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.
