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At the BO Suniel, Sanju are no-shows |
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The Valentine's week did not see any romantic films at the marquee. Instead, it saw a supernatural and a patriotic film.
Mani Shankar's Rudraksh was expected to fare decently, thanks to its cast and the fact that his debut film, 16 December, did well. But Rudraksh bombed. The other film, I Proud To Be An Indian, had a lower opening, thanks to its outdated story.
Note: Films are ranked according to their release dates. |
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Rudraksh Cast: Sanjay Dutt, Suniel Shetty, Bipasha Basu, Ishaa Koppikar Director: Mani Shankar  Star names in the cast lineup. Tacky SFX, absurd story, boring music.Number of weeks: New BO Verdict: Flop |
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I Proud To Be Indian Cast: Sohail Khan, Hina, Imran Ahmed, Asif Sheikh, Mona Ambegaonkar, Kulbhushan Kharbanda Director: Puneet Sira Rich concept.Half-baked characters, poor screenplay.Number of weeks: New BO Verdict: Flop |
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Jaago Cast: Raveena Tandon, Manoj Bajpai, Sanjay Kapoor Director: Mehul Kumar Sincere performances, no songs.The sensitive issue of rape is handled tackily.Number of weeks: 1 BO Verdict: Flop |
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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: 2 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: 2 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: 3 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: 3 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: 4 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: 4 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: 5 BO Verdict: Flop |
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Last week's box office results
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