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| Shyam Benegal's Welcome To Sajjanpur got some great reviews but did not manage a good opening at the box office. The other releases, Saas Bahu Aur Sensex and Hulla, did not see a better fate.
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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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: New. BO Verdict: Poor. |
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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: New. BO Verdict: Poor. |
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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: New. BO Verdict: Poor. |
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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: 1. 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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1920 Cast: Rajneesh Duggal and Adah Sharma. Director: Vikram Bhatt. Tough!Too long, boring and unscary.
Number of weeks: 1. BO Verdict: Average. |
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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: 2. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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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: 2. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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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: 2. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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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: 4. BO Verdict: Hit. |
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Trade pundit: Vinod Mirani
Last week's box office results
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