November 2, 2004

Cold Box Office waits for Diwali!

Morning Raga was not expected to do well beyond the metros and their multiplexes, but even here it is opening to empty seats.

The film, starring Shabana Azmi and Perizaad Zorabian, sank in a fleeting appearance without making any impact at the box office. However, the performances have been generously appreciated.

Pankuj Parashar's thriller Inteqam opened to loads of hype as the veteran director called it among his best works to date. Audiences, though, totally rejected his offering, which was sensationalised in the pre-publicity and promos because of Nethra Raghuraman's skin-show.

Note: Films are ranked according to their release dates.





Morning Raga

Cast: Shabana Azmi, Perizaad Zorabian, Prakash Rao, Lilette Dubey.
Director: Mahesh Dattani.
Terrific performances, unique soundtrack.

Tries too hard to be a 'fusion' film, emotionally weak

Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: Flop.

The review





Inteqam

Cast: Manoj Bajpai, Isha Koppikar, Nethra Raghuraman, Sharat Saxena and Sushmita Mukherjee.
Director: Pankuj Parashar.
Different plot, skin show, Sharat Saxena is funny.

Slow paced, songs kill suspense, bad acting.

Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: Flop.

The review





Vaastu Shastra

Cast: Sushmita Sen, Chakravarty, Peeya Rai Choudhury, Ehsaas.
Director: Sourabh Usha Narang.
Really scary!

Weak story, poor background sound, bad ending.

Number of weeks: 1.
BO Verdict: Average.

The review





Kis Kiski Kismat

Cast: Mallika Sherawat, Dharmendra, Rati Agnihotri, Siddharth Makkar.
Director: Govind Menon.
A great bachelor film.

Poor direction, over-the-top performances.

Number of weeks: 1.
BO Verdict: Flop.

The review





Dil Bechara Pyaar Ka Maara

Cast: Vikaas Kalantri, Aslam Khan, Divya Palat, Aman Sondhi, Jonita Dulla, Mallika Kapoor, Rajpal Yadav, Shahzad Khan
Director: Onkarnath Mishra.
Can't think of any!

Silly story, bad dialogues, terrible performances, below-average music...the list goes on.

Number of weeks: 2.
BO Verdict: Flop.

The review





Bride And Prejudice

Cast: Aishwarya Rai, Martin Henderson, Namrata Shirodkar, Meghna Kothari, Peeya Rai Choudhury, Naveen Andrews, Indira Verma, Nadira Babbar, Anupam Kher.
Director: Gurinder Chadha.
Good performances; a feel-good film.

Ash can't act; story lacks depth, too many stereotypes.

Number of weeks: 3.
BO Verdict: Flop.

The review





Tauba Tauba

Cast: Payal Rohatgi, Monalisa, Rubina, Rocky Sandhu.
Director: T L V Prasad.
Some hot women.

No story, definitely not a family entertainer.

Number of weeks: 4.
BO Verdict: Average.

The review





Popcorn Khao Mast Ho Jao

Cast: Tanisha, Akshay Kapoor, Rashmi Nigam, Yash Tonk, Deepak Tijori.
Director: Kabir Sadanand.
A couple of comical scenes.

Boring story, poor performances.

Number of weeks: 4.
BO Verdict: Flop.

The review





Dance Like A Man

Cast: Shobana, Arif Zakaria, Anoushka Shankar, Mohan Agashe, Samir Soni.
Director: Pamela Rooks.
Shobana.

Poor cinematography, bad editing, below-average performances from the rest of the cast.

Number of weeks: 4.
BO Verdict: Flop.

The review





Lets Enjoy

Cast: Sahil Gupta, Arzoo Govitrikar, Ashish Chowdhry, Roshni Chopra and Vinod Sherawat.
Director: Siddhart Anand Kumar and Ankur Tewari.
Bhangra music.

So, what was this film about?

Number of weeks: 4.
BO Verdict: Flop

The review



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