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Great reviews, poor show at the box office |
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| UTV Motion Pictures' A Wednesday has won much acclaim from critics and viewers alike. However, the appreciation has yet to reflect on the box office. As of now, only a few multiplexes have shown steady figures. The other well-reviewed film, Tahaan, also saw a poor run.
The other releases -- Hijack and Jeena To Hai -- did not fare any better too, and saw disasterous collections at the box office. 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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A Wednesday Cast: Naseeruddin Shah, Anupam Kher, Aamir Bashir and Jimmy Shergill. Director: Neeraj Pandey.  Terrific performances, a great watch. Ham-handed moves and maneuvers.
Number of weeks: New. BO Verdict: Good Opening. |
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Hijack Cast: Shiney Ahuja, Esha Deol and Kaveri Jha. Director: Kunal Shivdasani. Shiney Ahuja.Illogical plot with many loopholes, bad dialogues.
Number of weeks: New. BO Verdict: Poor opening. |
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Tahaan Cast: Purav Bhandare, Anupam Kher, Sarika, Rahul Bose, Sana Shaikh and Ankush Dubey. Director: Santosh Sivan. Top notch performances, superb camera workTough!
Number of weeks: New. BO Verdict: Poor opening. |
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Rock On!! Cast: Farhan Akhtar, Arjun Rampal, Purab Kohli, Luke Kenny, Prachi Desai, Sahana Goswami. Director: Abhishek Kapoor. Highly entertaining, well-shot, great music.Predictable, like most Bollywood movies.
Number of weeks: 1. BO Verdict: Hit. |
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Chamku Cast: Bobby Deol, Priyanka Chopra, Ritesh Deshmukh Director: Kabeer Kaushal. Tough!Tacky, boring story, terrible performances, twitchy cinematography.
Number of weeks: 1. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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C Kkompany Cast: Mithun Chakraborthy, Tusshar Kapoor, Anupam Kher, Rajpal Yadav and Raima Sen. Director: Sachin Yardi. Tough!Terrible on all counts.
Number of weeks: 1. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Phoonk Cast: Sudeep, Amruta Khanvilkar, Ahsaas Channa, Shrey Bawa, Jyothi Subhash. Director: Ram Gopal Varma Interesting camera technique.Climax.
Number of weeks: 2. BO Verdict: Hit. |
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Maan Gaye Mughal-E-Azam Cast: Mallika Sherawat, Paresh Rawal, Rahul Bose, Kay Kay Menon. Director: Sanjay Chhel. Paresh Rawal, Kay Kay Menon.Mallika Sherawat, bad direction.
Number of weeks: 2. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Mumbai Meri Jaan Cast: Soha Ali Khan, R Madhvan, Kay Kay Menon, Irrfan Khan, Paresh Rawal, Vijay Maurya. Director: Nishikant Kamath. Great performances, good storyline.Very documentarish.
Number of weeks: 2. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Bachna Ae Haseeno Cast: Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukone, Bipasha Basu and Minissha Lamba Director: Siddharth Anand. Ranbir Kapoor's star presence, refreshing romantic-comedy approach, hot hot Bipasha.Long second half, weak emotional scenes.
Number of weeks: 3. BO Verdict: Above average |
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Trade pundit: Vinod Mirani
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