Best Bollywood Movies of 2009

Bollywood releases more than one hundred movies every year but only few of them become super hits.

Bollywood is the biggest revenue generating film industry in the world after Hollywood. Bollywood is the biggest film industry in Asian and Indian cinema industry. Bollywood movies are produced in Hindi and English language but mostly in Hindi, some movies also launches in South Indian Tamil and Punjabi language too. Bollywood actors and actresses are also performing their talent in South Indian film industry and as well as in International film industry Hollywood.

Hollywood directors are and producers are also taking a keen interest in Indian cinema because great Indian population inside and outside the India. Slum dog millionaire was the biggest hit movie in year 2009. This movie won 4 golden globe and 7 Oscar awards, which is a world record for Indian film history. Here the list of top ten best Hindi movies released in 2009.

1) Blue: The cast of this movie consist on top Indian celebrities; Blue songs also become top on chart blustered.

2) Luck by Chance: This movie was produced by local producers. The film is about the journey of an actor who arrives in Bombay to make it big as a film star in Bollywood film industry.

3) Kites: This movie was the mixer of Hollywood movie “A Running Kite” the leading role of film actress was done by a Mexican actress Barbara Morie.

4) Wanted: This is an Action and thriller movie which is also based on a Tamil action movie.

5)Jail: This is a movie about how a gangster breaks the prison and save his life from government agencies.

6) Wake Up Sid: Wake Up Sid! Is a funny and romantic movie, filmier on teen age boys and girls of Indian society.

7) All the Best: This movie is based on a famous Punjabi crime novel, where money is every thing for everyone.

8) Acid Factory: Acid Factory is a action and thriller movie about the war between two underworld gangs.

9) Dev D: This is a fantasy movie about a character who becomes a famous thief around the India.

10) Three Idiots: This is a funny and romantic movie in which three lovers are doing very foolish activities to impress their girls

Horror movies of Bollywood India

Bollywood celebrated the diamond jubilee of its existence only a couple of years ago. When we look back, we can justifiably feel proud of its achievements over the decades. The number of feature films which have rolled out of Bollywood studios over the last 77 years runs into nearly forty thousands.The sheer volume of this corpus is overwhelming. Even quality-wise, some of our films have won laurels in international film festivals. Our films have now a thriving overseas market.

Our filmmakers have tried their hand at almost every genre of feature filmmaking. We have, for instance, made love stories, romances, quasi historical films, mystery thrillers, action films, biopics, family dramas, et al. Perhaps the only genre where Bollywood has yet to make its mark is the horror film. We have not yet produced anything that even remotely approaches. ‘The Exorcist’ or ‘The Mummy’ in portraying the dark and indecipherable forces of evil which are supposed to exercise baneful influence on human affairs.

Among our present filmmakers, RGV is considered to be most skilled exponent of the eerie. Now, before we proceed further, we must have a glance at Mr RGV’s track record in producing films with a sitting virtually paralyzed with horror in their seats. It is a mixed bag, to be truthful. Mr RGV hails from Andhra Pradesh, so he started his career by making films in Telugu, some of which were also dubbed in Hindi. His film ‘Raat’ (1992), originally made in Telugu with the title ‘Raathri’, was a horror film. There was, however, nothing original about it. In fact, it was a rehash of several old films, and it failed to impress the audience.

His ‘Deyyam’, made in Telugu, was also a flop. But his film ‘Kaun’ (1999) in Hindi was a box-office hit. It was a horror movie with Urmila Matondkar and Manoj Bajpai in the lead. But his ‘Jungle’ (1999) was again a flop. He recovered lost ground with ‘Boot’ (2003), another horror film which was a moderate success at the box office. But the films that followed ‘Boot’-- ‘Vaastushastra’, ‘Darna Mana Hai’, ‘Naina’ et al- were disappointing. They failed to create the creepy-spooky effect which is so germane to a horror film.

Bollywood has produced not many horror films. And the few it has made have hardly left any impact on the audience. In 1955, Amiya Chakarvarty made ‘Badshah’ with Pradeep Kumar, Usha Kiron and Ulhas in the lead. This film, based on Victor Hugo’s novel ‘The Hunchback Of Notre Dame,’ was not exactly a horror film. But the hunchback in it was supposed to be the scariest sight. The film was, hoever, considered an amateurish attempt and the audience did much like it.

