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Black Friday, Undertrial open poorly |
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The Indian audience does not like to be reminded of its violent past, especially events that have scarred them. Which explains why Black Friday saw a poor opening at the box office.
The other release of the week, Undertrial -- also inspired from a real life incident -- did not do well either.
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Black Friday Cast: Kay Kay Menon, Pawan Malhotra, Aditya Srivastava. Director: Anurag Kashyap.  Great performances, well-made film, slick production values. Long second half.Number of weeks: New. BO Verdict: Poor opening. |
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Undertrial Cast: Rajpal Yadav, Prem Chopra, Kader Khan. Director: Aziz Khan. Good plot, decent performances.Poor dialogues, film starts slowly.Number of weeks: New. BO Verdict: Poor opening. |
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Traffic Signal Cast: Kunal Khemu, Neetu Chandra, Ranvir Shourey, Konkona Sen Sharma, Sudhir Mishra. Director: Madhur Bhandarkar. Excellent performances.Disjointed film, does not touch you at all.Number of weeks: 1. BO Verdict: Poor. |
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Salaam-e-Ishq Cast: Salman Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Govinda, Anil Kapoor, Juhi Chawla, Akshaye Khanna, Ayesha Takia, John Abraham, Vidya Balan, Sohail Khan, Isha Koppikar. Director: Nikhil Advani. Great star cast, good moments in the film.Very long, poor performances, half-baked characters and stories.Number of weeks: 2. BO Verdict: Poor. |
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Parzania Cast: Naseeruddin Shah, Sarika, Parzaan Dastur, Pearl Barsiwala. Director: Rahul Dholakia. Brilliant performances, excellent direction.Tough!Number of weeks: 2. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Risk Cast: Vinod Khanna, Randeep Hooda, Tanushree Datta. Director: Vishram Sawant. Interesting plot, Randeep performs well.Loses steam, Tanushree Datta.Number of weeks: 3. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Guru Cast: Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Mithun Chakraborty, Madhavan, Vidya Balan, Mallika Sherawat. Director: Mani Ratnam. Great performances, powerful scenes.Too one-sided, could have been better.Number of weeks: 4. BO Verdict: Average. |
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Anwar Cast: Siddharth Koirala, Nauheed Cyrusi, Vijay Raaz. Director: Manish Jha. Wonderful music, cinematography.Too many unnecessary story tracks.Number of weeks: 4. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Bhagam Bhag Cast: Akshay Kumar, Govinda, Paresh Rawal, Lara Dutta. Director: Priyadarshan. Akshay Kumar.Too many characters, repetitive fare from Priyadarshan.Number of weeks: 7. BO Verdict: Below average. |
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Kabul Express Cast: John Abraham, Arshad Warsi. Director: Kabir Khan. Arshad Warsi, great cinematography.John Abraham, the film has factual errors.Number of weeks: 8. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Trade pundit: Vinod Mirani | Design: Uday Kuckian
Last time's box-office results
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