and Katrina will be paired on screen together for the first time after their link up news.
23-Oct-14	Happy New Year	Farah Khan	Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Abhishek Bachchan, Boman Irani, Sonu Sood, Vivaan Shah, Jackie Shroff	It’s a Shahrukh Khan film after a gap of one year. Shahrukh Khan and Deepika Padukone’s hit pairing. The release date is on the festive season of Diwali. As a director Farah Khan has always done wonder at the box office with Shahrukh Khan.
07-Nov-14	Hamari Adhuri Kahaani	Mohit Suri	Emraan Hashmi,Vidya Balan,Rajkumar Yadav	The direction by Mohit Suri. Emraan Hashmi and Vidya balan both are very talented and their chemistry has some magic.
12-Dec-14	Detective Byomkesh Bakshy	Dibakar Banerjee	Sushant Singh Rajput	It’s a Yashrajj Film. It has been directed by the very talented Dibakar Banerjee. Sushant Singh Rajput is coming as a solo lead for the first time. It is based on the story of detective Byomkesh Bakshi.
25-Dec-14	Bombay Velvet	Anurag Kashyap	Ranbir Kapoor, Anushka Sharma, Karan Johar	A movie is always special if it is directed by Anurag Kashyap. Ranbir Kapoor as the leading man. Karan Johar is making his acting debut in a grey role.
Dec-14	Fan	Maneesh Sharma	Shah Rukh Khan	Shahrukh Khan is coming back to yashraj camp. Director Maneesh Sharma always tells the story which connects with the audiences very well.
Not Decided Yet	Ugly	Anurag Kashyap	Ronit Roy,Rahul Bhatt,Siddhant Kapoor,Tejaswini Kolhapure	The direction by Anuraag Kashyap. The casting is also very interesting which does not contain any big name but looks perfect for the story.
Not Decided Yet	Haider	Vishal Bhardwaj	Shahid Kapoor, Shraddha Kapoor, Tabu , Irfaan Khan	Director Vishal Bharadwaj. Hope to see some good acting from Shahid Kapoor under the direction of Vishal Bhardwaj just like their last film together “Kameeney”. The talented actors Tabu and Irfaan Khan are back with Vishal Bhardwaj after “Maqbool”
Not Decided Yet	Bobby Jasoos	Samar Shaikh	Vidya Balan, Ali Fazal	The leading lady Vidya Balan.

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Nominations for 20th Annual Screen Award

Here are the nominations for 20th Annual Screen Awards 

Best Film

Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Kai Po Che
Madras Cafe
Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela
The Lunchbox
Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani

Best Director
Abhishek Kapoor - Kai Po Che
Ayan Mukherji - Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
Hansal Mehta - Shahid
Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra - Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Rakesh Roshan - Krrish 3
Sanjay Leela Bhansali - Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela
Shoojit Sircar - Madras Cafe

Best Actor - Male
Aamir Khan - Dhoom: 3
Dhanush - Raanjhanaa
Farhan Akhtar - Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Irrfan - The Lunchbox
Ranbir Kapoor - Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
Rajkummar Rao - Shahid
Shah Rukh Khan - Chennai Express

Best Actor (Female) 
Chitrangada Singh - Inkaar
Deepika Padukone - Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela/Chennai Express
Nimrat Kaur - The Lunchbox
Parineeti Chopra - Shuddh Desi Romance
Shraddha Kapoor - Aashiqui 2
Sonakshi Sinha - Lootera

Popular Choice (Male) 
Aamir Khan - Dhoom: 3
Shah Rukh Khan - Chennai Express
Hrithik Roshan - Krrish 3
Dhanush - Raanjhanaa
Ranveer Singh - Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela
Ranbir Kapoor - Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
Farhan Akhtar - Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Akshay Kumar - Boss, Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai, Special 26
Saif Ali Khan - Race 2
Aditya Roy Kapur - Aashiqui 2
John Abraham - Shootout At Wadala, Madras Cafe, Race 2
Shahid Kapoor - R...Rajkumar

Popular Choice (Female) 
Deepika Padukone - Chennai Express, Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela, Race 2, Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
Katrina Kaif - Dhoom: 3
Kangana Ranaut - Krrish 3, Shootout At Wadala
Parineeti Chopra - Shudhh Desi Romance
Priyanka Chopra - Krrish 3
Shraddha Kapoor - Aashiqui 2
Shruti Haasan - D-Day
Sonam Kapoor - Raanjhanaa
Sonakshi - Sinha Lootera, R...Rajkumar

