The Best Bollywood Movies of 2008
2008 wasn’t perhaps the best year when it comes to storytelling but it still had at least a few films that managed to work well with the audience. If there was an intense ‘A Wednesday’ bringing in wonderful results during those ‘90 minutes’, there was also a no-brainer like ‘Singh Is Kinng’ that went on to be one of the biggest grosser at the box office. Joginder Tuteja brings to you some of the best films that Bollywood saw in the year gone by.
10 - Jodhaa Akbar
After a false start in it’s opening weekend, ‘Jodhaa Akbar’ fortunately managed to settle down at the box office due to very good word of mouth and some excellent post release marketing. The movie managed to be excellent in patches but for an epic drama set at such a gargantuan scale, far better cinematic output was expected. Of course the sets and the costumes and the fights were all well placed but it was the pacing of the film that tended to turn sluggish at places. Still, Hrithik and Ash saved the day, hence making it one of the first big successes of year 2008.
9 - Singh Is Kinng
‘Singh Is Kinng’ was one of those films that worked as an instant coffee. You enjoyed the film for the duration it played but at the end of the day were left wondering that what it was all about! A poorly picturised ‘Snoop Dogg’ music video notwithstanding, it was Akshay’s histrionics as a ‘Singh’ that was matched by the photogenic quality of leggie beauty Katrina Kaif that did the trick. Anees Bazmee, after ‘No Entry’, ‘Welcome’ and now ‘Singh Is Kinng’ found himself staring confidently at the throne vacated by the Manomohan Desai years back. Welcome to the zone of no-brainer entertainers that more often that not succeed.
8 - RNBDJ
If not for the uneven pace, ‘Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi’ could have been a much better film that it currently is. Yes, it is a big success, in fact the biggest that Yash Raj Films or Bollywood has seen in the recent times, but still, there were expectations of something even better with Shah Rukh Khan and Aditya Chopra coming together. The film clearly worked in three acts, the first and the third being the best with the middle being just about OK. Nevertheless, the ‘Dancing Jodi’ climax dance sequence is the best finale for a film that one can remember for a long-long time, hence ensuring that Shah Rukh Khan magic continues to charm audience for many more years to come.
7 - Fashion
Madhur Bhandarkar makes a promise and always delivers as per expectations. Same holds good for ‘Fashion’ which was just the kind that one could see coming. No one really expected an explosive; let’s-unveil-the-mystery kind of cinema from ‘Fashion’ and this is what we got eventually. More of a ‘masala’ commercial entertainer than a film which ‘really’ explored the underbelly of the fashion industry, this film also worked as a revival of Priyanka Chopra’s fortunes that were dwindling after 4 successive box office flops. Also, audience whole heartedly welcomed a stunner called Mugdha Godse though Kangna only continued to do what she has been doing ever since her arrival in the film industry.
6 - Dostana
This movie should get credit for making the ‘gay’ word almost cool and even a sort of fashion statement to flaunt. Yes, the film did manage to get an alternate relationship out of a closet and almost suddenly, every person, whether straight or gay, was seen debating about ‘right to be a gay’! The film was fun for most of it’s duration, in fact almost riotous in the first half, though an unnecessary angle of drawing a child (Bobby Deol’s son) into the entire mess was really uncalled for. Still, Priyanka’s golden swimming costumes, John’s yellow trunk and Abhishek’s naughty antics made sure that there was no dull moment in Tarun Mansukhani’s ‘Dostana’.
5 - Ghajini
This is what the hype and marketing gimmicks can do i.e. form a ‘great’ perception of a movie that was just about ‘good’. Seriously, at it’s very inception, who would have expected a movie about a man seeking revenge for the murder of his girlfriend as great cinema. Still Aamir Khan and company left no stones (or even heads) unturned as they went around the town and made sure that there was no other talk in the town this Christmas than ‘Ghajini’. Add to that some genuinely excellent moments in the film that resulted in ‘Ghajini’ turned out to be THE most ‘violent’ success in decades gone by.
4 - JTYJN
It can be comfortably claimed that it was Aamir Khan’s superb marketing campaign that set the stage for Abbas Tyrewala, Imran Khan, Genelia D’Souza and company to create such a massive impact in this romantic outing of theirs that goes by the name of ‘Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Naa’. Of course this is no breaking news per se but the fact still has to be acknowledged that in JTYJN, Aamir certainly brought back the memories of the young romantic hero who made such a massive impact 20 years back. Still, when JTYJN released, even when Aamir and Imran dominated all entertainment channels, one wasn’t expecting such a delightful story which was there in the offering. And the thing that delighted most in this rather longish affair (we didn’t mind that at all) was it’s naturalness. JTYJN is easily the QSQT moment of 2008. In addition, it also made one recollect the times when ‘Maine Pyar Kiya’ became a rage. A movie which sustained the best amongst the audience this year (’Jodhaa Akbar’ was another), JTYJN was easily the most liked and followed film amongst the youth in 2008.
