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Priyadarshan's Malamaal Weekly may be his second hit in a row, after Garam Masala.
Besides having an open run without any major opposition, credit must go to Paresh Rawal for a great performance. The other release last week, Jigyaasa, is a flop.
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Malamaal Weekly Cast: Paresh Rawal, Om Puri, Riteish Deshmukh, Reema Sen, Rajpal Yadav, Sudha Chandran. Director: Priyadarshan.  Paresh Rawal. Loud comedy, bad music, poor performances from the rest of the cast.Number of weeks: New. BO Verdict: Good opening. |
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Jigyaasa Cast: Hrishita Bhatt. Director: Faisal Saif. None.An amateurish attempt to pull off a Page 3.Number of weeks: New. BO Verdict: Poor. |
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Teesri Aankh Cast: Neha Dhupia, Amisha Patel, Sunny Deol (special appearance). Director: Harry Baweja. None!Hackneyed, stale film.Number of weeks: 1. BO Verdict: Poor. |
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Taxi No 9 2 11 Cast: Nana Patekar, John Abraham, Sameera Reddy, Sonali Kulkarni. Director: Milan Luthria. Refreshing movie, good performances, brilliant dialogues.Very Mumbai-centric.Number of weeks: 2. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Humko Tumse Pyaar Hai Cast: Bobby Deol, Arjun Rampal, Amisha Patel. Director: Vikram Bhatt. Tough!Dated film, terrible performances.Number of weeks: 2. BO Verdict: Poor. |
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Sun Zarra Cast: Samir Aftab, Anjana Sukhani. Director: Salim Akhtar. Decent performances.Clichéd plot.Number of weeks: 2. BO Verdict: Disaster. |
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Chingaari Cast: Sushmita Sen, Mithun Chakraborty, Anuuj Saawhney. Director: Kalpana Lajme. Sushmita Sen.Dragging script, excessive foul language.Number of weeks: 3. BO Verdict: Poor. |
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Fight Club Cast: Dino Morea, Zayed Khan, Riteish Deshmukh, Aashish Choudhary, Sohail Khan, Rahul Dev, Suniel Shetty, Neha Dhupia, Dia Mirza, Amrita Arora. Director: Vikram Chopra. Some good action scenes.Terrible script, performances and direction.Number of weeks: 3. BO Verdict: Poor. |
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Holiday Cast: Dino Morea, Onjolee Nair. Director: Pooja Bhatt. Great dancing, pleasant music, nice locales.Straight Dirty Dancing copy; overacting; flawed characterisations.Number of weeks: 4. BO Verdict: Poor. |
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Mixed Doubles Cast: Konkona Sen Sharma, Ranbir Shourie, Koel Puri, Rajat Kapoor. Director: Rajat Kapoor. Good performances, well-directed film.Second half is a letdown.Number of weeks: 4. BO Verdict: Poor. |
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Trade pundit: Vinod Mirani | Design: Uday Kuckian
Last week's box-office results
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