Best Actor in a Supporting Role -(Male)
Amit Sadh - Kai Po Che
Anupam Kher - Special 26
Jimmy Shergill - Bullett Raja
Nawazuddin Siddiqui - The Lunchbox
Saurabh Shukla - Jolly LLB
Mohammad Zeeshan Ayub - Raanjhanaa

Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female) 
Divya Dutta - Gippi
Huma Qureshi - Ek Thi Daayan
Kalki Koechlin - Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani
Richa Chadda - Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela
Swara Bhaskar - Raanjhanaa

Best Actor in a Comic Role (Male/Female) 
Divyendu Sharma - Chashme Baddoor
Kunal Kemmu - Go Goa Gone
Richa Chadda - Fukrey
Varun Sharma - Fukrey
Uday Chopra - Dhoom: 3

Best Actor in a Negative Role (Male) 
Boman Irani - Jolly LLB
Jaideep Ahlawat - Commando
Prakash Belawadi - Madras Cafe
Rishi Kapoor - D-Day
Vivek Oberoi - Krrish 3

Best Actor in a Negative Role (Female) 
Kangana Ranaut - Krrish 3
Konkona Sen Sharma - Ek Thi Daayan
Shabana Azmi - Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola
Shilpa Shukla - BA Pass
Supriya Pathak/Kapur - Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela

Most Promising Debut Director
Ajay Bahl - BA Pass
Anand Gandhi - Ship of Theseus
Kannan Iyer - Ek Thi Daayan
Raj Purohit - Sixteen
Ritesh Batra - The Lunchbox

Most Promising Newcomer (Male) 
Manish Paul - Mickey Virus
Neeraj Kabi - Ship of Theseus
Girish Kumar - Ramaiya Vastavaiya
Sushant Singh Rajput - Kai Po Che

Most Promising Newcomer (Female) 
Aida El-Kashef - Ship of Theseus
Shree Swara - D-Day
Vaani Kapoor - Kai Po Che
Izabelle Liate - Sixteen

Best Child Artist
Japtej Singh (young Milkha) - Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Naman Jain (as a Katrina Kaif fan) - Bombay Talkies
Siddharth Nigam as Sahir (young Aamir Khan) - Dhoom: 3
Vishesh Tiwari as Bobo (young Emraan Hashmi) - Ek Thi Daayan

Best Ensemble Cast
Club 60
Fukrey
Kai Po Che
Sixteen

Best Music
Ankit Tiwari, Jeet Ganguly, Mithoon - Aashiqui 2
Amit Trivedi - Kai Po Che
A R Rahman - Raanjhanaa
Pritam Chakravarty - Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy - Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

Best Playback Singer -Male
Benny Dayal - Badtameez Dil (Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani) 
Amit Trivedi - Maanjha (Kai Po Che) 
Raju Singh - Rooh mein faasle (Club 60) 
Arijit Singh - Tum Hi Ho (Aashiqui 2) 
Siddharth Mahadevan - Zinda (Bhaag Milkha Bhaag) 

Best Playback Singer (Female) 
Chinmayi Sripada - Titli (duet Chennai Express) 
Shalmali Kholgade - Balam Pichkari (duet, Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani) 
Sona Mohapatra - Ambarsariya (Fukrey) 
Monali Thakur - Sawaar Lo (Lootera) 
Shreya Ghoshal - Sunn Raha Hain Na Tu... (Aashiqui2) 

Best Lyrics
Balam Pichkari - Amitabh Bhattacharya (Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani) 
Dhoop mein (title track) - Jaideep Sahni (Shuddh Desi Romance) 
Maanjha - Swanand Kirkire (Kai Po Che) 
Raghupati Raghav - Prasoon Joshi (Satyagraha) 
Rooh mein - Dr.Mahendra Madhukar (Club 60) 
Zinda - Prasoon Joshi (Bhaag Milkha Bhaag) 

