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Unlike previous Fridays, when new releases bombarded the marquee, last Friday saw only one new film: Dil Bechara Pyaar Ka Maara.
The film had a cast of mostly unknowns, besides Rajpal Yadav, and sank expectedly. Sadly, no film seems to be working nowadays. A look at the box office confirms that most of the films have flopped, except the sizzling Tauba Tauba -- and no guesses for why that film is doing well!
Note: Films are ranked according to their release dates. |
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Dil Bechara Pyaar Ka Maara Cast: Vikaas Kalantri, Aslam Khan, Divya Palat, Aman Sondhi, Jonita Dulla, Mallika Kapoor, Rajpal Yadav, Shahzad Khan Director: Onkarnath Mishra.  Can't think of any! Silly story, bad dialogues, terrible performances, awful music...the list goes on.Number of weeks: New. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Bride And Prejudice Cast: Aishwarya Rai, Martin Henderson, Namrata Shirodkar, Meghna Kothari, Peeya Rai Choudhury, Naveen Andrews, Indira Verma, Nadira Babbar, Anupam Kher. Director: Gurinder Chadha. Good performances; a feel-good film.Ash can't act; story lacks depth, too many stereotypes.Number of weeks: 1. BO Verdict: Both the English and Hindi versions are doing well in the cities. |
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Tauba Tauba Cast: Payal Rohatgi, Monalisa, Rubina, Rocky Sandhu. Director: T L V Prasad. Some hot women.No story, definitely not a family entertainer.Number of weeks: 2. BO Verdict: Average. |
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Popcorn Khao Mast Ho Jao Cast: Tanisha, Akshay Kapoor, Rashmi Nigam, Yash Tonk, Deepak Tijori. Director: Kabir Sadanand. A couple of comical scenes.Boring story, poor performances.Number of weeks: 2. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Dance Like A Man Cast: Shobana, Arif Zakaria, Anoushka Shankar, Mohan Agashe, Samir Soni. Director: Pamela Rooks. Shobana.Poor cinematography, bad editing, below-average performances from the rest of the cast.Number of weeks: 2. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Lets Enjoy Cast: Sahil Gupta, Arzoo Govitrikar, Ashish Chowdhry, Roshni Chopra and Vinod Sherawat. Director: Siddhart Anand Kumar and Ankur Tewari. Bhangra music.So, what was this film about?Number of weeks: 2. BO Verdict: Flop |
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King Of Bollywood Cast: Om Puri, Sophie Dahl, Diwakar Pundir, Manoj Pahwa. Director: Piyush Jha. Cheeky look at Bollywood. Om Puri is brilliant!Om Puri, as lead actor, alas, has limited box office appeal.Number of weeks: 3. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Madhoshi Cast: Bipasha Basu, John Abraham, Priyanshu Chatterjee. Director: Tanveer Khan. The hit Jism jodi reunite.Poor performances, boring music, immature treatment.Number of weeks: 3. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Tumsa Nahin Dekha Cast: Dia Mirza, Emraan Hashmi, Anupam Kher. Director: Anurag Bose. Good music.Watch a DVD of Amitabh Bachchan's Sharaabi instead!Number of weeks: 3. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Dobara Cast: Jackie Shroff, Raveena Tandon, Mahima Chaudhry, Muammar Rana. Director: Shashi Ranjan. Good music.Porous script, awful performances.Number of weeks: 3. BO Verdict: Flop |
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Design: Uday Kuckian
Last week's box office results
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