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Releases of 1998
| Movie | Status | Music Rating | Movie Rating | Starring | Comments |
| Zakhm |  'ed |  |  | Pooja Bhatt, Ajay Devgan | Pooja Bhatt's third production is based on her father, Director Mahesh Bhatt's autobiography. |
| Wajood | 'ed |  |  | Nana, Madhuri | Can N. Chandra and Madhuri recreate the sensation of "Tezaab" without "Ek Do Teen...."? Obviously NOT! |
| Jhooth Bole Kauwa Kaate | 'ed | | | Anil Kapoor, Juhi Chawla | Hrishikesh Mukherjee has directed many memorable movies over the five decades. Can he cater to the taste of new generation? Does not look like he can! |
| China Gate | Average | | | Mamta Kulkarni, Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri, Sameer Soni (introducing) | After a slow opening, Rajkumar Santoshi's magnum opus, maintains a steady pace. |
| Doli Saja Ke Rakhna | 'ed | | | Akshaye Khanna, Jyotika (Introducing) | Priyadarshan's search for a hit does not materialize with this one. Inspite of all the praise Akshaye Khanna gets, he is not able to deliver a hit. |
| Naseeb | 'ed | |  | Govinda, Mamta Kulkarni | Govinda's 100th release. Too bad he did not choose a better movie for this feat. |
| Kudrat | 'ed | | | Akshaye Khanna, Urmila Matondkar | Raj Sippy hasn't delivered a hit in a long time; Akshaye hasn't set the box office on fire either. Unbelieveable story line keeps the audience away. |
| Pardesi Babu | 'ed | |  | Govinda, Raveena, Shilpa | A some what different role for Govinda. But it seems audience like him more in a comical role. |
| Soldier | SUPER | | | Bobby Deol, Preity Zinta | Director duo (Abbas-Mastan) of hit films "Khiladi" and "Baazigar" have managed to wipe out the memories of "Daraar". |
| Fire | | Not Available | | Shabana Azmi, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Nandita Das | A controversial film aimed at mature audience. |
| Bade Miyan Chote Miyan | | | | Amitabh, Govinda | Much awaited comedy-caper from David Dhawan with his favorite hero Govinda got an excellent opening and rave reviews for Govinda's timing. |
| Kuch Kuch Hota Hai | MEGA | | | Kajol, Shah Rukh Khan, Rani Mukherjee | Good story, songs, direction, and performances are being appreciated by the audience. |
| Dil Se | 'ed | | | Shah Rukh Khan, Manisha Koirala | Produced by Mani Ratnam, Shekar Kapur, and Ram Gopal Verma, the obvious choice for the music director is A.R. Rahman. And the music is brilliant! Backed by the brilliant lyrics of Gulzar, this album is probably the "best since Dil To Pagal Hai" (P-B staff writer). Unfortunatelly, the movie, directed by Mani Ratnam did not meet expectations. |
| Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha | SUPER | | | Kajol, Ajay Devgun | Its an Ajay Devgun home production; its a copy of the popular English flick, French Kiss. The music is by Jatin-Lalit, who have a few, but all high-class films. |
| Kareeb | 'ed | | | Bobby Deol, Intr. Neha | Vinod Chopra is at it again. After Khamosh, Parinda, and 1942- A Love Story, he has come up with Kareeb. Unfortunately, Chopra could not retain his magic of the previous movies. |
| Satya | | | | Urmila Matondkar, Chakravarthi | Many are surprised that in this Ram Gopal Verma movie Urmila is almost fully clothed in most scenes and the music is not given by AR Rahman. Maybe it was after the box-office debacle of Daud that RGV has decided to take a different outlook at his movies. . |
| Ghulam | | | | Aamir Khan, Rani Mukerjee | Jatin-Lalit's music isn't as good as we expected, but the movie is a hit.. Aamir Khan is splendid and Rani has impressed with her performance. |
| Mehndi | 'ed | |  | Rani Mukherjee, Faraaz Khan | Rani is on a roll after Ghulam and Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. Will those who loved her in these movies flock to the theatres to watch a film without an established hero? It seems they went to see KKHH again. |
| Prem Aggan | 'ed | | | intr. Fardeen Khan & Meghana Kothari | Feroz Khan's ambitious project flops miserably mainly because of the same old love story. |
| Hero Hindustani | 'ed | | | Arshad Warsi, Namrata | Bad release timing and poor story are going to seal the fate of this un-original venture. |
