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The first Friday of 2004 saw only one release: the Bipasha Basu-Dino Morea starrer Ishq Hai Tumse. But the film could not capatalise on its single opening and crashed at the box-office.
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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Kal Ho Na Ho Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Preity Zinta, Jaya Bachchan Director: Nikhil Advani  Well-written, good direction and performances. Excessive melodrama and nothing for rural centres.Number of weeks: 5 BO Verdict: Super Hit |
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LoC-Kargil Cast: Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Sanjay Dutt, Namrata Shirodkar, Abhishek Bachchan, Esha Deol, Ajay Devgan, Rani Mukerji, Suniel Shetty, Isha Koppikar, Sanjay Kapoor, Raveena Tandon, Raj Babbar, Akshaye Khanna, Kim Sharma, Nagarjuna, Manoj Bajpai, Mahima Chaudhry Director: J P Dutta Story, amazing starcast, music.Lengthy, less time devoted to each character.Number of weeks: 1 BO Verdict: Average |
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Munnabhai MBBS Cast: Sanjay Dutt, Sunil Dutt, Gracy Singh, Arshad Warsi, Jimmy Shergil, Boman Irani Director: Rajkumar Hirani Good humour, funny dialogues.Totally Mumbai-oriented.Number of weeks: 2 BO Verdict: Average |
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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: New BO Verdict: Flop |
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Dil Pardesi Ho Gaya Cast: Kapil Jhaveri, Saloni Aswani, Ashutosh Rana, Amrish Puri, Prem Chopra Director: Sawaan Kumar Deals about peace between India and Pakistan.Preaches in a jingoistic way, poor performances.Number of weeks: 3 BO Verdict: Flop |
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Baghban Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini, Paresh Rawal, Lilette Dubey, Aman Verma, Samir Soni, Divya Dutta, Suman Ranganathan, Nasir Khan, Asrani, Sahil Chadda, Rimi Sen, Yash Pathak Director: Ravi Chopra Moving performances from AB and Hema Malini.Tired plot. Audience disinterested in watching an oldies' romance.Number of weeks: 12 BO Verdict: Hit |
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Fun2ssh Cast: Paresh Rawal, Gulshan Gover, Farida Jalal, Ashish Vidyarthy, Kadar Khan, Anuj Sawhney, Iqbal Khan Director: Imtiaz Punjabi Paresh Rawal's comic performance.Poor performances from the rest of the cast.Number of weeks: 2 BO Verdict: Flop |
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Janasheen Cast: Feroz Khan, Fardeen Khan, Celina Jaitley Director: Feroz Khan Glossy, technically sleek.Poor performances, old-fashioned plot.Number of weeks: 5 BO Verdict: Flop |
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Tehzeeb Cast: Shabana Azmi, Urmila Matondkar, Arjun Rampal, Dia Mirza Director: Khalid Mohamed Shabana Azmi's acting, Santosh Sivan's cinematography.Too many item numbers, over-the-top performances by Urmila and Arjun, no focus on screenplay.Number of weeks: 4 BO Verdict: Flop |
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Wrong Number Cast: Pravin Dabas, Richal Pallod, Rakesh Bapat, Rinku Ghosh, Vrajesh Hirjee Director: Jignesh M Vaishnav Well-executed murder scenes.Pads up the murder scenes excessively, too many songs.Number of weeks: 3 BO Verdict: Flop |
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Trade expert: Indu Mirani
Last week's box office results
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