As bad as Bollywood can get

Every passing year brings with it remarkably bad films as well as some good ones too 2013 didnrsquot disappoint much in this regard as the terrible ones clearly outnumbered the promising ones 39Rajjo39 Rajjo hoped to shock the audience out of their wits and clearly wanted its shock value to be its USP Yes it did shock For the outrageous storyline and cringeinducing dialogues hiding behind the mask of lsquomeaningfulrsquo cinema ironically made no point at all Rajjo failed at two levels one it is an outright bad film and two it works against the purpose of good independent films that sometimes still struggle to get made 39Satya 239 The only thing that this film did is it perhaps worked as the last nail in once upon a time brilliant filmmaker RGVrsquos shockinglyplummetedtoterribledepths Bollywood career coffin Satya 2 lost half the battle for claiming to be a sequel to an epic film The rest of it was sacrificed at the altar of horrendous lead pair clearly the worst in the year shoddy camera work and snigger worthy story line 39Himmatwala39 What if you have to pay money to watch your worst nightmare being replayed in front of you on big screen with loud unbearable music to go with it Whatever that is Himmatwala is certainly far worse 39Zanjeer39 If this film was a person it should have been arrested and hanged for attempting to assassin the original Zanjeer Bad acting bad music bad direction badhellip never mind This was the worst remake of the year if not ever 39Besharam39 Get the reigning heartthrob Ranbir Kapoor get his extremely endearing and talented parents put them together and make a mess of a film throwing in plenty of unpalatable excuse the pun toilet humour If this is not criminal what is 39RhellipRajkumar39 This film has managed to enter the 100 crore club but this film remains to be one of the most shallow films made with what looks like absolutely no thinking process involved in it And yes Sonakshi Sinha must do a rethink about repeatedly taking on regressive roles Even if she is doing her job it would help to know that as a celebrity she has certain responsibilities that go with it 39Bajatey Raho39 This film seems to come out like factory mill product of this genre of comedy films each of them with mandatory casting of Vinay Pathak Last few years had quite a few of them and 2013 thankfully had only one This strange genre which seems like a pathetic attempt to be a cross breed between Hrishikesh Mukherjee and Basu Bhattacharya films end up falling flat on its face every time Yes Bajatey Raho was also an immensely forgettable film 39Rajdhani Express39 This film successfully brought respected tennis player Leander Paesrsquo image crashing down Paes was playing this dangerous deranged man and so his idea of playing that was not blink even once through the film The few people who went to the theatre out of love for the manrsquos talent on the court came out wideeyed too shocked at what their idol was attempting to do This film made absolutely no sense and served no purpose except perhaps can be later used to blackmail old Paes on a bad day Hitlist picks five favourites of 2013 39Ship of Theseus39 Once in a lifetime perhaps comes a film that manages to shake your belief system your set prejudices without even being preachy Anand Gandhirsquos little gem does all this and more 39Lootera39 In a world full of scrambling for attention movies the slow poetic self assured Lootera came as a beautiful distraction Story set in a dreamy era Lootera stayed with you for a long time May Vikram Motwanersquos ilk prosper 39Shahid39 Hansal Mehtarsquos film attempted to tell a true story and did just that Shahidrsquos story telling was brutal gritty and non compromising aided by easily the best performance of the year by Rajkummar Rao playing the lead 39Madras Cafe39 A true story embellished with some fictional detailing Perfect ingredient for a gritty grabs yourattentionbyitsballs kind of a movie 39The Lunchbox39 This film successfully manages to weave an unconventional love story in the face of a common urban malady a sense of isolation and loneliness A stellar cast of Irrfan Khan Nawazuddin and Nimrat Kaur adds to the beauty of this sensitive filmu00a0