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Sanjay Gupta's Zinda got good reviews, but the box-office response to the film was dismal. Might have been because of the gore overload that turned most people off.
Last week's other release, Family, was a disaster. Despite a big name director (Raj Kumar Santoshi) and a megastar (Amitabh Bachchan) playing the lead role, Family could not even draw a decent opening.
Note: Films are ranked according to their release dates. |
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Zinda Cast: Sanjay Dutt, John Abraham, Lara Dutta. Director: Sanjay Gupta.  Sanjay Dutt, great soundtrack. Too gory, straight lift from Korean film Oldboy.Number of weeks: New. BO Verdict: Poor opening. |
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Family Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Bhoomika Chawla. Director: Raj Kumar Santoshi. None!Badly directed, acted and written film.Number of weeks: New. BO Verdict: Poor opening. |
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15 Park Avenue Cast: Shabana Azmi, Konkona Sensharma, Waheeda Rahman, Rahul Bose. Director: Aparna Sen. Excellent performances, very well directed film.Too dark, repetitive dialogues at times.Number of weeks: 1. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Jawani Diwani Cast: Emraan Hashmi, Celina Jaitley, Hrishita Bhatt. Director: Manish Sharma. Good locales.Stereotypical storyline, miserable performances.Number of weeks: 1. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Shikhar Cast: Ajay Devgan, Bipasha Basu, Shahid Kapir, Amrita Rao. Director: John Mathew Matthan. Good performances, beautiful locales.Poor climax, gets too preachy.Number of weeks: 2. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Mr Prime Minister Cast: Dev Anand, Boman Irani, Tara Sharma. Director: Dev Anand. Novel plot.Awful direction, pathetic screenplay.Number of weeks: 2. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Anjaane Cast: Manisha Koirala, Sanjay Kapoor. Director: Nilesh Ubhe, Shailesh Rane and Krishna Jani. Tough! Bad acting, poor sets, bad direction.Number of weeks: 2. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Dosti: Friends Forever Cast: Akshay Kumar, Bobby Deol, Kareena Kapoor, Lara Dutta. Director: Suneel Darshan. Some good emotional scenes.Loud performances, old story, bad music.Number of weeks: 3. BO Verdict: Average. |
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Vaah! Life Ho Toh Aisi! Cast: Sanjay Dutt, Shahid Kapoor, Amrita Rao, Arshad Warsi. Director: Mahesh Manjrekar. The film has its moments, good special effects, good children's fare.Screenplay should have been tighter.Number of weeks: 3. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Bluffmaster Cast: Abhishek Bachchan, Priyanka Chopra, Riteish Deshmukh, Nana Patekar. Director: Rohan Sippy. Good performances, great dialogues, hit music, very entertaining.Poor climax, too Westernised.Number of weeks: 4. BO Verdict: Doing well in Mumbai multiplexes. |
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Trade pundit: Vinod Mirani | Design: Uday Kuckian
Last week's box-office results
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