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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2015 (PAGE-4) Superstars rule As the year 2015 almost draws to a close, Supriyo Hazra looks back how the leading stars of the dazzling B-town fared in the past 12 months

AAMIR : For the past couple of years, Majnu Bhai with both the films getting good response at : Anand L. Rai was back again with on the big screen. The youngest woman to be awarded the had left a sharp impression in the hearts of his followers with the box office. the sequel to the 2011 film Tanu Weds Manu, which he named Ashoka Chakra, Bhanot, died saving 360 innocent pas- his December releases. But this time, with no films to be released, : Gossips on her alleged relationship with this time as Tanu Weds Manu Returns . The powerhouse of act- sengers during a terrorist hijack on the Pan Am Flight 73 on Aamir Khan made to the headlines for some wrong reasons. Con- actor Karan Singh Grover and her love for 'Horror' kept the Bong ing, Kangana Ranaut came up with a double role this time with September 5, 1986. troversy hit Mr. Perfectionist hard as his remarks on the issue R. Madhavan in this romantic comedy which was once again of 'intolerance' did not go down well with many people. Trigger- beauty in news this year. She was once again back on the silver SIDHARTH MALHOTRA: Sidharth Malhotra is maturing screen with another horror movie 'Alone', opposite Grover. The successful in touching the Indian audience who love to watch as an actor with every passing year and this time he was seen ing a controversy, Aamir said that he and his wife Kiran Rao family dramas. Ranaut also portrays the additional role of a considered leaving owing to the 'disquiet' surrounding it. film made moderate business at the Box Office but Bipasha kept sharing ring and screen space with superstar in Haryanvi athlete in it. The film emerged as one of the biggest He said they deemed the present situation of the country to be her promise of returning with a horror flick every year. The diva 'Brothers'. The film performed well at the Box Office and Sid- too dangerous for their kids. The controversy left Bollywood also made her small screen debut as the host of a horror televi- earners of 2015 with both the critics and audience loving it alike. harth proved once again he was no more the 'Student' of this divided with many hitting out at the actor for his remarks. How- sion series ' Sabko Lagta Hai'. Ranaut's other films of the year-I Love NY, opposite year but an actor gearing up to dominate the industry. and Katti Batti with Imran Khan - went mostly unnoticed. ever, away from controversy, Aamir was busy shooting for his : A short film ' "My Choice", fea- : She might be an actress who arrived in the next year release ' Dangal'. He is seen is a completely transformed turing the gorgeous actress had gained the attention of many as : With every passing year, tinsel town from an unconventional land but that does not mean look from his previous film 'PK'. He has put on a lot of weight Deepika was seen putting forward a strong message over women Bollywood is becoming more dependent on Nawazuddin Sid- Sunny has not delivered with her performance. With two major to get into the character of a wrestler, as Dangal is loosely based diqui who has been showing the depth of his talents in each empowerment, hence triggering long debates and discussions Bollywood releases- Ek Paheli Leela and Kuch Kuch Locha Hai on the life a wrestler Mahavir Singh Phogat. on media platforms and social networking sites in a year when release. 2015 remained another milestone in his career as he was seen in movies like Manjhi - The Mountain Man and Bad- - and several appearances in regional films, her fever continued : Last seen in Guzaar- the issue of 'intolerance and women safety' kept buzzing in the to rise the mercury level in India. The Baby Doll will be seen ish, Ash was back after a long gap of five years in ''. With air. Deepika, however, remained the of Bollywood for lapur. With experimenting in a serious avatar, romancing Tushar Kapoor and Vir Das in 2016 release Masti- sharing the screen space with one time Bollywood another year and competed hard with in wear- he found a tough competition against Nawazuddin Siddiqui zaade. She dominated on the virtual world too as the adult film queen, the film promised a lot for its fans. However, putting up ing the numero uno crown as almost all her films got healthy who portrayed the character 'Liak' quite flawlessly. While, Bad- an average display at the Box Office, 'Jazbaa' will not surely count response from fans and critics. Her high point in the year was lapur did average on the box office it was and actress defeated Prime Minister Narendra Modi to emerge as at the top of Ash's list of famous movies which also include surely sharing the screen space with and Nawaz's unconventional chemistry and the '' actor's the most searched person on Google in India. Sunny is also the numerous international productions. Irrfan Khan in . She again came back on screen with her old wonderful depiction of "Mountain Man" Dashrath Manjhi's life most searched Indian globally. : Anushka had a rather