Aamir Khan secured position number one in this year’s Bollywood Power List compiled by Film Fare. Naturally, it has got to do with his over Rs 250 crore grossing movie Ghajini this year as he was totally absent from the power list last year. It is the biggest hit ever in Bollywood.

Aamir Has scored a hat trick by securing top honors in direction and production as well. In production, Yash and Aditya Chopra are still tops but Aamir is close behind with his two super hits, Jane tu Ya Jane Na and Taare Zameen Par.

A surprise showing was Ronnie Screwvala, a new entrant who has stolen a march over Karan Johar who produced just the one film this year, ‘Dostana‘. Contrast this with Screwvala’s company, UTV Motion Pictures, which has had a golden run in 2008 with commercial success for ‘Jodhaa Akbar’ and critical acclaim for ‘Aamir’ (the film not the actor), ‘A Wednesday’, ‘Welcome to Sajjanpur’, ‘Fashion’, ‘Oye Lucky Lucky Oye’ and ‘Mumbai Meri Jaan’.

Despite all the hype surrounding ‘Singh is Kingg’, Akshay Kumar slid from No. 3 to No. 6, while composer A R Rahman (obviously the poll was a pre-Oscar one) is at No. 8. In a more serious upset, Hrithik Roshan is now at No. 9, having been rocked by filmmaker-turned-actor Farhan Akhtar who is at No. 7.

Kareena Kapoor is the only woman in the top 10, and she’s made it by the skin of her teeth at No. 10. None of the Bachchans grace the coveted list this year