The year 2009 was great for the box-office and our desi films fared quite well despite competition from some very good Hollywood blockbusters like ‘2012’ and ‘Avataar’. Barring ‘3 Idiots’ which will release today and considering other releases of 2009, the movies which gained biggest collection at the ticket window can be listed down as:

Wanted
Starring Salman Khan and Ayesha Takia this film has been the highest grosser of the year with a collection of Rs. 75 crores. This film is a directorial debut of Prabhudeva and has Salman Khan play the character of a sharp shooter and Ayesha Takia his lady love. The film is a remake of the Tamil and Telugu hit ‘Pokiri’ and is a brilliant combo of humor, action and romance.

Love Aaj Kal
The movie is a debut of Chhote Nawab Saif Ali Khan as a producer and ranked as the second highest grosser of the year with a collection of over 66.5 crores. Starring Saif, Deepika Padukone and Brazilian model Gisele Montero, the movie has been made under the direction of Imtiaz Ali and deals with the love story of two generations and how the concept of love changed through the years.


Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani
This Rajkumar Santoshi’s directorial venture is an easy combination of light hearted comedy and hush-hush romance. Ranbir Kapoor makes an excellent pair with Katrina Kaif. Being the third highest grosser of the year, the movie’s box office collections were Rs. 63 crores and deals with the story of Prem (Ranbir), an easy-going character, who understands his responsibilities when he falls in love with Jenny (Katrina).


New York
This Kabir Khan’s project deals with the sensitive subject of terrorism and how it affects innocent people’s lives. Based on the plight of Muslims in the US after 9/11, the film tells the tale of Samir Shaikh (John Abraham) who is wrongly imprisoned and tortured for nine months, post 9/11. When he’s released, he decides to take revenge. His college friend Omar (Neil Nitin Mukesh) is forced to become a police informant and keep an eye on Sam’s activities. He gets some help from Sam’s wife Maya (Katrina Kaif). The film had cash registers ringing at the box office with a collection of Rs 55.5 crores.


All the Best
Based on comedy, the maker of Golmaal series, Rohit Shetty, comes up with yet another hit in ‘All the Best’. The film stars Ajay Devgan, Sanjay Dutt, Fardeen Khan, Bipasha Basu and Mugdha Godse. This multi-starrer light hearted comedy scored a collection of over 45 crores at the box office.


Besides the above mentioned flicks, there have been many other projects which rained gold at the box-office- De Dana Dan, Paa, Kaminey, and Kambakkht Ishq to name a few.

After patching up with Katrina, Bipasha is on her way to patch up with Vidya Balan too. The actresses were neck to neck after rumours of John Abraham’s crackling chemistry with Vidya Balan on the sets of Salaam–e-Ishq way back in 2007.

It was rumored that despite Nikhil Advani called cut for an intimate scene under a dupatta, John and Vidya continued to remain inside the dupatta for at least a minute before coming out of it.

Apparently then Bips was so furious with Vidya that she warned John against working with Vidya ever again. But now she is on a patch up spree so she decided to bury the hatchet and extend an olive branch to Vidya.
According to sources, when Vidya arrived at a party thrown to celebrate the success of All The Best, Bips got up and gave Vidya a warm welcome.

Confirming the story, a source told a news daily, “Bipasha just went up to Vidya and hugged her. Later, John too spoke to Vidya.”

Talking about Vidya, Bips told the news daily, “I never had any problem with Vidya. Many ridiculous stories are printed every day in the media. I don’t change my attitude towards people according to them.”

All The Best co-stars Ajay Devgan and Sanjay Dutt grace the latest edition of Cine Blitz Magazine.Like the Sanjay-Ajay comedy package?