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The week's three small films, aiming at a so-callled multiplex audience as their target, Delhii Heights, Khanna & Iyer and Say Salaam India, all prove duds at the box office.
Trade pundit Vinod Mirani delivers his verdict on the box-office fate of the films.
Note: Films are ranked according to their release dates. The thumbs ups and downs reflect rediff's views. | |
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Delhii Heights Cast: Neha Dhupia, Jimmy Shergill, Rohit Roy. Director: Anand Kumar.  Good music from Rabbi. Bad acting, very poor script.Number of weeks: New. BO Verdict: Poor opening. |
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Khanna & Iyer Cast: Sarwar Ahuja, Aditi Sharma. Director: Hemant Hegde. Nothing, really.Bad dialogues, foolish plot.Number of weeks: New. BO Verdict: Poor opening. |
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Say Salaam India Cast: Sanjay Suri, Milind Soman, Manoj Pahwa. Director: Subash Kapoor. Good first time effort, commendable performances.Predictable story, bad music.Number of weeks: New. BO Verdict: Poor opening. |
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Namastey London Cast: Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif. Director: Vipul Amrutlal Shah. Cool humour, beautiful locations, good performances from the lead pair.Predictable, too many songs.Number of weeks: 1. BO Verdict: Above average. |
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The Namesake Cast: Tabu, Irrfan Khan, Kal Penn. Director: Mira Nair. Excellent performances, touching and realistic story.May be too intense for some.Number of weeks: 1. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Hattrick Cast: Nana Patekar, Paresh Rawal, Danny Denzongpa, Kunal Kapoor and Rimii Sen. Director: Milan Luthria. Danny Denzongpa, the film has some good moments.The cricket angle is too forced.Number of weeks: 2. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Just Married Cast: Fardeen Khan, Esha Deol, Satish Shah, Kirron Kher, Perizaad Zorabian, Bikram Saluja, Raj Zutshi, Tarina Patel, Mukul Dev and Saddiya Siddique. Director: Meghna Gulzar. Satish Shah and Kirron Kher, good comic moments.Tacky climax, poor show from the lead couple.Number of weeks: 2. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Water Cast: John Abraham, Lisa Ray, Seema Biswas, Sarala. Director: Deepa Mehta. Great performances, touching story, brilliant direction.May be too intense for some viewers.Number of weeks: 3. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Red Cast: Aftab Shivdasani, Celina Jaitley, Amrita Arora. Director: Vikram Bhatt. Celina, Amrita look hot.Cheesy film with no story, and too many unnecessary sex scenes.Number of weeks: 3. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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1971 Cast: Manoj Bajpai, Ravi Kissen, Deepak Dobriyal Director: Amrit Sagar. Great performances, one of the few good war films.Lack of big stars may not attract crowds.Number of weeks: 3. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Trade pundit: Vinod Mirani | Design: Uday Kuckian
Last time's box-office results
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