Look Back Series: Bollywood, 2006

For Bollywood, 2006 was a year full of sequels. With top grossing films, Dhoom 2, Lage Raho Munna Bhai, Krrish and Phir Hera Pheri.

Amir Khan was the star of the year with Kunal Kohli’s film ‘Fanaa’ and Rakyesh OmPrakash Mehra’s  Rang De Basanti, both which did exceptionally well at the box office.

Gangster brought to the industry talents like Shiney Ahuja and Kangana Ranaut for the first time in thriller and action filled roles.

Super hit songs of the year were Ya Ali from Gangster, Chand Sifaarish from Fanaa and Sexy Lady from Dhoom 2.

Aishwarya Rai’s limited clad attire and her kiss with actor Hrithik Roshan were controversies that topped the list.

Don, Farhan Akhtar’s remake of the original Amitabh Bachchan starrer was a hit amongst audiences but failed in terms of critics and at the box office.

The year ended with Shyam Benegal winning the Dadasaheb Phalke Award and Shabana Azmi the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award. 

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Look Back Series: Bollywood, 2005

2005, saw a hoard full of comedies, romantic and drama based films. Action and adventure films were scarce this year. The top, highest grossing films this year were No Entry, Bunty Aur Bulbi, Garam Masala, Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya, Salaam Namaste.

Amongst serious films, Sarkar, starring Amitabh bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan, a film by Ram Gopal Verma was a break through film. Amongst other films Dus was a hit action film for the year and Kaal was the only horror film released in 2005.

Amongst family dramas, Akshay Kumar starrer Waqt was a hit at the box office.

This year Rani Mukherjee won the Best actress for the film Black at the National, Film Fare and IIFA Awards.

2005 for a great loss in terms of actors and film makers, after Amrish Puri in 2004, Parveen Babu died at the age of 49. Rekha’s father, south film maker, Gemini Ganesan and Ismail Merchant of the famous Merchant-Ivory films pass away.

Sunil Dutt passed away at 75, leaving the Bollywood film fraternity in tears. 

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Look Back Series: Bollywood, 2004

Shah Rukh Khan was the star of the year with 2 super hit films under his belt, Veer Zaara and Main Hoon Na.

Hrithik roshan made his mark at number two with Lakshya, and Emraan Hashmi with Murder alongside Maillika Sherawat, who created controversies with her bold looks, skimpy attires and kissing scenes with the actor.

The top grossing films of 2004, apart from all those listed above were Hulchul, the very well received Masti, one of Bollywood’s best made comedies, Dhoom, an action packed bicker film and Khakhee, starring Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar and for the first time, Tusshar Kapoor in a serious role.

In terms of events, Nirupa Roy and B.R. Chopra won the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award and Raveena Tandon married the Film Distributoor and Business tycoon Anil Thadani.

The year ended with the loss of one of Bollywood’s favorite Villains, Mogambo, Amrish Puri, who passed away at the age of 72.

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Look Back Series: Bollywood, 2003

The first major Sci-Fi, major block buster film ‘Koi Mil Gaya’ not only was a super hit according to audiences but was the highest grossing film in 2003 at the Box office.

Following Koi Mil Gaya, starring Hrithik Roshan and Directed by Rakesh Roshan was Karan Johar’s, Kal Ho Na Ho. At Number 3 was The Hero: Love Story of a Spy.

2003, is regarded as Preity Zinta’s peak as she was the main lead in all the top 3 highest grossing films of the year.

Other films that were a major success in Bollywood were Baghban and Munnabhai: MBBS. Munnabhai made Sanjay Dutt the most loved actor of Bollywood and Arshad Warsi bagged the Filmfare Award for the Best Supporting actor for the film.

Other hits this year were Chalthe Chalthe, Andaaz, Main Prem Ki Deewani Hoon, LOC Kargil, Fun2sshh, Hungama and Jaal.

2 new Bollywood stars made their debuts this year with the super hit, teenage drama film ‘Ishq Vishk.’ Both, Shahid Kapoor and Amrita Rao are well established Bollywood actors today.  

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Look Back Series: Bollywood, 2002

The top grossing films in 2002 were Devdas, which stood at Number One at Rs. 32, 50, 00, 000, followed by Raaz, Kaante, Aankhen, Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam, Humraaz, Aawara Pagal Deewana, Deewangee and Saathiya.

This year, Gulzar and Asha Parekh won the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement and this year showcased a breakthrough achievement in Hindi Cinema with Raveena Tandon winning the  National Award for Best Actress for her performance in “Daman: A Victim of Marital Violence.” This was one of the few films to showcase out loud the problems faced in the Indian Domestic scenario and the problems of a woman in society.

Ram Gopal Verma, praised by the critics for his most acclaimed film Company hich was a crime, thriller was released in 2002 starring Ajay Devgan, Vivek Oberoi and Manisha Koirala. This film, based on the life of Chota Rajan and Dawood Ibrahim was a critics-acclaimed film in terms of plot and Direction.

2002 also saw a lot of epic and historic films like Maa Tujhe Salaam, The Legend of Bhagat Singh and in terms of critic acclaimed film there was Makdee and Mitr, My Friend both starring theatre actors and showcasing professional talents like Rajat Kapoor and Aparna Sen. 

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Look Back Series: Bollywood, 2001

Bollywood 2001’s top ten highest grossing films, had Gadar: Ek Prem Katha at Number One, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, Lagan, Indian, Jodi No. 1, Chori Chori Chupke Chupke, Ajnabee, Dil Chahta Hai, Mujhe Kuch Kehna Hain and Ek Rishtaa.

This was one of the extremely few years when Aamir Khan, released to Blockbuster films ‘Lagaan and Dil Chahta Hain.’

This year saw the loss of the legendary actor Ashok Kumar, who died at the age of 90. Akshay Kumar married Twinkle Khanna and the wedding was a Bollywood film industry get together with the who’s who there.

At the Box Office, the top earners of all times were the producers of Gadar: ek Prem Katha and actress Preity Zinta won the Best actress award for the film.

In terms of awards Dev Anand won the Padma Bhushan, Amitabh Bachchan the Padma Bhushan and Lata Mangeshkar the Bharath Ratna.

A new film released towards the end of year was the Box office hit, Ashoka. However, this film failed majorly with the viewers and critics.

This year saw a major breakthrough in terms of word wide viewings when Ashutosh Gowarikar's "Lagaan" was nominated for the Academy Awards under the "Best Foreign Picture" category.  This was the second time that an Indian film was nominated after Mother India in 1957.

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