Google India has declared its ‘Year in Search’ findings as it explained the top search trends of 2021 in the country. It appears to be a strong interest in regional cinema, paving the way for Suriya-starrer Jai Bhim on top of the graphs. The Tamil blockbuster that focuses on real-life struggles of marginalized groups was the most googled film of the year, pursued by the Bollywood film Shershah which starred actor Sidharth Malhotra and Kiara Advani. The film was a biopic on Captain Vikram Batra, and released on Amazon and turned out to be a major turning point in Sidharth Malhotra’s career.
T J Gnanavel’s movie Jai Bhim focuses the spotlight on the issue of institutionalized discrimination and is established on the struggle of an Irula woman Parvathi (played by Sengani) to get justice for her husband, who was arrested and tortured by police in a false trial of thievery. Suriya plays the protagonist, based on the communist lawyer-turned-judge, K Chandru.
Highly predicted Hollywood movies like Godzilla vs Kong and Marvel’s Eternals lined up the list of the top trending movies of this year. Drishyam 2 and Bhuj: The Pride Of India featured on the lists as well. Bhuj: The Pride Of India had a multi-star cast, including Ajay Devgn, Sanjay Dutt, Sonakshi Sinha and Nora Fatehi.
The film personalities that featured the most in Google Search 2021 were:
Aryan Khan: Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan was charged in a drugs case on October 2, and was released on bail at on October 28
Shehnaaz Gill: After Sidharth Shukla passed away from a sudden heart attack in September, netizens, friends and celebrities were distressed about the cognitive and physical health of his lady love, Shehnaaz. After taking a break for a couple of weeks, she returned to shoot for her film, Honsla Rakh.
Raj Kundra: Shilpa Shetty’s husband Raj Kundra was arrested in a porn app case, and was released in September.
Natasha Dalal: Varun Dhawan tied the knot with his girlfriend, designer Natasha Dalal in January, this year.