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Amitabh Bachchan's film bombs at the box office |
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Yash Chopra's latest release, Neal 'N' Nikki fared the best out of the three releases last week. But even though it opened well at the multiplexes, it remains to be seen whether the film will work in the long run.
Expectations for Ek Ajnabee were high, as its leading man Amitabh Bachchan was in the hospital, and the sympathy factor was expected to kick in. But the movie fared just about average. Mahesh Bhatt's Kalyug fared the worst.
Note: Films are ranked according to their release dates. |
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Ek Ajnabee Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Arjun Rampal, Perizaad Zorabian. Director: Apoorva Lakhia.  Amitabh Bachchan, good music. Slow second-half.Number of weeks: New. BO Verdict: Average opening. |
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Neal N Nikki Cast: Uday Chopra, Tanisha. Director: Arjun Sablok. Catchy music, some fun dialogues.Bad acting, zero plot.Number of weeks: New. BO Verdict: Decent opening. |
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Kalyug Cast: Kunal Khemu, Deepal Shaw, Emraan Hashmi. Director: Mohit Suri. Novel plot, great music.Too many flaws in the script.Number of weeks: New. BO Verdict: Poor opening. |
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Apaharan Cast: Ajay Devhan, Nana Patekar, Bipasha Basu. Director: Prakash Jha. Great acting especially from Nana Patekar, dialogues with punch.Climax is too long, second half drags.Number of weeks: 1. BO Verdict: Average. |
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Mr Ya Miss Cast: Antara Mali, Riteish Deshmukh, Aftab Shivdasani. Directors: Antara Mali, Satchit Puranik. Interesting concept, Ritesh Deshmukh and Divya Dutt perform well.Awful direction, story drags, over the top performances.Number of weeks: 1. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Home Delivery Cast: Viveik Oberoi, Mahima Chaudhry, Ayesha Takia, Boman Irani. Director: Sujoy Ghosh. Some good performances, funky music, stylish film.Weak plot, repetitive dialogues.Number of weeks: 1. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Deewane Huye Pagal Cast: Akshay Kumar, Shahid Kapoor, Paresh Rawal, Suniel Shetty, Rimii. Director: Vikram Bhatt. Akshay Kumar, hilarious dialougues, good climax.Boring music, no novelty in the story.Number of weeks: 2. BO Verdict: Average in Mumbai, poor elsewhere. |
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The Film Cast: Mahima Chaudhry, Khaled Siddiqui, Vaibhav Jhalani, Chaahat Khanna, Ravi Gosain, Irrfan and Ananya Khare. Director: Junaid Memon. Great suspense, good script and some decent performances.Mahima Chaudhry, inane dialogues.Number of weeks: 2. BO Verdict: Disaster. |
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Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena Cast: Fardeen Khan, Koena Mitra, Feroz Khan and Kay Kay Menon. Director: Suparn Verma. Good direction, fast-paced, Firoz Khan.Bad performances.Number of weeks: 3. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Taj Mahal: An Eternal Love Story Cast: Kabir Bedi, Zulfikar Sayed, Soniya Jehan, Pooja Batra, Arbaaz Khan and Manisha Koirala. Director: Akbar Khan. Some decent performances.Tacky sets, dragging screenplay.Number of weeks: 3. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Design: Uday Kuckian
Last week's box-office results
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