Munnabhai goes to jail: Sanjay Dutt was given a five-year sentence by the Supreme Court in March 21 for illegal weapons possession in a case related to the 1993 Bombay blasts. The actor, who had already served 18 months of his sentence, was moved to Pune's Yerwada jail on May 22 to complete the remaining jail term of 42 months.
After the Supreme Court ruling, the actor broke down when he addressed the media, saying he had not applied for a pardon and would abide by the decision.
Before the year was out, Sanjay Dutt went home on leave twice. On October 1 he was granted two weeks leave on medical grounds and then an extension of two weeks. After spending all of October at home in Mumbai, he was given another month off in December, citing his wife's illness. This created a stir after Maanyata Dutt was spotted partying in Mumbai at the same time her husband's leave was granted.
Salman Khan's court cases: No blockbuster for Salman this year but he continued to generate headlines as the 2002 hit-and-run case kept the actor in and out of courts with a sessions court framing charges against him for culpable homicide not amounting to murder, which carries a maximum sentence of 10 years. Salman was previously being tried for rash and negligent driving which prescribed a two-year jail term.
On December 5, 2013, a Mumbai court said that all evidence and witnesses will be re-examined and ordered a fresh trial.
On March 23, 2013, Salman Khan was freshly charged under the Wildlife Protection Act with hunting blackbucks. Charges against him under the Arms Act had been dropped.
Jiah Khan dies: On June 3, the 25-year-old Nishabd actress was found hanging in her flat in Mumbai. The police later arrested Aditya Pancholi's son Suraj, who Jiah was dating and who was the last person she spoke to on that fateful night, for abetting her suicide.
On July 1, 2013, Suraj was granted bail. He will now be making his debut in the remake of 1983 hit Hero.
Kamal Haasan's Vishwaroopam blacked out: The beginning of the year saw Kamal Haasan's much anticipated spy thriller Vishwaroopam in the news for all the wrong reasons. First, the Tamil Nadu Theatre Owners Association threatened a complete boycott of the film, when Mr Haasan announced a direct-to-home premiere of the film. The DTH launch of the film was cancelled and the release date was postponed from January 10 to January 25.
On January 23, two days before the release of the film, the Tamil Nadu government banned the screening of Vishwaroopam in the state after Muslim groups expressed concern that the film could disturb communal harmony. Soon, protests against the movie spread to neighbouring Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, and Kerala and screenings of the movie were affected. Calling it 'cultural terrorism,' the actor filed a petition in the Madras High Court. On January 29, the ban was lifted by the court but the government appealed against that verdict and won.
It was only on February 1 that the actor reached an agreement with Muslim groups to edit seven scenes from the film which they had found objectionable. The film finally released on February 7 and had fetched Rs 120 crore in first four days.
Shah Rukh Khan and son AbRam: After months of rumours, Shah Rukh Khan confirmed on July 9 that he and wife Gauri had a new son, born via surrogacy and named AbRam. "Amidst all the noise that has been going around, the sweetest is the one made by our newborn baby, AbRam. He was born prematurely by several months, but has finally come home," Shah Rukh had said in a statement.
The actor also rubbished reports that they had used sex determination tests ahead of AbRam's birth. "Just to put the record straight there was no sex determination for our child. The baby was born much before the speculations of 'sex determination' and other 'issues' pertaining to the same were being raised in the media by some organisations. Suffice to say his coming home puts to rest completely false and at times insensitive claims of sex determination and alleged illegalities," he said.
The famous Salman-Shah Rukh Khan hug: The film industry's most talked about feud seemingly ended at Mumbai politician Baba Siddique's iftaar party on July 22, 2013 with a hug between the two warring Khans Salman and Shah Rukh.
However, this was not The End. Salman declared on TV show Koffee With Karan: "I am 100% sure that we will not be best of friends again. He's got his family and he's gone his way and I've gone my way. He doesn't need me, I don't need him."
Aamir Khan is one of Time's 100: The Satyamev Jayate effect spilled over from 2012 into 2013, propelling Aamir Khan into Time Magazine's list of 100 Most Influential People as a ‘pioneer.' A R Rahman wrote for Time: "A man of his word. His movies are commercial successes — Lagaan was nominated for an Academy Award — but they also display a sense of social responsibility: they tackle important themes, like poverty and education. He uses his gifts as a charmer to give his audience the most bitter medicine. Hypnotized, we take it without complaint. That's Aamir's magic at work."
The actor also featured on one of the seven special edition covers of the 2013 Time 100 issue and also attended the Time celebratory dinner in New York where he hung out with Oscar winning actor Daniel Day-Lewis at the party.
Angelina Jolie's double mastectomy: "I had a double mastectomy." A statement that shook the world when Oscar winning actress Angelina Jolie announced that she underwent a preventive double mastectomy after learning that she was carrying a gene that could cause breast cancer. She made the announcement in the form of an op-ed she wrote for The New York Times in May under the headline, My Medical Choice.
"My mother fought cancer for almost a decade and died at 56. She held out long enough to meet the first of her grandchildren and to hold them in her arms. But my other children will never have the chance to know her and experience how loving and gracious she was," she wrote in the column, giving reasons for her decision.
While her fiance Brad Pitt hailed her as 'absolutely heroic,' celebrities welcomed her decision calling her 'sexier than ever.'
Miley Cyrus twerks, leaves MTV crowd stunned: The former Disney princess completed the dismantling of her previous Hannah Montana image in a spectacularly risqué style at the MTV Video Music Awards on August 25 with a raunchy bump-and-grind against fellow musician Robin Thicke. She twerked, stripped and stuck out her tongue. Not only did her X-rated moves lead to her being widely slammed, it also caused the eventual breakdown of her engagement to actor Liam Hemsworth.
Daniel Day-Lewis makes history: Oscar day turned out to be Daniel's Day. Lincoln star Daniel Day-Lewis became the only man to win three Best Actor Oscars for playing the US President in Steven Spielberg's biopic. The Irish actor previously won Oscars for his role in My Left Foot and There Will Be Blood.
With his third golden man, Daniel Day-Lewis graduated from a league of extraordinary gentlemen that includes Spencer Tracy, Marlon Brando, Gary Cooper, Tom Hanks, Dustin Hoffman, Fredric March, Jack Nicholson and Sean Penn – all winners of two Best Actor Oscars.
