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Year ago who thought a movie on menstruation will get an Oscar? Well, Guneet Monga did. This fierce woman just didn’t give up and created history like never before. Period. End Of Sentence this short documentary on the most familiar taboo in India has embarked a new journey in the 91st Academy Awards held at Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles.
2018 was a completely different year for Bollywood in terms of the movies that did really well on the box-office despite having the competition with the big budget movies. Who knew that low budget movies like Andhadhun, Badhaai Ho or Stree would be a huge success? And hopefully, 2019 is going to be the year of movies that will have the potential to do better in terms of off-the-grid topics or biopics.
2018 was the year of some completely emerging stars that performed spectacular on the screen and their low budget movies did well than any of the Khan’s in Bollywood. 2018 has given us some amazing biopics and breaking the stereotypes movies and that’s exactly how the year 2019 began with some amazing releases:
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· URI: The Surgical Strike
Aditya Dhar’s incredible direction and Vicky Kaushal’s tremendous acting made this a huge success. The film is still doing well on the box-office though it was released in the month of January 2019. It has beaten a few records on the box office and is critically appreciated by everyone.
· The Accidental Prime Minister
This was one of the most anticipated movies of the year 2019 and did average on the box office. It is a biopic made on the former Prime Minister of India Dr Manmohan Singh. Anupam Kher’s versatile acting convinced the audiences and was appreciated by everyone.
· Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi
This movie was a directorial debut of none other than Kangana Ranaut apart from doing the lead role in the movie. The movie did pretty well at the box office considering its hefty budget. It also dealt with several controversies prior to the release.
· Thackeray:
Thackeray is a biopic made on legendary Balasaheb Thackeray and his journey to the birth and evolution of the political party, Shiv Sena. Nawazuddin Siddiqui played the role of Balasaheb and the transformation was quite unbelievable, all credits to him and the makeup & art department.