2006

Top-grossing films of 2006

• Dhoom 2: Hrithik Roshan, Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Uday Chopra and Bipasha Basu in an a sequel action film to Dhoom. Top-grossing film of the year.

• Lage Raho Munna Bhai: Sanjay Dutt and Arshad Warsi in a sequel to Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.. Amiable Mumbai gangster Munna gets involved in a social protest movement.

• Krrish: Science fiction, a sequel to Koi... Mil Gaya. Stars Rekha, Hrithik Roshan and Priyanka Chopra. Krrish inherits his father's super powers and must use them to stop a megalomaniac scientist.

• Fanaa: Love story directed by Kunal Kohli, starring Aamir Khan, Kajol. A blind woman falls in love with a man who is hiding a terrible secret.

• Rang De Basanti: The official entry of India into the Oscars is a drama directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, starring Aamir Khan, Soha Ali Khan and Madhavan. College-age slackers in Delhi get involved in making a film about the Indian independence movement and shed their cynicism.

• Don - The Chase Begins Again: An action remake of Don by Farhan Akhtar. Starring Shahrukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra and Arjun Rampal. An ordinary man finds himself in a terrible fix.

• Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna: Drama by Karan Johar. Stars Amitabh Bachchan, Shahrukh Khan, Rani Mukerji, Preity Zinta and Abhishek Bachchan. Centers on the budding romance between Dev and Maya, who are both married to other people. The film opened well but dropped heavily in India while doing good business overseas.

• Vivah: A family drama directed by Sooraj R. Barjatya starring Shahid Kapoor, as Prem, and Amrita Rao, as Poonam. Prem and Poonam are engaged; then difficulties test their love.

Critically acclaimed films of 2006

• Dor: Two women linked by a tragedy help each other. Stars Ayesha Takia, Shreyas Talpade, and Gul Panag.

• Corporate: Centering around the power games between two industrialists. Starring Bipasha Basu and Rajat Kapoor.

• Being Cyrus: Black comedy and psychological drama starring Dimple Kapadia, Saif Ali Khan and Naseeruddin Shah.

• Omkara: Vishal Bharadwaj's adaptation of Shakespeare's classic Othello stars Ajay Devgan, Saif Ali Khan, Vivek Oberoi, Kareena Kapoor, Konkona Sen Sharma and Bipasha Basu. Set in Uttar Pradesh, it tells the story of an underworld don and two hitmen.

• Khosla Ka Ghosla: Struggle of a middle-class man (Anupam Kher) to reclaim his own land.