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Dus rocks, says the box office |
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The Bachchans seem to be taking turns in getting their films released. While it was Sarkar the week before, last week saw Abhishek's Dus.
The multistarrer action film has managed one of the best openings in the year so far. The other releases -- Fareb, Mansarovar and Matrubhoomi -- did not fare well at the box office.
Note: Films are ranked according to their release dates. |
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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: New. BO Verdict: Fabulous opening. |
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Fareb Cast: Shilpa Shetty, Manoj Bajpai, Shamita Shetty. Director: Deepak Tijori. The Shetty sisters.Predictable, loose story.Number of weeks: New. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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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: New. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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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: New. 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: 1. BO Verdict: Doing well in multiplexes. |
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Yakeen Cast: Arjun Rampal, Priyanka Chopra. Director: Girish Dhamija. Starts well, good performances.Predictable film, bad songs.Number of weeks: 1. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Paheli Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Rani Mukerji, Amitabh Bachchan, Juhi Chawla, Suniel Shetty, Anupam Kher. Director: Amol Palekar. Breathtaking colours and visuals, great cast, unique film.Slow film, song sequences seem tired.Number of weeks: 2. BO Verdict: Mild success. |
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Bachke Rehna Re Baba Cast: Mallika Sherawat, Rekha, Paresh Rawal, Satish Shah. Director: Govind Menon. Occasionally Ms Sherawat looks hot.Overdone; bad attempts at comedy; Rekha is frightening.Number of weeks: 3. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Ssukh Cast: Govinda, Preeti Jhangiani, Chunkey Pandey. Director: Kirti Ahuja. Hard to find any.Bad acting, awful script, an overweight dancing Govinda.Number of weeks: 3. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Silsiilay Cast: Tabu, Kay Kay, Riya Sen, Bhoomika Chawla, Rahul Bose. Director: Khalid Mohammed. Interesting concept, good performances.Script drags; pretentious; weak climax.Number of weeks: 3. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Design: Uday Kuckian
Last week's box-office results
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