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Overall roundup for 2001
Top 5 Films ( As per earnings)
My personal ranking is goes:
Top 5 flops of 2001'Abhay' Kamal Hassan tried to do something different but it didn’t work. The film was a non-starter at the box-office.'Yaadein' Once of the worst movie of showman Subhash Ghai's. Though the film reported initial success in UK and US, the film failed to raise interest among the Indian audience. 'One Two Ka Four' A take-off on hit Hollywood film 'True Lies', the film didn't last too long at the cinema halls. One more flop added to the list of shahrukh khan. 'Lajja' Raj Kumar Santoshi's sincere effort at heightening women related issues with the help of Bollywood's leading actresses went waste, when audiences showed their backs to the film. 'Aks' One of the most hyped films of the year with superstar Amitabh Bachchan playing the lead role. It was successful in even keeping audiences for the entire movie. Top Actors of 2001Sunny Deol – with the two hits ‘Gadar’ and ‘Indian’ won the hearts of people again.Aamir Khan – Aamir khan nominated by Times of India as Man of the year for taking up the production of Lagaan and proving that historicial movies do work if made well. He also won hearts of the people by “dil chahta Hai’. This year is the Aamir Khan’s year- it is no surprise if he grabs the few film fare awards this year. Shah Rukh Khan – He started the year with few flops including his own ’Ashoka’ and it seemed as if he has lost his charms among audience but he proved all of us wrong by the blockbuster of the year ‘K3G’.All the best of next year. Amitabh Bachchan – He has understood that he can no longer act as an angry young man and he has taken few good roles in films like ‘Aks’ and ‘K3G’ which still makes him one of the top actor even after many years. well done AB baby! Top Actresses of 2001Kareena Kapoor – She had 2 hits this year one is ‘K3G’ and other is ‘Muhje Kuch kehna hai’.Amisha Patel – She again got another hit film after last year’s ‘Kaho Nahe Pyar Hai’. Her role in Gadar is worth praising. Kajol – Mrs. Devgan came into limelite after long time. With ‘K3G’ she is back in the race. Tabu – excellent work done in “chandini Bar” Urmila- For “Pyaar tune Kya kiya” Top Directors of 2001
Top Songs of the year
Synopsis of year 2001It was a disappointing year for most of 2001. It was only in the middle of the year that Aamir Khan's 'Lagaan' and Sunny Deol's 'Gadar' opened the gates to the box-office. In spite of the fact that the two films were released together, they were super hits. 'Lagaan' even being entered as India's official (Best Foreign Film Category) entry to the Oscars this year.At the same time, much awaited films which promised a lot but failed to stay on the box-office crashing through out the year were Subhash Ghai's 'Yaadein' , Rakesh Mehra's Amitabh-Manoj Bajpai starrer ‘Aks’, Kamal Hasan's 'Abhay' , Priyadarshan's 'supposed' comedy 'Yeh Tera Ghar Yeh Mera Ghar' , Shah Rukh's 'Asoka's ,Abbas-Mustan's 'Ajnabee' and Rajkumar Santoshi's 'Lajja'. Astoundingly, few films did well during the second half of the year. Films like Farhan Akhtar's 'Dil Chahta Hai', Madhur Bhandarkar's 'Chandni Bar', Nagesh Kukunoor's 'Bollywood Calling' and Mira Nair's 'Monsoon Wedding' won the audience who praises the meaningful cinema with a difference. With comparatively lower budgets, these films managed to give the audience their money's worth and draw in sufficient returns at the same time. The year ended with the release of Karan Johar's mega-starrer 'Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham' , the film had enough curiosity generated before the release to draw in the crowds. With a starcast of Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Shah Rukh, Kajol, Hrithik and Kareena managed to draw in the largest audiences.
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