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There were many awaited films in the year 2009. Although some films did manage to be successful, some directors couldn’t succeed at the box office. Due to the multiplex strike, there were a lot of films that were accumulated. There were two to three releases every week. This could have been one of the reasons for some of the films to be unsuccessful at the box office.

One of the biggest flops of 2009 is ‘What’s Your Raashee?’ ‘What’s Your Raashee?’ was a much awaited film however it could not do well at the box office because of its length. The film was three and a half hour long and it had 12 songs. Movie goers today avoid lengthy films because all of us today are short of time. Today’s audience wants maximum entertainment in minimum time. Moreover, the story became dull and boring and repetitive after the initial hour. Even though this was the first time that any character has ever played 12 roles in a film, the character were not established properly because how much can you explore 12 characters even in three and half hours.

Another film which was a super duper flop was Aladin. This film had invested nearly 70 crores but it could hardly recover anything. Directed by Sujoy Ghosh, this film invested a lot on special effects but this film’s target audience was not clear. Also, the story of the film wasn’t appealing enough to hold audiences attention. Such big budget films going flop are a big hit to the film industry.

We all know how Slumdog Millionaire made history all over the world. This was the movie that also made Indian proud. This movie won India two Oscars and a much awaited one for our Wizard A R Rahman. ‘Jai Ho’ became the buzz word everyone was using. Though this movie was not made in India but its essence was India only. Movie earned critical acclaim as well as huge commercial success. It also won several Oscars and generated media publicity of gigantic proportions. Movie had maximum participation of Indian actors, technicians, and shooting locales. There are several other reasons also that make it a more Indian than a British movie.

The theme and essence of the movie is India based. Based on a novel titled Q&A by an Indian diplomat-cum-part-time writer Vikas Swaroop, Slumdog Millionaire had a co-director on board named Lovleen Tandon who is basically from Delhi. The entire cast of the movie is of india origin. Shot and picturised in different parts of India, movie had maximum number of technicians from India. Rasul Pookutty who won Oscar for sound mixing is from South India. All the songs of the movie are in Hindi. Director Danny Boyle confessed that Movie ps part inspired from Black Friday and Satya.

Slumdog Millionaire had all the typical bollywood masala like songs and dance sequences, drama, action and what not! The famous song and now a part of popular language, Jai Ho had people singing it during Awards ceremonies and even at famous Times Square. This song also has a remixed version sung by Pussycat Dolls and it is in English. Movie has also proved to be hugely beneficial for Indian film industry. Hollywood has started to outsource technical works to bollywood. The star cast of the movie are getting wonderful opportunities in abroad.

The earlier eras of bollywood are also known as golden era. That period saw emergence and reign of uniquely talented stars in the entire sphere of film industry. Talk about acting, singing, composing or directing, some of the finest ever talents were witnessed during the Black and White Era of Hindi cinema. Think of any name and you are most likely to be astounded by the sheer abundance of the talents. If we talk about acting, Dilip Kumar, Raj Kapoor, Balraj Sahni, Guru Dutt, Dev Anand etc were the shining jewels of period surrounding India’s independence. Later on, Dharmendra, Sanjeev Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan, Rajesh Khanna etc conquered the hearts of millions Indian movie fans.

Actresses like Waheeda Rahman, Madhubala, Meena Kumari, Nargis, Suraiiya etc still make generations of movie goers nostalgic. Some talents in the field of music were Kishore Kumar, Rafi, Mukesh, Hemant Kumar, Manna Dey, Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhonsle crooned songs that still tug on our heartstrings. Naushad, S D Burman, R D Burman, Shankar Jaikishan, Salil Chaudhary composed greatest songs ever written in the history of Indian movies. The works of these geniuses are still admired, appreciated and loved. One cannot really measure the contributions made by these legends.

Though, today film industry has totally commercialized and songs are coming in remixed versions but at the same time we cannot forget most of the hit remixed songs are based on older ones. That is the ode and acknowledgement of charm of ever-lasting Indian music.  We should also remember when directors like Mehboob, Bimal Roy, Guru Dutt, Raj Kapoor etc were making movies including Mother India, Pakeezah, Mera Naam Joker, Do Beegha Zameen and Baiju Baawra etc, they did not have the facility of latest equipments. All credit goes to the sheer hard work and imagination of these mavericks. This article aims at dedicating the content to these great talents who made Bollywood what it is today! 

