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Adira The reclusive Mr Aditya Chopra and his ravishing Rani added to B town babydom with little Adira.
<img title="Rani Mukerji" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2015/dec/27Rani.jpg" alt="Rani Mukerji" />
Bhaijaan Bhaijaan became Bajrangi, sang the Chicken song, wore the burqa, did adaab, went to Pakistan and earned over Rs 300 crore. Salman Khan ruled on screen as well as off screen when he got acquitted in the 2002 hit and run case. Indeed his fans swear by Bhai laws.
<img title="Bajrangi Bhaijaan" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2015/dec/27BajrangiBhaijaan.jpg" alt="Bajrangi Bhaijaan" />
Constipation Who would have thought that a film about constipation would weave such a beautiful father-daughter tale? In 'Piku', the director- writer team of Shoojit Sircar and Juhi Chaturvedi gave us the definitive film about loving and living with your parents.
<img title="Piku" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2015/dec/27piku.jpg" alt="Piku" />
Dubsmash Mall visits, appearance on reality shows, twitter plugs are pass&eacute;, this year Bollywood discovered Dubsmash with a vengeance. Credit to Sonam Kapoor and the Prem Ratan Dhan Paayo team for kick-starting the trend.
<img title="Dubsmash" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2015/dec/27Sonamlapoor.jpg" alt="Dubsmash" />
Epic S.S Rajamouli's Telugu-Tamil bilingual 'Baahubali: The Beginning', redefined epic war sagas in terms of scale and scope. Made on a budget of Rs 250 crore, the film grossed around Rs 600 crore worldwide, with the Hindi dubbed version raking in Rs 100 crore. His in turn made Bollywood sit up and take notice.
<img title="Baahubali" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2015/dec/Rana-in-Bahubali.jpg" alt="Baahubali" />
FTII The fight put up by students of FTII against the appointment of Gajendra Chauhan as chairman of the institute led to some filmmakers returning their National awards in protest made the headlines.
Geeta Dutt Be it Bombay Velvet&rsquo;s Fifi (Jaata Kahan Hai Deewane) or the beautifully executed moment in 'Tanu Weds Manu Returns' when 'Ja Ja Ja Bewafa' plays, if ever one needed proof that Geeta Dutt is for all seasons and generations, one got it.
Heroines This was a banner year for the heroines who out stunned the guys with some stellar turns and also rocked the box office. Here&rsquo;s looking at Anushka Sharma in 'NH 10', Deepika Padukone in 'Piku' and 'Bajirao Mastani', Kangana Ranaut in 'Tanu Weds Manu Returns', Priyanka Chopra in 'Bajirao Mastani' and 'Dil Dhadakne Do', Bhumi Pednekar in 'Dum Laga Ke Haisha', Richa Chaddha in 'Masaan', Radhika Apte in 'Badlapur' and Kalki in 'Margarita with a Straw'.
<img title="Masaan" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2015/dec/Masaan-2015-A.jpg" alt="Masaan" />
Intolerance Things got all political, what with protest marches and call for movie bans after Aamir Khan and Shah Rukh Khan&rsquo;s innocent comments on growing intolerance in the country. Anupam Kher and Raveena Tandon seemed most upset.
<img title="Aamir Khan" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2015/dec/27Aamir-Khan.jpg" alt="Aamir Khan" />
Jinxed It might have taken him 12 long years to finally bring his passion project to the big screen, but with 'Bajirao Mastani', Sanjay Leela Bhansali proved to the trade that perseverance can turn a jinx into a hit. The film also proved that nobody does magnum opus like Bhansali.
<img title="Ranveer Singh, Bajirao Mastani" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2015/dec/27Bajirao-Mastania.jpg" alt="Ranveer Singh, Bajirao Mastani" />
Khans @50 Aamir, Salman, Shah Rukh turned 50 this year. Let it sink in. Yes, age has happened to the Khans. It won&rsquo;t spare us either.
Love This year, Bollywood explored love in all its &ldquo;dysfunctional&rdquo; forms. There was marital love in 'Dum Laga Ke Haisha'; Bipolar Love in 'Tamasha'; Parental Love in 'Piku', 'Dil Dhadakne Do', 'Titli'; Indo-Pak love in 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan'; Extra marital love in 'Bajirao Mastani'.