| Dhoondte Reh Jaaoge | 'ed | | Not Available | Naseerudin Shah, Javed Jaffery, Prem Chopra, Satish Shah | A supposedly funny flick, but the music has made it nowhere and the cast isn't too attractive. No wonder it could not pull the crowd in. |
| Mere Do Anmol Ratan | 'ed | | | Arshad Warsi, Mukul Dev, Namrata Shirodkar | Arshad Warsi hasn't had a hit since Tere Mere Sapne, and Mukul Dev hasn't been going anywhere since Dastak. Even Namrata's presence could not save the film. |
| Bandhan | | | | Salman, Rambha, Jackie, Ashwini Bhave | Salman continues to impress at the box office by delivering his third hit of the year. |
| Dulhe Raja | Average | | | Govinda, Raveena | A typical Govinda movie. Audience is going back to enjoy the comedy. |
| Angaaray | 'ed | | | Akshay Kumar, Pooja Bhatt | Akshay Kumar- The string of flops continues. |
| Dushman | 'ed | | | Kajol (X2), Sanjay Dut | Dushman is Pooja Bhatt's second production. Her first production, Tamanna, was a flop, though a critically acclaimed movie which starred herself, Sharad Kapoor, and Paresh Rawal in a brilliant role. |
| Yamraaj | Average (at least for a Mithun movie) | Not Available | | Mithun, Jackie, Mink | Uff... another Mithun Movie |
| Kalicharan | 'ed | Not Available | Not Available | Dharmu, Monika Bedi | Dharmendra... a notice, you may be still a good actor, but you are OLD... your movies are not going to run anymore (unless if one of your sons is also in it). |
| Devta | 'ed | Not Available | Not Available | Mithun Chakraborty, Aditya Panscholi & More | I smile and chuckle at the fate of this movie |
| Maharaja | 'ed |  | | Govinda, Manisha Koirala | Govinda & Manisha prove unlucky once more. |
| Sher Khan | 'ed | Not Available | Not Available | Dharmu, Jaya & Others | Humm... Sher Khan? Interesting. Anyone want to see an old Lion? I guess not! |
| Sar Utha Ke Jiyo | 'ed | Not Available | Not Available | Naseeruddin Shah, Madhu, Manek Bedi and lot of guest stars | Can all the guest stars bring in the public?? No. |
| Tirchhi Topiwale | 'ed | Not Available | Not Available | Inder Kumar, Chunky Pandey, Monika Bedi | I wish the producers of this movie good luck (chuckle), as if that is going to help! |
| Gunda | 'ed | Not Available | Not Available | Mithun Chakroborty, Varna Raj | Aayyiee... Mithun Again??! |
| Zanjeer | 'ed | Not Available | Not Available | Aditya Panscholi, Manek Bedi, Samrat Mukherjee | Hummm... lets see... anybody wanna see a flop? Here ya go! |
| Zulmositam | 'ed | Not Available | Not Available | Dharmendra, Shatrughan Sinha | Reunion of the old timers?? |
| Barood | 'ed | | | Akshay, Raveena | Akshay Kumar has been out of the scene lately. Two of his releases this year, Keemat, and Angaaray flopped miserably. Barood continued the trend. |
| Main Solah Baras Ki | 'ed | | | Dev Anand and Introducing Jas Arora & Sabrina | Dev Anand hasn't produced a good film in a long while. Hopefully he'll stop making bad ones, someday! |
| Iski Topi Uske Sar | 'ed | | | Mukul Dev, Sharad Kapoor, Divya Dutta, Tina, Prem Chopra, and Aruna Irani | An incredibly stupid and inane film (PB Staff Writer) |
| Jaane Jigar | 'ed | | Not Available | Jackie Shroff | Hummm... Flop Anyone? |
| Major Saab | Average - Good Earnings | | | Amitabh Bachchan, Ajay Devgan, Nafisa Ali, Sonali Bendre | Amitabh and Big B audio cassettes go for a second round. |
| Gharwali Baharwali | 'ed | | | Anil Kapoor, Raveena, Rambha | Anil, Rambha and Raveena with direction by Dhawan... should be a nice show! But alas, it bombed! |
| Do Numbri | 'ed | Not Available | Not Available | Mithun Chakroborty, Sneha | And... Mithun Again? |
| Hydrabad Blues | Not Available | Not Available | | Nagesh Kukunoor, Rajshri Nair, Vikram Inamdar | It is supposed to be a comedy about a man who comes to India from USA and gets caught between two cultures. |
| Achanak | 'ed | | | Govinda, Manisha Koirala | Govinda and Manisha make an odd couple. It's surprising then that the two are coming together in many more films, including Anil Sharma's Maharaja. Hopefully, it's just a matter of getting used to this pair. |