3 - Race
Not just in the recent years but perhaps even in a few decades gone by, ‘Race’ would go down as the film that has the MOST number of twists ever. So much so that this 150 minutes tale had at least half a dozen twists which, by simple mathematics, makes it a one every 25 minutes. RACE was one ‘masala’ entertainer which stayed on to be the biggest money spinner of the year so far. This is also perhaps the only film of 2008 which not just met the sky high expectations that one had from this multi starrer but even exceeded them. Slickly shot with some great visuals and chartbuster music by Pritam, RACE wouldn’t have been the same without it’s two most solid pillars - Allan Amin’s action and Salim-Sulaiman’s background score. A solid entertainer which engaged it’s viewers from start to end, it deserved special marks for director duo of Abbas Mustan who went ahead with a holds-no-bar approach to establish the falling moral values of the current society we live in.
2 - Rock On
Now this is one film which really-really surprised. Frankly, not many out there were optimistic about the film’s run till the day of it’s release. The promotion was relatively low key, the (rock) genre unexplored, the hype around a debutant actor (Farhan Akhtar) being subdued, the music (Shankar Ehsaan Loy) meeting with a mixed response, not many aware about the subject of the film, the director coming with a ‘flop’ tag (after ‘Aryan - The Unbreakable)! The odds were pretty much against the film. And then the first show of the film commenced and everything just changed about ‘Rock On’. The entire perception factor went for a toss and the very same factors which were seemingly against it turned added on to the list of the positives. ‘Rock On’ is a film that clearly stands today as one of the best films to have come out of Bollywood in the year 2008. A film which was pure, unadulterated, came with wholesome entertainment quotient and yet wasn’t frivolous at all, ‘Rock On’ brings with it sheer class that has been abandoned by many a film makers in pursuit of mega bucks.
1 - A Wednesday
‘A Wednesday’ clearly stands as THE most topical movie of 2008. When half a dozen movies with terrorism as it’s theme (Mission Istanbul, Contract, Black White etc.) were released in the year gone by, the only movie which actually spoke from the point of view of a common man was ‘A Wednesday’. It didn’t get into pseudo intellectual talks about how a terrorist is born, it didn’t propose a solution, it didn’t hit on politicians or cops. Instead, it plain and simple raised the voice of a common man and asked a few plain and simple questions - ‘How a man on the street should react with all the bombs and bullets around him? What is his fault? Whom does he look at?’ In Bollywood, we have complained quite a number of times that we tend to go off tangent when it comes to handling a subject and loose our way somewhere down the plot. This doesn’t happen even once in ‘A Wednesday’ that sticks to it’s plot and never looses focus. 20 years down the line, it would be showcased as a classic from Bollywood.
-Joginder Tuteja / Sampurn Media
Again this is not top 10 movies of 2008!!DUH! here goes top 10 meaninfull movies of 2008!
1.A Wednesday
2.Heroes
3.Jodhaa Akbar
4.Fashion
5.Ghanjini
6.Race
7.JTYJN
8.Aamir
9.Rock On
10.SIK
ghajini should be in 2.. otherwise its fine
this is the real list of top 10 movies…
1 a wednesday
2 ghajini
3 jodha akbar
4 fashion
5 jtyjn
6 rab ne bana..
7 dostana
8 rock on
9 race
10 aamir
kidnap movie
1. Bombay to Goa
2. Aamir
3. Kidnap
4. Golmal returns
5. Oye lucky Oye
6. Heroes
7. yuvvraj
8. Maan gaye mughle azam
9. Ugly Aur Pugly
10.Hello
I think this is the correct ranking
1.Ghajini
2.Race
3.Fashoin
4.Rock-on
5.Jodha-Akbar
6.JTYJN
7.RNBJ
8.Amir
9.A wednesday
10.Dostana
guys its saying MEANINGFUL MOVIES OF 2008 yaar. pleas Try to understand.
