April 20, 2004
POLL

 Pick your No 1 film
 

Sex over spook!

Sex seems to be the flavour of the month what with the favourable response to films like Murder and Masti.

No wonder the spooky Krishna Cottage failed to thrill. The film met with a thanda response despite the cheesy, but popular, number Bindaas.

Note: Films are ranked according to their release dates.





Krishna Cottage

Cast: Sohail Khan, Natassha, Ishaa Koppikar, Divya Pallat, Hitten Tejwani, Vrajesh Hirjee
Director: Santram Verma
Decent acting, catchy music.

A regular Bollywood horror flick.

Number of weeks: New
BO Verdict: Flop

The review





Masti

Cast: Ajay Devgan, Vivek Oberoi, Aftab Shivdasani, Ritesh Deshmukh, Tara Sharma, Amrita Rao, Genelia D'Souza, Lara Dutta
Director: Indra Kumar
Good comedy, decent performances.

May get crude and vulgar at times.

Number of weeks: 1
BO Verdict: Hit

The review





Silence Please... The Dressing Room

Cast: Salil Ankoli, Sonali Kulkarni, Tom Alter
Director: Sanjay Srinivas
Tom Alter's performance.

Too many subplots and unexplained angles.

Number of weeks: 1
BO Verdict: Flop

The review





Yeh Lamhe Judaai Ke

Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Raveena Tandon
Director: Ritesh Nayyar
Has the usual ingredients of romance, drama and mystery.

Too outdated.

Number of weeks: 1
BO Verdict: Flop






Murder

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

The many steamy scenes will not bring in family audiences.

Number of weeks: 2
BO Verdict: Hit




Meenaxi

Cast: Tabu, Kunal Kapoor, Raghuvir Yadav
Director: M F Husain
Great cinematography by Santosh Sivan, excellent music, good performances.

Not the usual Hindi film, weak characters.

Number of weeks: 2
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: 3
BO Verdict: Average






Woh

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

Weak screenplay, poor performances.

Number of weeks: 3
BO Verdict: Flop




Muskaan

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

Too many subplots, too many songs.

Number of weeks: 3
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: 5
BO Verdict: Hit

The review




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