Mumbai: Bollywood witnessed many big hits and set many records at the box office in 2015, but the year was also marked by actors reuniting with directors and co-stars with whom they delivered hits in the past.
The year 2015 witnessed the return of the iconic pair of Shah Rukh Khan-Kajol, hit actor-director combination of Salman Khan-Sooraj Barjatya and even coming together of the new age pairing of Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika.
The year started with the coming together of megastar Amitabh Bachchan and filmmaker R Balki with “Shamitabh”.
The film was their third collaboration after “Cheeni Kum” and “Paa”. Both the films had earned accolades, with Bachchan receiving his third National Award for Best Actor for “Paa”, where he played a 12-year-old boy with a rare genetic disorder called ‘progeria’.
“Shamitabh”, however, did not do well both critically and commercially at the box office.
However, the other actor-director reunion of Salman and Sooraj Barjatya resulted in one of the biggest blockbusters of the year – “Prem Ratan Dhan Payo”.
The Barjatya-directed romantic-drama marked Salman’s collaboration with Sooraj and his banner Rajshri Films after a gap of 16 years.
“People talk about my chemistry with different actresses, but I feel the director-actor chemistry is most important. If my chemistry with the director is not good, it won’t come out good with any actress,” Salman earlier said.
“Sooraj and I have an understanding. I get what he tries to say,” the “Bajrangi Bhaijaan” star said.
“Prem Ratan Dhan Payo” went on to become the most successful collaboration of the duo after their hit films like “Maine Pyaar Kiya”, Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! and “Hum Saath-Saath Hain”.
(With PTI inputs)