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The entire nation and Diaspora, it seemed, were looking forward to Ashutosh Gowariker's Swades, his first film after the Oscar-nominated Lagaan.
Unfortunately, Swades, despite starring Shah Rukh Khan in the best role of his career, is fighting hard to stay afloat at the Indian and the US box-office.
Note: Films are ranked according to their release dates. |
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Swades Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Rajesh Vivek, Dayashankar Pandey, Gayatri Joshi. Director: Ashutosh Gowariker.  Shah Rukh Khan, great music, well-intentioned. Too long and preachy.Number of weeks: New. BO Verdict: On its way to become a flop. |
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Musafir Cast: Sanjay Dutt, Anil Kapoor, Sameera Reddy, Mahesh Manjrekar, Koena Mitra. Director: Sanjay Gupta. Slick, stylish.Derivative plot, no substanceNumber of weeks: 1. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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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: 1. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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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: 2. 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: 3. BO Verdict: Hit. |
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Ab... Bas Cast: Diana Hayden, Shawar Ali. Director: Rajesh Singh. We still haven't thought of one.Terrible performances, startling resemblance to J-Lo starrer Enough.Number of weeks: 3. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Veer-Zaara Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Preity Zinta, Rani Mukerji. Director: Yash Chopra. Typical Yash Chopra film. Generous doses of old fashioned romance, drama and picturesque locales.Too many songs, poor editing, predictable characters.Number of weeks: 5. 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: 5. 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: 5. BO Verdict: Average. |
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Naach Cast: Abhishek Bachchan, Antara Mali. Director: Ram Gopal Varma. Good direction, realistic.Antara tries too hard to be like Urmila Matondkar.Number of weeks: 5. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Last week's box office results
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