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Last week saw two terrible films on the marquee, and people, expectedly, stayed away from them.
Meanwhile, Zeher seems to have picked up, and is faring well at the box-office.
Note: Films are ranked according to their release dates. |
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Laila Cast: Payal Rohatgi, Chesz Shetty. Director: Vicky G.  None at all! Terrible film with terrible performances.Number of weeks: New. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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C U @ 9 Cast: Shweta Kumari, Isaiah. Director: Marlon Rodrigues. Are you kidding?Poor excuse of a movie.Number of weeks: New. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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My Brother... Nikhil Cast: Sanjay Suri, Juhi Chawla, Victor Banerjee. Director: Onir. Sensitive storyline, realistic portrayal.Lack of originality.Number of weeks: 1. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Zeher Cast: Emraan Hashmi, Shamita Shetty, Udita Goswami. Director: Mohit Suri. Gripping second half.Drags in the first half, predictable Hollywood-inspired thrills.Number of weeks: 1. BO Verdict: Average. |
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Tango Charlie Cast: Bobby Deol, Ajay Devgan, Nandana Sen, Tanishaa. Director: Mani Shankar. Bobby Deol acts well; action scenes are impressively shot.Plot loses steam in second half; story tends to drag.Number of weeks: 1. BO Verdict: Disaster. |
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Karam Cast: John Abraham, Priyanka Chopra. Director: Sanjay F Gupta. Good performances.Too many loopholes, too many songs, very slow.Number of weeks: 3. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Chai Pani Etc Cast: Konkona Sensharma, Zafar Karachiwala. Director: Manu Rewal. Good perforamnces, hatke film, explores a grim subject like corruption with humour.Too simplistic, ends up selling Brand India, the very thing it sets to criticise.Number of weeks: 3. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Socha Na Tha Cast: Abhay Deol, Ayesha Takia. Director: Imtiaz ALi. Light-hearted movie, with a good story and hummable music.Tends to drag, loud performances by the supporting cast.Number of weeks: 4. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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White Noise Cast: Rahul Bose, Koel Purie. Director: Vinta Nanda. Koel Purie looks VERY attractive, Rahul Bose gives a restrained performanceShallow script, characters are hard to like.Number of weeks: 4. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Bewafaa Cast: Akshay Kumar, Anil Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor, Sushmita Sen, Manoj Bajpai. Director: Dharmesh Darshan. Akshay Kumar, title track is well choreographed and catchy.Bad, predictable screenplay, amateurish acting.Number of weeks: 5. BO Verdict: Average. |
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Design: Uday Kuckian
Last week's box-office results
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