Ten Superb Movies in the year 2008!
Jan 8, 2009 Entertainment
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The year 2008 was not so good for the box office collection, but the last week of the year provided the best performance of the year 2008. It was the release of the Ghajini on 25th December which changed the trends. Here are the lists of ten movies of the year 2008 which I liked the most:
1> Number one is Ghajini:
Not only because of the performance on the box office, it strikes me due to the superb love story between Aamir Khan and Asin Thottumkal. The performance of both the actors is superb in the movie. It went out to break all the records in the very first week only.
2> Number two is Singh is King:
One of the biggest blockbuster hit of the year was Singh is King. It showed once again the on screen chemistry between Akshay Kumar and sweat Katrina Kaif. During the first two weeks after the release of the movie, it earned more than 100 crore in India and abroad. The music of Singh is King was superb.
3> Number three is Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na:
Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na is one of the finest movies of the year. The on screen chemistry between the debutant Imran Khan and Genelia D’Souza was superb and liked by most of the people.
4> Number four is Jodhaa-Akbar:
This year Hritik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai rocked the big screen with their superb performance in the movie Jodhaa-Akbar. This movie created a bit of controversy and thus caused a bit of violence too in some parts of the country.
5> Number five is Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi:
Although I personally did not like the movie but my girl friend liked this movie very much. Shahrukh Khan did the superb acting in both the look, while Anushka Sharma was superb in her first movie. The best supporting actor in the movie was Vinay Pathak. He did the fantastic job in the movie.
6> Number six is A Wednesday:
A movie which in fact shocked me is A Wednesday. Superb performance by Naseeruddin Shah and Anupam Kher made this movie as an excellent one. Though I did not get the chance to watch it in the theatre but when I watched this movie I became a bit surprised and I regret that I missed watching it in the theatre.
7> Number seven is Dostana:
Although I did not liked the movie but it was one of the biggest hit of the year 2008. The reason for which I did not like the movie is because I did not liked the story, but I liked the superb performance by all the three lead actors Abhishek Bachchan, John Abraham and Priyanka Chopra.
8> Number eight is Jannat:
The superb performance by Sonal Chauhan and one superb song “Zara Sa Mujh Ko” made this movie as a hot one. The movie Jannat was based on the controversial death of the cricket coach Bob Woolmer.
9> Number nine is Rock On:
Farhan Akhtar rocked the big screen with his acting and singing for the first time in this movie. Arjun Rampal and Shahana Goswami both were superb in the movie. It became one of the biggest hit because of its superb story.
10> Number Ten is Golmaal Returns:
One of the most talked about movie of the year was Ajay Devgan starer Golmaal Returns, which was actually a sequel of the movie Golmaal which was a big hit in the year 2006. Although it did not become so much big but still people like this movie.
Please do let us know your views about the movies of the year 2008.
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Kajol’s father died of Heart Attack!
Apr 11, 2008 Entertainment
The Bollywood actress Kajol’s father Shomu Mukherjee passed away today in Mumbai.
Shomu Mukherjee, the famous film maker was ill for some time and it was on Thursday morning at 8 am when he died of a severe heart attack. He was 75.
He is survived by his wife, actress Tanuja and two daughters Kajol and Tanisha.
He was also one of the owners of the famous Filmalya studio.
The untimely demise comes at a time when his son-in-law Ajay Devgan’s debut directorial film U Me Aur Hum is releasing on April 11.
Chaliya Babu, Patthar Ke Insaan, Lover Boy and Nanha Shikhari in the 1980s are some of the films produced and directed by Shomu Mukherjee, the son of famous Bollywood film producer of 1950s.
The last film that he directed was Sangdhil Sanam in 1994.
Tags: Ajay Devgan, Kajol, U Me Aur Hum
Versatile actor Ajay Devgan turns 39 today!
Apr 2, 2008 Entertainment
The versatile bollywood hero-cum-producer-cum-director Ajay Devgan turned 39 today on April 2 and its time to celebrate his birth day.
Ajay got an early birthday gift Tuesday when his entire family landed up on the sets of Zee TV’s reality show “Rock N’ Roll”, which he is hosting with wife Kajol and mother-in-law Tanuja. The family arrived to cut a cake with him.
His parents Veeru and Veena Devgan, sisters Neelam and Kavita and his nephew Aman were part of the entourage.
“I was pleasantly surprised, considering my parents never go on television. It was one of the most beautiful gifts I’ve ever received,” said Ajay.
The super hero has proved his talent in acting who started his career as an action hero in the 1991 hit film “Phool Aur Kaante”. He won the Filmfare award for best debutant actor for his first film.
Early in his career Ajay showed his stunts in films like “Jigar” (1992), “Divya Shakti” (1992), “Vijaypath”(1994), “Hulchul” (1995) and others that one could only expect from the son of well-known action director Veeru Devgan.
In 1999 and 2000 he produced “Hindustan Ki Kasam” and “Raju Chacha” and after a successful acting career of 16 long years, he jumped into the feild of direction from this year through his movie “U, Me Aur Hum”. It is the story which he really believes and was plotting in mind for a long time. Ajay is confident about the movie will give a good response at the box office going to release this month on April 11.
“I had this story idea in my mind for a long time and then I sat and wrote it down. Later when I gradually developed the screenplay, I felt that unless I directed the film myself, it would not be presented the way I want it to be,” Ajay told.
Ajay had worked with internationally acclaimed filmmaker Shekhar Kapur as an assistant director.
In 1999, Ajay married his co-star and friend Kajol and they have a four-year-old daughter named Nyasa. The couple will be seen together after a long time in “U, Me Aur Hum”.
Known for his action roles Ajay surprised the audience with his comic performances in “Ishq” (1997), “Golmaal - Fun Unlimited” (2006) and his ability to emote in “Pyaar Toh Hona Hi Tha” (1998) and “Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam” (1999).
His powerful acting in “Zakhm” (1998), “The Legend of Bhagat Singh” (2002), “Company” (2002), “GangaaJal” (2003), “Yuva” (2004), “Raincoat” (2004), “Omkara” (2006) and others won him critical acclaim.
This year, he doled out a power-packed performance in Santoshi’s “Halla Bol” and Rohit Shetty-directed comedy flick “Sunday”.
Director Rajkumar Santoshi, who has made some of his best films with Ajay, praised for the actor saying,“One of his strengths is that he can get under the skin of any well-written role and make it his own. He has sharp, expressive eyes. And he appears to be very natural in all the challenging characters he has played so far.”
Ajay has won two National Awards - the first one for Mahesh Bhatt-directed “Zakhm” and the other for Santoshi’s “The Legend of Bhagat Singh”.
Wish the first time director and the super hero of Bollywood today!!
Tags: Ajay Devgan, Birth Day, Kajol
