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The year 2003's last release, J P Dutta's war drama, LoC-Kargil was expected to break box-office records. Although it opened big, owing to the immense hype and curiosity surrounding it, its collections have been dropping consistently.
Word of mouth appears to have helped Munnabhai MBBS, which is doing sound business in Mumbai. Note: Films are ranked on the basis of their performance at the box office every week. Though a film may be declared a flop, it may have performed better than the other films that week.  |
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Kal Ho Na Ho Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Preity Zinta, Jaya Bachchan Director: Nikhil Advani  Well-written, good-direction and performances. Excessive melodrama and nothing for rural centres.Number of weeks: 4 BO Verdict: Super Hit |
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LoC-Kargil Cast: Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Sanjay Dutt, Namrata Shirodkar, Abhishek Bachchan, Esha Deol, Ajay Devgan, Rani Mukerji, Suniel Shetty, Isha Koppikar, Sanjay Kapoor, Raveena Tandon, Raj Babbar, Akshaye Khanna, Kim Sharma, Nagarjuna, Manoj Bajpai, Mahima Chaudhry Director: J P Dutta Story, amazing starcast, musicLengthy, less time devoted to each character.Number of weeks: New BO Verdict: Average |
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Munnabhai MBBS Cast: Sanjay Dutt, Sunil Dutt, Gracy Singh, Arshad Warsi, Jimmy Shergil, Boman Irani Director: Rajkumar Hirani Good humour, funny dialogues.Totally Mumbai-orientatedNumber of weeks: 1 BO Verdict: Average |
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Dil Pardesi Ho Gaya Cast: Kapil Jhaveri, Saloni Aswani, Ashutosh Rana, Amrish Puri, Prem Chopra Director: Sawaan Kumar Deals about peace between India and Pakistan.Preaches in a jingoistic way, poor performances.Number of weeks: 2 BO Verdict: Flop
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Baghban Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini, Paresh Rawal, Lilette Dubey, Aman Verma, Samir Soni, Divya Dutta, Suman Ranganathan, Nasir Khan, Asrani, Sahil Chadda, Rimi Sen, Yash Pathak Director: Ravi Chopra Moving performances from AB and Hema Malini.Tired plot. Audience disinterested in watching an oldies' romance.Number of weeks: 11 BO Verdict: Hit |
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Fun2ssh Cast: Paresh Rawal, Gulshan Gover, Farida Jalal, Ashish Vidyarthy, Kadar Khan, Anuj Sawhney, Iqbal Khan Director: Imtiaz Punjabi Paresh Rawal's comic performance.Poor performances from the rest of the cast.Number of weeks: 1 BO Verdict: Flop |
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Janasheen Cast: Feroz Khan, Fardeen Khan, Celina Jaitley Director: Feroz Khan Glossy, technically sleek.Poor performances, old-fashioned plot.Number of weeks: 4 BO Verdict: Flop |
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Tehzeeb Cast: Shabana Azmi, Urmila Matondkar, Arjun Rampal, Dia Mirza Director: Khalid Mohamed Shabana Azmi's acting, Santosh Sivan's cinematography.Too many item numbers, over the top performances by Urmila and Arjun, no focus on screenplay.Number of weeks: 3 BO Verdict: Flop |
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Wrong Number Cast: Pravin Dabas, Richal Pallod, Rakesh Bapat, Rinku Ghosh, Vrajesh Hirjee Director: Jignesh M Vaishnav Well-executed murder scenes.Pads up the murder scenes excessively, too many songs.Number of weeks: 2 BO Verdict: Flop |
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Aanch Cast: Nana Patekar, Paresh Rawal, Suchinder Bali, Sharbani Mukherji, Ayesha Jhulka and Nirmal Pandey Director: Raajesh Kumar Singh Paresh Rawal's acting.The story offers nothing new.Number of weeks: 4 BO Verdict: Flop
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Trade expert: Indu Mirani
Last week's box office results
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