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Ek Se Badhkar Ek: a non-starter |
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Last week's release, Ek Se Badhkar Ek, could not recreate Kundan Shah's magic, like his Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron and Kya Kehna.
Not only was ESBE in the making for a long, long time, but it also starred a non-happening cast of Suniel Shetty, Raveena Tandon and Shekhar Suman.
Note: Films are ranked according to their release dates. |
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Ek Se Badhkar Ek Cast: Suniel Shetty, Raveena Tandon, Isha Koppikar, Shekhar Suman. Director: Kundan Shah.  Has its share of comic moments. Tries to ape Shah's classic debut Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron, but fails.Number of weeks: New. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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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: 1. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Rakht Cast: Sanjay Dutt, Suniel Shetty, Bipasha Basu, Dino Morea, Amrita Arora, Neha Dhupia. Director: Mahesh Manjrekar. Chilling.Resorts to 'horror' effects patented by the first family of Indian horror, the Ramsay brothers; unnecessarily violent.Number of weeks: 2. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Hum Kaun Hai Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Dimple Kapadia, Dharmendra. Director: Ravi Shankar Sharma. Gorgeous Dimple.Poor copy of Hollywood's The Others.Number of weeks: 2. BO Verdict: Flop |
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Dhoom Cast: Abhishek Bachchan, Uday Chopra, John Abraham, Esha Deol, Rimii Sen. Director: Sanjay Gadhvi. Gripping action; good performances; fast pace.Script has holes, but who cares?Number of weeks: 4. BO Verdict: The year's biggest hit. |
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Phir Milenge Cast: Salman Khan, Shilpa Shetty, Abhishek Bachchan. Director: Revathy. Sensitive, informative tale about AIDS.Drags at times.Number of weeks: 4. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Fida Cast: Kareena Kapoor, Fardeen Khan, Shahid Kapoor. Director: Ken Ghosh. Good performances, entertaining thriller.Inconsistencies in the script.Number of weeks: 5. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Sholay Cast: Dharmendra, Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini, Jaya Bachchan, Sanjeev Kumar, Amjad Khan. Director: Ramesh Sippy. The classic. What more can we say?Nothing that we -- or a generation of critics before us! -- can think of.Number of weeks: 6 (in its new avatar, that is). BO Verdict: Semi-hit.
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Kyun! Ho Gaya Na... Cast: Aishwarya Rai, Vivek Oberoi, Amitabh Bachchan. Director: Samir Karnik. Fun in parts; good music.Wafer thin storyline, strung together with elasticine.Number of weeks: 7. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Taarzan: The Wonder Car Cast: Vatsal Seth, Ayesha Takia. Special appearance: Ajay Devgan. Director: Abbas-Mustan. Snazzy car; fun for kids.Newcomers have low appeal.Number of weeks: 8. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Design: Uday Kuckian
Last week's box office results
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