Best Screenplay
Kai Po Che - Abhishek Kapoor, Chetan Bhagat, Pubali Chaudhuri and Supratik Sen
Fukrey - Mrigdeep Singh Lamba & Vipul Vig
Ram-Leela - Sanjay Leela Bhansali/ Garima Wahal & Siddharth
Shuddh Desi Romance - Jaideep Sahni
Shahid - Sameer Gautam Singh, Hansal Mehta & Apurva Asrani
The Lunchbox - Ritesh Batra

Best Editing
Kai Po Che - Deepa Bhatia
Madras Cafe - Chandrashekar Prajapati
Ram-Leela - Sanjay Leela Bhansali & Rajesh Pandey
Sixteen - Raj Purohit
Special 26 - Shree Narayan Singh

Best Costume 
Dhoom 3 - Anaita Shroff, Rushi Sharma and Manoshi Nath
Lootera - Subarna Ray Chaudhari
Ram-Leela - Anju Modi, Maxima Basu
BA Raanjhanaa - Payal Saluja
Shuddh Desi Romance - Varsha & Shilpa

Best Production Design
Dhoom: 3 - Acropolis - Sumit Basu, Snigdha Basu, Rajnish Hedao
Kai Po Che - Sonal Sawant
Madras Cafe - Vinod Kumar
Ram-leela - Wasiq Khan 
Raanjhanaa - Wasiq Khan


Best Background Score
A R Rahman - Raanjhanaa
Shankar -Ehsaan -Loy - Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Ritesh Sonik - Kai Po Che
Monty Sharma - Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela
Surender Sodhi - Special 26

Best Cinematography
Ram-Leela - S. Ravi Verman
Dhoom: 3 - Sudeep Chatterjee
Bhaag Milkha Bhaag - Binod Pradhan
Madras Cafe - Kamaljeet Negi
Raanjhanaa - Nataraja Subramania & Vishal Sinha
Ship of Theseus - Pankaj Kumar

Best Action
Commando - Franz Spilhaus
Dhoom: 3 - Mohan Conrad E Palmisano & Sham Kaushal
Krrish 3 - Tony Ching & Sham Kaushal
Madras Cafe - Manohar Verma
Shootout At Wadala - Tinnu Verma

Best Story
BA Pass - Mohan Sikka
Inkaar - Sudhir Mishra
Jolly LLB - Subhash Kapoor
Sixteen - Raj Purohit & Pawan Sony
Shahid - Hansal Mehta & Sameer Gautam Singh
The Lunchbox - Ritesh Batra

Best Dialogue
Bhaag Milkha Bhaag - Prasoon Joshi
Chennai Express - Sajid-Farhad
Go Goa Gone - Sita Menon & Kunal Kemmu
Shahid - Sameer Gautam Singh
Shuddh Desi Romance - Jaideep Sahni

Best Sound Design
Ram-Leela - Parikshit Lalwani & Kunal Mehta
Dhoom: 3 - Ganesh Gangadharan
Kai Po Che - Babylon Fonseca
Madras Cafe - Bishwadeep Chatterjee
Raanjhanaa - Arun Nambiar

Best Special effects
Dhoom: 3 - Tata Elxsi -VCL
Krrish 3 - Red Chillies
Ek Thi Daayan - Prana Studio
Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela - Reliance Media Works

Best Choreography
ABCD - Remo D'Souza, Arvind Thakur, Anand Kumar, Jayesh Pradhan, Uma & Gaiti
Badtameez Dil (Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani) - Remo D'Souza -
Kamli (Dhoom: 3) - Vaibhavi Merchant
Nagada Sang Dhol (Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela) - Sameer and Arsh Tanna
Agal Bagal (Phata Poster Nikla Hero) - Bosco and Ceasar

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Biggest hits of 2013 as per the business done in India

In 2013 box office was mainly dominated by the movies with big stars and widespread marketing. Total 8 movies entered to the 100 cr club among them 3 entered in 200 cr club breaking all time records.