1) A Wednesday
Aamir
2) Welcome to Sajjanpur
3) Jodha Akbar
4) Mithya
5) Dasvidaniya
6) Mumbai Meri Jaan
7) Fashion
9) Dostana
0) RNBJ
The correct ranking
1. RNBJ
2. Ghajini
3. JTYJN
4. Jodha-Akbar
5. Fashoin
6. Race
7. Rock-on
8. Dostana
9. A wednesday
10.Amir
#1 Ghajini Worst 10 movies
#2 Race 1.God Tussi Great Ho
#3 Jane Tu ya Jane Na 2.Jimmy
#4 Jannat 3.Yuvraj
#5 A wednesday 4.Drona
#6 Fashion 5.Hello
#7 Rock On 6.Tashan
#8 sing is king 7. Roadside Romeo
#9 Rab Ne Banadi jodi 8.Mission Istanbul
#10 Aamir 9.Thoda pyar Thoda Magic
(top 10) 10.Money hai to honey hai
top ten
#1 Ghajini
#2 Race
#3 Jane Tu ya Jane Na
#4 Jannat
#5 A wednesday
#6 Fashion
#7 Rock On
#8 sing is king
#9 Rab Ne Banadi jodi
#10 Aamir
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Worst 10 movies
1.God Tussi Great Ho
2.Jimmy
3.Yuvraj
4.Drona
5.Hello
6.Tashan
7. Roadside Romeo
8.Mission Istanbul
9.Thoda pyar Thoda Magic
10.Money hai to honey hai
top 10 actors of 2008
1.Aamir Khan( Ghajini)
2.Naseerdin shah ( A wednesday)
3. Akshay Kumar (sing is king)
4. sharukh khan ( RNBJ)
5.Hritik Roshan ( jodha Akbar)
6.Imraan Haasmi ( Jannat)
7.Imraan Khan ( jane tu ya jaane na)
8.rajiv khandelwal (aamir)
9. Tushar kapoor (golmaal returns)
10Tushar kapoor (golmaal returns)
top actress
1. priyanka chopra ( dostana,fashion)
2.Asin ( ghajini)
3.Genelia D’Souza (jane tu ya jane na)
4.kajol ( u me aur hum)
5.anuska sharma ( RNBJ)
6.Aishowrya rai ( jodha akbar,sarkaar raj)
7, bipasha basu(race,bachna ye haseeno)
8.katrina kaif ( race,yuvraaj)
9. Adah Sharma (1920)
10.10. Prachi Desai (Rock On)
Its real top 5 films
most anticipated movies in 2009
1. chandi chowk to china
2. kites
3. three idiots
4. wanted:dead or alive
5. london dreams
6. veer
7. newyork
8. kaamine
9. jail
10.my name is khan
1rab ne
2ghajini
3singh is kinng
4golmaal returns
5race
6a wednesday
7jtyjn
8fashion
9dostana
10rock on
1)jodha akbar.
2)welcome to sajjanpur.
3)ghajni.
4)wednesday.
5)aamir.
6)rock on.
7)rab ne.
8)dostana
9)race
10)jtyjn
1 RNBDJ
2 Ghajini
1 RNBDJ
2 Gjhni
3 Janat
4 Race
1 RNBDJ
2 Janat
an awesome article
*applauds*
bakwaaaaash
1 RAB NE BANA DI JODI
2 A WEDNESDAY
thanx isha.
1 RAB NE BANA DI JODI
2 A WEDNESDAY
3 FASHION
4 DOSTANA
5 SING IS KING
6 GHAZNI
thanx ritu.
rbdj is no 01 hit film in bollywood 2008
thanx viraj.
I think “Aamir” was the best film made in 2008… A nice piece of story telling makes a good movie watcher to grip on the seat.
This is my personal thought … Any comments …
no thanx viveknath.
I think Aamir is excellent in 2008 with post office box and he should be No.1.
2nd is SRK from his hit films as Chak de iNDIA AND RNBDJ.
I can only say one thing that Aamir Khan was correct at time of Rangeela about the AWARDS FUNCTION in India…
“”Middle Finger”" for SCREEN AWRAD 2009
Dont you think Dasvidaniya should be on that list?
The Top Ten Money Spinners Of 2008 (Orderwise)
1-Ghajini
2-Singh Is Kinng
3-Race
4-Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na
5-Golmaal Reurns
6-Dostana
7-Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
8-Jodhaa-akabr
9-A wednesday
10-Bachna Ae Haseeno
Pagal hai kya.
1.Ghajini
2.RNBDJ
3.SIK
4.Race
5.Golmaal Returns
6.JTJN
7.Jodha Akbar
8.Dostana
9.A Wednesday
10.Fashion
khallas
in my opinion the best movies of 2008 are the following:-
1.sarkar raj
2.rock on.
3.jodha akbar.
4.oye lucky lucky oye.
