BEST OF BOLLYWOOD 2015 : MAGGY AWARDS

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TOP MOVIES:

First half of this year gave a scare as only few movies managed to hit the senses. But these few made their mark where a comedy Tanu Weds Manu Returns shocked everyone with its brilliance. Movies like Baby and Badlapur that showed great thriller value and managed to save that season. Although second half of the year didn’t produce a master class, but gave us a stream of well made movies consistently. Short budget movies like Masaan, Titli and Angry Indian Goddesses showered the essence of directorial and acting excellence. Salman came out of his usual avatar and actually acted in a well made IndoPak flick Bajrangi Bhaijaan. In a year of comic less movies, Pyaar ka Punchnama 2 succeeded in producing few good laughs. It’s worth mentioning master class non Hindi movies like Bahubali (Telugu) and Court (Marathi) that will not come in Bollywood cateogry but certainly shouldn’t be missed.

Here is the list of TOP 5 Movies this year:

1. Tanu Weds Manu Returns
2. Piku
3. Drishyam
4. Masaan
5. Badlapur / Baby

TOP MALE ACTING:
Unlike last year, this was the great year as far as male acting is concerned. We got many amazing acting surprises in few low budget movies. Amitabh Bachhan again defied age and delivered two wonderful performances in Piku and Shamitabh. Ranvir Shorey in Titli gave his best performance of life where as debutant Vicky Kaushal completely submerged himself in the character role in Masaan. Few honorable mentions that missed the top list would be Akshay Kumar (Baby), Kay Kay Menon (Rahasya), Deepak Dobriyal (Tanu Weds Manu Returns), Varun Dhawan (Badlapur), Ajay Devgan (Drishyam), Sanjay Mishra (Masaan) and Nawazudding Siddiqui (Bajrangi Bhaijaan & Manjhi)

Here is the list of TOP 5 Male Actors this year:

1. Ranvir Shorey (Titli)
2. Amitabh Bachhan (Piku)
3. Amitabh Bachhan (Shamitabh)
4. Vicky Kaushal (Masaan)
5. Ranveer Singh (Bajirao Mastani) / Irrfan Khan (Talvar/Piku)

TOP FEMALE ACTING:
Lately, talking about great female acting performances and Kangana Ranaut have become synonyms. Yet again, she mastered her character and showcased an incredible piece of work. Angry Indian Goddesses saved the year for female actors and gave us goddess like performances. Honorable mentions that missed the top list would be Tabu (Drishyam) and Shweta Tripathi (Masaan)

Here is the list of TOP 5 Female Actors this year:

1. Kangana Ranaut (Tanu Weds Manu Returns)
2. Sarah Jane Dias / Pavleen Gujral (Angry Indian Goddesses)
3. Kalki Koechlin (Margarita with a Straw)
4. Anushka Sharma (NH10)
5. Bhumi Pednekar (Dum Laga Ke Haisha)

TOP DIRECTION:
No beyond the limits direction scene this year. But we had a good share of decent directors this year.

Here is the list of TOP 5 Directors this year:

1. Nishikant Kamat (Drishyam)
2. Shoojit Sarkar (Piku)
3. Neeraj Pandey (Baby)
4. Imtiaz Ali (Tamasha)
5. Anand Rai (Tanu Weds Manu Returns) / Neeraj Ghaywan (Masaan)

TOP MUSIC COMPOSERS:

1. A R Rahman (Tamasha)
2. Amaal Malik / Ankit Tiwari / Meet Bros (Roy)
3. Sachin Jigar (Badlapur)
4. Amaal Malik (Ek Paheli Leela)
5. Amit Trivedi (Shaandaar)

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Bajirao Mastani

Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Actors: Ranvir Singh, Priyanka Chopra, Deepika Padukone

Rating: 2 / 5

Sanjay Leela Bhansali is famous for his styling and amazing movie sets. Again he comes up with some amazing setup and wonderful cinematography. This time the styling had the elegance and it made sense. Unfortunately all these amazing things lasted only few minutes from the start. Although setup remained fantastic, the movie starts poking the head at the end of first half. Warrior Bajirao converts full time to Lover Bajirao, which is the major backdrop of the movie. There's no balance maintained between the two, which irritates throughout the second half. There is a good set of wonderful dialogues where Ranvir gets the majority share.

Ranvir Singh is the star of the show. From the word go he justifies his character and delivers an awesome performance. His potential, that was noticed from the starting, has roared this time. Priyanka Chopra beautifully portrays her innocent character. Deepika Padukone was just average, didn't really attract.

Direction looked amazing in the starting but loosening of the plot affected Bhansali's performance. I would suggest him to focus more on the story, something which he's not doing it for a long time now. His music is good and brings stability, but halts the ongoing story.

Overall, a terrific performance by Ranvir, great meaningful sets, but still a head pain.

Dilwale

Director: Rohit Shetty
Actors: Shahrukh Khan, Kajol, Varun Dhawan, Kriti Sanon

Rating: 1.5 / 5

As soon as the movie starts you'll encounter a typical Rohit Shetty movie setup. Same sound scheme, presentation and nature of the cinematography. Time and again you'll notice the regular old cars bashing. Name any Rohit Shetty film and I'll have the similarities. Keeping aside this, there was no story on display. Rather I'll say there was definitely some story, but a real bad one. It looks like a saas bahu TV saga without any good moments. You'll find yourself waiting for the interval. Soon after, the struggle to sit through the movie will start.

Shahrukh Khan doesn't continue to irritate in this flick. Bearable but nothing special as expected. I'll still stay biased with Kajol. She should've chosen a better movie. Varun Dhawan gave all the laughs which can be counted on fingers. Kriti Sanon remains an unstirred sugar, as there's no reason doubting her potential.

Rohit Shetty has delivered this one without any efforts. Seems like it's time to reap some money effortlessly.

Music was average but it had all the interfering timings in the world.

Overall, a tasteless poor story that was created to reap some easy money.

Hate Story 3

Director: Vishal Pandya
Actors: Karan Singh Grover, Sharman Joshi, Zarine Khan

Rating: 2 / 5

There's an exciting movie tone that's build up from starting. Although there were little expectations from the story, a good effort was made in producing a doubt in the viewer's mind. But ultimately there was nothing much that can be appreciated. Things turned out to be very ordinary and cliché. One can say, it was a poor form of Abbas Mastan's frequent twists. Riding on vulgarity, there was nothing on that front as well. Thanks to the censor board. Second half created a suspense, again to hold viewers. But nothing was pleasing enough.

I'm not a fan of Vishal Pandya because of his previous version of this series. But he has put a decent effort in making this movie bearable. Good story would have increased the direction value. 

Zarine Khan looked really hot but her acting was hugely burnt under it. She had a bad screen presence and dialogue delivery was worse. Sharman Joshi pulled this up well and proved that his talent can never be overshadowed no matter what are the conditions. Karan Singh Grover was the best of the lot. He really surprised with his amazing body language and more than a decent acting.

Songs were very out of place and not at all framed well. Although the music was good for ears.

Overall, a hate story like a poor version of Abbas Mastan's twists where only Karan Singh Grover impressed.