Here are the list of top 10 highest earning movies in 2013 and the reason behind their success:

Movie Name	Approximate Lifetime (INR Cr.)	The factor which worked in favor of the movies
Dhoom 3	284.33	The presence of Amir Khan Being a part of Dhoom Series
Krrish 3	244.92	The presence of Hrithik Roshan Being a part of Krrish series
Chennai Express	227.13	The presence of Shahrukh Khan Shahrukh - Deepika pairing Superhit music by Vishal-Shekhar and Yo Yo Honey Singh.
Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani	188.57	An interesting romantic story Ranvir – Deepika pairing Superhit Music by Pritam
Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-leela	116.33	Ranbir - Deepika pairing Brilliant acting by the whole cast Sanjay Leela Bhanshali’s name as the director Music by Sanjay Leela Bhanshali
Bhaag Milkha Bhaag	108.93	Engaging story Brilliant acting by Farhan Akhtar Word of mouth publicity
Grand Masti	102	Dirty jokes Bold scenes Skin show
Race 2	100.45	Being the sequel of Race
Aashiqui 2	78.42	Fresh Pairing of Aditya Roy Kapoor and Shradhha Kapoor  Extremely popular music by Mithoon, Ankit Tiwary and Jeet Ganguly
Special 26	66.8	Engaging story with an interesting climax Good acting from the whole cast

Apart from these there were some small films too which did well at the box office and gained profit . These movies are

• ·         Ranjhaana
• ·         Kai Po Che
• ·         ABCD – Any Body Can Dance
• ·         Fukrey
• ·         Chashme Baddoor
• ·         Mere Dad Ki Maruti
• ·         R....Rajkumar
• ·         Jolly LLB
• ·         Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster Returns
• ·         Murder 3
• ·         The Lunchbox

                               

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Best Actors and Actresses in Bengali movies in 2013

Throughout the whole year there were lot of Actors and Actresses who succeeded to catch our attention with their good acting and box office performances. Here is the list of Top Five performers of 2013 in Bengali movie industry.

Top Five Actors:

1.       Dev – No doubt the year belongs to Dev. He came with three movies and all three were blockbusters. His first release was Khoka 420 which established his popularity once again, then came his second release Rangbaaz which becomes the highest grosser of the year. Both these movies were out an out commercial masala movies but his third release changed his image totally when he takes the challenge to act in serious cinema like Chander Pahar. First time he proved his acting capacity with this movie.

2.       Shaswata Chatterjee – Till 2012, Shaswata was considered as a character actor who used to do good acting but in supporting roles only but in 2013 he emerges as a lead actor in not one or two rather in three movies. He has proved that without attractive looks and well toned body a person can be the main hero of a film if he has the skill of good acting. His award winning performance in Meghe Dhaka Tara was his career best, on the other hand in C/O Sir and Ashcharjyo Pradeep he manages to give life to the characters on screen with his effortless acting. Besides these lead roles he caught our attention in supporting roles in movies like Goynar Baksho and Prolay.

3.       Jeet – Maybe Jeet yet to have prove his acting abilities in meaningful cinema but he has already proved his stardom in commercial movies. In 2013 he turned producer and co-produced two films Deewana and Boss. While Deewana was superhit, Boss was blockbuster. There is no doubt Jeet is the Boss of Tollywood.

4.       Ritwick Chakraborty – Till 2012 he was just a supporting actor who used to do very few movies but thanks to director Kaushik Ganguly who realized his potential and casted him in tough role of a foley artiste in Shabdo. Ritwick grabbed this lifetime opportunity and proved that he should be taken seriously as an actor. Later he showed his brilliance once again in the movie Bakita Byaktigato.

5.       Prasenjeet Chatterjee – Prasenjeet had two releases in 2013, Mishawr Rawhoshyo and Hanuman.com. The first one did exceptionally well business while the later got a good opening but could not survive later at the box office. But in both the movies Prasenjeet did a fabulous job. Unfortunately the movies were not good enough to cast him as the leading man. We expect that next time you will take care about choosing a script for you Mr.Chatterjee.

Apart from them there were some actors who got some good some bad response for their acting as well as box office performance in 2013.

Parambrato Chatterjee – He was good in Hawa Badol but failed to impress in his other two releases Machh Mishti n More and Praloy.

Abir Chatterjee – He did very well in his first ever negative character in Kanamachhi. Also his supporting act in Meghe Dhaka Tara was good, but he was not that much impressive in Abarto or Asbo Arek Din.

Indraneil Sengupta – He was very good in negative roles in C/O Sir and Mishawr Rawhoshyo. Also did a good supporting job in Satyanweshi but failed to impress in his leading roles.

