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This week saw three releases: Plan, Chameli and Paisa Vasool.
All three were firsts in some aspect or the other: Plan was helmed by first-time director Hriday Shetty; Chameli saw Kareena Kapoor do her first artsy film and Paisa Vasool saw Manisha Koirala debut as a producer. Sadly, the novelty of these films could not garner good collections 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: 6 BO Verdict: Super Hit |
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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: New BO Verdict: Flop |
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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: 2 BO Verdict: Average |
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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: New BO Verdict: Flop |
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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: 3 BO Verdict: Hit |
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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: New 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: 1 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: 4 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: 13 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: 3 BO Verdict: Flop |
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Trade expert: Indu Mirani
Last week's box office results
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