Major Events Of 2009
Major events Of 2009
Some of the major events of the year 2009
Here are some major talked about events that people from around the country discussed at house parties, office meetings, dinner tables and classrooms.
JANUARY 2009
Slumdog Millionaire released in India and was a big success. People got too curios about the slumdog star kids Rubina Ali and Azharuddin Qureshi’s lives, in a slum in Bandra. Well they do have proper flats now in Santacruz.
FEBRUARY 2009
-Zakir Hussain won a Grammy, for his album `The Global Drum Project.’ Billu Barber became Billu as it was forced to remove the word `Barber’ for hurting the Barber community sentiments.
-AR Rahman won two Oscars for the Slumdog Millionaire music track `Jai Ho!’ Slumdog Millionaire also won eight Oscars in total.
MARCH 2009
-Vijay Mallya bought back Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi’s belongings from an auctioneer’s for Rs 9.3 crore.
-Sanjay Dutt was not allowed for contesting elections as he was jailed for two years of a six-year sentence for possessing illegal arms.
APRIL 2009
-The multiplexes and producers strike went on for more than 2 years and the reason was profit-sharing ratios. And for the very first time Shahrukh Khan and Aamir Khan came together in public to support the producers.
-Actor, director, producer Feroz Khan’s sad demise.
MAY 2009
Producer, director Prakash Mehra’s sad demise.
JUNE 2009
-Shocking New hit the TV screens of Michael Jackson’s sad death.
-Shiney Ahuja was arrested for raping his house maid.
-Rakhi Ka Swayamwar, Rakhi Sawant’s matrimonial program aired on national television, NDTV Imagine. BUT she did not get married, public felt cheated.
JULY 2009
-Sylvester Stallone and Denise Richards shine in Bollywood movie `Kambakkht Ishq.
-’ Saif Ali Khan apologies to Sikh culturists for his trimmed beard playing Punjabi man in `Love Aaj Kal.’
AUGUST 2009
-Shah Rukh `Khan’ was detained and questioned at New Jersey’s Newark International airport, forcing us to think if its a publicity stunt for his next movie ‘My name is Khan’.
-Rani Mukherji played sardar in Dil Bole Haddipa upset the Sikh community and the viewers as well. The movie was a complete disaster.
SEPTEMBER 2009
-Harishchandrachi Factory made it as India’s official entry to the Oscars. Another feather in our cap.
OCTOBER 2009
-Karan Johar had to apologies to the MNS Chief Raj Thackeray for using the word `Bombay’ instead of Mumbai in Wake Up Sid. A notice saying the same was placed outside all theatres in the city.
-International pop star, Kylie Minogue danced on an item number ‘chigi wigi’ for Hindi movie `Blue.’
NOVEMBER 2009
-Rahul Bhatt ( Mahesh Bhatt’s son) questioned in the Headley case.
-Nandita, Om Puri’s wife - revealed details about his past sexual encounters in her tell-all biography.
-Film writer, director and actor, Abrar Alvi passed away.
DECEMBER 2009
-’Paa’ released straring 67-year-old Amitabh Bachchan playing the role of a 13-year-old boy.
-AR Rahman was nominated twice, Zakir Hussain and Amjad Ali Khan nominated for one Grammy each.
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