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The year at the box-office has been a good one, with several films actually making it to the hit list, unlike the last couple of dismal years. However, unpredictability has been the flavour of 2004, with the unlikeliest prospects doing well.
Anil Sharma's India-Pakistan Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Saathiyo opened to a lukewarm response in the metros. Rituparno Ghosh's intense, minimalist, love story, Raincoat ensured a proportionately minimal attendance in theatres.
Note: Films are ranked according to their release dates. |
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Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Saathiyo Cast: Akshay Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan, Bobby Deol, Kapil Sharma, Divya Khosla. Director: Anil Sharma.  Some well written shayari, Bobby Deol is good Confused plot, misguided concept, overused Army Amitabh.Number of weeks: New. BO Verdict: Average. |
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Raincoat Cast: Ajay Devgan, Aishwarya Rai. Director: Rituparno Ghosh. Subtle, mature love story. Good acting.Slow-paced, direction tends to be self-indulgent.Number of weeks: New. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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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: 1. BO Verdict: 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: 2. 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: 2. 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: 3. 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: 4. 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: 4. 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: 6. 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: 6. BO Verdict: Hit. |
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Design: Uday Kuckian
Last week's box office results
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