Bollywood 2009; Sujoy's flashback | Under Lens

Wow… 2009 was rocking. A lot changed in last 12 months, atleast the way world looked at our cinema.

Dev D changed the way we looked at our heroes. They were more vulnerable to lures of wine, woman and drugs. Delhi-6 changed the way we looked at our neighborhood and Hindu-Muslim unity. Straight explained that Gay is not odd or pervert. They are as human as anyone we come across and we don’t have any right to be prejudiced.

Sikander glorified the beauty of Kashmir and presented it from perspective of the children suffering in the valley. New York justified the American perspective. They were wrong in torturing people after 9/11 on the basis of roots and religion but somebody need to get over it and start afresh. Kambakkht Ishq was trash and reclaimed that a bad movie cannot be saved by any means.

Kaminey was all about a new face of Bollywood that was hard hitting and very mean. Shahid might have missed Blue Notebook nomination but have established himself. Wanted was rebirth of single-screen theatres. Movie earned a large chunk of Box Office collection from small sectors. With Jail, Madhur raised his bar and so did Neil and Mugdha. Welcome back Lataji…

Amitabh Bachchan got himself introduced once again with brilliant performance in Paa. Vidya also reinvented herself. Rocket Singh was apt act by Ranbir. Hat trick of off-beat movies by Shimit Amin. Finally, Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s 3 Idiots, allegedly based on 5% of Five Point Someone. It was an attack on the current education system. Brilliant act by the idiots. However, Chetan claims cannot be ignored so easily…

While you recall all the stuff, we declare the results of Blue Notebook.

Written by Sujoy Ghosh