mixed year as flame in 'Tamasha' this November. The movie onscreen which pulled audience to the theatre. : Mrs. Dependable of Bollywood, Vidya Bal- Nawazuddin Siddiqui also teamed up with and far as her success at the Box Office is concerned. While she was remained the talk of the town as one time real couple united an, came back this year with Hamari Adhuri Kahani, opposite in one of the biggest hits of the year 'Bajran- at the top of the world last year with 'PK' hitting the right chord again for Imtiaz Ali after two years since seen together in 2013 Emraan Hashmi. However, the film bombed at the Box Office gi Bhaijaan'. The film made a grand success at the Box Office of success, 2015 commenced on a silimar note with Anushka hit 'Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani' . In December , she was again and failed to impress both fans and critics. seen playing the role of Mastani, opposite real life boy friend and Nawaz-Salman duo repeated the magic which they had cre- delivering another brilliant performance in the thrilling tale , in 's ''. ated with 'Kick' last year. VARUN DHAWAN: From sharing screen space with 'NH10'. She also turned a producer with the road drama. Anush- superstars and in Dilwale to experi- The end of the year also saw the diva grabbing eye-balls with PRIYANKA CHOPRA: After capturing Bollywood, 2015 ka also starred in multi-starrer '' that was appre- her picture hugging Vin Diesel and mysteriously menting with serious roles in 'Badlapur ' opposite Nawazud- turned out to be the red letter year in Priyanka's life as she gained din Siddiqui and then dancing around in 'ABCD 2', Varun ciated by her fans but the much-talked about 'Bombay Velvet' looking in camera giving us the speculation of her signing the immense attention for her international debut as a promising Dhawan spent one busy year in his career and that too with suc- which also saw the acting debut of filmmaker made XXX franchise's next opposite the Hollywood star. a poor run at the Box Office. Anushka's personal life too FBI agent Alex Parrish in American series 'Quantico'. Priyanka cess as all his released movies gained appreciations from fans. remained on the top of headlines as she found herself in an : The southern superstar 'Dhanush' returned to the performance in the series has been highly appreciated by her HITS, WITHOUT STARS: B-town with Amitabh Bachchan in ' '. fans abroad and in India. Touching a new high point in her unwanted controversy when she was blamed by several disap- While the year 2015 saw the creation of the 300 crore club, pointed Indians for the loss of India in the World Cup semi-finals EMRAAN HASHMI: Emraan Hashmi had a dud 2015 with career, she has become the first South Asian woman to headline there were also many small films that performed extremely well clash against Australia this year. Anushka's presence in the sta- none of his films-Mr. X and Hamari Adhuri Kahani- making any an American network drama series. In Bollywood too, she had at the box office. dium was blamed for her boy friend and Test team skipper Virat mark at the box office. two crucial releases this year- Dil Dhadakne Do and Bajirao Mas- Gone are the days when only big films were awaited and tani. The multi-starrer Dil Dhadakne Do did good performance Kohli's poor show in the match. FARHAAN AKHTAR: Appearing just once with Dil accepted by the audiences. Now, the audiences are very open at the Box Office while Bajirao Mastani which released on Dec : She has been the talk of the tinsel town since Dhadakne Do, made a strong appearance in the to small budget films as well that are starring smaller actors 18 has received positive reviews from critics. and not shot at exotic international locations. her debut in 'Student of the Year'. In 2015, she was seen once on multi-starrer movie. However, he keeps promises alive to deliv- RANBIR KAPOOR: While gossips said that Ranbir and his In fact small films too have a fixed set of audience just like the silver screen opposite in ''. The er big next year when he will be seen with Amitabh Bachchan there is a fixed set of audience for the big event films. The audi- Bollywood are planning to end their much film did not make a significant performance on the silver screen in' Wazir'. The thriller will bring together two of the big names ences of these small budget films step in the theatres with the but chemistry between Shahid and Alia was something new to of the industry together. talked about relationship, the cute faced actor's run on the Box expectation of good content films which the industry has deliv- Office was not that impressive this year with Roy and Bombay cherish for movie goers. Alia, however, had a terrible end to the : In a poll conducted this year by UK ered this year. Velvet faring poorly. Tamasha got mixed response but did not year as she suffered minor burns during an award function in based Eastern Eye newspaper, Hrithik Roshan has been named Films like , Talvar, , Margari- create the magic which Imtiaz Ali's films are known to create. December. Alia took on to thank her fans for showing as the second Sexiest Asian Man, making him still one of the ta With A Straw and Manjhi have not only received a lot of However, the reunion of former lovers Ranbir and Deepika their concerns and assured them that her cute face was 'fine'. most sought after 'superheroes' of Bollywood. With no releases appreciation from the audiences and critics for the content, but Padukone had made the movie a major release for 2015. : He was back in his serious avatar this year with this year, Hrithik Roshan remained far away from the silver also garnered good box office collections. 