In the 70s, the Ramsay Brothers were the wholesale purveyors of the so-called horror films. But, unfortunately, their methods were so crude and childish that the viewers, instead of flinching in their seats with fright, kept greeting the cackling witches and horned demons in their films with derisive titters.

They started with ‘Do Gaz Zameen Ke Neeche’ (1972). Thereafter horror films came from the Ramsay camp like assembly line products from a factory. But none of these films- ‘Purana Mandir’, ‘Band Darwaza’, ‘Veerana’, ‘Dak Bangla’, ‘Purani Haveli’ and many others- made any impact on the viewers. When one after the other their films began to bomb at the box office, they wisely thought it was time they closed shop and called it quits.

Perhaps one of the reasons why our horror films often fail to impress the audience is that most of them are crudely desified versions of foreign films. While adapting a foreign film to Indian ethos, our scriptwriters and directors often end up messing up things. With the result, most of our horror films appear to be so outlandish that the audience hardly ever feels related to it. In short, such films have scarcely any relevance to Indian realities. The viewer feels no affinity with characters he sees on the screen. They seem to him inhabiting a world with which he has no connection.

Both English and French literatures are rich with writers who have written horror stories and novels of epic proportions. We have hardly any horror story writer whose creations merit serious attention.In the 40s and 50s, the horror-cum-adventure films we made were mostly based on Arabian Nights Tales. Thus, we had films made on ‘Alladin And His Magic Lamp’, ‘Ali Baba Chalis Chor’, ‘Sindbad The Sailor’, et al. Or, films based on mythology, in which every now and then demons, ghosts, and giants in outlandish outfits made their appearance, laughed uproariously before speaking in a booming voice to the hero or the villain.Frankly, we have not yet produced horror story writers of the caliber of Bram Stokar, Stephen King, Peter Straub, Shirley Jackson, M.R James et al.

science fiction film Crude

Robot invaders that look like they were made from old, scrap boilers
or battered, galvanised bins. Hub caps sprayed in dull silver dangling from a fishing line in front of a painted sky-scape. Clearly visible seams where the backdrop was joined together to imitate a starry sky. Old egg cartons and fizzy pop lids glued onto sheets of badly painted corrugated cardboard then shoved into a corner with drapes hiding the room walls.  And finally a bunch of amateurs roped in at the last minute to make up the cast of your low to no budget film, written in thirty seconds as one draft, on the back of a fag packet after a few pints and a curry!  Welcome to the world of – Dang! Dang! Daaaaaah! – crud movie mania!!!!!

 Yes, girls and boys, JD Doc admits to being a lover of all things Crud, with a capital ‘C’; at least, that is, when it comes to vintage science fiction films.  There is much mirth and wonder to be had in this genre, especially in anything that pre-dates the likes of the Star Wars franchise, which, even back in the 70s, offered a more ground-breaking and sophisticated alternative to your ‘Earth Versus the Flying saucers’ or ‘Fiend without a Face’, both of which are hot favourites of ‘The Doc’.  For, as filming techniques and technologies become more sophisticated, so too have the resulting films.

The Doc is no Philistine; in fact, this ‘scientist’embraces the use of whatever one can find in order to make real whatever cinematic idea is in one’s mind, whether it’s a three year epic of a project or a three hour shoot!  Grab that video camera, mobile phone
camera, 8mm cine camera (or whatever your tool of choice) and rope your mates into that ‘fag packet’ crud.  It’s your dream, so follow it!  The Doc did – and still does – whenever the opportunity arises.  This may seem completely pointless when the resulting piece of crud will never be seen by more than maybe ten to twenty people.  However, The Doc can attest to the fact that, to imagine and then complete something that you’ve conceived, is highly exhilarating. Especially when it looks like the kind of exciting crud you meant it to look like.  Cheap as chips, as they say!  But fun at every stage.

