Mumbai, Dec 31 (IANS) No year in recent memory threw forward such a scintillating slew of cinema - from the path-breaking 'Rock On!' to college romance 'Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na' to action-packed thriller 'Ghajini'. But films on terror and extremism like 'A Wednesday' and 'Mumbai Meri Jaan' became directors' favourite films of 2008.
Directors' top picks of 2008:
Gulzar: 'A Wednesday' and 'Yuvvraaj'.
Imtiaz Ali: 'Mumbai Meri Jaan', 'Oye Lucky! Lukcy Oye!' and 'Rock On!'.
Rakesh Roshan: 'Jodhaa Akbar', 'A Wednesday', 'Rock On!'.
Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra: 'The Dark Knight' and 'Slumdog Millionaire'.
Vipul Shah: 'Jodhaa Akbar', 'Mumbai Meri Jaan', 'A Wednesday', 'Rock On!' and 'Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na'.
Nikhil Advani: 'A Wednesday', 'Rock On' and 'Dostana'.
Kunal Kohli: 'Ghajini', 'Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na' and 'Rock On!'.
Kabir Khan: 'Rock On!', 'Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye' and 'Dostana'.
Ken Ghosh: 'Ghajini'.
Vijay Krishna Acharya: 'Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye', 'The Dark Knight' and 'Across The Universe'.
Tigmanshu Dhulia: 'Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na' and 'A Wednesday'.
Jagmohan Mundhra: 'A Wednesday', 'Mumbai Meri Jaan' and 'Rock On'.
Rahul Dholakia: 'Khuda Kay Liye' and 'Rock On'.
Anant Mahadevan: 'Khuda Kay Liye', 'Mumbai Meri Jaan' and 'Kanchivaram'.
Hansal Mehta: 'Oye Lucky, Lucky Oye', 'Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na', 'Rock On!' and 'A Wednesday'.
Soham Shah: 'A Wednesday', 'Fashion', 'Ghajini' and 'Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na'.
Siddharth Anand: 'Bachna Ae Haseeno', 'Jodhaa Akbar' and 'Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi'.
Satish Kaushik: 'Rock On!', 'A Wednesday' and 'Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na'.
