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Rains wash out the BO
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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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Design: Uday Kuckian
Last week's box-office results
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