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By Joginder Tuteja ©2005 Bollyvista.com |
The end of every year set the critics analyzing which Bollywood flick
worked and which didn't! Rather than treading the conventional route of
the Top 10 (which is also quite predictable and by now common), we will
mainly highlight the way 2004 treated Bollywood altogether.
Movies that worked
When one looks back at the genre of movies that set the box office on
fire, there is no fixed trend that one visualizes. If 'Murder' was the
first all-India hit, primarily due to its no-holds-barred publicity as a
skin flick, there was a 'Veer-Zaara', which ended the year as the film
that went on to gross box office sales to the tune of 40 crores plus, just
in India. While ‘Murder’ primarily titillated, ‘Veer Zaara’ was a true
Chopra-SRK-Preity-Rani combo that was never meant to fail!
King Khan also had a runaway hit with 'Main Hoon Naa' that would win the
trophy for the best 'masala' movie of 2004, with action/emotion/drama/
comedy and everything else that is required for a potential blockbuster.
On the other hand, there were comedies like 'Masti' and 'Mujhse Shaadi
Karogi', which excited viewers from all age groups, primarily because
their directors (Indra Kumar and David Dhawan) tweaked their style of
direction and hence more than lived up to the audiences' expectations. |
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