Dark cinema tops Bollywood directors` 2008 favourite list

Mumbai, Dec 31: 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". IANS