Prestige Rating of Films

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Neelu, you discounted allBolywood and IMDB readers ratings. Let me try and give one more the the HT list of best of 2008, as chosen by Bolywood directors ( there are 18 in all and quite represntative.)

Rock On: 10
A Wednesday: 9
Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na: 5
Oye Lucky Lucky Oye: 4
Jodhaa Akbar: 3
Ghajini: 3
Khda Ke Liye : 2
Rab Ne Ban Di Jodi: 1
Bachna Ae Haseno: 1
Yuvraj:1

As you can see, among the Medoum and big budget filsm, only Rock On and JTYJAN are ahead of Ghajini, and it’s on par with JA.

Gulzar: A Wednesday and Yuvvraaj.

Imtiaz Ali: Mumbai Meri Jaan, Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! and Rock On!.

Rakesh Roshan: Jodhaa Akbar, A Wednesday and Rock On!.

Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra: The Dark Knight and Slumdog Millionaire.

Vipul Shah: Jodhaa Akbar, Mumbai Meri Jaan, A Wednesday, Rock On! and Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na.

Nikhil Advani: A Wednesday, Rock On and Dostana.

Kunal Kohli: Ghajini, Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na and Rock On!!.

Kabir Khan: Rock On!, Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye and Dostana.

Ken Ghosh: Ghajini.

Vijay Krishna Acharya: Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye, The Dark Knight and Across The Universe.

Tigmanshu Dhulia: Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na and A Wednesday.

Jagmohan Mundhra: A Wednesday, Mumbai Meri Jaan and Rock On.

Rahul Dholakia: Khuda Kay Liye and Rock On.

Anant Mahadevan: Khuda Kay Liye, Mumbai Meri Jaan and Kanchivaram.

Hansal Mehta: Oye Lucky, Lucky Oye, Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na, Rock On! and A Wednesday.

Soham Shah: A Wednesday, Fashion, Ghajini and Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na.

Siddharth Anand: Bachna Ae Haseeno, Jodhaa Akbar and Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi.

Satish Kaushik: Rock On!, A Wednesday and Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na.

Link: http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=HomePage&id=d74c862b-05ab-49fb-83fd-014459e8b0f3&&Headline=Bollywood+directors+pick+their+2008+favourites

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devesh 1 January 2009
10:42:30 pm

Utkal, lets see who have chosen Ghajini: Kunal Kohli (Fanaa, TPTM, Hum Tum), Soham Shah (Kaal, LOL), Ken Ghosh (Fida?). I dont think these directors are anything but great. In any case3, RNBDJ is also chosen by Siddharth Anand, which is expected.

You should have seen first who had chosen your “Prestige” film. These directors have never made any “Prestige” film in their life, and you think that them chosing Ghajini gives it some prestige? LOL

devesh 1 January 2009
10:44:59 pm

IMO, Jodha Akbar should have featured more frequently there. Agree with the TOP 5 there as you have listed, those are pretty much the Prestige films we have had last year.

sandy 1 January 2009
10:57:24 pm

Many of these choices are driven by internal politics and personal equations, so can’t take them seriously. I haven’t seen Mithya and I believe it’s the best film of the year. I liked Bachna Ae Haseeno and Jodhaa Akbar quite a bit. The rest was blah.

Kunal Kohli’s bias towards Aamir is obvious. He not only rates Ghajini as his top fav, he rates Jaane Tu.. as well! But I do notice that Jaane Tu..is on many a director’s list, so that is more credible and creditable.

utkal 2 January 2009
12:13:20 am

I am not denying that there is internal politics in these choices. But in a represntative sample of 18 they should even out. All the diectors may not be all grreat, but like the voting members of IMPPA they are reasonably succesful directors. And my final point, is at least it is more prestigious that Rab Ne Bna Di Jodi, which ahs got one vote , that of Siddhrah Anand, whose only other choice is BAH, another YRF film. At least Ken Ghosh has nothing to do with Amir, and his only choice is Ghajini.

neelu 2 January 2009
12:25:37 am

Anyone relying on Kunal Kohli picks as a mark of quality is laughable to me! The guy is a hack of the worst order and an idiot to boot. The list is partisan to say the least – Gulzaar Saab picking Yuvraaj made me lose a bit of respect. Do we know what the future associations of these people are? At one time Anurag Kashyap (an avowed hater of Yash Raj films) began to praise Kabul Express and John Abraham – then we found out JA was to act in No Smoking.

manoj16_391 2 January 2009
12:59:51 am

Neelu,i agree with u and ROM is such a wannabe!

sandy 2 January 2009
01:06:35 am

Inspite of it being clear that soime of this list is driven by personal equations, I’m stunned how Rab Ne – an SRK starrer got one vote – that too from a Yash Raj director Siddharth Anand. This to me is more telling than anything else.

neelu 2 January 2009
01:13:21 am

Manoj – ROM is playing it safe as he has nothing at stake this year. The true “power” person is Farhan Akhtar. How on earth Rock on! can get 10 votes is beyond to me.

utkal 2 January 2009
02:37:30 am

Rock On, A Wednesday and JTYJN were the most liked films across the board, no doubt about it. Ja comes next. Out of all these Rock On is most admired among filmmakers because they can empthise with the theme, and it is a difficult film to pull off. It has got nothing to do with Frahan’s ‘power’.

neelu 2 January 2009
08:51:04 am

The only thing I can think of for these directors to empathize with in Rock on! is that they would rather be successful investment bankers than hack directors! Just my opinion.