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With Ghajini
proving to be the biggest blockbuster of the decade grossing over
1000 millions, 2009 seems to be bright as far as the prospects of
films at the box office is concerned. The Khans- Salman Khan, who
had a hat trick of flops recently with Hello, God Tussi Great Ho,
Yuvvraaj etc, Aamir Khan, who is basking in the glory of Ghajini and
Shahrukh Khan, who had a rocking hit in Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi are all
set for an encore in 2009.
Aamir Khan is all set to appear in 2009 in his wife Kiran Rao's
maiden venture as a director Dhobi Ghat. Though Prateik Babbar plays
the title role of the dhobi in her film, the loving husband that
Aamir is, is playing the character of a painter who lives and works
from a tiny studio apartment in the noisy and congested Bhendi Bazar.
The film is Mumbai-centric and revolves around the les of four
different characters with Mohammad Ali Road, Marine Drive and the
famous dhobi ghat of Malahalakshi as its backdrops. Aamir Khan will
be seen romancing Kareena Kapoor for the first time in 2009 with
Rajkumar Hirani's 3 Idiots, in which Sharman Joshi and R. Madhavan
are his co-stars.
Besides Three Idiots,
Sharman Joshi will also be seen opposite newbie Uvika Chaudhary in
Toh Baat Pakki, in which Tabu plays Uvika's caring elder sister. Toh
Baat Pakki will mark the debut of the popular Marathi film director
Kedar Shinde and will be a romantic comedy produced by Tips. Toh
Baat Pakki is expected to be a sensible entertainer on the lines of
Hrishikesh Mukherji's brand of cinema. After her debut in Om Shanti
Om followed by her second release Summer 2007, Uvika Chaudhary has
now got a jumpstart in Bollywood in a big way with Toh Baat Pakki
which is a soft romantic comedy. The pace with which she is bagging
big films, Uvika is surely an actress to look forward to.
After Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi in 2008, the Shahrukh frenzy will take
over again as he plays himself – a super star in Priyadarshan's
Billu Barber, produced by him. The film is the remake of the
Malayalam hit Katha Parayumbol, which is turn proved to be a flop
when it was remake in Tamil with Rajanikant, as Kuselan in 2008. The
film features critically acclaimed actor Irrfan Khan in the lead,
with Lara Dutta. While Billu Barber is slated for release on
February 14, Shahrukh Khan will hopefully end the year with Karan
Johar's My Name is Khan in which he is playing an autistic person
and teams up with Kajol.
Salman Khan is hoping for a hit with his Vipul Shah directed London
Dreams in which his co-stars are Ajay Devgan and Asin. The bachelor
boy of Bollywood has huge money ( read over Rs 150 crores) riding on
him with films like Wanted Dead Or Alive and his own home
productions like Mr & Mrs Khanna and Veer under his belt, besides
Wanted Dead or Alive which by the way is the remake of the Tamil hit
Pokkiri
Akshay Kumar who proved that he is indeed the king at the box office
with Singh Is Kinng breaking the box office records in 2009 is all
set to kick-start the New Year with his Chandni Chowk to China,
slated for release on January 16. It wil be followed bus his other
releases in the New Year like Priyadarshan's De Dhana Dhan, Blue,
Kambakht Ishq and Eight By Ten. The actor has approximately around
Rs 250 crores riding on him. Priyadarshan will follow up Billu
Barber and De Dhabna Dhan this year with one more film- Bum Bum Bole
which has Atul Agnihotri and Rituparna Sengupta in the lead with the
child prodigy fo Taare Zameen Par Darsheel Safary in the main leads.
It is supposedly the remake of Majeed Majeedi's Iranian masterpiece
film The Children of Heaven.
Hrithik Roshan is all set to set to take dirty dancing to yet
another level with his papa Rakesh Roshan's International foray with
Kites directed by Anurag Basu. The film is said to have a whopping
budget of Rs 120 crores. Abhishek Bachchan will bounce back
hopefully in 2009 after Guru with Mani Ratnam's magnum opus
tentatively titled Ravan with his wife Aishwarya Bachcham, Vikram
and Ravi Kishen in the lead. Abhishek who had a lousy year in 2008
with Drona proving to be the worst debacle of his career has two
films this year. They are Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's Dehli 6, R.
Balki's Pa in which he has been cast with his real life pa Amitabh
Bachchan and Rajeev Menon's Dhun, in which Aishwarya Rai will be
seen once again opposite him besides Ravana. |
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