Aamir Khan has emerged as the most powerful man in Bollywood in the Filmfare power list for a second year running. And he has beaten Shah Rukh Khan for the third straight year in a row.
Aamir has had a blockbuster year with '3 Idiots' towards the end of 2009 and 'Ghajini' from late 2008 (that continued to wow the box office well into 2009). Comparatively, Shah Rukh's 'Billu' flopped and he had a guest appearance in another flop 'Dulha Mil Gaya'.
Third on the list was Rajkumar Hirani, the director of '3 Idiots', followed by A R Rahman (who picked up two Oscars for 'Slumdog Millionaire' in the course of 2009). On the number five spot was Karan Johar's Dharma Productions followed by Yashraj Films and Aamir Khan Productions.
Kareena Kapoor was number eight on the list , next came Hrithik Roshan, followed by Katrina Kaif on the number 10 spot.