Top Bollywood films of 2014 (so far!)

Queen is a comedy- drama film by Viacom 18 Motion Pictures and Phantom Films. Directed by Vikas Bahl, the film stars Kangana Ranaut, Lisa Haydon and Rajkummar Rao in lead roles.

The film premiered at Busan International Film Festival in October 2013, and released worldwide in 800 Screens on 7 March 2014 to critical acclaim. The movie also emerged a major commercial success, becoming the highest-grossing Bollywood film of all-time in the month of March and the most profitable movie of 2014 and is currently the fourth-highest grossing Bollywood film of 2014. Also the movie has an IMDB rating of 8.8 which is the highest for any bollywood film released till date.

A black comedy thriller film directed by Abhishek Chaubey starring Madhuri Dixit, Arshad Warsi, Naseeruddin Shah, and Huma Qureshi in the lead roles. It is the sequel of Ishqiya.

The movie garnered rave reviews from film critics. Critic Baradwaj Rangan praised the movie, saying "This, really, is how sequels should be made, hewing close enough to the earlier film(s) so that they seem part of a cinematic continuum, and yet different enough so that we don’t feel we’re watching the same film all over again." The film has also been praised for its language and getting Urdu back into the film industry.

Gunday is an action crime thriller film written and directed by Ali Abbas Zafar and produced by Aditya Chopra. The film featured Ranveer Singh and Arjun Kapoor in the lead roles with Priyanka Chopra and Irrfan Khan in supporting roles.

Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama rated it 3.5/5 and stated, "On the whole, Gunday has a credible story to tell, is packed with unexpected twists that keep you on the edge and offers entertainment in large doses. This racy, gripping masala fare is sure to hit the pot of gold at the box-office!"
The Hindustan Times' Anupama Chopra rated the film 3/5 and said "Gunday has an 'angry young man swagger'. Though the story is set in the 1980s, Zafar recreates a classic ’70s vibe with punchy dialogue-baazi, scenes designed to make you applaud and doinng that relentlessly. She stated the film as a "unabashed love letter to the 1970s". She also praised the performances of Ranveer Singh and Arjun Kapoor, the two lead characters.

Highway is a drama film written and directed by Imtiaz Ali and produced by Sajid Nadiadwala. The film stars Randeep Hooda and Alia Bhatt in the lead roles.

Critic Subhash K. Jha gave the film 4 stars out of 5 and states that Highway resembles Gyan Correa’s Gujarati masterpiece The Good Road.[40] Critic Srijana Mitra Das for The Times of India gave the film 3.5 stars out of 5 and stated, "Highway is not an easy ride. But it offers fresh breezes and new sights." Priya Joshi of Digital Spy gave it 4 (out of 5) stars: "It's exemplary filmmaking, and the hope is that audiences will take a detour from the confines of commercial Bollywood and embrace this wholly edifying experience. Highway' will move you in ways you would have never expected."

Gulaab Gang is a 2014 Indian crime drama film centered on the struggle of women in the country, directed by Soumik Sen and produced by Anubhav Sinha. It stars Madhuri Dixit and Juhi Chawla. The film was released on 7 March 2014. Upon its release the film received positive-to-mixed reviews from critics; however, the critics raved about Chawla's performance in the film, calling it the best performance of the year.

Ragini MMS 2 is a 2014 Bollywood horror-thriller film directed by Bhushan Patel and co-produced by Ekta Kapoor and Shobha Kapoor under Balaji Motion Pictures and ALT Entertainment. The movie is the sequel to the 2011 horror movie Ragini MMS, however with a different cast. Ragini MMS 2 features Sunny Leone and the newcomer Saahil Prem in lead roles in a continuation of the plot from the prequel. The film was a major commercial success, being declared a hit at the box office.

Sreenath Prasad aka Seenu is the most notorious boy in Ooty. He drops out of college in Ooty in order to pursue education in a Bangalore college. Here he falls in love with Sunaina. But Sunaina is forced to marry Angad, a local police officer, who is more of a terrorizing gangster. Seenu also has another die-hard lover in the form of Ayesha, of whom he is unaware. He had once saved her friends and Ayesha instantly knew that he was the perfect man for her. Ayesha's father is a big gangster and kidnaps Sunaina to get hold of Seenu and compel him to marry his daughter.

Bhoothnath Returns is a 2014 Indian supernatural comedy film directed by Nitesh Tiwari and produced by Bhushan Kumar. A sequel to 2008 film Bhoothnath , the film revolves around Boothnath ( Amitabh Bachchan) who is mocked in a Bhoothworld for his inability to scare children before being sent back to Earth to redeem himself.

2 States is a 2014 romantic comedy film directed by Abhishek Verman based on the 2009 novel of the same name written by Chetan Bhagat.