'Drishyam'. A remake of Jeethu Joseph's 2013 Malayalam film screen this year. : Rani Mukherji became a mother this year TALVAR: A film based on the double murder Noida case star- as the 'Mardaani' actress gave birth to a baby girl in December. ring Irrfan Khan, Neeraj Kabi, Konkana Sen and Sohum Shah 'Drishyam', Devgn brilliantly touched the chords of his fans, who IRRFAN KHAN: He is slowly gaining a stronger grip in Hol- She is married to filmmaker . They named her received a lot of accolades even at film festivals and collected a have long been seeing him in comic roles in movies like Golmaal. lywood as he appeared in one of the top movies of the year 'Juras- Adira. total of 35 crore net. The emotional turmoil of his character has been wonderfully sic World'. The fourth installment of the Jurassic Park series portrayed by the 'Zakhm' star. The film performed well on the saw Khan brilliantly portraying the character called Simon : It seems that Saif Ali Khan is slowly losing DUM LAGA KE HAISHA: and new- Box Office and was appreciated both by fans and critics. Masrani. His other Bollywood appearances were no less the tag of becoming the dependable star of Bollywood with comer 's unconventional love tale was set in a AKSHAY KUMAR: The '' of Bollywood remained the impressive as he was seen in 'Piku', 'Talvar' and then in Aish- nearly all his films failing to touch the hearts of audience for small town and was widely appreciated for the strong story and star of Bollywood this year giving tough competition to his col- warya Rai Bachchan's comeback film 'Jazbaa'. Khan surely is the past few years. 2015 remained one such year which the actor simplistic portrayal. The film collected a total of 33 crore net. leagues in the industry, including Bollywood rocker Salman planning to deliver more in the coming years and surely in 2016 will love to forget as his 'Phantom' hit rough weathers soon after HUNTERRR: A coming of age film by debut director Harsh- Khan. Akshay dominated the year with almost all his films mak- when he will be seen in ''. The Hollywood film will also it released. The directed movie, which also had Kat- vardhan Kulkarni, starring , Radhika Apte ing a powerful impact on the Box Office. The year started with feature superstar . rina Kaif, exited fast from theatres. and Marathi actress, Sai Tamankar found a big audience too Akshay's 'Baby' where the superstar is seen portraying the role JACQUELINE FERANANDEZ: The Sri Lankan beauty SALMAN KHAN: Salman Khan surely knows how to create and collected 13.50 crore net. of a tough Indian security agent Ajay Singh . Kumar's also walked on the paths of International appearance as she the perfect formula to produce one successful movie after the MANJHI, , NH10 : performance in the movie was appreciated by critics and his fans completed the shooting of her much awaited movie 'Definition other. The much-talked about '' , which Another real life story starring the two actors known for their with even Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal visiting a the- of Fear '. British filmmaker James Simpson's movie features released on Eid, kept smashing all records and turned out to be performances, Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Radhika Apte (Man- atre to watch the film before the results of the Delhi polls. The the beautiful Bollywood actress in a crucial role. The premiere one of the biggest hits of the year. The heart touching tale of jhi) and NH10 starring Anushka Sharma and Rajkumar Rao action star returned again with 'Gabbar Is Back' where he was of the English film was held in 4th Delhi International Film Fes- Bajrangi and his journey to take a six-year old Pakistani girl made a mark at the Box Office. took hearts away seen fighting against corruption and charming his lovers with tival (DIFF) in India. In Bollywood, Jacqueline continued to Munni, separated in India from her parents, back to her home- when she played a rebellious young woman with cerebral pal- his thrilling action scenes and moves. Away from patriotism, he town, was loved by people across India. Salman was back again mature and grow as an actress with films like Roy and Broth- sy in Margarita. The film did rounds of various film festivals was seen as a boxer, sharing screen space and ring with Sidharth in , uniting with and the Rajshri Pro- ers. and with this solo actress collected 5.97 crore net apart from Malhotra, in ' Brothers'. His last release of the year Singh Is Bli- ductions, to deliver another hit of the year- Prem Ratan Dhan : Bollywood hunk John Abraham was huge appreciations for story and performance. HOLLY- ing once again saw him experimenting in comic roles. 