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| Despite poor reviews, Kambakkht Ishq opened to excellent initial collections at the box office. It will need to sustain through the week to become a big hit.
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the box office report.
Note: Films are ranked according to their release dates. The thumbs ups and downs reflect rediff's views.
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Kambakkht Ishq Cast: Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor. Director: Sabbir Khan.  A gorgeous Kareena, cool stunts. Mindless and loud comedy.
Number of weeks: New. BO Verdict: Excellent initial. |
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New York Cast: John Abraham, Katrina Kaif, Neil Nitin Mukesh and Irrfan Khan. Director: Kabir Khan. Great performances, well-directed film.Filmi climax.
Number of weeks: 1. BO Verdict: Hit. |
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Runway Cast: Amarjeet Shukla, Tulip Joshi, Lucky Ali, Deepal Shaw, Shahwar Ali, Sharat Saxena and Rauf Lala. Director: Sunil Tiwari. Good music.Defies logic.
Number of weeks: 1. BO Verdict: Flop.
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Paying Guest Cast: Shreyas Talpade, Celina Jaitley, Javed Jaferri, Aashish Chowdhary, Vatsal Seth, Riya Sen, Neha Dhupia, Sayali Bhagat, Johny Lever and Delnaz Paul. Director: Paritosh Painter. Aashish Chowdhary is likeable.Crass and sexist.
Number of weeks: 2. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Let's Dance Cast: Patel, Ajay Choudhary, Aquib Afzal, Sugandha Garg and Anjan Srivastav. Director: Aarif Sheikh. Good dance moves.Cliched, poor music.
Number of weeks: 2. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Kal Kisne Dekha Cast: Jackky Bhagnani, Vaishali Desai, Riteish Deshmukh, Rishi Kapoor, Rahul Dev. Director: Vivek Sharma. Good locales, cool stunts.Bad script, poor performances by the lead cast.
Number of weeks: 3. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Karma: Crime, Passion, Reincarnation Cast: Carlucci Weyant, Alma Saraci, Vijayendra S Ghatge, Claudia Ciesla. Director: M R Shahjahan. Good screenplay.Run-of-the-mill plot.
Number of weeks: 3. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Kirkit Cast: Sayali Bhagat, Sanjay Kapoor, Jackie Shroff, Johnny Lever, Gulshan Grover. Director: Sashi Preetam. Well-choreographed songs.Shoddy camera work and bad dialogues.
Number of weeks: 3. BO Verdict: Flop.
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Zor Lagaa Ke... Haiya Cast: Mithun Chakraborty, Riya Sen, Seema Biswas, Gulshan Grover, Mahesh Manjrekar, Ashwin Chitale, Megan, Hardik, Ayesha, Ritvik. Director: Girish Girija Joshi. Interesting second half.Very slow first half.
Number of weeks: 3. BO Verdict: Flop.
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99 Cast: Soha Ali Khan, Kunal Khemu, Boman Irani, Cyrus Broacha, Mahesh Manjrekar, Amit Mistry. Director: Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK Hilarious in parts, great dialogues.Film tends to drag.
Number of weeks: 7. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Trade pundit: Vinod Mirani
Last week's box office results
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