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Shaadi fails to ring a bell
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After a long tide of sex films, last week finally saw a family film, Shaadi Ka Laddoo. The other release was the action flick Bardaasht.
Sadly, neither film appealed to the audiences.
Note: Films are ranked according to their release dates.
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Bardaasht
Cast: Bobby Deol, Lara Dutta, Ritesh Deshmukh, Rahul Dev
Director: E Niwas
Good action sequences, decent performances.
Weak and unoriginal script.
Number of weeks: New
BO Verdict: Flop
The review
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Shaadi Ka Laddoo
Cast: Sanjay Suri, Mandira Bedi, Divya Dutta, Aashish Chaudhry
Director: Raj Kaushal
Light-hearted film with witty dialogues, good music.
Wafer-thin plot.
Number of weeks: New
BO Verdict: Flop
The review
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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: 1
BO Verdict: Flop
The review
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Masti
Cast: Ajay Devgan, Vivek Oberoi, Aftab Shivdasani, Riteish Deshmukh, Tara Sharma, Amrita Rao, Genelia D'Souza, Lara Dutta
Director: Indra Kumar
Good comedy, decent performances.
Crude and vulgar at times.
Number of weeks: 2
BO Verdict: Hit
The review
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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: 2
BO Verdict: Flop
The review
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Yeh Lamhe Judaai Ke
Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Raveena Tandon
Director: Ritesh Nayyar
Has the usual ingredients of romance, drama, mystery.
Too outdated.
Number of weeks: 2
BO Verdict: Flop
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Murder
Cast: Mallika Sherawat, Emraan Hashmi, Ashmit Patel
Director: Anurag Basu
Good music.
The many steamy scenes will not bring in family audiences.
Number of weeks: 3
BO Verdict: Hit
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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: 3
BO Verdict: Flop
The review
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Hawas
Cast: Meghna Naidu, Tarun Arora, Shavar Ali
Director: Karan Razdan
Good performances, realistic story.
Title will not bring in family audiences.
Number of weeks: 4
BO Verdict: Average
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Woh
Cast: Priyanshu Malik, Cleo Isaacs, Ayub Khan
Director: Raj Sippy
Interesting plot.
Weak screenplay, poor performances.
Number of weeks: 4
BO Verdict: Flop
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Design: Uday Kuckian
Last week's box office results
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