Top Ten Bollywood Movies 2009

Love Aaj Kal

This Bollywood film is starring with Saif Ali Khan and Deepika Padukone in lead roles with Rahul Khanna, Rishi Kapoor and Giselle Monteiro in supporting roles.The film is directed by Imtiaz Ali and produced by Saif Ali Khan and Dinesh Vijan. The film portrays the feeling of pure love which never changes over time (Love "now" and "then"), although the perspective of realizing one's soulmate has changed over time. The film is partly inspired by the 2005 Taiwanese film directed by Hou Hsiao-Hsien, Three Times.

Cast

Saif Ali Khan as Jai Vardhan Singh/Young Veer Singh
Deepika Padukone as Meera Pundit
Giselle Monteiro as Harleen Kaur
Rishi Kapoor as Veer Singh
Rahul Khanna as Vikram
Jolly Mukherjee as Joseph
Vir Das
Florence Brudenell-Bruce as Jo
Elizabeth Tan as Pae
Anushka Manchandani as Kashish
Subhash Sagar as Mahesh
Dolly Ahluwalia as Harleen's grandmother
Rajendranath Zutshi as Harleen's father
Chandraprakah Dwiwedi as Gattu
Caleb James as Audience
Joshua Bochu as Audience
Shalim Jansen as Ravi
Manjari Fadnis as Anjana Sharma
Neetu Singh in a special appearance as older Harleen Kaur
Rajiv Nema as Bangladeshi Taxi Driver in San Francisco

Kaminey

This film directed by Vishal Bharadwaj featuring Shahid Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra in the lead roles. The film was produced by Ronnie Screwvala of UTV Motion Pictures.

Cast

Shahid Kapoor as Charlie Sharma and Guddu Sharma. While Charlie is a bookie at horse-racing and lisps, Guddu works for an NGO for AIDS awareness and stammers.

Priyanka Chopra as Sweety Shekhar Bhope, sister of underworld don, Sunil Shekhar Bhope, and love interest and pregnant with child of Guddu.

Deb Mukherjee as Mujeeb
Shiv Subrahmanyam as Lobo
Chandan Roy Sanyal as Mikhail
Tenzing Nima as Tashi
Hrishikesh Joshi as Lele
Rajatava Dutta as Shumon
Harish Khanna as Afghani
Carlos Paca as Cajetan
Eric Santos as Ragos
Patrícia Bull as Vivienne
Shashank Shende as Ganesh

Wanted

Wanted is a Bollywood film directed by Prabhu Deva starring Salman Khan and Ayesha Takia in the lead roles. It is a remake of the record-breaking Telugu film Pokiri starring Mahesh Babu directed by Puri Jagannath. Prabhu Deva also directed the Tamil remake Pokkiri.

Cast

Salman Khan as Radhe / Rajveer Shekhawat
Ayesha Takia as Jhanvi
Vinod Khanna as Shrikant Shekhawat
Mahesh Manjrekar as Inspector Talpade
Prakash Raj as Gani Bhai
Aseem Merchant as Golden
Govind Namdeo as Ashraf Khan
Inder Kumar as Ajay
Prateeksha Lonkar as Jhanvi's Mother
Anil Kapoor as Special Appearance in song Jalwa
Govinda as Special Appearance in song Jalwa
Prabhu Deva as Special appearance in song Jalwa

Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani

This is a Bollywood romantic comedy film. It stars Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif in lead roles. Salman Khan and director Rajkumar Santoshi appear in cameo roles in the movie. The film was shot in Ooty, Mumbai, Pune, Goa and Turkey.

Cast

Ranbir Kapoor as Prem Shankar Sharma
Katrina Kaif as Jennifer Pinto
Upen Patel as Rahul Jalan
Salman Khan as Salman Khan(Himself)
Darshan Jariwala as Shiv Shankar Sharma
Govind Namdeo as Pitambar Jalan
Smita Jaykar as Sharda Sharma
Navneet Nishan as Mrs. Pinto
Mithilesh Chaturvedi as Mr. Pinto
Zakir Hussain as Sajid Don
Viju Khote as Robert
Pradeep Kharab as Tony
Sanatan Modi as Tony's father
Rati Shankar Tripathi as Bhairon Singh
Abhay Bhargava as Terror Tej Singh

Wake Up Sid

Wake Up Sid is a 2009 Hindi romantic comedy film. It is directed by Ayan Mukerji, produced by Karan Johar's Dharma Productions, distributed by UTV Motion Pictures, and has visual effects by the Prime Focus Group. The film takes place in contemporary Mumbai and tells the story of spoiled, selfish rich-kid Sid Mehra (Ranbir Kapoor), a college student who is taught the meaning of life by Aisha (Konkona Sen Sharma), an aspiring writer from Kolkata.

