It's that time of the year when we analyze how the year has been to us. It is the same for the case of movies and this year we are in for some big disappointment. Lets take a look :
2016 started off on a high note with Akshay Kumar's Airlift giving us high hopes for the rest of the year and entered the 100 crore club with ease. The year saw a series of sex comedies like Mastizaade,Kya Kool Hain Hum 3 and Great Grand Masti. Kya Kool Hain Hum had a 3rd installment which was buffoonery on silver screen while Mastizaade was the better of the lot thanks to Sunny Leone. Great Grand Masti just had a great skin show from Urvashi Rautela with 3 guys going crazy for her.
Saala Khadoos did well in its Tamil version but did not do well in Bollywood but it definitely falls under the good movies of 2016. Sanam Teri Kasam was too melodramatic but the acting from both the leads and the fresh pairing made it look good even the movie collected only 9 crores. Ghayal Once Again did above average business at the box office.
The year saw many movies like Direct Ishq, Love Games, Lovesshudda, Ishq forever etc which went unnoticed. Aligarh had a powerful subject and Hansal Mehta's direction makes it intriguing. Rocky Handsome had some quality action scenes while Jai Gangaajal was just routine stuff with Priyanka Chopra in Cop Avatar.
Kapoor and Sons was one of the best movies of the year with its theme of Dysfunctional Family working well with audience topped up with some Powerful Performances. SRK's Fan had a terrific trailer and the movie had one of his career best performance as well. Bollywood was in for a shock when Fan collected only 85 crore and flopped at the box office. Nil Battey Sannata was a film with a soul and the movie falls under the feel good movies category of Bollywood.
Ki & Ka was an experimental movie from R.Balki but the movie had an unconventional storyline which worked and gave Kareena Kapoor, a good comeback. Baaghi had some solid action scenes and was a runaway hit. Azhar recieved good response from the audience and was declared hit. Traffic went unnoticed even though the movie had a compelling storyline. 1920 London was another attempt at linking the 20th century horror stories with bollywood cliches. Do Lafzon ki Kahaani looked promising but was dull at the box office. Te3n was a good attempt from Richard Das Gupta at a thriller. Udta Punjab which created news way before its release had a good run at the box office collecting 60 cr approx. Raman Raghav and Junooniyat did not mint much money either.
July saw Sultan breaking all box office records of the year and becoming the highest grosser of 2016. Madaari was another well made movie from nishikant kamat featuring a powerful performance from Irrfan Khan. Dishoom was an action comedy and did above average business.Housefull 3 which had a stellar cast tickled the funny bone and went on to become a hit, this time directed by Sajid-Farhad.
July saw Sultan breaking all box office records of the year and becoming the highest grosser of 2016. Madaari was another well made movie from nishikant kamat featuring a powerful performance from Irrfan Khan. Dishoom was an action comedy and did above average business.Housefull 3 which had a stellar cast tickled the funny bone and went on to become a hit, this time directed by Sajid-Farhad.
August had Akshay Kumar continuing his successful run at the box office with Rustom. Mohenjodaro was a huge disappointment from Ashutosh Gowarikar and bombed at the box office. Happy bhaag jayegi turned out to be a success with positive word of mouth. A Flying jatt managed to mint money due to the acrobatic Tiger shroff alone. Pink was an example of how a movie can be successful with its content and powerful performances.
September started off with Akira in which we saw Sonakshi Sinha kicking some Ass, but the movie did not get the required attention. Baar Baar Dekho flopped at the box office with bad reviews mostly. Parched was a different movie based on social evils and Banjo was Ritiesh in mass avatar. M.S.Dhoni - The Untold Story was the much awaited biopic from Neeraj Pandey with some good songs and it went on to become another money minting movie.
October was dull with no big movies setting the screens on fire until Ae Dil Hai Mushkil did it literally at Malegaon in Maharashtra. The movie was typical Karan Johar stuff with emotion and drama all over, but the movie had the required entertainment quotient with functional songs. Shivaay was an unconventional action thriller from Ajay Devgn who also helmed it and it turned out to be a visually stunning movie.
November of 2016 will be remembered for Dear Zindagi which was a feel good venture from Gauri Shinde with SRK making a comeback and Alia Bhatt delivering a solid performance. Force 2 had some quality action sequences and minted 59 crores approx. Rock On 2 fell prey to Demonitization and Tum Bin 2 went unnoticed.
December had a great start with Kahaani 2 which was an engaging cinema after the riveting "Kahaani" from Sujoy Ghosh. Befikre had Ranveer and Vaani kissing each other and giving dares. It collected 56 crores until now which is low considering the fact it is an Aditya Chopra movie. Dangal has released to rave reviews and the critics are showering the movie with praises. After all it is an Aamir Khan movie after 2 long years.
The year has given bollywood some good movies while a lot of them went unnoticed. 118 movies released out of which some turned out to be successful while only a few won our hearts. Bollywood needs to be more careful in making movies that will suit the taste of audience. Good movies do release and only the star studded ones get the required attention while the others are appreciated only on social media after the release of their DVDs since they don't get enough screens and also due to the star value factor.
Let's hope 2017 is a great year for Bollywood.
- Rohit Ravi
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