Alia Bhatt and Shah Rukh Khan starrer ‘Dear Zindagi’ is the most popular movie of the year on Google Play in India, Google announced, followed by ‘Moana’ and ‘Wonder Woman’.
The movie which focuses on the problems of the youth was a fresh take on life and the hurdles it presents.
‘Photo Editor – Beauty Camera & Photo Filters’ and ‘Messenger Lite’ were top trending apps in 2017, the company said.
Locally-developed ‘Baahubali: The Game’ beat international games like ‘WWE Champions’, ‘Super Mario Run’ and ‘Pokémon Duel’ on Google Play.
‘Saahore Baahubali’ by M.M. Keeravaani was the most streamed song of 2017, followed by ‘Ik Vaari Aa’ by Arijit Singh, ‘Mercy’ by Badshah, ‘Main Tera Boyfriend’ by Arijit Singh, and ‘Cheez Badi’ by Neha Kakkar.
In the ‘top books of 2017’ category, ‘An Unsuitable Boy’ by Karan Johar bagged the top spot. It was followed by ‘India 2017’ by New Media Wing, ‘Khullam Khulla: Rishi Kapoor Uncensored’ by Rishi Kapoor, ‘I Do What I Do’ by Raghuram G. Rajan and ‘Adiyogi: The Source of Yoga’ by Sadhguru.
Every year, Google publishes a list of most popular apps, games, music, movies and books on its digital distribution service Google Play.
On the global front, HBO’s hit show ‘Game of Thrones’ took the top spot – for the second year in a row, coming ahead of ‘Rick and Morty’ and ‘The Walking Dead’ as the most popular TV shows.
Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Humble’ beat Ed Sheeran’s ‘Shape of You’ as Google Play’s most streamed song of 2017.
