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Bad times continue at the box office |
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| Blame it on the ongoing multiplex versus producers' tussle if you will, but last week's releases were all duds at the box office.
Aaa Dekhe Zarra premiered only in single screens and was below average. Ek-The Power Of One fared a little better in single screen theatres. Videsh was so poor that some shows had to be canceled. 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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Aa Dekhen Zara Cast: Neil Nitin Mukesh, Bipasha Basu. Director: Jehangir Surti.  Short and crisp film. Illogical story, no originality.
Number of weeks: New. BO Verdict: Poor. |
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Videsh Cast: Preity Zinta, Vansh Bhardwaj, Baljinder Johal, Rajinder Singh Cheema, Gourrav Sihan and Ramanjit Kaur. Director: Deepa Mehta. Preity Zinta.Baffling elements of mysticism.
Number of weeks: New. BO Verdict: Poor. |
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Ek: The Power of One Cast: Bobby Deol, Nana Patekar, Shriya Saran, Jackie Shroff, Pradeep Kharab, Sachin Khedekar, Chunkey Pandey and Zarina Wahab. Director: Sangeeth Sivan. Tough!Outdated.
Number of weeks: New. BO Verdict: Poor. |
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Firaaq Cast: Naseeruddin Shah, Paresh Rawal, Deepti Naval, Sanjay Suri, Tisca Chopra and Shahana Goswami. Director: Nandita Das. Sensitive depiction of life after the Gujarat riots, 2002.Too serious.
Number of weeks: 1. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Straight Cast: Vinay Pathak, Gul Panag, Anuj Choudhry. Director: Parvati Balagopalan. Vinay Pathak.The film has nothing else going for it.
Number of weeks: 1. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Aloo Chaat Cast: Aftab Shivdasani, Aamna Sharif. Director: Robby Grewal. Good performances.It seems like a single episode of a television sitcom was stretched to feature length.
Number of weeks: 1. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Barah Aana Cast: Naseeruddin Shah, Vijay Raaz, Arjun Mathur and Tannishtha Chatterjee. Director: Raja Menon. Good performances.This 'comedy' has no laughs.
Number of weeks: 1. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Lottery Cast: Abhijeet Sawant, Manisha Kelkar, Rucha Gujarathi. Director: Hemant Prabhu. Tough!The film fails on all counts.
Number of weeks: 1. BO Verdict: Flop.
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Gulaal Cast: Kay Kay Menon, Raj Singh Chaudhary, Abhimanyu Singh, Mahi Gill, Ayesha Mohan, Riyush Mishra. Director: Anurag Kashyap. Good music, great performances.Language is very abusive.
Number of weeks: 2. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Little Zizou Cast: Jahan Batiwala, Iyanah Batiwala, Imaad Shah, Sohrab Ardeshir, Boman Irani, Zenobia Shroff, Shenaz Patel. Director: Sooni Taraporewala. Very well-directed film.Very simplistic.
Number of weeks: 2. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Trade pundit: Vinod Mirani
Last week's box office results
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