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Bollywood '98

Kuch Kuch Hota Hai

This was a year of upsets. The films that were expected to do wonderfully didn't, and some of those that made it to the grade of 'overflow' or nearabouts are competing with the likes of Ghulam and Bade Miyan Chote Miyan...

Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha

Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, trashed in the Rediff review, is the super-duper hit of the year. We still get mail on that. And Bandhan, which we again dubbed a loser, was a semi-hit.

Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya

And despite the hype about movies like Satya it just figures as an average hit (thought it is a superhit in the Bombay and Central Provinces theatrical circuits), far beneath such dubious films as Maut and the dubbed Miyan Bivi aur Woh.

Bandhan

Kuch Kuch Hota Hai was the undoubted hit of the year, being classified a super-duper hit. Trailing by a long distance were films like Pyar To Hona Hi Tha, Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya and Soldier. And in the semi-hit category is the aforementioned Bandhan and Dulhe Raja. All in all, the mushy films scored over the others.

Dulhe Raja

Among the big failures were Duplicate, Jeans, China-Gate, Jhoot Bole Kauva Kaate, Banarasi Babu, Zor, Saat Rang Ke Sapne, Kareeb, Dil Se, Doli Saja Ke Rakhna, Kudrat, Zakhm and Wajood.

Jab Pyaar Kisise Hota Hai

Among the stars, Salman Khan was declared the most successful by industry pundits, followed by Kajol, Rani Mukherjee, Bobby Deol and Ajay Devgan. Don't forget to check out the details tomorrow!

Ghulam

The list AAA (Super-Duper Hit)
Kuch Kuch Hota Hai

AA (Super-Hit)
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Bade Miyan Chote Miyan

A1 (Hit)
Pyar To Hona Hi Tha ('AA' in Bombay)
Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya ('AA' in Bombay)
Soldier ('AA' in East Punjab)

Fire

A (Semi-Hit)
Bandhan ('A1' in several circuits)
Dulhe Raja ('AA' in Bihar)

Major Saab

BB (Overflow)
Jab Pyaar Kisise Hota Hai
Ghulam ('AA' in Bombay)
Bade Miyan Chote Miyan
Fire (dubbed)
Maut
Murda
Miyan Bivi Aur Woh (dubbed)

Jeans

B1 to BB (Commission-Earner to Overflow)
Major Saab ('A' in Delhi-UP)
Kama Sutra -- A Tale of Love (dubbed)
Aunty No. 1
Ratree Milan (dubbed)

Kama Sutra

B1 (Commission-Earner)
Satya ('AA' in Bombay and C P and losing in several circuits)
Speed 2 (dubbed)
Do Numri

Aunty No 1

B to B1 (Coverage to Commission-Earner)
Tomorrow Never Dies (dubbed)
Chandaal

Satya

B (Coverage)
Gharwali Baharwali (losing in some circuits)
Mard
Shaitani Aatma
Sher-e-Hindustan
Gunda
Armageddon (dubbed)

Classification	AAA	AA	A1	A	BB	B1-BB	B1	B-B1	B	The rest	Total
No of films	1	0	3	2	7	4	3	2	6	110	138
Percentage	0.72	0	2.17	1.45	5.08	2.90	2.17	1.45	4.35	79.7	100

Background information kind courtesy Film Information