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Brande's Hindi debut: out of control! |
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Even Baywatch babe Brande Rodrick could not light up the box-office with her debut Hindi film, Out Of Control. The film sank, as did the other release of the week, Robin Khosla's Taj Mahal: The Story Of Eternal Love.
The one silver lining may be the fact that these will be the last releases during the period of Ramzan. As Eid approaches, so do the bigger releases: Kal Ho Naa Ho and Janasheen. 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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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: 6 BO Verdict: Hit |
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Out Of Control Cast: Ritesh Deshmukh, Brande Rodrick, Hrishitaa Bhatt Director: Apoorva Asrani Light-hearted entertainment.Repetitive story, Ritesh looks too kiddish to be married.Number of weeks: New BO Verdict: Flop |
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Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II Cast: Arshad Warsi, Sandhya Mridul, Prashant Narayanan, Suchitra Pillai, Pratima Kazmi, Anant Jog, Mahima Chaudhry Director: Shashanka Ghosh Good performances from Warsi and Narayanan.A wacky story doesn't make a great film.Number of weeks: 1 BO Verdict: Flop |
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Taj Mahal: The Story Of Eternal Love Cast: Raghu Raj, Purnima, Danny Director: Robin Khosla Pleasant locations.Amateurish acting and direction.Number of weeks: New BO Verdict: Flop
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Jodi Kya Banayi Wah Wah Ramji Cast: Paresh Rawal, Amar Upadhyay, Reema Sen, Gulshan Grover, Tiku Talsania, Rakesh Bedi, Avtaar Gill Director: Raman Kumar Paresh Rawal has his moments.Outdated plot, bad acting.Number of weeks: 1 BO Verdict: Flop
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Dhoop Cast: Om Puri, Revathy, Sanjay Suri, Gul Panag, Gopi Desai Director: Ashwini Chowdhary Realistic story, excellent performances.Dreary and depressing at times.Number of weeks: 2 BO Verdict: Flop |
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Patth Cast: Sharad Kapoor, Hyder Kazmi, Nirmal Pandey, Mukesh Tiwari, Payal Rohatgi, Govind Namdeo Director: Shivram Yadav The moral: violence begets violence.Beaten to death theme.Number of weeks: 2 BO Verdict: Flop |
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Ek Din 24 Ghante Cast: Nandita Das, Rahul Bose, Piyush Mishra, Vineet Kumar and Kabir Director: Anant Balani Nil.Story, acting, you name it.Number of weeks: 2 BO Verdict: Flop |
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Kagaar Cast: Amitabh Dayal, Nandita Das, Om Puri, Anoop Soni Director: N Chandra Good performances.Too grim, tends to glamourise an encounter killer.Number of weeks: 3 BO Verdict: Flop |
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Sssshhh... Cast: Dino Morea, Karan Nath, Tanishaa, Gaurav Kapoor, Suvarna Jha, Kushal Punjabi, Teena Chowdhary, Aly Khan Director: Pavan S Kaul Good locales. Great performance from Dino.Poor climax, too long.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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