August 2, 2005

Rains wash out the BO

Due to heavy rain and flooding, most theatres have had to cancel shows.

Last week's releases -- Yahaan, Seher and 7 1/2 Phere -- have been affected, with all three recording poor openings at the box office.

Note: Films are ranked according to their release dates.





Yahaan

Cast: Jimmy Shergil, Minissha Lamba.
Director: Shoojit Sircar.
Well shot, tight script.

Too simplistic, predictable climax.

Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: Flop.

The review





7 1/2 Phere

Cast: Juhi Chawla, Irrfan.
Director: Isshaan Trivedi.
Juhi Chawla.

Poor performances, aimless subplots, poor humour.

Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: Flop.

The review





Seher

Cast: Arshad Warsi, Mahima Chaudhry.
Director: Kabir Kaushik.
Arshad Warsi, realistic film.

Done to death plot.

Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: Flop.

The review





Viruddh

Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Sharmila Tagore, John Abraham and Anusha Dandekar.
Director: Mahesh Manjrekar.
Amitabh Bachchan, Sharmila Tagore and a good script pre-interval.

Weak second half.

Number of weeks: 1.
BO Verdict: Poor to average.

The review





Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya

Cast: Salman Khan, Sushmita Sen, Katrina Kaif, Sohail Khan.
Director: David Dhawan.
Good slapstick comedy, good music.

Lacks a well-told story.

Number of weeks: 2.
BO Verdict: Doing well.

The review





Dus

Cast: Sanjay Duttt, Suniel Shetty, Abhishek Bachchan, Zayed Khan, Shilpa Shetty, Esha Deol, Dia Mirza.
Director: Anubhav Sinha.
Shilpa Shetty, good action, slick.

Weak story.

Number of weeks: 3.
BO Verdict: Average.

The review





Fareb

Cast: Shilpa Shetty, Manoj Bajpai, Shamita Shetty.
Director: Deepak Tijori.
The Shetty sisters.

Predictable, loose story.

Number of weeks: 3.
BO Verdict: Flop.

The review





Mansarovar

Cast: Atul Kulkarni, Neha Dubey, Zafar Karachiwala.
Director: Anup Kurian.
Great performances, beautiful locales.

Moves at a slow pace.

Number of weeks: 3.
BO Verdict: Flop.

The review





Matrubhoomi

Cast: Tulip Joshi, Subhant Singh.
Director: Manish Jha.
Novel subject, powerful performances.

Slow pace, not a family film.

Number of weeks: 3.
BO Verdict: Flop.





Sarkar

Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Kay Kay, Katrina Kaif, Supriya Pathak.
Director: Ram Gopal Varma.
Very well shot, powerful performances.

Bad scripting, shoddy editing, could have been great.

Number of weeks: 4.
BO Verdict: Hit in Mumbai, semi hit in South India.

The review



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