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Aishwarya Rai's Mistress Of Spices could not salvage itself at the box office in India or abroad.
Ram Gopal Varma's Darna Zaroori Hai might be appreciated for being different, but the horror film seemed to scare off audiences from theatres. Mahesh Bhatt's production Gangster was the only film last week to open well, thanks mostly to rave reviews and Emraan Hashmi.
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Mistress Of Spices Cast: Aishwarya Rai, Dylan McDermott, Ayesha Dharkar. Director: Paul Mayeda Berges.  Ayesha Dharkar's cameo. Poor direction, half-baked characters, bad dialogues.Number of weeks: New. BO Verdict: Poor opening. |
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Gangster Cast: Emraan Hashmi, Shiney Ahuja, Kangna. Director: Anubhav Basu. Gripping drama, good music, great performances, compelling story.Slow climax, lacks slickness.Number of weeks: New. BO Verdict: Opens well. |
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Darna Zaroori Hai Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Anil Kapoor, Mallika Sherawat, Arjun Rampal, Bipasha Basu, Suniel Shetty, Manoj Pahwa. Directors: Ram Gopal Varma, Sajid Khan, Prawal Raman, Vivek Shah, Jijy Philip, Chekeravarthy, and Manish Gupta. A first of its kind, this hatke film is very interesting.Arjun Rampal, terrible song.Number of weeks: New. BO Verdict: Poor opening. |
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Pyare Mohan Cast: Viveik Oberoi, Fardeen Khan, Esha Deol, Amrita Rao. Director: Indra Kumar. Silly, harmless fun.Too predictable.Number of weeks: 1. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Humko Deewana Kar Gaye Cast: Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif, Bipasha Basu and Anil Kapoor. Director: Raj Kanwar. Entertaining, good performances.Very predictable, cliched characters.Number of weeks: 2. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Shaadi Se Pehle Cast: Akshaye Khanna, Mallika Sherawat, Ayesha Takia. Director: Satish Kaushik. Some good dialogues, Mallika is fun.Predictable, stretched storyline.Number of weeks: 3. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Saaawan Cast: Kapel Jhaveri, Saloni Asvani, Salman Khan. Director: Saawan Kumar. Salman shows some charm.Full of flaws; horrible plot and acting.Number of weeks: 3. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Banaras Cast: Urmila Matondkar, Raj Babbar, Naseeruddin Shah, Ashmit Patel, Dimple Kapadia. Director: Pankuj Parashar. Great cinematography, picturesque locales.Daft concept, poor script.Number of weeks: 3. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Being Cyrus Cast: Saif Ali Khan, Naseeruddin Shah, Dimple Kapadia, Boman Irani, Simone Singh. Director: Homi Adajania. Great performances, well-knit plot, apt comic situations.Jerky editing, Dimple hams.Number of weeks: 5. BO Verdict: Doing well in Mumbai multiplexes. |
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Umar Cast: Jimmy Shergil, Kader Khan, Prem Chopra, Satish Kaushik. Director: Karan Razdan. None.Terrible direction, poor performances.Number of weeks: 6. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Trade pundit: Vinod Mirani | Design: Uday Kuckian
Last week's box-office results
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