One can only imagine how Edward D Wood Jr. felt on completion of the notorious ‘Plan 9 From Outer Space’, the oft-called ‘worst film ever made’.  It wasn’t meant to be a classic or a blockbuster, just a fun-filled ‘popcorn’ movie, a bit of harmless entertainment.  After all, didn’t we all at some point in our childhoods, wile away the hours pretending to be something or other whilst at play in an imaginary world?  And don’t we often recall and miss those ‘innocent’ days, when we didn’t worry about paying bills?  There comes a certain point in life when the laughs begin to dwindle and the lines appearing on the face are wearing into a frown.  So next time there’s a crummy looking old black and white science fiction movie on your TV, don’t switch it off – sit down and prepare to have a good old chuckle WITH the film maker.  Doctor’s orders!

Om Puri plays terror mastermind in Kurbaan

Veteran actor Om Puri plays a terrorist who masterminds a massive attack in the US in Rensil d'Silva's 'Kurbaan' and says he has no reservations about playing a 'jehaadi' as audiences are mature enough to differentiate between an actor and a film character.

I play terror mastermind in 'Kurbaan': Om Puri

Irrfan Khan had apparently said no to playing a terrorist in 'Kurbaan'. But Om Puri has no fears of playing villain.

"I'm also aware other actors turn down parts of terrorists. But I've no such reservations. A role is a role. We cannot be moral and judgemental about the characters we play. In 'Kurbaan' I play the terror mastermind, a fully committed 'jehaadi' who is ready to sacrifice everything, including his wife (Kirron Kher) for the cause," the actor said.

"I played a radical mullah mouthing rabid dialogues in Jagmohan Mundhra's 'Shoot On Sight'. It was just a role. I think our audiences are mature enough to understand this," he added.

Om Puri has apparently received warnings from fundamentalist organisations about playing an extremist. But he says he won't be deterred.

"I played a Pakistani in Charlie Wilson's 'War' and 'East Is East'. And now in October I go into the sequel 'West Is West' with the same cast. This time Vijay Raaz and Ila Arun have been added. Is it dangerous to experiment with morality in your actors? Let it be.

"In my new release 'Baburr', I played a corrupt colourful cop who doesn't think tweaking the law is a big deal. It's good to enter the hearts and minds of people who live by their own weird morality," he said.

Rensil d'Silva's 'Kurbaan' also features Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor and Vivek Oberoi.

Lata Mangeshkar is the universal Sister Didi

Not many know that the legendary actor Sivaji Ganesan was a rakhi brother to both Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle, and their families have long shared a close relationship.As we celebrate Lataji's 80th birthday on September 28, Ram Kumar, Ganesan's elder son, remembers the decades of long friendship with the Mangeshkar family:

In the 1950s, Sivaji Productions produced only Hindi movies. Both Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle had sung for the films, but had never met my father, Sivaji Ganesan.When Ashaji was in Chennai, she happened to watch the Tamil film, Paava Mannippu. When she returned to Mumbai, she told her family that they had to see a Tamil actor called Sivaji Ganesan. So they watched Paava Mannippu at the Aurora theatre (in King's Circle, north-central Mumbai). It was the first Tamil film that they had seen.

During the interval, they realised all of them were crying even though no one understood a word of Tamil. All of them felt he (Sivaji Ganesan) reminded them of their father Dinanath Mangeshkar.The next day, they contacted my father through HMV (the music label) and flew to Chennai to meet him. They came home, hugged him, tied rakhis and started crying.From the first meeting itself, everything clicked and the friendship that started almost 50 years ago continues till today. They used to call my parents Anna and Anni.My father may be no more, but I have continued the relationship. I must have met them when I was six or seven years old, but I remember meeting them in the late 1960s when I was about 13. They attended my sister's wedding in 1968, but I was away then in a boarding school in Bangalore.I got to know them well only in the 1970s when I returned to Chennai after my schooling.

My first memory of Ashaji was that of a fun loving person. Lataji is more reserved. Over the years, Lataji started speaking to me more than she spoke to my parents. I now share a very close relationship with them. I call Ashaji Mummy or Maaji. Lataji is the universal Didi.We shot Trishulam in Mumbai. They would visit my father on the sets. In the evenings, after the shooting, my parents would go to Peddar Road (in south Mumbai) to spend time with them.The funny thing about my father and the Mangeshkar sisters was that they spoke to him in Hindi and Marathi and he would speak in his broken Hindi. My father had a great sense of humour. I have seen them enjoying each other's company, laughing and talking. My mother didn't know English or Hindi. Yet, we would see Lataji and Ashaji talking to her for hours -- my mother in Tamil and they in Hindi.

