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THERE were fewer films released in 2020, but that didn’t stop high-profile disasters from dampening an already depressing year blighted by the coronavirus. Here is Eastern Eye’s selection of the biggest disappointments Hindi cinema had to offer in the past 12 months. Worst Film: The biggest disaster of 2020 was horror comedy Laxmii.

Despite being a remake of hit Tamil film Kanchana, the shockingly bad film was an assault on the senses and an insult to Bollywood. Worst Actor: Sanjay Dutt continued to deliver stinkers with flop films Torbaaz and Sadak 2, which add to his mounting failures in recent years. Both films showed that perhaps his glory days as a leading man are over. Worst Actress: Jacqueline Fernandez has seen her Bollywood career nosedive in recent years and hit rock bottom playing the title role in truly awful 2020 release Mrs Serial Killer.

Worst Director: Legendary director Mahesh Bhatt made a comeback after 20 years with Sadak 2, and it was disastrous. He wasted a cast, which included his superstar daughter Alia Bhatt, with an outdated story that was badly made. The poorly reviewed film broke records for all the wrong reasons.