Paa is one film whose poster itself speaks a thousand words. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan and Vidya Balan and it is for the first time that Amitabh Bachchan will star in a film as a child. The film is directed by R Balakrishnan who earlier directed Cheeni Kum again with Amitabh Bachchan starring opposite Tabu. Ilaiyaraaja, the famous south Indian maestro has composed the music for this movie.

Paa is a story of a thirteen year old boy Auro (Amitabh Bachchan) who is intelligent and witty. However he suffers from Progeria, which is an extremely rare genetic disorder where symptoms resembling aspects of aging are manifested at an early age. Auro lives with his mother Vidhya (Vidya Balan) who is a gynecologist. Amol Arte (Abhishek Bachchan) is Auro’s father who is a young idealistic politician. Amol wants to prove to the world that ‘politics’ is not a bad world. Paa’s tagline says “a rare son father father son story’ and indeed it is. The story revolves around the relationship between Amol and Auro.

Apart from the star power of Amitabh Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan, Paa is a subject that is so strong by itself. It is intriguing to see Amitabh Bachchan act like a 13 year old. There is already so much curiosity build around the movie that people are dying to watch the film. To me, Paa seems to be the most promising film of 2009.

Director by Alfred Hitchcock, the main outline of the film is that a tennis star (Guy Haines) want to divorce his wife and marry his girlfriend. Guy then accidentally on a train meets a psychopathic man named Bruno Antony. Bruno tells the tennis player about an amusing idea where they could exchange murders and in this way no one would be able to suspect both of them. Guy however takes it as a joke but Bruno is serious and murders Guy’s wife. He then pesters Guy to kill his father but he gets caught in the end.

The film weaves some interesting elements together to make it like a conundrum that the viewers try to solve. Every time that you see the film, you will discover some element that the director has used as an element to support the theme of the film and this special technique indeed adds on to the “thrill” aspect of the film.

For example, since the main theme of the film is “exchanging murder”, the director has used several clues right in the beginning of the film that indicates the crisscrossing of murders. These elements are: a lighter that has tennis rackets crisscrossing each other, the rail tracks crisscross each other, Guy and Bruno’s legs crisscross as they sit in the train, Guy plays a tennis match in doubles, etc are some of the hints that Hitchcock puts across the viewers in order to build the story and create suspense in the minds of the viewers.

Through number of puns and visual metaphors and the unusual ideas human minds cultivate, Hitchcock has been successful in thrilling their audience.

Bollywood has a proud history of almost hundred years. What had started as a small step in form of ‘Raja Harishchandra’ has turned out to be a behemoth. Bollywood definitely had a wonderful and memorable journey. And the best part of all, we are still counting. Now when Indian film industry has started to garner huge attractions in world cinema circuit, things are looking even rosier. The first sound film of India was ‘Alam Ara’ and it had done exceptional business and that was followed by thousands more. Hindi film industry has given numerous hits that are still watched with undivided attention. Films like ‘Sholay’, ‘Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge’, ‘Hum Aapke Hein Kuan’, ‘Maine Pyar Kia’, ‘Lagaan’ and ‘Ghazini’ etc have made phenomenal business and mind it; this is just a select group of names. Now Indian movies are also being accepted on world scale and in coming time, world market for Indian movies is far going to outweigh domestic market.

A little unknown fact about bollywood is that it is one of the biggest employment generation industries of the Indian economy. Now, that gives Hindi movie industry a much respected weightage. Changing preferences of movie-goers have made this industry even more lucrative. Emergence of new technologies has created several new job opportunities for people interested in making careers in Bollywood.

Bollywood is a synonym for uninterrupted fun and entertainment. Movies are said to be the biggest passion of India. People still flock to see first day-first show movie release in different parts of India. If you have to see people behaving crazily for their favourite movie stars then go to any part of Southern India. Indian movies have an everlasting presence in our lives.