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Jahnu Barua's Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Maara brought in rave reviews but, unfortunately, it appealed to a very select audience.
Despite liberal doses of sleaze, the other three releases of the week -- Kasak, Siskiyaan and Rain -- also fared badly. Out of the three, Neha Dhupia's Siskiyaan fared the best. That, however, is not saying much.
Note: Films are ranked according to their release dates. |
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Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara Cast: Anupam Kher, Urmila Matondkar. Director: Jahnu Barua.  Brilliant performances, brilliant direction. Commercially unviable.Number of weeks: New. BO Verdict: Dull opening. |
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Siskiyaan Cast: Neha Dhupia, Sonu Sood, Sachin Khedekar. Director: Ashwini Chaudhary. Sachin Khedekar.Terrible performances, mistreats sensitive issues like rape.Number of weeks: New. BO Verdict: Dull opening. |
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Kasak Cast: Lucky Ali, Meera. Director: Rajiv Babbar. Good music.Absurd screenplay, pathetic performances.Number of weeks: New. BO Verdict: Dull opening. |
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Rain Cast: Meghna Naidu, Himanshu Malik. Director: Amol Shetge. Tough!Terrible plot, terrible performances, terrible film.Number of weeks: New. BO Verdict: Dull opening. |
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Dil Jo Bhi Kahey Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Revathy, Karan Sharma, Bhoomika Chawla, Annabelle Wallace. Director: Romesh Sharma. Amitabh Bachchan.Old story; average soundtrack.Number of weeks: 1. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Chocolate Cast: Anil Kapoor, Arshad Warsi, Emraan Hashmi, Irrfan, Tanushree Dutta, Sushma Reddy. Director: Vivek Agnihotri. Irrfan; great sound track; good suspense.Poor performances; lacklustre ending.Number of weeks: 2. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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James Cast: Mohit Ahlawat, Nisha Kothari. Director: Rohit Jugraj. Action.Poor chemistry between the lead couple.Number of weeks: 2. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Kal Cast: Chitrangada Singh, Shiny Ahuja, Smriti Mishra. Director: Ruchi Narain. Great performances. Half-baked, unimpressive plot.Number of weeks: 2. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Sau Jhooth Ek Sach Cast: Mammootty, Neha Dubey, Joy Sengupta. Director: Bappaditya Roy. Gripping, good performances.Runs out of steam towards the end.Number of weeks: 2. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Salaam Namaste Cast: Saif Ali Khan, Preity Zinta and Arshad Warsi. Director: Siddharth Raj Anand. Bold theme, good performances, funny dialogues, interesting cameos by Abhishek Bachchan and Javed Jaffrey.Poor music, editing could have been tighter.Number of weeks: 3. BO Verdict: Excellent in Mumbai and other cities. |
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Last week's box-office results
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