February 22, 2005

Jurm, Chehra sink

The box-office drought continues. Bollywood struggles for hits. The only film to succeed so far this year is Madhur Bhandarkar's Page 3.

Vikram Bhatt's bad phase continues as his new film, Jurm, flops. The other release, another thriller, was Saurabh Shukla's Chehra, which met a worse fate.

Note: Films are ranked according to their release dates.





Jurm

Cast: Bobby Deol, Lara Dutta, Gul Panag, Milind Soman.
Director: Vikram Bhatt.
Good thrills, performances, music.

Predictable screenplay.

Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: Flop.

The review





Chehra

Cast: Bipasha Basu, Dino Morea.
Director: Saurabh Shukla.
Good performances.

Too many loopholes, slow pace, boring.

Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: Flop.

The review





Sheesha

Cast: Neha Dhupia, Sonu Sood.
Director: Ashu Trikha.
Neha Dhupia's tiny wardrobe. Raunchy scenes.

Poor direction, bad performances.

Number of weeks: 1.
BO Verdict: Flop.

The review





Chahat

Cast: Manisha Koirala, Preeti Jhangiani, Aryan Vaid.
Director: Jai Prakash.
Steamy scenes.

A terrible excuse for a movie.

Number of weeks: 1.
BO Verdict: Flop.

The review





Humdum

Cast: Romit Raaj, Anjana Sukhani.
Director: Kushan Nandy.
Novel story, with hilarious moments.

Too many songs.

Number of weeks: 1.
BO Verdict: Flop.

The review





Black

Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Rani Mukerji, Ayesha Kapur.
Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali.
Excellent performances, heart-warming story.

Too dramatic, too loud, tries too hard to tug at emotions.

Number of weeks: 2.
BO Verdict: Flop.

The review





Shabd

Cast: Sanjay Dutt, Aishwarya Rai, Zayed Khan.
Director: Leena Yadav.
Sanjay Dutt, great visuals.

Abstract story, hard to identify with.

Number of weeks: 2.
BO Verdict: Flop.

The review





Padmashree Laloo Prasad Yadav

Cast: Suniel Shetty, Mahesh Manjrekar, Masumeh Makhija, Kim Sharma, Anupama Varma, Johnny Lever.
Director: Mahesh Manjrekar.
Good music.

Terrible comedy, poor plot.

Number of weeks: 3.
BO Verdict: Flop.

The review





Blackmail

Cast: Ajay Devgan, Suniel Shetty, Priyanka Chopra, Dia Mirza.
Director: Anil Devgan.
Fast-paced action.

Predictable, plot has huge loopholes.

Number of weeks: 3.
BO Verdict: Flop.

The review





Page 3

Cast: Konkona Sensharma, Atul Kulkarni, Boman Irani, Tara Sharma, Sandhya Mridul.
Director: Madhur Bhandarkar.
Novel story, strong script and good execution.

Tacky sets, average photography and loud characters.

Number of weeks: 4.
BO Verdict: Hit.

The review



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