1. Sanjay Dutt released from jail
Sanju Baba as he is fondly called was released from Yerwada jail on Feb 25th. He was convicted in the Mumbai serial blasts case of 1993!
2. Aamir Khan clarified his "Intolerant India" comment
Aamir Khan on Jan 25th said that he never thought about leaving the country and that he was born in India and will die in India, at an event that was held to mark the 10th anniversary of the movie Rang De Basanti.
3. Piggy Chops made huge waves in Hollywood
First, it was Quantico that introduced Priyanka Chopra to the Hollywood audience, then came Baywatch the movie, where Piggy gets to play the role of the main villain (super hot avatar BTW!).
4. Hrithik vs. Kangna
We all know very well about the allegations that Kangna Raut made about Hrithik Roshan, that he was into her and even proposed to her during the shoot of Krrish 3 (Yes he was married at the time). This was blown to epic proportions on the internet and in legal terms as well!
5. Preity Zinta got hitched
The ever-gorgeous, dimpled beauty of Bollywood, married Gene Goodenough on Feb. 29th! Gene is the Senior Vice-President for Finance at NLine Energy, USA. If he's Goodenough for her, then he's good enough for us!
6. Deepika makes her Hollywood debut!
The reigning queen of Bollywood, Deepika Padukone was recently revealed as the highest paid actress in Bollywood. Now she's foraying into Hollywood opposite Superstar Vin Diesel in XXX: The Return of Xander Cage!
7. Bipasha tied the knot
April 30th saw the wedding bells chiming for the Bengali-bombshell, she married her 'Alone' co-star Karan Singh Grover!
8. SRK was detained by the US Immigrations dept. at the airport for the 3rd time!
We don't know if the name "Khan" strikes thunder in the hearts of Americans of it's just that they want to spend some time with our superstar, but it is the 3rd time that Shahrukh was detained at the airport in Los Angeles with a similar incident in 2012 at the New York airport.
9. Shahid & Mira made a beautiful baby girl
On Aug. 26th Shahid Kapoor and Mira Rajput became parents for the 1st time to a beautiful baby girl!
10. Pakistan banned Bollywood movies!
Pakistan, in a quick move, banned all Bollywood movies in September when the Indian film industry banned Pakistani actors from acting India. Hit by severe revenue paucity; it had to lift the ban eventually, in December.
11. Ranbir-Katrina breakup!
Ranbir finally opened up about his relationship with Katrina to Rajeev Masand in an interview for News18!
12. Saifeena make a handsome baby-boy
On Dec. 20th Kareena gave birth to the choice-nawab of Pataudi, Taimur! He is bound to have the right looks of both these stunning actors.
13. Salman Khan overtakes SRK in the Forbes Top 2016 celeb list
Sallu Bhai usurped SRK in the Forbes celebrity rich list in India this year with an estimated income of about ₹270 crore!
14. Star kids made way more noise this year
The kids of superstars absolutely killed it on the solial media platform – Instagram. Right from Suhana Khan to Alaaviaa Jaaferi, it was a happier time for all the celeb kids on the internet!
15. Indian movies Oscar list this year
Indian movies Sarabjit and MS Dhoni: The Untold Story have made it to the long list of 336 movies vying for an Oscar nomination in 2017. Boy do they have conditions to be met!