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Maqbool: Critically sound, commercially sorry |
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Last week saw small-budget films making it to the marquee.
The critically-acclaimed Maqbool may not find a big audience, though it has been well appreciated at prestigious international film festivals. Pooja Bhatt's directorial debut Paap was not as lucky and successful as her previous production, Jism. Industrialist Vijaypat Singhania's first filmi venture, Woh Tera Naam Tha bombed.
Note: Films are ranked on the basis of their performance at the box-office every week. Though a film may be declared a flop, it may have performed better than the other films that week. |
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Maqbool Cast: Tabu, Irrfan, Pankaj Kapoor, Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri, Masumi Director: Vishal Bharadwaj  Superb performances, technically sound direction. Slow paced, will appeal only a niche audience.Number of weeks: New BO Verdict: Flop |
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Paap Cast: John Abraham, Udita Goswami, Mohan Agashe Director: Pooja Bhatt Good music and locations.Poor performances, bad voice modulations.Number of weeks: New BO Verdict: Flop |
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Khakee Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Ajay Devgan, Akshay Kumar, Aishwarya Rai, Tusshar Kapoor, Atul Kulkarni. Director: Rajkumar Santoshi Detailed characterisation of every actor. AB's first rate performanceToo many action scenes in the first half.Number of weeks: 1 BO Verdict: Average |
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Aetbaar Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, John Abraham, Bipasha Basu Director: Vikram Bhatt Amitabh Bachchan.Bhatt packages last year's Inteha in a new parcel.Number of weeks: 1 BO Verdict: Flop |
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Ek Hasina Thi Cast: Urmila Matondkar, Saif Ali Khan, Seema Biswas Director: Sriram Raghavan Great performances, film shows the darker side of love.Script is too convenient and does not offer explanations for things like Urmila's competence with a gun, shadowing people and killing.Number of weeks: 2 BO Verdict: Flop |
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God Only Knows Cast: Anjan Srivastava, Dilip Prabhavalkar, Vijoo Khote, Sharbani Mukherjee, Vihang Nayak, Kishore Pradhan, Shahriyar Atai Director: Bharat Dabholkar Good comedy.Some of the jokes seemed forced.Number of weeks: 2 BO Verdict: Flop |
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Chameli Cast: Kareena Kapoor, Rahul Bose, Rinke Khanna, Yashpal Sharma, Makrand Deshpande Director: Sudhir Mishra Chameli attempts to be different; great performance from Rahul Bose; good music.Stagey look, half-baked characters.Number of weeks: 3 BO Verdict: Flop |
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Plan Cast: Sanjay Dutt, Dino Morea, Sanjay Suri, Bikram Saluja, Rohit Roy, Mahesh Manjrekar, Priyanka Chopra, Sameera Reddy, Riya Sen, Payal Rohatgi Director: Hriday Shetty Good chemistry between the four boys, great performance from Sanjay Dutt.Slack in the second half. Once Dutt makes his entry, the others fade into the background.Number of weeks: 3 BO Verdict: Flop |
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Paisa Vasool Cast: Manisha Koirala, Sushmita Sen, Sushant Singh, Makarand Deshpande Director: Srinivas Bhashyam Zany humour, great show from Sushmita.Cannot hold viewer interest, gets repetitive.Number of weeks: 3 BO Verdict: Flop |
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Ishq Hai Tumse Cast: Bipasha Basu, Dino Morea, Alok Nath, Gokhale, Neena Kulkarni, Tiku Talsania, Beena, Himani Shivpuri Director: G Krishna Good performance from Dino.Story is very old-fashioned, poor music.Number of weeks: 4 BO Verdict: Flop |
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Design: Uday Kuckian
Last week's box office results
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