Dabangg, Singham and Rowdy Rathore had made way for a dozen hardcore action films, many of them being remakes of South Indian super hits. And the latest in Bollywood, where only the box office dictates, is a surfeit of love stories.

The queue outside the Bhatt brothers' office has corporate honchos asking Mahesh Bhatt and his creative team to quickly develop the scripts of Aashiqui-3, 4 and even 5. Such is the hurry to cash in on a young, fresh romantic caper with lilting music.

Film corporations who normally follow trends are busy acquiring or producing myriad love capers. Check this out: In the next six months, you will have at least 10 love stories releasing. There is Aanand L Rai's Raanjhanaa, Prabhudheva's Ramaiya Vastavaiya, Joe Rajan's Luv U Soniyo, Subhash Ghai's Kaanchi; and Abhishek Nayyar's Two States.

Mohit Suri, the new messiah of love stories, says that he accepted Aashiqui-2 because a love story would help him break away from the dark films he had done earlier. Also, he had always been a huge fan of love stories like Titanic and Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge. The die-hard romantic that he is, Aashiqui-2 fulfilled a need within him and of course, the rest is history.

Kumar Taurani, whose son Girish makes a debut with Ramaiya Vastavaiya, says, "The super success of Aashiqui-2 has given all love stories a boost. While it may be argued that every Bollywood film from the start has romance at its core, the quintessential love story with a younger pair, good songs and a little old world charm is definitely back in demand." — TOI