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Devgan's box-office flops pile up |
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Not so long ago, it seemed Ajay Devgan could do nothing wrong. Filmmakers were queueing up to cast the versatile actor in their movies.
But 2005 is proving to be an awful year for Devgan. His films Blackmail, Insaan and Zameer bombed at the box-office. To add to his bad patch, his new movie Tango Charlie opened badly this week. Among the week's other releases, Zeher performed moderately. My Brother... Nikhil enjoyed good reviews, but predictably, had a bad theatrical opening.
Note: Films are ranked according to their release dates. |
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My Brother... Nikhil Cast: Sanjay Suri, Juhi Chawla, Victor Banerjee. Director: Onir.  Sensitive storyline, realistic portrayal. Lack of originality.Number of weeks: New. BO Verdict: Below average. |
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Zeher Cast: Emraan Hashmi, Shamita Shetty, Udita Goswami. Director: Mohit Suri. Gripping second half.Drags in the first half, predictable Hollywood-inspired thrills.Number of weeks: New. BO Verdict: Average. |
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Tango Charlie Cast: Bobby Deol, Ajay Devgan, Nandana Sen, Tanishaa. Director: Mani Shankar. Bobby Deol acts well; action scenes are impressively shot.Plot loses steam in second half; story tends to drag.Number of weeks: New. BO Verdict: Below average. |
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Karam Cast: John Abraham, Priyanka Chopra. Director: Sanjay F Gupta. Good performances.Too many loopholes, too many songs, very slow.Number of weeks: 2. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Chai Pani Etc Cast: Konkona Sensharma, Zafar Karachiwala. Director: Manu Rewal. Good perforamnces, hatke film, explores a grim subject like corruption with humour.Too simplistic, ends up selling Brand India, the very thing it sets to criticise.Number of weeks: 2. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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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: 3. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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White Noise Cast: Rahul Bose, Koel Purie. Director: Vinta Nanda. Koel Purie looks VERY attractive, Rahul Bose gives a restrained performanceShallow script, characters are hard to like.Number of weeks: 3. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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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: 4. BO Verdict: Average. |
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Sins Cast: Seema Rahmani, Shiny Ahuja. Director: Vinod Pande. Sincere attempt at portraying forbidden love.Lacks depth, not a family entertainer.Number of weeks: 4. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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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: 4. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Design: Uday Kuckian
Last week's box-office results
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