October 26, 2004

Mallika Sherawat's sizzle fizzles out at the BO!

Mallika Sherawat finally has a flop in her hands.

Her new film, Kis Kiski Kismat, with Dharmendra, was touted to be a really hot movie. However, it fared badly at the box office. One can't help but wonder if the censored promos had anything to do with this.

Ram Gopal Varma's Factory production Vaastu Shastra held a lot of promise, as it was supposed to be scarier than Varma's earlier horror flick hit, Bhoot. But the film sank.

Note: Films are ranked according to their release dates.





Vaastu Shastra

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

Weak story, poor background sound, bad ending.

Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: Flop.

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: New.
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: 1.
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: 2.
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: 3.
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: 3.
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: 3.
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: 3.
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: 4.
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: 4.
BO Verdict: Flop.

The review



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