Top Five Actresses:

1.       Konkona Sensharma – Although her first movie in 2013, Shunyo Anko remained unnoticed but she bounced back with her second release that was Goynar Baksho. In Gaynar Baksho she proved once again that she gives her best under the direction of her mother. The way she portrayed the character of Shomlata, a housewife who later turns into an entrepreneur, was very much convincing. We loved her stammering and nervousness.

2.       Shrabanti– Sharabanti continued to rule box office in commercial movies like Deewana and Majnu. At the same time she tries to do some different type of roles also where she had more scope to perform as an actress. It started with her different role in Kanamachhi and later she continued this trend with GoynarBaksho where she was seen in totally non glamorous role. Although the length of her role was smaller but she managed to grab attention with her widow act in spite of the presence of actors of big calibre.

3.       Koyel– During the first half of the year she was more in news for her marriage but in the second half she was in news for her solo release in 2013 that was Rangbaaz. Her chemistry with Dev was once again appreciated and it became the biggest hit of the year.

4.       Shubhashree– Critics still may consider her just a glam doll who cannot act in serious roles but trade analysts cannot decline her mass appeal. She gave two back to back big blockbusters Khoka 420 and Boss in the same year.

5.       Swastika– This lady gave two mature performances in two different films directed by the same director Mainak Bhaumik. First one was Machh Mishti n More, where she made her presence felt in the crowd of so many talented actors. The second one was Ami Ar Amar Girlfriends. In this movie she did full justice to her character of a middle aged married woman and did one of her career best performance. But her performance in her other movies like Asbo Arek Din and Mishawr Rawhoshyowere just average.

Apart from these talented ladies the other heroines who made news in 2013 were,

Raima Sen – She continued to do movies, which are typically her type of movies and we loved her performances in Hawa Badol, Shabdo and C/O Sir.

Arpita Chatterjee – She did only one film in 2013 and that was Satyaneshi. Her acting in this movie was very nice.

AnanyaChatterjee – This national award winning actress was featured in only one movie where she proved that why she deserves awards and the movie was Meghe Dhaka Tara. Here she underplayed her character very well.

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Best Bengali movies of 2013

Just like any other year Bengali film industry continues to produce two different categories of movies, in 2013 also. First category was of totally commercial movies which were made combining big superstar, copied story from south Indian movies, stylish action sequences and hit music. Second category was of meaningful cinemas which were made with a good appealing story, good acting and a good technical team.

But the good thing is that nowadays actors are trying to balance themselves in both types of movies as well as audiences are also showing interest in both types of movies.

Here are the Top Five movies which did well at the box office in 2013:

1.       Rangbaaz – This Dev and Koyel starrer movie came in during the festive season of Durga puja and easily makes its way to the audiences’ hearts. The USP of the movie was of course its leading pair. Apart from that the superhit music by Jeet Ganguli and deadly action sequences designed by Allan Amin , also helped the movie to get a 9 crore plus collection at the box office.

2.       Khoka 420 – The second position is also occupied by none other than superstar Dev. This time he was accompanied by two lovely ladies Subhashree and Nusrat. This was the sequel to 2012 hit film Khokababu which was also produced by the same banner Eskay Movies. This action comedy made around 8 crore at the box office.

3.       Mishawr Rawhoshyo – Just like his last three movies director Shrijit Mukerjee again hits the jackpot with his modern take on Kakababu. Prasenjeet Chatterjee once again proved that he is the new superstar of the multiplex going audiences. This Venkatesh films production was meant to be made for city audiences, but this did good business at small centres too. It was the third time that Venkatesh films, Shrijit and Prasenjeet’s combination delivered a big hit on Durga puja. This film collects around 7 crore plus at the box office.

4.       Boss – With the success of Boss, Jeet also proved his stardom. This time he also showed that he can make a successful movie without the backing of two top most production houses of Tollywood. A new fresh pairing of Jeet and Subhashree was also the highlight of the movie. This was the directorial debut of successful choreographer Baba Yadav. The music by Jeet Ganguly was a superhit and the high intense action was also superb. This movie made around 6.75 crores at the box office.

5.       Chander Pahar – Probably this was the best movie of the year and will maybe the highest grosser in its lifetime. This movie was the last big release of this year and within one week’s good collection it made to the list of top five with a huge collection of around 5 crores. This movie has the highest budget so far for any Bengali movie which is 15 crore. This movie has been made by Venkatesh films production house and has been directed by talented Kamaleswar Mukherjee. This is the adaptation of famous novel by the same name, written by Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay. This adventurous movie has been shot in a large scale in the deadly locations of South Africa. Another highlight of the movie was commercial superstar Dev’s entry to the world of meaningful cinema and he succeeded in that with good marks.

