Notice
this.
Most
of
the
movies
that
worked
at
the
box-office
this
year
were
desi
films.
They
either
had
characters
from
small
towns
or
villages.
Or
had
the
rural
backdrop.
Till
the
onset
of
this
year,
most
film-makers
were
of
the
opinion
that
the
multiplex
junta
prefers
to
watch
urban
themes,
while
desi
subjects/characters
worked
with
a
tiny
minority
at
smaller
centres.
But
the
audience
proved
them
wrong
yet
again.
Suddenly,
all
of
a
sudden,
the
year
2010
witnessed
a
number
of
desi
films
striking
gold
at
the
Box-Office.
Take
the
case
of
Dabangg,
the
biggest
Hit
of
the
year.
It
had
a
rural
backdrop
and
its
protagonist,
Chulbul
Pandey,
was
an
uncouth
and
brash
character.
But
the
film
worked
big
time
at
plexes
as
well
as
single
screens.
Ditto
for
Ishqiya,
which
was
set
in
a
village
or
Peepli
[Live],
which,
depicted
the
rural
community.
Udaan
too
was
about
the
father-son
relationship
in
a
small
town
of
India,
while
Tere
Bin
Laden
threw
light
on
a
Laden
lookalike
residing
in
a
hamlet.
That's
not
all,
even
Raajneeti,
which
depicted
the
games
politicians
play,
was
set
in
the
heartland
of
India.
Do
Dooni
Chaar
and
Band
Baaja
Baaraat,
though
set
in
Delhi,
had
characters
the
desi
or
the
middle
class
audience
could
relate
to,
while
Phas
Gaye
Re
Obama
had
a
small
town
backdrop.
This
doesn't
imply
that
urban
themes
didn't
find
acceptance
this
year.
They
did.
But
the
point
to
be
noted
is
that
desi
films
ruled
the
roost
in
2010.
Story first published: Tuesday, December 28, 2010, 14:40 [IST]