Bollywood Trends And Bollywood Newsmakers Of 2008

Bollywood 2008 saw a handful of news makers who created news for the good and bad reasons. Along with the news makers we also see the Bollywood Trends of 2008.
n1. Bollywood Trends in the movies: Terrorism and Insane comedies: Yep, two significant trends were the highlights in the movies of 2008. Whereas 2007 belonged to sports with movies like Chak De India, Dhanadhan Goal, Tara rum pum etc, the year 2008 saw the Bollywood Trend shifting towards terrorism and insane comedies.
Three movies based on terrorist attacks and bomb blasts released in 2008: Aamir, Mumbai Meri Jaan and A Wednesday. All three did good business and all of them were widely apprericated for their treatment. While Mumbai Meri Jaan was documentary style, Aamir and A Wednesday were thrilling. Of the three, A Wednesday was the biggest hit, dark horse movie of the year and perhaps gave maximum returns over the cost.
nAnother Bollywood trend that was witnessed was that people preferred mindless joyrides with stupid plots, but entertaining nevertheless. In that category, movies like Singh is Kinng, Golmaal Returns and Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi did brisk business. Singh is Kinng amassed Rs.48 crores in the first week, Golmaal returns earned a stunning Rs.72 crore in the first week, while Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi amassed Rs.60 crores in the first week. Presently, Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi is still running successfully, having earned half the revenue from overseas and it is believed by the time Ghajini releases, Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi will earn more than Rs.80 crore, making it the biggest hit in 2008, so far.
n2. Supersuccess of A.R.Rahman: The man with the midas touch in music, A.R.Rahman came with gems of music for all his four Bollywood albums: Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na, Jodhaa Akbar, Yuvvraaj and Ghajini. He is all set to win all Bollywood awards including Filmfare Awards 2009 for best music. For more on Bollywood awards, see the calculated prediction. A.R.Rahman also fared well with his non filmi album Ada. Rahman is also in the reckoning for Golden Globe award for his work in Slumdog Millionaire created by Danny Boyle.
n3. Love is in the air: If Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor painted the tinsel town red, 2008 saw Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone painting a pretty picture in magazines, premieres, functions, award nites. They were seen unabashedly flaunting each other; Deepika also embellished the back of her neck with a tattoo: R.K.
n4. Fight is in the air: Two of the popular Khans Shahrukh Khan and Salman Khan almost came to blows in Katrina Kaif's birthday party on July 16. Depending on whose side you are, both of them argued and fought like 5th standard children. Since that day, both of them do not acknowledge each other's presence.
n5. Aamir calls Shahrukh Khan his 'dog': Aamir Khan went a little overboard and recieved brickbats for his comment on his blog, where he referred to good friend Shahrukh Khan 'his dog' Though Shahrukh Khan himself didn't mind the comment and said that both of them have a dig at each other's expense, SRK's fans were not amused and Aamir's blog was filled with hate comments.

V.S.ARUNRAJ, in his entertaining blog Bollywood Trends gives a low-down on the news, views, reviews, masala and trends of the biggest and the busiest film industry in the world-Bollywood