February 20, 2007

Eklavya is a commercial failure

The appreciation for Vidhu Vinod Chopra's Eklavya remains limited to the media.

The paying public has rejected the film thus making it a commercial failure.

Note: Films are ranked according to their release dates.





Eklavya

Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Saif Ali Khan, Sanjay Dutt, Boman Irani, Jackie Shroff, Vidya Balan, Raima Sen.
Director: Vidhu Vinod Chopra.
Great direction, excellent performances, well-made.

Too intense, some say the film too gimmicky.

Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: Commercial failure.

Review 1 | Review 2





Black Friday

Cast: Kay Kay Menon, Pawan Malhotra, Aditya Srivastava.
Director: Anurag Kashyap.
Great performances, well-made film, slick production values.

Long second half.

Number of weeks: 1.
BO Verdict: Flop.

Review





Undertrial

Cast: Rajpal Yadav, Prem Chopra, Kader Khan.
Director: Aziz Khan.
Good plot, decent performances.

Poor dialogues, film starts slowly.

Number of weeks: 1.
BO Verdict: Flop.

Review





Traffic Signal

Cast: Kunal Khemu, Neetu Chandra, Ranvir Shourey, Konkona Sen Sharma, Sudhir Mishra.
Director: Madhur Bhandarkar.
Excellent performances.

Disjointed film, does not touch you at all.

Number of weeks: 2.
BO Verdict: Poor.

Review





Salaam-e-Ishq

Cast: Salman Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Govinda, Anil Kapoor, Juhi Chawla, Akshaye Khanna, Ayesha Takia, John Abraham, Vidya Balan, Sohail Khan, Isha Koppikar.
Director: Nikhil Advani.
Great star cast, good moments in the film.

Very long, poor performances, half-baked characters and stories.

Number of weeks: 3.
BO Verdict: Poor.

Review





Parzania

Cast: Naseeruddin Shah, Sarika, Parzaan Dastur, Pearl Barsiwala.
Director: Rahul Dholakia.
Brilliant performances, excellent direction.

Tough!

Number of weeks: 3.
BO Verdict: Flop.

Review





Risk

Cast: Vinod Khanna, Randeep Hooda, Tanushree Datta.
Director: Vishram Sawant.
Interesting plot, Randeep performs well.

Loses steam, Tanushree Datta.

Number of weeks: 4.
BO Verdict: Flop.

Review





Guru

Cast: Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Mithun Chakraborty, Madhavan, Vidya Balan, Mallika Sherawat.
Director: Mani Ratnam.
Great performances, powerful scenes.

Too one-sided, could have been better.

Number of weeks: 5.
BO Verdict: Average.

Review





Anwar

Cast: Siddharth Koirala, Nauheed Cyrusi, Vijay Raaz.
Director: Manish Jha.
Wonderful music, cinematography.

Too many unnecessary story tracks.

Number of weeks: 5.
BO Verdict: Flop.

Review





Bhagam Bhag

Cast: Akshay Kumar, Govinda, Paresh Rawal, Lara Dutta.
Director: Priyadarshan.
Akshay Kumar.

Too many characters, repetitive fare from Priyadarshan.

Number of weeks: 8.
BO Verdict: Below average.

Review



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