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Director Rohit Shetty's Sunday generated a poor opening at multiplexes, netting 30 percent to 35 percent only. Single screen theatres saw a worse fate at less than 20 percent.
Note: Films are ranked according to their release dates. The thumbs ups and downs reflect rediff's views.
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Sunday Cast: Ajay Devgan, Arshad Warsi, Irrfan Khan, Ayesha Takia. Director: Rohit Shetty.  Good performances, superb camerawork. Disappointing climax and muddled comic-thriller.
Number of weeks: New. BO Verdict: Below average. |
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Bombay To Bangkok Cast: Shreyas Talpade, Lena Christensen. Director: Nagesh Kukunoor. Good performances.Extremely boring and lengthy film, with a wafer-thin plot.
Number of weeks: 1. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Halla Bol Cast: Ajay Devgan, Pankaj Kapur, Vidya Balan. Director: Rajkumar Santoshi. Shows Bollywood interestingly, Pankaj Kapur.Too preachy, too lengthy.
Number of weeks: 2. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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My Name Is Anthony Gonsalves Cast: Amrita Rao, Nikhil Dwivedi. Director: E Niwas. The film packs in an interesting blend of action, dance, drama, comedy and tragedy.Slow in parts.
Number of weeks: 2. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Return Of Hanuman Director: Anurag Kashyap. Enlightening and entertaining.Incoherent.
Number of weeks: 4. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Showbiz Cast: Tushar Jalota, Mrinalini Sharma. Director: Raju Khan. Novel idea. Badly written and executed.Number of weeks: 4. BO Verdict: Flop.
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 Taare Zameen Par Cast: Aamir Khan, Darsheel Safary, Tisca Chopra. Director: Aamir Khan. Terrific performances, a well-directed, sensitive filmSlightly repetitive, disappointing end.Number of weeks: 5. BO Verdict: Hit.
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 Welcome Cast: Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif, Anil Kapoor, Nana Patekar, Feroz Khan, Paresh Rawal, Mallika Sherawat. Director: Anees Bazmee. Complete entertainer.The film starts slowly, with poor jokes.Number of weeks: 5. BO Verdict: Hit.
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 Strangers Cast: Kay Kay Menon, Jimmy Shergill, Nandana Sen, Sonali Kulkarni. Director: Aanand Rai. Good story, adapted from the 1951 classic Strangers On A TrainSlow first half.Number of weeks: 6. BO Verdict: Flop.
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 Khoya Khoya Chand Cast: Shiney Ahuja, Soha Ali Khan, Rajat Kapoor, Vinay Pathak, Soniya Jehan. Director: Sudhir Mishra. Fantastic cinematography, classic feel of 1950s cinema,
good performances from Soniya, SohaShiney disappoints, hard-to-relate-with characters.Number of weeks: 7. BO Verdict: Flop.
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Trade pundit: Vinod Mirani | Design: Uday Kuckian
Last time's box-office results
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