5.a wednesday.
after this i must say rab ne banadi jodi,ghajini and mere baap pehle aap are also fantastic movies.
then after these 8 excellent movies i say that jane tu ya jane na, singh is king, u me aur hum, yuvraj, bhootnaat, janat, golmaal returns, halla bol and race are good movies to watch.
movies like fashion, dostana, o my god, dasvidyan and some other are good but so that i watch them more than 2 or 3 times but the top 8 movies which i listed are fantastic and i have all of them more than 5 times speciaaly sarkar raj 7 and rock on 6 times.
for me the yaer 2008 in bollywood has been a fantastic year. i don’t care about box office , i just want to say there is a movie sarkar raj, the briliant performances of amitabh and abhishek also aishwaria and other villians did good job.it is serious movie. just like sarkar raj ‘ a wednesday’ is also very serious movie.
jodha akbar a briliant epic movie.
rock on very very emotional and heart touch movie.
oye lucky lucky oye one of the movies which made me laugh, abhay has proved that he is brilliant good actor and paresh did great job.
shahrukh and aamir for me did best performances, the songs and the movies are really good.
mere baap pehle aap is also very good movie and it has many comedy and emotional scenes.
movies like singh is king and golmaal reurns are really good comedy movies.
jaane tu ya jaane na is very light comedy and romantic movie.it is good
i must say this year is much better than 2007. because the top 8 movies of my choice which are sarkar raj, rock on, a wednesda, jodha akbar, oye lucky lucky oye, rab ne banadi jodi, ghajini and mere baap pehle aap are better than all movies of 2007.
the best actors and actresses in performances in 2008 in my opinion are the following:-
1. shahrukh khan (rab ne banadi jodi) and aishwaria rai (jodha akbar).
2.amitabh bachan (sarkar raj) and priyanka chopra(fashion).
3.aamir khan (ghajini) and kajol (u me aur hum).
4.paresh rawal and hrithik roshan (mere baap pehle aap, jodha akbar) and anushka(rab ne badi jodi) and asin(ghajini).
5.ajay devgan (halla bol) and katreena kaif(yuvraaj)
in the year 2008 many great performances came in supporting role i male that is,
pankaj kapoor(halla bol).
abhishek bachan(sarkar raj).
om puri(merebaap pehle aap).
parsh rawal(oye lucky lucky oye).
arjun rampal(rock on).
anil kapoor(yuvraaj).
irfan khan and arshad warsi(sunday).
anupam kher(a wednesday).
in the female supporting role the best performances are juhi chawla(bhoothnaat), vidya balan(halla bol), aishwaria rai(sarkar raj).
many new commers did great job like
prachi desai in rock on, imran khan and genelia d’souza in jane tu ya jane na, anushka in rab ne badi jodi, asin in ghajini, luke kenny and shahaha in rock on and specially farhan akhtar in rock on did brilliant job.also genelia in mere baap pehle aap and imran khan in kidnap did good acting.
for me all of these new commers will rock bollywood within few years and they are really future bollywood best perfromers.
1. tara ram pam
best movie of 2008 __——————————— gajini is superrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
ya reallly best mmovie of the year gajini…………….gajini gajini gajini gajini gajini gajini gajini gajini gajini gajini
gajini…….hai………sab.ka.bap………………………………………………………………..
2008 best film
(1)ghajini
1.Rnbdj
2.ghajini
3.kal ho na ho
Right monali…..but kal ho na ho…….2003.
man ghajini should be the 1st one
dont giv mark accordin to ur best actor/actress….give the rankin accordin to their actin…accordin to me: see the actin me aamir khan on “Ghajini”….i like n ill support to his actin…
i like most ajay devgan n sunny deol…so shall i say the best movie is ajay’s “halla bol” and “sunday” or sunny’s “heroes”???
