October 5, 2004

Sex works at BO!

The steamy run at the box office continues.

Out of the eight releases last week, only Tauba Tauba scored. The film, which has a heavy dose of raunchy scenes and semi-nude women, opened to almost 50 percent collections.

The rest of the films sank without a trace.

Note: Films are ranked according to their release dates.





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: New.
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: New.
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: New.
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: New.
BO Verdict: Flop

The review





King Of Bollywood

Cast: Om Puri, Sophie Dahl, Diwakar Pundir, Manoj Pahwa.
Director: Piyush Jha.
Cheeky look at Bollywood. Om Puri is brilliant!

Om Puri, as lead actor, alas, has limited box office appeal.

Number of weeks: 1.
BO Verdict: Flop.

The review





Madhoshi

Cast: Bipasha Basu, John Abraham, Priyanshu Chatterjee.
Director: Tanveer Khan.
The hit Jism jodi reunite.

Poor performances, boring music, immature treatment.

Number of weeks: 1.
BO Verdict: Flop.

The review





Tumsa Nahin Dekha

Cast: Dia Mirza, Emraan Hashmi, Anupam Kher.
Director: Anurag Bose.
Good music.

Watch a DVD of Amitabh Bachchan's Sharaabi instead!

Number of weeks: 1.
BO Verdict: Flop.

The review





Dobara

Cast: Jackie Shroff, Raveena Tandon, Mahima Chaudhry, Muammar Rana.
Director: Shashi Ranjan.
Good music.

Porous script, awful performances.

Number of weeks: 1.
BO Verdict: Flop

The review





Ek Se Badhkar Ek

Cast: Suniel Shetty, Raveena Tandon, Isha Koppikar, Shekhar Suman.
Director: Kundan Shah.
Some comic moments.

Tries to ape Shah's classic debut Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron, but fails.

Number of weeks: 2.
BO Verdict: Flop.

The review





Dil Ne Jise Apna Kahaa

Cast: Salman Khan, Preity Zinta, Bhoomika Chawla.
Director: Atull Agnihotri.
Atull gets some marks for first attempt.

Age-old story; too much rona-dhona.

Number of weeks: 3.
BO Verdict: Flop.

The review



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