April 6, 2004
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Mallika Sherawat conquers BO!

M F Husain's Meenaxi did not find too many takers this week.

But the third film based on Hollywood's Unfaithful (after Tum? and Hawas), Murder, saw a great opening all over India.

Note: Films are ranked according to their release dates.





Murder

Cast: Mallika Sherawat, Emran Haashmi, Ashmit Patel
Director: Anurag Basu
Good music.

The many steamy scenes will not bring in family audiences.

Number of weeks: New
BO Verdict: Hit





Meenaxi

Cast: Tabu, Kunal Kapoor, Raghuvir Yadav
Director: MF Husain
Great cinamatography, excellent music, good performances.

Not the usual Hindi film, weak characters.

Number of weeks: New
BO Verdict: Flop

The review





Hawas

Cast: Meghna Naidu, Tarun Arora, Shavar Ali
Director: Karan Razdan
Good performances, realistic story.

Film title will not bring in family audiences.

Number of weeks: 1
BO Verdict: Average






Woh

Cast: Priyanshu Malik, Cleo Isaacs, Ayub Khan
Director: Raj Sippy
Interesting plot.

Weak screenplay, poor performances.

Number of weeks: 1
BO Verdict: Flop






Muskaan

Cast: Aftab Shivdasani, Gracy Singh
Director: Rohit-Manish
Captivating locales.

Too many subplots, too many songs.

Number of weeks: 1
BO Verdict: Flop




Ab Tak Chhappan

Cast: Nana Patekar, Revathy, Nakul Vaid
Director: Shimit Amin
Good performances, realistic story.

Poor film editing.

Number of weeks: 3
BO Verdict: Hit

The review





Agnipankh

Cast: Jimmy Shergil, Sameer Dharmadhikari, Rahul Dev, Divya Dutta, Shamita Shetty
Director: Puneet Sira
Some well-executed scenes.

Poor direction, loose script.

Number of weeks: 3
BO Verdict: Flop






Suno Sasurji

Cast: Aftab Shivdasani, Amisha Patel
Director: Vimal Kumar
Sincere performances.

Dull story, slapstick comedy.

Number of weeks: 3
BO Verdict: Flop




Rudraksh

Cast: Sanjay Dutt, Suniel Shetty, Bipasha Basu, Ishaa Koppikar
Director: Mani Shankar
Star names in the cast lineup.

Tacky SFX, absurd story, boring music.

Number of weeks: 4
BO Verdict: Flop

The review





I Proud To Be Indian

Cast: Sohail Khan, Hina, Imran Ahmed, Asif Sheikh, Mona Ambegaonkar, Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Director: Puneet Sira
Rich concept.

Half-baked characters, poor screenplay.

Number of weeks: 4
BO Verdict: Flop

The review



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