September 30, 2003
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Ajay Devgan scores again!

Ajay Devgan woos the box office with another release this week. His lucky streak at the turnstiles seems to have rubbed off on debutant director Rohit Shetty's Zameen and on Abhishek Bachchan; this could be the latter's first film to fare well at the box office.

The other two releases this week -- the late Anant Balani's Mumbai Matinee and N Chandra's Xcuse Me -- did not enjoy the same popularity as Zameen.

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: 7
BO Verdict: Superhit

The review





Zameen

Cast: Ajay Devgan, Abhishek Bachchan, Bipasha Basu
Director: Rohit Shetty
Great action.

The extraordinarily long car chases. The slow motion action shots.

Number of weeks: New
BO Verdict: Average

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: 2
BO Verdict: Average

The review





Mumbai Matinee

Cast: Rahul Bose, Perizaad Zorabian, Saurabh Shukla, Vijay Raaz, Asrani
Director: Anant Balani
A great performance from Bose.

Incoherent storyline.

Number of weeks: New
BO Verdict: Flop

The review





Xcuse Me

Cast: Sahil Khan, Sharmaan Joshi, Jaya Seal, Sonali Joshi
Director: N Chandra
Joshi's comic timing.

Xcuse Me is like a sitcom without the recorded laughter.

Number of weeks: New
BO Verdict: Flop

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: 3
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: 2
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: 1
BO Verdict: Flop

The review





Gangaajal

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

Unoriginal, overused plot.

Number of weeks: 4
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: 5
BO Verdict: Hit

The review



  Trade expert: Indu Mirani
  Design: Uday Kuckian

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