Apart from these movies the other commercially successful movies were Deewana, Kanamachhi, Hawa Bodol,Machh Mishti n More, Ami Ar Amar Girlfriends, Goynar Baksho, Shabdo, C/O- Sir, Alik Sukh, Khiladi, Majnuetc.

So this was the box office figures which were mainly dominated by the commercial entertainers now coming to some good movies which may or may not make it to the box office but touched our hearts with their engaging plot and acting. (The below list is done by the release order of the movies not by their box office performance or their excellence.)

Machh Mishti n More – This Mainak Bhaumik directed movie shows a journey of three brothers and their different ambitions from their lives. This movie was not totally impressing but it has its moments and some wonderful acting by Swastika, Anubrata and Parambrato. Another good thing about the movie was the music by Neel Dutta.

Hawa Badol – It was the second film as a Director by Parambrato Chatterjee which was very much inspired from the 2011 Hollywood film “The Change-Up”. But Parambrato has managed to copy the movie in the background of Kolkata very well. The best things about the movie was the male bonding of the two lead actors Parambrato and Rudraneel, the extremely funny dialogues and the soulful music by Indradeep Dashgupta.

Goynar Baksho – This Aparna Sen directed movie was a perfect gift to the Bengali movie audiences on the occasion of Poila Baisakh. This movie was presented very well with a social message about women rights but without being too serious. The best things about the movie were of course the acting by Maushumi Chatterjee, Konkona Sensharma, Shaswata Chatterjee and Shrabanti. The only thing which we did not like was the ending of the movie which was not there in the original story.

Shabdo – This movie surprisingly became the talk of the town after receiving the National award for best Bengali movie. Director Kaushik Ganguly again came up with a unique story which deals about a foley artiste and his obsession with sounds. Acting wise Ritwick Chakraborty was brilliant; Raima Sen, Churni Ganguly and Shrijeet Mukherjee also gave good support. After watching the movie maximum of the cine goers came to know about the sound designing concept in movies and we are thankful to Kaushik Ganguly for making a movie on this subject.

Ami Ar Amar Girlfriends – Mainak Bhaumik came up with a bold subject with this movie and he has to face lot of controversies for showing her female protagonists with a bold and brave attitude. We saw Swastika in a very good form in this movie. Though the controversies made around the movie pushed its release by two weeks but finally it got good appreciations from the audiences.

Meghe Dhaka Tara – Director Kamaleswar Mukherjee made this brilliant film based on the life of the legendary film maker Hritwick Ghatak. Shaswata Chatterjee’s portrayal of Neelkantha Bagchi was extremely superb. There is no doubt this is the best acting of his career. The other superb actors were Ananya chatterjee and Abir Chatterjee. This movie could not make money at box office but it was well appreciated in many national and international film festivals.

C/O Sir – With this movie Kaushik Ganguly again proved his abilities as an unconventional story teller. This movie told a story of a blind school teacher and his attachment with his school. This was a good mix of emotion and suspense with awesome performances by Shaswata Chatterjee, Raima Sen, Sudipta Ganguli and Indrneil Sengupta. The backdrop of North Bengal was superbly captured by the cinematographer.

Alik Sukh – The successful director duo Nandita Roy and Shiboprasad Mukherjee team up again to make a movie based on the novel by Suchitra Bhattacharya with the same name. This movie shows the negligence of the doctors to their profession in the competition to make more money. In the lead role Debshankar Halder was wonderful. Also two talented actresses Rituparna Sengupta and Sohini Sengupta shared screen space together after a long time and their bonding was superb. The only negative thing was that the movie diverts from its main focus sometimes with some unnecessary subplots and songs.

Half Serious – Director Utsav Mukherjee made a good comedy without making it too loud. The fictional story was a funny take on the communication between the human beings from earth and the gods and goddesses present at heaven. The acting by the ensemble cast was very good.

Kangal Malsat – This movie was an uncompromised adaptation by director Suman Mukhopadhyay, from the novel written by Nabarun Bhattachraya with the same name. Just like the novel the movie was also very brave in its approach. Though the movie has to face some controversies for its subject and use of cuss words but after its release it got good response from the target audiences.

