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| The only Bollywood release last week, Atul Agnihotri's Hello, opened well. Though collections dropped a little on following two days, Sunday's collections were very good. With its reasonable price tag, it should sail safely.
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives the box office verdict.
Note: Films are ranked according to their release dates. The thumbs ups and downs reflect rediff's views.
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Hello Cast: Sharman Joshi, Gul Panag, Sohail Khan, Amrita Arora, Isha Koppikar, Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif. Director: Atul Agnihotri.  Sharman, Gul and Sohail. Too filmi.
Number of weeks: New. BO Verdict: Opens well. |
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Drona Cast: Abhishek Bachchan, Priyanka Chopra, Kay Kay Menon, Jaya Bachchan. Director: Goldie Behl. Priyanka Chopra.Tacky special effects, mediocre production values.
Number of weeks: 1. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Kidnap Cast: Sanjay Dutt, Imran Khan, Minissha Lambha, Vidya Malvade. Director: Sanjay Gadhvi. Imran Khan.Poor direction, too many loopholes in plot, terrible performances.
Number of weeks: 1. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Ramchand Pakistani Cast: Syed Fazal Hussain, Nandita Das. Director: Mehreen Jabbar. Great performances from the entire cast, appealing and dramatic and music.Tough.
Number of weeks: 1. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Hari Puttar Cast: Zain Khan, Sarika, Lillette Dubey, Jackie Shroff, Swini Khara, Saurabh Shukla and Vijay Raaz. Director: Lucky Kohli. Funny in parts.A rip-off of Home Alone.
Number of weeks: 2. BO Verdict: Poor. |
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Welcome to Sajjanpur Cast: Shreyas Talpade, Amrita Rao, Ila Arun, Divya Dutta, Ravi Jhankal. Director: Shyam Benegal. Well-written film, great performances.Preachy.
Number of weeks: 3. BO Verdict: Collections pick up. |
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Saas Bahu Aur Sensex Cast: Farooq Sheikh, Kirron Kher, Lillete Dubey, Tanushree Dutta and Masumeh Makhija. Director: Shona Urvashi. Great performances from Farooq Sheikh and Kirron Kher.Caricature-like characters, the director fails to convert the film into a mature romance between a divorced Kher and single Sheikh.
Number of weeks: 3. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Hulla Cast: Sushant Singh, Rajat Kapoor. Director: Jaideep Varma. Hilarious and brilliant first half.A disappointing second half.
Number of weeks: 3. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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The Last Lear Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Preity Zinta, Arjun Rampal and Shefali Shah. Director: Rituparno Ghosh. Great performance from Amitabh.Stilted use of English.
Number of weeks: 4. BO Verdict: Disaster. |
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Ru Ba Ru Cast: Randeep Hooda and Sahana Goswami. Director: Arjun Chandramohan Bali. Sahana does well.Drags and how!
Number of weeks: 1. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Trade pundit: Vinod Mirani
Last week's box office results
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