The Best Bollywood director for 2008. Here are the nominees!
Ashutosh Gowarikar for Jodhaa Akbar – Brilliant direction, great film!
A.R. Murugadoss for Ghajini – Well directed masala entertainer.
Anees Bazmee for Singh Is Kinng – Poor direction, Akshay Kumar’s star power saved the film.
Abbas and Mustan for Race – Far too many twists and turns, well directed but the script let the director down.
Aziz Mirza for Kismat Konnection – Decent film, confusing at times.
Nishikant Kamat for Mumbai Meri Jaan – Brilliant!
Madhur Bhandarkar for Fashion – Well narrated, second half was too slow.
Ajay Devgan for U, Me, Aur Hum – Not quite a Aamir Khan like directorial debut for Ajay Devgan.
Shashant Shah for Dasvidaniya – Brilliant movie, very well directed.
Ram Gopal Varma for Sarkar Raj – RGV back in form with Sarkar Raj after many disasters.
Dibakar Banerjee for Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! – Most underrated film of 2008.
Abbas Tyrewala for Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na – Great directorial debut!
Siddharth Anand for Bachna Ae Haseeno – Movie should have ideally ended at the interval.
Abhishek Kapoor for Rock On – Brilliant direction, managed to extract good performances from the cast.
Aditya Chopra for Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi – Average direction, good performances.
Neeraj Pandey for A Wednesday – Brilliant, Brilliant!
Tarun Mansukhani for Dostana – Karan Johar’s assistant proved he has what it takes to be a good director.
Best Director 2008
- Ashutosh Gowarikar - Jodha Akbar (24%, 144 Votes)
- A.R. Murugadoss - Ghajini (17%, 104 Votes)
- Aditya Chopra - Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (16%, 93 Votes)
- Neeraj Pandey - A Wednesday (10%, 60 Votes)
- Abhishek Kapoor - Rock On (6%, 33 Votes)
- Abbas Tyrewala - Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na (5%, 31 Votes)
- Tarun Mansukhani - Dostana (5%, 29 Votes)
- Madhur Bhandarkar - Fashion (4%, 22 Votes)
- Abbas-Mustan - Race (3%, 20 Votes)
- Anees Bazmee - Singh Is King (3%, 15 Votes)
- Aziz Mirza - Kismat Konnection (2%, 12 Votes)
- Siddharth Anand - Bachna Ae Haseeno (1%, 7 Votes)
- Ram Gopal Varma - Sarkar Raj (1%, 6 Votes)
- Dibakar Banerjee - Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! (1%, 6 Votes)
- Ajay Devgan - U Me Aur Hum (1%, 5 Votes)
- Nishikant Kamat - Mumbai Meri Jaan (1%, 5 Votes)
- Shashant Shah - Dasvidaniya (1%, 3 Votes)
Total Voters: 350
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Dont agree with the comment on Bachna Ae Haseeno. We thought it actually strengthened after interval and became deeper and more interesting.
He not only saw how he affected others but you really got a window into how those lives had been affected. He also evolved in his self-understanding and you saw that happen. If Hollywood had done this movie that would have been a quick pause on him while he realised his mistake and that is all. With Bachna you really saw that from many angles. This made it far superior to many like it (and the music was so very good too)
He was just immature and thoughtless till interval. After interval he grew into manhood.
I had a really tough time deciding for the best film!! I voted for aditya chopra for rab ne bana di jodi! I LOVE U SHAHRUKH KHAN N U DID AWESOME IN RAB NE BANA DI JODI!!
very tough competition,Ghajni direction was good,jodha Akbar was also good.RNBDJ direction was also very good.
i voted for RNBDJ,because it is a simple film with a very good direction and performances.
I guess anyone of these 3 will win –
1. A.R. Murugadoss – Ghajini
2. Ashutosh Gowarikar – Jodha Akbar
3. Neeraj Pandey – A Wednesday
extra –
4. Abhishek Kapoor – Rock On
5. Madhur Bhandarkar – Fashion
others should not be even in the nominee list….
Agree with you Cybersupam. Ghajini is debatable. Nishikant Kamat – Mumbai Meri Jaan and Shashant Shah – Dasvidaniya were 2 well directed movies.
Aditya Chopra for Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
Abhishek Kapoor for Rock On
Neeraj Pandey for A Wednesday