2016 Payo. The movie saw Salman Khan reappearing as his signa- back on the bigger screen with Welcome Back. Directed by WOOD BECKONS: promises to be another crucial year for the actor as he will be ture character name 'Prem' after a long time. In his personal Anees Bazmee, the film has performed good result at the box seen in 'Airlift' opposite . The film is based on life, Salman received a relief when he was acquitted by the Bom- Sizzling diva, Deepika Padukone who grabbed eye-balls with her office as the movie included other big names including Nana biggest evacuation of Indians based in Kuwait during the 1990 bay High Court in December of all criminal charges that he had Instagram picture hugging Vin Diesel and mysteriously looking Patekar and . airlift of Indians from Kuwait. been held guilty of by a trial court in connection with the 2002 in camera giving us the speculation of her signing the XXX fran- AMITABH BACHCHAN: From shooting in a graveyard : Kareena Kapoor remained one of the hit-and-run case. chise's next opposite the Hollywood star.Let's take a look at some top heroines in the industry even this year, giving tough com- to riding a scooter, Big B was busy shooting for his upcoming SHAH RUKH KHAN: His comments on intolerance was not Bollywood actors who entered Hollywood this year: petition to younger heroines like Deepika. She started the year film "TE3N" in in the fag end of the year but it was accepted easily by all, triggering criticisms and even BJP leader FAKHRI IN SPY: Nargis, who with her good act- with Akshay Kumar in one of the early gainers at the Box Office- and his wonderful portrayal of a Bengali father as Yogi Adityanath comparing him with 26/11 terror mastermind ing capabilities proved that she can be a desi girl too, broke the Bhashkor Banerjee in 'Piku' which forced his fans fall in love Gabbar is Back. Then, it was one of the biggest hits of the year- Hafiz Saeed of Pakistan. Like Aamir Khan, Bollywood and the news of her Hollywood debut in the film 'Spy'. with the baritone voiced actor once more. Sharing screen space Bajrangi Bhaijaan- where Kareena teamed up with superstar society was divided as they either came out in support or with Deepika Padukone, the onscreen father-daughter duo and Salman Khan in creating magic onscreen this Eid. Overall, ALI FAZAL IN FAST AND FURIOUS 7: slammed the actor for his remark on the growing issue of intol- their journey in Shoojit Sircar's tale left many movie goers nos- Kareena kept her promise of keeping her aura in the industry Ali Fazal stunned his fans with the news of him working in the erance. Beside the controversy, Khan's KKR team also failed to talgic and heavy hearted. Bachchan was also seen competing intact by some powerful performances on the silver screen. favourite Hollywood franchise 'Fast and Furious 7'. This added with southern sensation Dhanush in one of the most talked about defend their IPL title this year which was won back by Mum- a new milestone to the actor's career. The hunk has few more KATRINA KAIF: While the entire year was buzzing with sto- films of the year ' Shamitabh'. bai Indians. SRK had one major release in 2015- Dilwale- where offers in loop which he will pick wisely. Bachchan was back on the silver screen as an anchor but this ries on Katrina Kaif and Bollywood's pinup boy Ranbir Kapoor's he was seen pairing up with Kajol after a gap of five years. They NIMRIT KAUR IN HOMELAND: The 'Lunchbox' actress time with a new show named "Aaj Ki Raat Hai Zindagi" love story, the last month continuously brought one gossip to were last seen together onscreen in 2010 in 'Mu Name is who with her great acting skills had smitten the audience, made (AKRHZ). One peak point in the show was when onscreen notice- the couple is ending their relationship. Away from her Khan'. The film opened with poor reviews on Dec 18 but her way to Hollywood with the TV series 'Homeland'. The actress friends 'Jai-Veeru'- actors and Bachchan- united personal life, Katrina just emerged once on the big screen in remained successful on the Box Office. Kabir Khan's action thriller film Phantom. The screenplay of will be seen romancing Akshay Kumar in Airlift. on the sets to recreate the 'Ye hum nahi choorenge' song : Dolly Ki Doli might have bombed at the the film has been written in coordination with author Hussain PRIYANKA CHOPRA IN QUANTICO: Bollywood's sequence from ''. Box Office, but Sonam had a impressive run later in the year as Zaidi's book Avengers on the aftermath of 26/11 Mum- favourite Pee Cee after surprising her fans by releasing singles she was seen romancing Salman Khan in Prem Ratan Dhan ANIL KAPOOR: Mr. Dependable Anil Kapoor put up a strong bai attacks. Despite Katrina's Afghan Jalebi number, and Saif with rappers like Pitbull and will.i.am. left all her fans across Payo. Sonam will be eagerly waiting for her 2016 release when show as a father in Dil Dhadakne Do and then came back with Ali Khan's heroics, the film bombed at the Box Office, leaving globe excited when she broke news of playing protagonist in she will be seen playing India's brave daughter Neerja Bhanot his perfect comic timings in Welcome Back , playing the lovable Katrina's success story quite badly hit this year. American TV series 'Quantico'. (TWF)