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Khamoshi at the box-office |
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Last week's Khamosh Pani was critically acclaimed but unfortunately, the masses stayed away from it.
They seemed to prefer the much-louder comedy, Hulchul, which is on its way to becoming a big hit.
Note: Films are ranked according to their release dates. |
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Khamosh Pani Cast: Kiron Kher, Aamir Malik, Navtej Johar, Arshad Mahmud, Salman Shahid. Director: Sabiha Sumar.  One of the best films in the Partition genre. Moves at a slow pace, too emotional.Number of weeks: New. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Hulchul Cast: Akshaye Khanna, Kareena Kapoor, Suniel Shetty, Jackie Shroff, Paresh Rawal, Arshad Warsi. Director: Priyadarshan. Paresh Rawal, Arshad Warsi.Much too loud, poor comedy.Number of weeks: 1. BO Verdict: Hit. |
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Ab... Bus Cast: Diana Hayden, Shawar Ali. Director: Rajesh Singh. The film tries to send a positive message to women.Terrible performances, straight lift from JLo starrer Enough.Number of weeks: 1. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Veer-Zaara Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Preity Zinta, Rani Mukerji. Director: Yash Chopra. A typical Yash Chopra film, with generous doses of old fashioned romance, drama and picturesque locales.Too many songs, poor editing, predictable characters.Number of weeks: 3. BO Verdict: Hit. |
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Mughal-e-Azam Cast: Prithviraj Kapoor, Dilip Kumar, Madhubala. Director: K Asif. One of the grandest Indian films of all time.Can't think of any!Number of weeks: 3. BO Verdict: Hit. |
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Aitraaz Cast: Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra. Director: Abbas-Mustan. Decent performances, good music and novel Bollywood story.Terrible dialogues.Number of weeks: 3. BO Verdict: Average. |
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Naach Cast: Abhishek Bachchan, Antara Mali. Director: Ram Gopal Varma. Good direction, realistic new age film.Antara tries too hard to be like Urmila Matondkar.Number of weeks: 3. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Morning Raga Cast: Shabana Azmi, Perizaad Zorabian, Prakash Rao, Lilette Dubey. Director: Mahesh Dattani. Terrific performances, unique soundtrack.Tries too hard to be a fusion film, emotionally weakNumber of weeks: 4. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Inteqam Cast: Manoj Bajpai, Isha Koppikar, Nethra Raghuraman, Sharat Saxena and Sushmita Mukherjee. Director: Pankuj Parashar. Nice plot, oomph, Sharat Saxena is funny.Slow paced, songs kill the suspense, bad acting.Number of weeks: 4. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Vaastu Shastra Cast: Sushmita Sen, Chakravarty, Peeya Rai Choudhury, Ehsaas. Director: Sourabh Usha Narang. Really scary!Weak story, poor background sound, bad ending.Number of weeks: 5. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Design: Uday Kuckian
Last week's box office results
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