They were very close. They would shop together and spend a lot of time together.


'We hope Lataji continues singing for a long, long time'

They used to come and stay with us often.I have heard a story that happened in 1960-1961. In those days, my father used to hunt. Somebody had sent some cuckoos to my father, as they are supposed to be a delicacy.When Lataji got up in the morning, she heard the cuckoos singing. When she asked about the birds, somebody told her that they had been brought for her to eat. She got so upset, she started crying. She opened the cage and let them fly away. My mother and grandmother watched quietly.When my father woke up, she told him, 'Anna, I am called the Nightingale of India, how can you, my brother, do this? Don't ever eat them.' My father never ate bird meat after that.I'll tell you another incident that my father told us. Once the radio was playing P Susheela's song, Athan Ennathan. My father asked if they could sing like that. Lataji kept quiet.After six months when he went to Mumbai, Lataji asked him to come home as she had something important to say.When he reached her house, both sisters started singing Anthan Ennathan. Lataji said since my father had asked them if they could sing as well as P Susheela, they sang the song in Tamil.My father laughed and said, 'I know you are the greatest. I just teased you that day.'They consider P Susheela one of the greatest singers in India. They have always had high regard for our (south Indian) singers. They used to have a high opinion of Ilayaraja. Now, they are great fans of A R Rahman.

Now that my parents are no longer here, I look up to them as my closest people. I tell them that they are my father and mother. I am close to both of them -- closer to them than I was with my parents.The way they call Ramu in their sweet soft voice, it is like God calling you.I have lunch with them quite often and the three sisters (including Usha Mangeshkar) treat me like their nephew.Ashaji loves cooking for me, as I love food. The food that they make is delicious, especially their biryanis. Ashaji is an excellent cook. Whenever I visit her, she tries new recipes on me. They are foodies like us.I discuss everything with them. Ashaji used to say that I would become an actor. But I didn't, my younger brother Prabhu did. Even now, she says, I should have been an actor!

They have not missed a single wedding in our family, except mine. But that was because there was an accident and their brother Hridayanathji and his wife Bharatiji were injured. After two weeks, Ashaji and Lataji came and gave me presents.

One festival that our families never miss is Diwali. The tradition started in 1960-1961 and continues today. We never miss exchanging clothes on Diwali day.Whenever they have a function, they invite me. When Rahman did a concert for the Dinanath Mangeshkar Trust in Pune, I was with them.Lataji once sung Maine Pyar Kiya for my twins when they asked her to. That was the first time I heard her sing at home. My father teased her, saying, 'You never sang a song for me. How come you are singing to my grandchildren?'I always call them on their birthdays and wish them. I remember attending Lataji's 75th birthday function. This year, she will be 80. I will be there and have food with her on that day.We hope she continues singing for a long, long time. I wish her a glorious 80th birthday.

Best Five Movies I Like

 I really like to watch movies, but most of the movies that I watch are really not good at all. Only some of the movies were worth watching in my opinion and so I have created this list so that you do not waste your time watching a bad, horrible, awful, or even just average movie ever again and you can start watching great movies that will leave you speechless at how awesome it is.

5. The Boondock Saints
The Boondock Saints is a movie directed and written by Troy Duffy. The movie is about two Irish brothers who get a message from God to go out and kill all the sinful people in the world. Most of the movie is the brothers killing some bad guys and then detectives going through the crime scene. But that is what makes this movie so beautiful. There is tons of blood and awesome gun battles. While the story is nice it is not the best I have seen from a movie but how can you not like a movie about Irish dudes gunning down rapists and mob leaders.

4. V for Vendetta
V for Vendetta is about a young woman named Evey Hammond who is just a normal woman living in London until she is rescued by a masked freedom fighter named “V”. It tells of their story together and how they are fighting the corrupt government. This movie has lots of fighting (mostly of “V” owning everyone in his path) but it is the powerful story and the intense push for the good guys to win that makes this movie an instant classic. This movie was released in late 2005 and is the newest movie on this list.