Moments That Made The Films Kangana Ranaut in that pixie wig roaming the streets with a whisky glass in hand; Masaan&rsquo;s balloons floating in the air, the way Deepika clings to Ranbir in Agar Tum Saath Ho, Ranveer Singh&rsquo;s bathing scene in 'Bajirao Mastani', the excellent ensemble of 'Talvar', Titli&rsquo;s words &ldquo;Aap Suar Ho&rdquo; to his father, Anushka Sharma lighting up a cigarette before going for the kill &mdash; all magic moments.
<img title="Talvar" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2015/dec/27talvar.jpg" alt="Talvar" />
New Ranbirs With Varun Dhawan mixing a 'Badlapur' with 'ABCD 2' and 'Dilwale', and Ranveer Singh breaking into the big boy&rsquo;s league with 'Bajirao Mastani', young Bollywood found able challengers to the erstwhile contender Ranbir.
<img title="Varun Dhawan" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2015/dec/27Varun.jpg" alt="Varun Dhawan" />
OMG! Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khan set impressive bromance goals after their OMG! Blockbuster appearance on 'Bigg Boss 9'. That it happened in the absence of Baba Siddique was gold, that it was for the most boring season of the reality show was a bore.
Pahlaj Nihalani The Sanskari Star of the Year. Period.
<img title="Pahlaj Nihalani" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2015/dec/Pahlaj-Nihalani.jpg" alt="Pahlaj Nihalani" />
Quantico Priyanka Chopra&rsquo;s global ascent with this superhit ABC show made us proud. We also learnt a new word courtesy PeeCee.
<img title="Quantico" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2015/dec/27Priyanka.jpg" alt="Quantico" />
Roast The 'AIB Roast' and all the brouhaha it unleashed underlined that as a nation, we still need to grow a funny bone.
Shahid ki Shaadi Shahid Kapoor&rsquo;s Shandaar might have tanked but his shaadi was a superhit.
<img title="Shahid Kapoor, Mira Rajput wedding" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2015/dec/Mira-shahid.jpg" alt="Shahid Kapoor, Mira Rajput wedding" />
Technical Error Deepika Padukone&rsquo;s explanation after somewhat snubbing Amitabh Bachchan at Piku&rsquo;s success bash was something new.
Ultimate Kangana Ranaut gave the ultimate performance in 'Tanu Weds Manu Returns'. She played the double roles of Tanu and Datto as two different actors so well that in one scene, you were forced to take a side. Team Datto Forever.
<img title="Tanu Weds Manu Returns" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2015/dec/Tanu-Weds-Manu-Returns.jpg" alt="Tanu Weds Manu Returns" />
Velvet Nobody can blame Anurag Kashyap, Ranbir Kapoor and producers Fox Star Studios if they claim to be allergic to all things (Bombay) Velvet.
<img title="Bombay Velvet" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2015/dec/Bombay-Velvet1133.jpg" alt="Bombay Velvet" />
WTF In the middle of a dramatic scene between Peshwa Bajirao and the Nizam of Hyderabad set somewhere in 1700&rsquo;s, the screen scroll reads, &ldquo;The Tiger Scene Shot Abroad&rdquo;; Varun Dhawan&rsquo;s statement likening Dilwale to Inception; to think that the year&rsquo;s most famous song hooks are Gerua and Paayo and two MSG: The Messenger Movies in one calendar year made us go-WTF!
X'Mas Clash The big clash between Dilwale and Bajirao Mastani showed us what happens when Aamir Khan doesn&rsquo;t release a film on Christmas.
<img title="Dilwale" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2015/dec/Dilwale-111.jpg" alt="Dilwale" />
Yellow Jacket The image of Anushka Sharma in that yellow jacket wielding the iron rod on the NH 10 poster became a metaphor for urban rage and the two &ldquo;Indias&rdquo; we live in.
<img title="NH10" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2015/dec/NH-10.jpg" alt="NH10" />
Zeroes Indie Superstars Anurag Kashyap, Vikas Bahl, Dibakar Banerjee got more zeroes in their budget to make their movies but that didn&rsquo;t quite cut it, proving yet again that mainstream is a tough nut to crack.
<img title="Anurag Kashyap" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2015/dec/27Anurag-Kashyap.jpg" alt="Anurag Kashyap" />

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