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Last week's release Naqaab proved to be a damp squib at the box office. It failed to show the mastery of the director duo over thrillers.
On the other hand, the Hindi version of Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix is a money-spinner. Trade pundit Vinod Mirani tells us the fate of these films.
Note: Films are ranked according to their release dates. The thumbs ups and downs reflect rediff's views. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix Cast: Daniel Radcliff, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint. Director: David Yates.  One of the best made Harry Potter movies so far.  Not quite as dramatic as the book.Number of weeks: New. BO Verdict: Hit. |
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Naqaab Cast: Akshaye Khanna, Bobby Deol, Urvashi Sharma. Director: Abbas-Mustan. Interesting concept, well-shot.Could have been much better, terrible climax.Number of weeks: New. BO Verdict: Opens badly. |
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Bombay To Goa Cast: Sunil Pal, Raju Shrivastava, Ehsaan Qureshi, Tinu Anand, Vijay Raaz, Asrani, Jagdeep. Director: Raj Pendurkar. Funny in partsLong and monotonous screenplay.Number of weeks: New. BO Verdict: Disappointing.
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 My Friend Ganesha Cast: Kiran Jhanjhani, Sheetal Shah, Upasana Singh and Ehsaas. Director: Rajiv S Ruia. Good performances from Ehsaas and Upasana Singh. Shoddy production, average graphics.Number of weeks: New. BO Verdict: Opens badly.
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 Aap Kaa Surroor: The Moviee: The Real Luv Story Cast: Himesh Reshammiya, Hansika Motwani, Mallika Sherawat. Director: Prashant Chadha. Great music, beautiful localesPredictable story, very okay performances.Number of weeks: 1. BO Verdict: Hit.
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 Apne Cast: Dharmendra, Sunny Deol, Bobby Deol, Shilpa Shetty, Katrina Kaif. Director: Anil Sharma. Dharmendra.Boring music, very slow pace.Number of weeks: 1. BO Verdict: Semi-hit in North India, average elsewhere.
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 Awarapan Cast: Emraan Hashmi, Shriya, Mrinalani Sharma. Director: Mohit Suri. Good music.Poor execution.Number of weeks: 1. BO Verdict: Flop.
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 Chain Kulii Ki Main Kulii Cast: Rahul Bose, Zain Khan. Director: Ken Ghosh. Cute story, good performances.Poor execution.Number of weeks: 2. BO Verdict: Flop.
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 Jhoom Barabar Jhoom Cast: Abhishek Bachchan, Preity Zinta, Bobby Deol, Lara Dutta, Amitabh Bachchan. Director: Shaad Ali. Good costumes.Everything else.Number of weeks: 3. BO Verdict: The film will struggle to recover costs.
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 The Train Cast: Emraan Hashmi, Sayali Bhagat, Geeta Basra. Director: Raksha Mistry, Hasnain Hyderabadwala. Good music, Basra is impressive.Weak copy of Derailed.Number of weeks: 4. BO Verdict: Flop.
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Trade pundit: Vinod Mirani | Design: Uday Kuckian
Last time's box-office results
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