March 8, 2005

Flops galore at Indian box office!

Abhay Deol's debut film Socha Na Tha won critical praise, but fell short at the box-office.

The other release of the week White Noise saw a similar dismal show.

Note: Films are ranked according to their release dates.





Socha Na Tha

Cast: Abhay Deol, Ayesha Takia.
Director: Imtiaz ALi.
Light-hearted movie, with a good story and hummable music.

Tends to drag, loud performances by the supporting cast.

Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: Flop.

The review





White Noise

Cast: Rahul Bose, Koel Purie.
Director: Vinta Nanda.
Koel Purie looks VERY attractive, Rahul Bose gives a restrained performance

Shallow script, characters are hard to like.

Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: Flop.

The review





Bewafaa

Cast: Akshay Kumar, Anil Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor, Sushmita Sen, Manoj Bajpai.
Director: Dharmesh Darshan.
Akshay Kumar, title track is well choreographed and catchy.

Bad, predictable screenplay, amateurish acting.

Number of weeks: 1.
BO Verdict: Average.

The review





Sins

Cast: Seema Rahmani, Shiny Ahuja.
Director: Vinod Pande.
Sincere attempt at portraying forbidden love.

Lacks depth, not a family entertainer.

Number of weeks: 1.
BO Verdict: Flop.

The review





Shobhayatra

Cast: Divya Dutta, Prithvi Sankala, Denzil Smith, Kishore Kadam, Rajesh Bhosle.
Director: Vijay Ghatge.
Thought-provoking movie with funny moments.

Predictable screenplay.

Number of weeks: 1.
BO Verdict: Flop.

The review





Fun

Cast: Sidharth Koirala, Payal Rohatgi, Aryan Vaid, Heena Rehman.
Director: Sanjay S Zaveri.
Provides thrills post-interval.

Very sleazy, terrible dialogues and bad choreography.

Number of weeks: 1.
BO Verdict: Flop.

The review





Jurm

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

Predictable screenplay.

Number of weeks: 2.
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: 2.
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: 3.
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: 3.
BO Verdict: Flop.

The review



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