Hit:
Yeh
Jawaani
Hai
Deewani
Ayan
Mukerji's
second
film
was
charming,
warm
and
sometimes
tender.
A
light
hearted
movie
with
a
superb
cast.
He
takes
us
to
the
usual
journey
of
family,
trips,
weddings
and
drama
but
entertained
the
audiences.
Ranbir
Kapoor's
growing
charm
and
popularity
is
a
big
add
on,
the
film
escalated
to
beyond
the
Rs.
100
crore
profit
mark,
leaving
everyone
including
producer
Karan
Johar
stumped.
Flop:
David
The
failure
of
this
film
proved
that
episodic
films
just
don't
work
in
anywhere.
The
three
actors-
Vikram,
Neil
Nitin
Mukesh
and
newcomer
Vinay
Virmani
were
brilliant
in
each
of
the
three-layered
stories
but
the
story
didn't
click.
Hit:
Race
2
This
is
a
glitzy,
action
packed
entertainer
starring
Deepika
Padukone,
Saif
Ali
Khan,
Jacqueline
Fernandez
and
John
Abraham.
However,
the
plot
was
not
liked
by
the
audience.
Flop:
Himmatwala
Film
historians
are
still
trying
to
figure
out
why
Sajid
Khan
decided
to
remake
an
awful
1983
film
which
even
Sridevi,
who
was
starred
in
the
original,
would
like
to
forget.
Hit:
Aashiqui
2
The
youth
loved
this
movie
that
deals
with
the
story
of
a
girl
who
is
willing
to
give
up
her
fame
for
love.
The
audience
enjoyed
Shraddha
Kapoor's
performance
in
this
movie.
Flop:
Rangrezz
A
rugged
expertly-executed
film
about
love
and
elopement
in
a
small
dusty
town,
where
guns
speak
louder
than
words,
Rangrezz
was
Priyadarshan's
finest
film
in
years.
Just
why
it
didn't
work
remains
a
mystery.
Hit:
Raanjhanaa
Aanand
Rai's
Varanasi-based
love
story
takes
us
for
one
of
the
most
refreshing
rides
in
the
recent
times.
He
gave
us
an
unlikely
couple
in
Sonam
Kapoor
and
Dhanush,
besides
a
love
story
which
made
obsessive
passion
more
a
crime
of
the
heart
than
a
libelous
offence.
Unlike
other
love
stories,
this
one
stands
out.
A.R.
Rahman's
is
the
USP
of
this
movie.
Flop:
Bombay
Talkies
A
divine
flawless
journey
into
the
heart
of
love,
alas
felled
by
its
episodic
format.
Bombay
Talkies
told
four
different
stories
by
four
filmmakers
of
diverse
filmmaking
styles.
Karan
Johar,
Dibakar
Bannerjee,
Zoya
Akhtar
and
Anurag
Kashyap
took
Hindi
cinema
to
another
level.
This
one
deserved
a
lot
more
footfalls.
Hit:
Jolly
LLB
This
movie
has
wit
and
satire
and
it
was
so
real.
Th
court
scenes
were
simply
picked
straight
out
of
reality.
Subhash
Kapoor's
astonishingly
well-written
film
on
the
loopholes
of
the
legal
system
was
a
delight
Flop:
Matru
Ki
Bijlee
Ka
Mandola
Not
every
film
with
a
tipsy
hero
is
capable
of
becoming
an
Aashiqui
2
or
a
Yeh
Jawaani
Hai
Deewani.Vishal
Bhardwaj
took
us
into
a
la-la-land
where
Pankaj
Kapur
turned
into
two
different
personalities
before
and
after
drinking.
Hit:
Special
26
Director
Neeraj
Pandey
broke
all
the
rules
of
mainstream
cinema
with
this
heist
story,
which
was
unadorned
by
half-naked
girls
swimming
in
a
sea
of
champagne.
He
still
got
audiences
hooked.
Flop:
Aurangzeb
A
superbly
crafted
variation
on
Yash
Chopra's
Trishul,
about
cut-throat
competitiveness
in
corporate
sectors,
fuelled
and
surcharged
by
the
brilliant
performances
of
Rishi
Kapoor,
Amrita
Singh
and
Jackie
Shroff,
Aurangzeb
suffered
a
setback
at
the
box-office.
Hit:
ABCD-
Any
Body
Can
Dance
This
film
is
full
of
young
spirit
and
enthusiasm
and
who
doesn't
love
that?
Prabhu
Deva
and
Ganesh
Acharya
set
the
screen
on
fire
with
there
super
dances.
Hit:
Kai
Po
Che!
This
film
which
is
about
soaring
spirits
truly
rises
the
spirits
of
the
audiences.
The
characters
in
the
films
are
very
well
sketched.