Selection by: Planet Bollywood Staff
# Movie Starring Music Director
10 Bend It Like Beckham Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley, Anupam Kher   Gurinder Chadha

Albeit somewhat superficial, there's tons of fun in Chadha's soccer story. The dubbed Indian title was most apt: "Football Shoot-ball, Haye Rabba".

9 Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai Uday Chopra, Jimmy Shergill, Sanjana, Bipasha Basu, Alok Nath, Saurabh Shukla, Neena Kulkarni, Bindu   Jeet-Pritam Sanjay Gadhvi

Hard to determine what scored more with audiences: the "My Best Friend's Wedding" adapted tale or Shamita Shetty's sultry "Sharara Sharara" item number.

8 Aankhen

Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Paresh Rawal, Arjun Ramphal, Sushmita Sen, Aditya Panscholi with Bipasha Basu and Kashmira Shah in Special Appearance

Aadesh Shrivastava, Jatin - Lalit & Nitin Raikwar Vipul Amrutlal Shah

The plot sounded preposterous before the film's release, but with Amitabh at the cast's helm and a talented new director on deck, Aankhen scored a pretty clean loot.

7 Road Manoj Bajpai, Vivek Oberoi, Antra Mali, Makhrand Deshpande, Rajpal Yadav, Vijay Raaz, Raj Zutshi and Ganesh Yadav. Special Appearances by Ganesh Acharya and Koena Mitra Sandesh Shandilya, Nitin Raikwar Rajat Mukherjee

We were all glad to see Mukherjee trying something different again in his second directorial venture. If only the filmmaker didn't feel the need to use the lengthy two hour plus Bollywood convention for this cinematic journey.

6 Deewangee Ajay Devgan, Akshaye Khanna, Urmila Matondkar, Seema Biswas, Suhasini Mulay, Farida Jalal, Suresh Oberoi Ismail Darbar Anees Bazmee

Slick, boys and girls, slick! How else can we describe the superb Devgan-Khanna performances and quick pacing of the flick.

5 Humraaz Bobby Deol, Amisha Patel and Akshaye Khanna Himesh Reshammiya Abbas-Mustan

Akshaye Khanna scored a second time with the murder mystery formula. But this time, Himesh Reshammiya lent the proceedings some bloody good songs too.

4 Saathiya Vivek Oberoi, Rani Mukherjee, Sandhya Mridul, Tanuja, Satish Shah, Sharat Saxena, Shahrukh Khan (s.a), Tabu (s.a) A R Rahman Shaad Ali

It was hard for Shaad Ali to strike out with a remake of Mani Ratnam's Alai Payuthey. But his transporting of it to a North Indian milieu was almost perfect.

3 Devdas Shah Rukh Khan, Aishwarya Rai, Madhuri Dixit, Jackie Shroff, Kiron Kher, Smita Jaykar, Vijayendra Ghatge, Tiku Talsania, Milind Gunaji, Ananya, Dina Pathak and Vijay Crishna Ismail Darbar Sanjay Leela Bhansali

Here's more fuel for the fire that the film should not have been India's official entry for the Oscars. There's never been a more glossy or opulent looking Bollywood product than Bhansali's Devdas, but is that enough to be called the best from India?

2 Monsoon Wedding Nasserudin Shah, Lilette Dubey, Vasundhra Das, Shefali Shetty, Vijay Raaz, Parvin Dabas, Sameer Arya, and Khulbhushan Kharbandha Michael Daaney Mira Nair

There's a simple reason Nair's wedding dramedy made $20 million globally; she knows how to have fun, but doesn't mince her words on serious topics.


And, Favourite Movie of 2002 was:

Company

Starring:  Ajay Devgan, Manisha Koirala, Mohanlal, Antara Mali, Seema Biswas, Introducing Vivek Oberoi, Isha Koppikar & Urmila in special appearances
Director: 
Ram Gopal Varma
Music: 
Sandeep Chowta

Mr. Varma continues to take Indian cinema to lofty heights. And international studio houses (20th Century Fox) have finally jumped at the chance to sponsor this genius' vision. No other Indian director would dare create this superb allegory for the corporate world in a mafia enterprise.