September 23, 2003
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Boom's busted!

Made for a cost of Rs 18 crore (approximately US $3.93 million), Boom turned out to be a super blooper at the box office.

The film opened decently enough, but from the first day on, collections began to plummet. Evidently, even Amitabh Bachchan and sexy models Madhu Sapre, Padma Lakshmi and Katrina Kaif could not salvage Kaizad Gustad's convoluted movie.

Note: Films are ranked on the basis of their performance at the box office every week. Though a film may be declared a flop, it may have performed better than the other films that week.




Koi... Mil Gaya

Cast: Hrithik Roshan, Preity Zinta, Rekha
Director: Rakesh Roshan
Hrithik Roshan's performance. Jaadoo the alien

Tacky SFX

Number of weeks: 6
BO Verdict: Superhit

The review





Market

Cast: Manisha Koirala, Suman Ranganathan, Shweta Menon, Aryan Vaid, Sayaji Shinde, Makarand Deshpande
Director: Jai Prakash
Great performances, good dialogues

Loud film, too many characters

Number of weeks: 1
BO Verdict: Average

The review





Kuch Naa Kaho

Cast: Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai
Director: Rohan Sippy
Good performance from Abhishek. Great music. Snazzy camerawork. Clean humour

Aishwarya's wimpy performance. No chemistry between the lead pair. Poor climax

Number of weeks: 2
BO Verdict: Flop

The review





Parwana

Cast: Ajay Devgan, Amisha Patel, Pooja Batra, Sharat Saxena, Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Akhilendra Mishra, Ketki Dave, Kader Khan, Jagdeep, Sayaji Shinde, Nawab Shah, Pramod Moutho, Gulshan Grover
Director: Deepak Bahry
Fabulous performance from Ajay Devgan. Good action scenes

Inane, screechy special effects

Number of weeks: 1
BO Verdict: Flop

The review





Boom

Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Jackie Shroff, Gulshan Grover, Katrina Kaif, Padma Lakshmi, Madhu Sapre
Director: Kaizad Gustad
Sleek camerawork

Bizarre plot, excessive sexuality, bad language

Number of weeks: New
BO Verdict: Flop

The review





Gangaajal

Cast: Ajay Devgan, Gracy Singh
Director: Prakash Jha
Ajay's intense performance

Unoriginal, overused plot

Number of weeks: 3
BO Verdict: Average

The review





Tere Naam

Cast: Salman Khan, Bhoomika Chawla
Director: Satish Kaushik
Good performances. Good script

Exaggerated mental asylum scenes

Number of weeks: 4
BO Verdict: Hit

The review





Calcutta Mail

Cast: Anil Kapoor, Rani Mukerji, Manisha Koirala
Director: Sudhir Mishra
Anil Kapoor's power-packed performance. Beautiful visuals of Kolkata

Unimpressive after the interval

Number of weeks: 2
BO Verdict: Flop

The review





Joggers' Park

Cast: Victor Banerjee, Perizaad Zorabian, Abha Dhulia, Divya Dutta, Khalid Siddhiqui, Hiten Tejwani
Director: Anant Balani
Good performances

Sensitive subject not handled sensitively

Number of weeks: 1
BO Verdict: Flop

The review





Hungama

Cast: Akshaye Khanna, Aftab Shivdasani, Rimi Sen, Paresh Rawal
Director: Priyadarsan
Paresh Rawal's gags

Confusing subplots

Number of weeks: 6
BO Verdict: Average

The review



  Trade expert: Indu Mirani
  Design: Uday Kuckian

  Last week's box office results

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