ghajini is the best film
Sharukh khan is the best actor
Shahrukh Khan is Best actor in 2008 than Aamir in Ghajini
Ghajini is the best and rnbj is **** srk is **** aamir is the best
1. Shahrukh khan (Rab ne banadi jodi)
2. Aishwaria rai (Jodha akbar)
3. amitabh bachan (Sarkar raj)
4. PRiyanka chopra (Fashion)
5. Aamir khan (Ghajini)
6. kajol (U me aur hum)
7. hrithik roshan (Jodha akbar)
8. anushka (Rab ne badi jodi) and
9. asin(Ghajini)
10.katreena kaif (Race)
Top 10 movies of 2008
1.Ghajini
2.RNBDJ
3.Raaz - 2
4.Race
5.Golmaal Returns
6.JTJN
7.Bachna ae Hasino
8.Dostana
9.A Wednesday
10.Fashion
top 10 actors of 2008
1.Aamir Khan( Ghajini)
2.sharukh khan ( RNBJ)
3.Akshay Kumar (sing is king)
4.Naseerdin shah ( A wednesday)
5.Hritik Roshan ( jodha Akbar)
6.Imraan Haasmi ( Jannat)
7.Imraan Khan ( jane tu ya jaane na)
8.rajiv khandelwal (aamir)
9.Tushar kapoor (golmaal returns)
10Tushar kapoor (golmaal returns)
top actress of 2008
1.priyanka chopra ( dostana,fashion)
2.Asin ( ghajini)
3.Genelia D’Souza (jane tu ya jane na)
4.kajol ( u me aur hum)
5.anuska sharma ( RNBJ)
6.Aishowrya rai ( jodha akbar,sarkaar raj)
7.bipasha basu(race,bachna ye haseeno)
8.katrina kaif ( race,yuvraaj)
9.Adah Sharma (1920)
10.Prachi Desai (Rock On)
i think rnbj was the best movie of the year2008…bcoz i love this movie…nd srk rocks…in dis movie………
I loved Jodhaa Akbar, I actually cried .
i think the best nd the best nd the best zzzzz ghajini!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! soperb ,asin i loved her nd 2d z rab ni…………….. it ws guddddddd….
spikegarl90@yahoooo.com
no 1 is rab ne bana di jodi and 2nd is gajhni
1.rab ne bana di jodi
2.ghajini.
3.janat
singh is kinng should be the number one movie
1.Rab ne bana di jodi
11.Ghajini sucks…….no reality in action scenes Aamir kicks one n 5 falls on the ground wat the **** director was thinking its not a tamil film but the movie survived coz Aamir acted superbly his facial expressions r mindblowing otherwise the movie would hav been the worst of the year..SRK ROCKS he is the best of the best n loved Anushka..Asin only did the comedy part in ghajini so i think anushka was better thn Asin..n u can compare the songs..again rnbdj steals the show (haule haule n tujh mein).. i can go on n on u cant say ghajini is better thn rnbdj in any category…SRK Ur the best….Indian media sucks
the good movies of 2008-2009 r
wednesday
amir
mumbai meri jan
dasvindania
race
rab ne bana di jodi
ghajni
1ghajini 2jtyjn 3dasvindania
4wednesday
5race
rab ne bana di jodi is the worst movie in the world.
15 april 2009
um i think gajini should be first then rbdj
then jtyn yuvvraj jodah akbar shall be last
Have you seen the movie Ghajini or just the trailer and/or some parts ?? … well , i’m a beginner with the hindi/tamil., movies but i love them; and Ghajini…. ghajini is the most superb hindi movie that I saw, EVER !!
The storyline, the actors, the DIVINE MUSIC (Hai Guzarish and the last song from the movie are just fantastic songs): this film is peerless, BEST OF THE BEST… Kalpana (Asin) was just a goddess !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1. Oye Lucky Lucky Oye
2. Aamir
3. Mithya
4. Dasvidaniya
5. Mumbai Meri Jaan
6. A Wednesday
These were the only movies worth watching in 2008
Ghajini is the best movie.
Rab ne banadi jodi worst movie i ever watched.
# ghajini
# 1. Ghajini
# 2. Jodha Akbar
# 3. Race
# 4. Sing is King
# 5. Yuvraaj
# 6. Aamir
# 7. Sarkar Raaj
# 8. A Wednesday
# 9. Dastana
#10. God tusi great ho(it’s a Hollywood movie’s duplicate story)
Nice comedy movies (Not)
Best movies
1. Bachna Ae Haseeno
2. Dostana
3. Ghanjini
4. Fashion
5. Race
6. Aa Dekhan Zaara
7. Jodha Akbaar
8. Singh is king
9. Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
10.Wednesday
1. aamir
2. wednesday
3. dosthana
4. race
5. jodhaakbar
6. oye lucky lucky oye….
7. mitya
8. sarkar raj
9 mumbai merijaan
10. dasvidaniya
and worst movies of year is
1.Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
2.God tusi great ho(it’s a Hollywood movie’s duplicate story)
3. ghajini.
4.Singh is king and remaining.
I am not Indian but i am interested in Indian culture tremendously. In my opinion these movies are very good.
- Mumbai Merijan
- Fashion (explore a rare theme that bollywood explore, like *** life …
My personal favourite is Singh Is Kinng as songs, dance, gowns, cinematography are nice
i think that the rankings should be like this
#1-Jodhaa Akbar
#2-ghajini
#3-a wednusday
#4-JTYJN
#5-Shing is king
#6-Race
#7-Welcome