Cast

Emraan Hashmi as Prithvi Singh, an artist who painted Nandita's future.
Kangana Ranaut as Nandita Chopra, an aspiring model who was haunted by strange activities. Adhyayan Suman as Yash Dayal, Nandita's boyfriend who debunked supernatural and paranormal activities as superstitions^.
Jackie Shroff as Veer Pratap Singh (Prithvi's father), who tried to prevent the polluting of Kalindi Lake by a chemical plant.
Dinesh Lamba as a corrupt police inspector.
Anupam Shyam as the priest of the Kalindi Temple.
Vicky Ahuja as the Guruji, who gets attacked by Nandita possessed by the spirit.
J Brandon Hill as David cooper, owner of Kalindi Chemical Plant.
Sandeep Sikand

Raaz - The Mystery Continues

This is a horror movie starring Emraan Hashmi and Kangana Ranaut. Story wise, it is not a direct sequel to the 2002 movie Raaz.The movie deals with issues of the “evil within” the human psyche and how it manifests itself. It is based on the myths and superstitions that are still widely existent in the contemporary Indian society. The film attempts to challenge one’s beliefs about paranormal phenomena. Emraan Hashmi plays a painter, named Prithvi, who has an extraordinary gift. His paintings tell Nandita's (Kangana Ranaut) future. The movie opened to theatres on 23 January 2009. Although it received generally mixed reviews, the movie had sufficient box-office collections to be declared as the first big hit of 2009. A sequel has already been planned with Emraan Hashmi in the lead.

Cast

Ranbir Kapoor as Siddharth "Sid" Mehra, a spoiled and self-centered college student from Mumbai. According to Ranbir, of all the films that he has done so far, Sid was the toughest character to play. He adds that it might be difficult to believe but he is not at all like Sid in real life.
Konkona Sen Sharma as Aisha Bannerjee, a 27 year old woman from Kolkata, who comes to Mumbai to find independence and success as a writer.
Anupam Kher as Ram Mehra (Sid's Father)
Supriya Pathak as Sarita Mehra (Sid's Mother)
Jason Mehta as Chotu (the Mehra's servant)
Namit Das as Rishi
Shikha Talsania as Laxmi
Rahul Khanna as Kabir
Kashmira Shah as Sonia
Atisha Naik as Mrs Bapat
Kainaz Motiwala as Tanya
Mukesh Rawal as Tanya's father

New York

This is Bollywood thriller directed by Kabir Khan, produced by Aditya Chopra under Yash Raj Films, and with a screenplay by Sandeep Srivastava. Visual effects are by Visual Computing Labs, Tata Elxsi Ltd. It stars John Abraham, Katrina Kaif, Neil Nitin Mukesh, and Irrfan Khan. New York begins in 1999, ends in 2008, and tells the story of three students studying at the fictional New York State University whose lives are changed by 9/11.

Cast

John Abraham as Sameer Sheikh (Sam)
Katrina Kaif as Maya Sheikh (Sam's wife)
Neil Nitin Mukesh as Omar Aijaz
Mirza Ali Quli as Zaheer
Irrfan Khan as Agent Roshan (FBI)
Aidan Wagner as Danyal Sheikh (Sam & Maya's son)
Nawazuddin Siddiqui as Zilgai

All The Best: Fun Begins

This Bollywood movie is directed by Rohit Shetty, the director of Golmaal and Golmaal Returns. Sanjay Dutt, Ajay Devgan, Fardeen Khan, Bipasha Basu and Mugdha Godse appear in pivotal roles in the movie. The film was released on October 16, 2009.

Cast

Sanjay Dutt as Dharam Kapoor
Ajay Devgan as Prem Chopra
Fardeen Khan as Vir Kapoor
Bipasha Basu as Jhanvi and Princess Of Lesotho
Mugdha Godse as Vidya
Johnny Lever as Tobu
Asrani as Vidyas Father
Mukesh Tiwari as Chautala (Dharam's Secretary in India)
Ashwini Kalsekar as Mary ( a Kannadiga Maid in Vir's Household)

3 Idiots

This Hindi film directed by Rajkumar Hirani, with a screenplay by Abhijat Joshi, and produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra. It stars Aamir Khan, R. Madhavan, Sharman Joshi, Kareena Kapoor, Omi Vaidya, Parikshit Sahni. and Boman Irani and is very loosely based on the novel, Five Point Someone by Chetan Bhagat.

It is also expected to be the first Indian film to be legally released on Youtube, within 12 weeks of releasing in theatres.

Cast

Aamir Khan as (the fake) Ranchoddas Shamaldas Chanchad (Rancho) / Chotu / Phunsukh Wangdu
Boman Irani as Viru Sahastrabudhhe (ViruS)
R. Madhavan as Farhan Qureshi
Sharman Joshi as Raju Rastogi
Parikshit Sahni as Mr Qureshi
Kareena Kapoor as Pia Sahastrabudhhe
Javed Jaffrey as The real Ranchoddas Shamaldas Chanchad
Omi Vaidya as Chatur Ramalingam
Mona Singh as Mona Sahastrabudhhe
Arun Bali as Shyamaldas Chanchad
Jayant Kripalani as Interviewer

Paa

Paa is directed by R. Balakrishnan (credited onscreen as R. Balki) starring Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, and Vidya Balan. The film is based on a genetic condition known as Progeria and places emphasis on a father-son relationship. The film released on 4 December 2009, worldwide. Veteran composer Ilaiyaraaja scored the music. Although the protagonist of the movie has Progeria like in the movie Jack, the fact and storyline of the both movies are relatively similar. The storyline and look of the central character are also similar to Peter Bogdanovich film Mask.