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A thriller, a young star cast, a bit of skin and couple of peppy tunes can salvage a film.
At least, that seems to be the Bollywood lesson from Aksar, starring 'serial kisser' Emraan Hashmi, which has had a decent opening.
The other release last week, Mere Jeevan Saathi, sank without a trace. Blame it on the stale film, which took years to make, or the stale subject. Meanwhile, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's Rang De Basanti built on its great opening to become a full-fledged hit.
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Aksar Cast: Emraan Hashmi, Udita Goswami, Tara Sharma. Director: Anant Mahadevan.  Hard to find. Bizarre plot, overdone sleazy scenes.Number of weeks: New. BO Verdict: Success. |
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Mere Jeevan Sathi Cast: Akshay Kumar, Karisma Kapoor, Amisha Patel. Director: Suneel Darshan. Karisma looks fabulous.Awful script; hackneyed plot; bad direction.Number of weeks: New. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Rang De Basanti Cast: Aamir Khan, Madhavan, Atul Kulkarni, Siddharth, Sharman Joshi, Kunal Kapoor, Soha Ali Khan. Director: Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra. Brilliant performances, great music, poetic direction.Too long; too simplistic.Number of weeks: 1. BO Verdict: Hit. |
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Zinda Cast: Sanjay Dutt, John Abraham, Lara Dutta. Director: Sanjay Gupta. Sanjay Dutt, great soundtrack.Too gory, straight copy of the Korean film Oldboy.Number of weeks: 2. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Family Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Bhoomika Chawla. Director: Raj Kumar Santoshi. Hard to find!Badly directed, acted and written film.Number of weeks: 2. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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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: 3. 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: 3. 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: 4. 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: 4. 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: 4. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Trade pundit: Vinod Mirani | Design: Uday Kuckian
Last week's box-office results
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