Top Entertainment News of 2014: India
The world of entertainment has always been a sphere which makes news. And the year 2014 was no different? Right from the wedding of Salman Khan’s sister Arpita with Delhi based businessman Aayush Sharma to Hrithik Roshan daring celebrities as part of a promotional campaign for his recently released movie – Bang Bang, the Indian Entertainment industry garnered major headlines in the year.
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Women Dominate in Indian Cinema
The year 2014 saw many movies with women playing the protagonist. Also, as per box office statistics these movies are known to be the top rankers with respect to money earned. The most popular among these movies were:
- Queen- The lead role was played by Kangana Ranaut
- Highway- The lead role was played by Alia Bhatt
- Mardaani- The lead role was played by Rani Mukherjee
- Mary Kom- The lead role was played by Priyanka Chopra
Stand-up comedians capture centrestage
The year 2014 saw many videos from ‘The Viral Fever’ and ‘All India Bakchod’ receiving much appreciation on the web. Both of these ventures started off as Youtube Channels and as of today have more than a million views.
Apart from them, the most popular TV show is – Comedy Nights with Kapil, reflecting that comedy as a genre is widely accepted by people these days.
Bang Bang Dare
Hrithik Roshan promoted his latest flick Bang Bang in a brand new way when he went out to dare various Bollywood celebrities to prove their caliber. The celebrities he challenged were:
- Shah Rukh Khan
- Ranveer Singh
- Priyanka Chopra
- Aamir Khan
- Shraddha Kapoor
- Farhan Akhtar
- Nargis Fakhri
- Arjun Kapoor
- Farah Khan Ali
Weddings in Bollywood
The talk of B-town in 2014 was Salman Kahn’s sister Arpita Khan’s wedding to Delhi based businessman Aayush Sharma. Not only did industry A-listers attend the event but the interesting fact was that the wedding took place at the Falaknuma Palace and the entire hotel was booked by Salman Khan for a whooping three crore rupees. Another newsworthy event of this wedding was the presents. Sources revealed that Arpita was gifted with a 16 crore 3 BHK terrace flat in Mumbai and a Rolls Royce Phantom by the Khan Khandaan.
Other celebrities who got married in 2014 include:
- Dia Mirza married film Producer Sahil Sangha.
- Rannvijay Singha married longtime girlfriend Prianka Vohra.
- Sameera Reddy got married to businessman Akshai Varde.
- Pulkit Samrat married Salman Khan’s rakhi sister Shweta.
- Vir Das married longtime girlfriend Shivani Mathur.
Celebs who passed away in 2014
The year 2014 saw the loss of the below mentioned celebrities:
- Zoya Sehgal, Actress
- Ravi Chopra, Producer
- Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Actor
- Nanda, Actress
- Devan Varma, Actor
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