2013- THE YEAR OF THE COMEBACK /RETURN /SECOND ATTEMPT

2013- THE YEAR OF THE COMEBACK /RETURN /SECOND ATTEMPT

The 9 directors listed below are people who entered 2013 with just one Notable movie outing and loads of promise, here is an introduction of what they have done so far and what they have on offer.

1.       NEERAJ PANDEY –SPECIAL 26 and A WEDNESDAY

Neeraj is a special talent, in terms of narrating very different stories, after delivering a delight in A WEDNESDAY, he lived up to the expectations with the entertaining SPECIAL 26 this year. 

2.       ABHISHEK KAPOOR – KAI PO CHE and ROCK ON

He is our answer to USAIN BOLT, he won gold with ROCK ON and followed it up with a double gold in KAI PO CHE which might be the movie of the year. 

3.       AYAN MUKHERJEE – YEH JAWANI HAI DIWANI and WAKE UP SID

Ayan slipped, WAKE UP SID was genius and gold but YEH JAWANI HAI DIWANI was a silver, despite the huge box office collections, it was more like a retake on LOVE AAJ KAL, better was expected from him. 

4.       MRIGDEEP SINGH LAMBA – FUKREY and TEEN THEY BHAI

He is the only person on this list out of the 9 directors whose first outing (TEEN THEY BHAI) did not do well, but people still backed him and this year he showed his mettle in the hilarious FUKREY. 

5.       ANAND.L.RAI- RAANJHANAA and TANU WEDS MANU

TANU WEDS MANU was a masterpiece of sorts and people are already saying that DHANUSH is to RAANJHANAA what KANGANA was to TANU WEDS MANU. ANAND is the most sensitive director, not only on this list but in the Indian film industry. 

6.       RAJ KUMAR GUPTA - GHANCHAKKAR and NO ONE KILLED JESSICA

He is the only person on this list with two movies under his belt before entering 2013, AAMIR was his first - a low budget movie starring RAJEEV KHANDELWAL which won a lot of critical acclaim, he followed it up with NO ONE KILLED JESSICA which re launched the career of RANI MUKHERJEE and now he is back with VIDYA BALAN and EMRAAN HASHMI in GHANCHAKKAR. 

7.       VIKRAMADITYA MOTWANE –LOOTERA and UDAAN

UDAAN remains my favourite movie out of all the movies mentioned here because of the intense-light-intense moments it created throughout. VIKRAMADITYA has been groomed at the ANURAAG KASHYAP school of filming and now he branches out to do LOOTERA, I am neither a fan of SONAKSHI SINHA nor RANVEER SINGH so lets wait and watch. 

8.       ABHINAV KASHYAP –BESHARAM and DABAANG

DABAANG is one of the most original, entertaining and successful films of the last decade. It is SALMAN KHAN’s piece de resistance amongst all his mega blockbusters. ABHINAV now directs the crown prince of the film industry RANBIR KAPOOR along with his parents RISHI and NEETU KAPOOR (a casting coup of sorts) in BESHARAM. 

9.       SAKET CHOUDHARY –SHAADI KE SIDE EFFECTS and PYAR KE SIDE EFFECTS

PYAAR KE SIDE EFFECTS was entertaining as hell, the catchy lines just ripped you apart, but wait as SHADDI KE SIDE EFFECTS brings to you the first time dynamite pairing of FARHAN AKHTAR and VIDYA BALAN, no prizes for guessing what the marriage would be like. Ouch.