December 14, 2004

Musafir sinks at the BO

Last week's two releases were Musafir and Rok Sako To Rok Lo.

Sanjay Gupta's Musafir has been promoted for months, but to little effect. The film has recieved a universal critical bashing by all those who took the time to watch it!

Professor Arindam Chaudhuri's Rok Sako To Rok Lo was a film claiming to be a surefire hit, and that Bollywood is also a predictable business enterprise. As predicted by most, it sank like a stone.

Note: Films are ranked according to their release dates.





Musafir

Cast: Sanjay Dutt, Anil Kapoor, Sameera Reddy, Mahesh Manjrekar, Koena Mitra.
Director: Sanjay Gupta.
Slick, stylish film.

Derivative plot, no substance

Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: Flop.

The review





Rok Sako To Rok Lo

Cast: Sunny Deol, Namrata Shirodkar, Yash Pandit, Manjari.
Director: Arindam Choudhari.
Good music.

Badly written, shallow characters, predictable.

Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: Flop.

The review





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: 1.
BO Verdict: Flop.

The review





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: 2.
BO Verdict: Hit.

The review





Ab... Bas

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: 2.
BO Verdict: Flop.

The review





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: 4.
BO Verdict: Hit.

The review





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: 4.
BO Verdict: Hit.

The review





Aitraaz

Cast: Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra.
Director: Abbas-Mustan.
Decent performances, good music and novel Bollywood story.

Terrible dialogues.

Number of weeks: 4.
BO Verdict: Average.

The review





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: 4.
BO Verdict: Flop.

The review





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 weak

Number of weeks: 5.
BO Verdict: Flop.

The review



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