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This Diwali saw four releases, Pinjar, Sssshhh..., Inteha and Raja Bhaiya, at the box office.
Though the Urmila Matondkar-starrer Pinjar was critically acclaimed, it fared worse than Tanisha's debut film Sssshhh.... Ashmit Patel's launch vehicle Inteha could not recreate the Vikram Bhatt magic and the long-delayed Raja Bhaiya never had a hope at all. Note: Films are ranked on the basis of their performance at the box office every week. Though a film may be declared a flop, it may have performed better than the other films that week.  |
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Baghban Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini, Paresh Rawal, Lilette Dubey, Aman Verma, Samir Soni, Divya Dutta, Suman Ranganathan, Nasir Khan, Asrani, Sahil Chadda, Rimi Sen, Yash Pathak Director: Ravi Chopra  Moving performances from AB and Hema Malini Tired plot. Audience disinterested in watching an oldies' romanceNumber of weeks: 2 BO Verdict: Average |
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Sssshhh... Cast: Dino Morea, Karan Nath, Tanishaa, Gaurav Kapoor, Suvarna Jha, Kushal Punjabi, Teena Chowdhary, Aly Khan Director: Pavan S Kaul Good locales. Great performance from DinoPoor climax, too longNumber of weeks: New BO Verdict: Flop |
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Pinjar Cast: Urmila Matondkar, Manoj Bajpai, Sanjay Suri, Sandali Sinha, Priyanshu Chatterjee, Ishaa Koppikar, Seema Biswas Director: Dr Chandraprakash Dwivedi Good costumes, ambience, performancesToo long. Too many songs in first halfNumber of weeks: New BO Verdict: Flop |
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Inteha Cast: Ashmit Patel, Nauheed Cyrusi, Vidya Malavade Director: Vikram Bhatt Decent musicWeak storyline with huge loopholes. Awful performancesNumber of weeks: New BO Verdict: Flop |
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Raja Bhaiya Cast: Govinda, Aarti Chhabria, Sadashiv Amrapurkar Director: Raman Kumar Shorter than the regular Hindi filmPoor performances, story, musicNumber of weeks: New BO Verdict: Flop |
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Samay: When Times Strikes Cast: Sushmita Sen, Sushant Singh Director: Robby Grewal Sushmita's excellent performanceToo HollywoodishNumber of weeks: 1 BO Verdict: Flop |
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Khel Cast: Sunny Deol, Sunil Shetty, Ajay Jadeja, Celina Jaitley, Gulshan Grover, Mohan Joshi, Akhilendra Mishra Director: Yusuf Khan Sunny DeolSuspense revealed in first half of the thrillerNumber of weeks: 2 BO Verdict: Flop |
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Main Madhuri Dixit Banna Chahti Hoon Cast: Antara Mali, Rajpal Yadav, Govind Namdeo Director: Chandan Arora Great performance from Yadav. Earnest one from AntaraToo unrealisticNumber of weeks: 1 BO Verdict: Flop |
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Koi... Mil Gaya Cast: Hrithik Roshan, Preity Zinta, Rekha Director: Rakesh Roshan Hrithik Roshan's performance. Jaadoo the alienTacky SFXNumber of weeks: 10 BO Verdict: Superhit |
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Zameen Cast: Ajay Devgan, Abhishek Bachchan, Bipasha Basu Director: Rohit Shetty Great actionExtraordinarily long car chases. Slow motion action shotsNumber of weeks: 3 BO Verdict: Flop |
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Trade expert: Indu Mirani
Last week's box office results
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