March 21, 2006

Flop phase continues at box office

The cold phase at the box office continues, as Umar bombs expectedly.

Malamaal Weekly appears to be the biggest winner, as audiences flock to the only watchable new Hindi release.

Note: Films are ranked according to their release dates.





Umar

Cast: Jimmy Shergil, Kadar Khan, Prem Chopra, Satish Kaushik.
Director: Karan Razdan.
None.

Terrible direction, poor performances.

Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: Flop.

The review





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: 1.
BO Verdict: Doing well.

The review





Jigyaasa

Cast: Hrishita Bhatt.
Director: Faisal Saif.
None.

An amateurish attempt to pull off a Page 3.

Number of weeks: 1.
BO Verdict: Flop.

The review





Teesri Aankh

Cast: Neha Dhupia, Amisha Patel, Sunny Deol (special appearance).
Director: Harry Baweja.
None!

Hackneyed, stale film.

Number of weeks: 2.
BO Verdict: Flop.

The review





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: 3.
BO Verdict: Flop.

The review





Humko Tumse Pyaar Hai

Cast: Bobby Deol, Arjun Rampal, Amisha Patel.
Director: Vikram Bhatt.
Tough!

Dated film, terrible performances.

Number of weeks: 3.
BO Verdict: Poor.

The review





Sun Zarra

Cast: Samir Aftab, Anjana Sukhani.
Director: Salim Akhtar.
Decent performances.

Clichéd plot.

Number of weeks: 3.
BO Verdict: Disaster.




Chingaari

Cast: Sushmita Sen, Mithun Chakraborty, Anuuj Saawhney.
Director: Kalpana Lajme.
Sushmita Sen.

Dragging script, excessive foul language.

Number of weeks: 4.
BO Verdict: Poor.

The review





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: 4.
BO Verdict: Poor.

The review





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: 5.
BO Verdict: Poor.

The review



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