3. Se7en
I like Se7en a lot because it is like CSI but with much better actors and is darker and way more entertaining. Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt star in Se7en and even though they sound like an unlikely pair they actually make a pretty incredible team. The ending is genius and it tied neatly in with the title and the events that happened earlier in the movie. Overall Se7en was a disturbingly great detective movie with top-notch acting. 

2. Fight Club
Fight Club came out in 1999 and stars Edward Norton and Brad Pitt. Edward plays an average man who has a “white-collar” job that he is discontent with. He then creates a fight club with Brad Pitt. I loved the voice-overs from Edward Norton’s character in this movie and also the social satire that really makes you think about what job you have and how you are living your life.

1. The Shawshank Redemption
This movie is the greatest film ever. The Shawshank Redemption is about a man named Andy who is wrongly accused of killing his wife and goes to jail for life. In jail he meets a man named Red who then become good friends. The rest of the movie focuses on these two people and everything that happens to them in prison. The best part of this movie are the inspirational talks that Andy has with Red about freedom and hope and other such things. Andy has integrity in this prison while he is surround by people with little or no integrity. It is a mind-blowingly well told story that has twists and turns and will leave you drooling by the end.

Quentin Tarantinos latest Moveis NGlourious Basterds

Despite Tarantino films all containing violence, no two flicks by the eccentric director can be considered indistinguishable. Inglourious Basterds (IB from now on) is no different. The World War II drama isn’t for the faint-hearted: while the violence in Kill Bill can be taken with a pinch of salt, IB sees some sickening torture against terrified Nazi stronghold, although a single memory of the holocaust and your sympathy for them goes right out the window. Perhaps this is a subtle point that is trying to be made. Satire dominates many scenes of this movie. I myself had the misfortune of sitting near a woman with the most dreadful laugh and all of a sudden violence seemed like the way forward in general life. Brad Pitt is easily the biggest name in the picture and gives a stellar performance as Nazi-hating Lieutenant Aldo Raine. While Pitt gives a performance that’s expected of him, Austrian actor Christoph Waltz is easily identifiable as the best character in the movie; his wit, mannerisms and general demeanor make his character, Nazi Colonel Hands Landa, likeable and an instant hit. British audiences of IB might resemble him to British comedian and actor Rob Brydon. I know I certainly did. Many scenes require quick eyes as subtitles are used for a large part of a lot of scenes, but it gives it some authenticity in all fairness, something that is missing from Tom Cruise’s war flick Valkyrie. Some of the scenes, mainly the ones without Raine and his Basterds, are slow-paced and, for lack of a better word, boring. I myself found my chin saddled on my fist during certain parts but looking back I can see that those scenes were necessary. I could definitely do with a second viewing IB. Overall I was a bit disappointed with the film, but I suspect this is because it’s Tarantino and I, like so many, was expecting too much. It’s still a good piece of cinema, although I’d still rate Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill higher for anecdote and entertainment. As a war film in general it’s great, although the comedy elements might be a little off-putting for some, and side from Raine & Landa many of the characters can be seen as largely unremarkable and easily forgettable. What makes stories interesting is that you care about the characters and what they do, and I can’t really say I was all that bothered by the back story involving Shosanna Dreyfus and her revenge against the Nazis. I understood what was trying to be done, but I don’t think it had as dramatic effect as was hoped. Best scenes for me were the opening scene, which sees Hands Landa on his rounds looking for Jews in hiding, and the tense basement scene with allies disguised as Nazis. Mike Myers’ role might make your eyes bulge and reevaluate the entire tone of the film up till that point, but even the man of many faces is forgettable after a short period. All in all you should definitely watch IB if you’re a fan of Tarantino and war films in particular. The zany director has a particularly style matched by none and his work definitely earns the right to be seen. As I’ve said, I’m sure a second viewing, or even a visit to a popular forum, will likely reveal hidden depth and alternative perceptions of IB, though I’m happy to wait for the DVD. I’m still tackling the mysterious briefcase in Pulp Fiction.

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