Source: TNN
Date: DECEMBER 27, 2006
John Players: Hrithik Roshan became practically ubiquitous after scoring two of the year’s biggest hits. City thoroughfares and forgotten bylanes alike were transformed into some sort of a dystopian nightmare, with Roshan Jr beaming with Big Brother-like intensity from posters, busbacks and within rickshaws. Imagine our shock then when the creative team on John Players unleashed this monstrosity on us. Never mind the imminently forgettable Star Wars prequel: this was the real attack of the clones.
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Source: Telegraph India
Date: December 26, 2006
3- Krrish. Director: Rakesh Roshan; Cast: Hrithik Roshan, Priyanka Chopra, Rekha, Naseeruddin Shah Our say: Look up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s Superman! No, it’s Krrish. India’s first homebred superhero soared high, and far and wide. It needed the super-heroics of Hrithik to pull it off despite a snail-paced narrative and a 70s-sounding score. In effect he made a superhero film a sequel to a sci-fi movie! And just like Lage Raho Munnabhai, Krrish did a Godfather by bettering Koi… Mil Gaya.
Their say: “The genre of superhero movies did not exist in India and so it was all the more important that the first one was convincingly portrayed” — Hrithik Roshan.
4-Dhoom:2. Director: Sanjay Gadhvi; Cast: Hrithik Roshan, Aishwarya Rai, Bipasha Basu, Abhishek Bachchan, Uday Chopra
Our say: We had to stop counting the number of admits on December 19, otherwise D:2 could well have slipped into the top three. And why not? With so many Hrithik Roshans in the same film, storylines or characters or logic didn’t matter. Plus, Ash with less flab and frills and Bips bouncing in Baywatch gear. Crazy kiya re, for sure!
Their say: “Full entertainment has been the motto for the Dhoom films. It should be paisa vasool. This is no pathbreaking cinema, just straightforward storytelling with lots of masala” — Sanjay Gadhvi.
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Source: Telegraph India
Date: December 26, 2006
By: Komal Nahta
With the year coming to a close, it is now certain that 2006 belonged to Hrithik Roshan and Aamir Khan. Both the top stars had two releases each and all four of them hit the bull’s eye. Hrithik, of course, must be rejoicing because he stars in the two biggest hits of the year.
Yash Chopra and Aditya Chopra’s Dhoom 2 — starring Hrithik, Aishwarya Rai, Abhishek Bachchan and Bipasha Basu — smashed all previous records to become the biggest grosser of the year. It surpassed Krrish which firmly established Hrithik as India’s first super hero.
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Source: Apun Ka Choice
Year 2006 saw the reinvention of action genre in Bollywood. Hrithik Roshan raised the bar and set a new standard for action heroes by his death-defying stunts in films like Krrish and Dhoom 2 . And it seems less likely that any other Bollywood star will be able to surpass what Hrithik did in these films.
He jumped down from dizzy heights, took great leaps, did sand-boarding, roller-skating, dived into a gorge and in the process of doing so he did hurt himself a couple of times. Along with blood and sweat, these stunts brought Hrithik the well-deserved title of a ‘superhero’.
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Source: Hindu
Date: December 26, 2006
Some of the decade's biggest blockbusters were witnessed this year with film revenue touching unprecedented heights. The Hrithik Roshan-Aishwarya Rai film from the Yashraj stable "Dhoom 2" reportedly earned Rs 110 crore within the first three weeks of its release.
The new year, however, looks equally exciting for the industry with Ashutosh Gowariker's magnum opus "Akbar Jodha", again starring Hrithik and Aishwarya Rai, and Sanjay Leela Bhansali's much awaited "Saanwariya" that will see the debut of Ranbir Kapoor (Rishi Kapoor's son) and Sonam (Anil Kapoor's daughter). The business of sequels made sense for the film industry, with second editions of "Dhoom" (Dhoom 2), "Koi Mil Gaya" (Krissh) and "Munnabhai MBBS" (Lage Raho Munnabhai) finding great favour with audiences.
"'Dhoom 2' was the year's biggest grosser but then most Yashraj films, including 'Salaam Namaste', 'Fanaa' and 'Kabul Express' have not really been flops because of their aggressive marketing strategy," Adarsh says. "Krissh", the tale of a desi superhero and "Lage Raho Munnabhai", which took Mahatma Gandhi's teachings to a different level for the new generation, were the other big grossers of the year.
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Source: Sahara Samay
Date: December 24, 2006
Mumbai, Dec 24: It has been the year of the blockbuster. Whether it is the fiery "Rang De Basanti", the wisdom spouting Munnabhai or the smooth conman in "Dhoom 2", audiences brought unprecedented revenue for Bollywood. Some of the decade's biggest blockbusters were witnessed this year with film revenue touching unprecedented heights.
The Hrithik Roshan-Aishwarya Rai film from the Yashraj stable "Dhoom 2" reportedly earned Rs. 110 crore within the first three weeks of its release. The new year, however, looks equally exciting for the industry with Ashutosh Gowariker's magnum opus "Akbar Jodha", again starring Hrithik and Aishwarya Rai, and Sanjay Leela Bhansali's much awaited "Saanwariya" that will see the debut of Ranbir Kapoor (Rishi Kapoor's son) and Sonam (Anil Kapoor's daughter).
The past year also witnessed sequels and remakes. New versions of hits of yesteryears "Umrao Jaan" and "Don" saw the light of theatres while more such ventures, including Ram Gopal Verma's "Sholay", were announced. The business of sequels made sense for the film industry, with second editions of "Dhoom" (Dhoom 2), "Koi Mil Gaya" (Krissh) and "Munnabhai MBBS" (Lage Raho Munnabhai) finding great favour with audiences. In fact, such was the popularity of these movies that they were credited for several social trends.
While "Rang De..." was credited with the sudden upsurge of citizen's movements in the country, Munnabhai's message of "Gandhigiri" was a phenomenon in itself. "There has been no pattern to this year's hits. Small budget films like 'Omkara' also found favour with the people, as did big budget ones like 'Fanaa'. This year truly has made up for all the bad years when Bollywood had only one or two big hits," says trade analyst Taran Adarsh.