| Mard | 'ed | Not Available | Not Available | Mithun Chakraborty, Ravali | Flop Anyone? |
| Hitler | 'ed | Not Available | Not Available | Mithun Chakraborty, Deepti Bhatnagar | Flop Anyone? |
| Jeans | 'ed | | | Prashant, Aishwarya Rai | Shankar is riding on his success in Hindustani for this big-budget multi-star, multi-language film. But Jeans faded quickly. |
| Dand-Nayak | 'ed | | Not Available | Naseeruddin Shah, Inder Kumar, Manik Bedi, Ayesha Jhulka, Shilpa Shirodkar, Paresh Rawal | Naseeruddin signing a flop? Naa... can't be true... can it? |
| Humse Badhkar Kaun | 'ed | | | Sunil Shetty, Saif Ali Khan, Sonali Bendre, Deepti | Sunil Shetty and Saif Ali Khan... ahem... and I thought Saif and Akshay were well matched.... |
| Hatyara | 'ed | Not Available | Not Available | Mithun, Suman Ranganathran | So... how many movies have Mithun in this year? |
| Keemat | 'ed | | | Akshay Kumar, Saif Ali Khan, Sonali Bendre, Raveena Tandon | United Seven's last film was a big success. This film runs on the same note as Main Khiladi Tu Anari. Unfortunately it did not have the same success story. |
| Aakrosh | 'ed | | | Sunil Shetty & Shilpa Shetty | The Shetty's are in the act... oh boy... excitement... |
| Aunty No. 1 | 'ed | | | Govinda, Raveena Tandon | A la Kamal Hassan's Chachi 420, this film came, but went away without making much noise. |
| Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya | SUPER | | | Salman Khan, Arbaz Khan, Sohail Khan, Dharmendra, Kajol & Anjala Zhaveri. | First hit of 1998. |
| Salaakhen | 'ed | | | Sunny Deol, Raveena Tandon | Sunny Deol-Guddu Dhanoa-Raveena Tandon-Dilip Sen Sameer Sen.. sound familar? Remember Ziddi? Well... there you go! |
| Sham Ghansham | 'ed | | | Chandrachur Singh, Pooja Batra, Priya Gill | Chandrachur Singh, Pooja Batra, Priya Gill ... Different faces, same old story |
| Ustadon Ke Ustad | 'ed | Not Available | | Mithun Chakraborty, Jackie Shroff, Madhoo, Vinita, Mohan Joshi, Johny Lever | Another Mithun Film. Mithun has a record of films releasing in a short amount of time... 5 in 3 months! No wonder he is a millionaire! Whats up with Jakie? He becoming the same story? Or is it just for JSEL (Jakie Shroff Entertainment Limited)? |
| Jab Pyaar Kisise Hota Hai | | | | Salman Khan, Twinkle Khanna | "I can't imagine Lata's voice on Twinkle Khanna!" Well... you won't have to anymore, this film has it all. Well, maybe a bit too much... but guess what? The movie is a hit! |
| Duplicate | 'ed | | | Shah Rukh Khan (X2), Juhi Chawla, Sonali Bendre | In spite of all the publicity and hype, the movie failed to bring in the crowd. |
| Kabhi Na Kabhi | 'ed | | | Pooja Bhaat, Anil Kapoor, Jackie Shroff | Priyadarshan, the man who gave us Virasat last year, seems to have lost his touch. Kabhi Na Kabhi didn't fare any better than his previous film Saat Rang Ke Sapne. Let's hope Doli Sajake Rakhna works for him. |
| Chhota Chetan | | | Not Available | Urmila Matondkar, Master Aravind, Baby Sonia, Master Suresh, Master Mukesh, Shakti Kapoor | This is a remake of an 80's 3-D flick |
| Qila | 'ed | | | Dilip Kumar, Mamta Kulkarni, Rekha, Mukul Dev, Rajeshwari | Oh boy, now Dilip Kumar is back in the act. I know he was handsome in black in white, but why did they blow his picture up in color? He ain't the same youngster, you know. |
| Yugpurush | 'ed | | | Jackie Shroff, Manisha Koirala, Nana Patekar & Ashwini Bhave | Well, this movie didn't do as well as it was predicted to. Bad Music? Maybe. Maybe it was just too much for the general audience. |
| Saazish | 'ed | | Not Available | Mithun, Pooja Batra, Kashmira Shah | |
| Banarasi Babu | 'ed | | | Govinda, Ramya | |
| Vinashak | 'ed | | | Sunil Shetty, Raveena Tandon | |
| Miss 420 | 'ed | Not Available | Not Available | Sheeba, Baba Sehgal, Tinu Anand, Shakti Kapoor, Johnny Lever | |
| Yeh Aashiqui Meri | 'ed | Not Available | | Naseerudin Shah, Atul Agnihotri, Pooja Bhatt, Anupama, Mohan Bhandari | |
| Do Hazaar Ek (2001) | 'ed | | | Tabu, Jackie Shroff, Dimple Kapadia, Navneet Nishan, Sadhashiv Amrapurkar, Mohan Joshi, Gulshan Grover and introducing Rajat Bedi |
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