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Bollywood's Half Yearly Report Card.

Bollywood in 2017 has given us very bad movies sans a few beautiful and good movies. Many of these beautiful movies were low on promotion and small budget, hence their box office collection and worldwide recognition is far apart. This was reflected in Bollywood's stats where out of 85 releases only 12 have been average or hit at the box office which bring the success ratio to 14.16%. much lower than last year's 22.68%.
 
Bollywood needs to buck up its money game especially when the much anticipated Tubelight has failed miserably on our expectations. Though surprises like Badrinath ki Dulhania, The Ghazi Attack which restored my faith in Bollywood.
 
In this list I am going to talk about the top 5 movies that released in this half of the year as well as the worst 3 movies of the year with a short note for the reason of my choice.

*Baahubali- 2 and The Ghazi Attack will not feature in this list because they are NOT Bollywood movies.
 
THE WORST 3.
3. OK Jaanu: Poor Screenplay, Poor Performances, Below Average Music.
2.  Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai: 2 hr long lecture on female empowerment, Terrible story and execution.
1. MSG 2: The Lion heart: Everything!
 
Where these movies questioned my faith as a movie lover and critic, there were some movies that still made me love Bollywood. These include:
 
The BEST 5.
 
5. Anarkali of Aarah: Amazing Screenplay, Terrific Performances.
                                                              Image result for anarkali of Source: Koimoi.com
 
4. A Death in the Gunj & Haraamkhor:
Image result for A death in the gunj Superb Execution, Scintillating Performances.
Source: wikepedia.org
                                                  Amazing Performances, Storyline. Image result for Haraamkhor
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3. Meri Pyaari Bindu: (A Personal Favourite but certain flaws which as a critic I can't ignore!) Superlative Performances, Unique Storytelling, Foot-Tapping Retro Music.
                                   Image result for meri pyaari bindu posterSource:BollywoodMDB.com
 
2. Trapped: Ground breaking Performance by RR, Sleek Direction, Taut Screenplay.
                                                             Related imageSource: imdb.com
 
1.Hindi Medium: Superb Performances by Saba and Irrfan, Great Story and Direction. Satirically brilliant. Good Music. HM easily emerges as Half Yearly Topper.
                                                        Image result for Hindi medium movieSource: koimoi.com
 
Honourable Mentions: Begumjaan, Kaabil and Jolly LLB 2.
 
Bollywood's 2017 report card is disappointing both in terms of box office and content. It is high time that film-makers stopped making a joke out of the audiences and stopped delivering anything stupid.

Best Actor(Male): Irrfan Khan for Hindi Medium.
                                          Related imageSource: Maddock Films.
 
Best Actor(Female): Swara Bhaskar for Anarkali of Aarah.
                                                    Image result for swara bhaskar Anarkali of aarah
 
So that's all folk. The content game of Bollywood is going strong but box office is on a low. With Jab Harry Met Sejal, Jagga Jasoos, Toilet- Ek Prem Katha, Shubh Mangal Savdhaan, Judwaa 2, Golmaal 4 etc to hit the theatres, we just hope that the business of Bollywood increases compared to last year!
     Image result for jab harry met sejal    Image result for Shubh Mangal savdhaan\   Image result for golmaal 4

 
 

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