Proloy – After doing a number of South Indian remakes director Raj Chakroborty first time made a movie on an original story. The movie was loosely based on the story of real life character Barun Biswas and his protest against rapists. There was some good acting by Paran Bandopadhyay and Shaswata Chatterjee. The music by Indradeep Dashgupta was also very nice.

Tasher Desh – On paper it was very surprising that director Q will do a film based Tagore’s work, but when we watched the movie we realized that Q has done a full justice to the subject. Without tampering the soul of the dance drama written by Tagore Q has presented it in his own vision. The film was visually very captivating. The way the music was done recreating the Tagore song was also innovative.

Rupkatha Noy – Director Atanu Ghosh once again gave us a very beautiful film about an old man who goes out on his way to connect with people from next generation. Through his eyes the audiences watch three different relationship tales which criss-crossed each other at a point. The best thing about the movie was that after a long time audiences got a chance to see the veteran actor Soumitra Chatterjee in a lead role. Also it was a good pleasure to see Radhika Apte(of Antaheen fame) after a long time in a Bengali movie.

Satyanweshi – The main highlight about the movie was that it was the last directed film of the very talented filmmaker Late Rituparno Ghosh. Though the film has very different approach comparing to other Rituparno films, but still the care for every minute detail in all technical departments shows Rituparno’s signature in every frame. There was some good performances by Indraneil Sengupta, Arpita and Anindya Chatterjee(of Chandrabiondoo). The only disappointing thing about the movie was Sujoy Ghosh in the title role of Byomkesh Bakshi.

Bakita Byaktigato – This movie was made with a very low budget and without any pre release publicity but thanks to Shrijit Mukherjee who backed such a nice movie. This was about a documentary film maker who is searching for true love. As the leading man Ritwick Chakraborty has done a wonderful job. Although the film got very less number of audience at the theatres but whoever have watched it they must have liked it.

Phoring – It was a film about a teenager and the changes he is going through physically as well as mentally at this age. The plot has some similarities with the Italian movie Malena, but still the director Indranil Roychowdhury has adapted the story very well to make it suitable for Bengali movie audiences. The young actor has done very well acting as well as the cinematography by Indranil Mukherjee was eye-catching. Whoever has watched the film must have revisited their own stories of their growing up age.

Mishawr Rawhoshyo – The trio of director Shrijit Mukherjee, production house Venkatesh films and actor Prasenjeet Chatterjee made a hattrick of delivering a successful film on this Durga Puja. After a long time anyone adapted the story of Kakababu on silver screen and it got a very good response. Although the response was mostly for the pre-release hype created around it because of the team behind the movie. The film lacks a good story but the locations of Egypt were a visual treat to the audiences. Prasenjeet does well as Kakababu so does Indraneil Sengupta in the negative character.

Ashchorjyo Prodeep – Undoubtedly it was one of the highly awaited movies of this year as it was the second film made by Aneek Datta after the super success of Bhooter Bhabisyat. This time the director made a black comedy to give a message that money can’t buy everything. The two leading men Shaswata Chatterjee Rajatava Dutta were brilliant and their bonding was superb. The hilarious dialogues penned by the director himself, were the heart of the movie.

Hanuman.Com – After making the critically acclaimed movie Shukno Lanka director Gaurav Pandey made another movie on an unconventional subject of online friendship and cyber crime. The story had good potential to be a good movie but the film loses its grip in the second half while it changed from a sweet relationship story to a funny crime thriller. The pre release buzz was of course created for the presence of Prasenjeet Chatterjee. Another highlight of the movie was that it was the only Bengali movie to be shot in Iceland. But after watching the film which catches our eyes was the brilliant acting debut of the director Gaurav Pandey.

Chander Pahar – This is biggest ever Bengali film made so far. The film’s budget is around 15 crore. The way the film has been shot it looks much more costly and no doubt the success of this movie will make a fresh start of making good quality cinema in Bengali movie industries without compromising for the budget. Director Kamaleswar Mukherjee has proved that he is good visionary and the commercial movies heartthrob Dev has proved that he can act well too provided he get support of a brilliant team. The locations of South Africa were very well captured by the DOP Soumik Halder.

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