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The Friday nightmare continues. Sex and violence no longer appear to be working at the box-office. Or so it was proved by the hopeless collections of Tum and Kismat.
While Bobby Deol-Priyanka Chopra starrer Kismat garnered around 60-65 per cent collections, Tum managed a poor 35 per cent.
Note: Films are ranked according to their release dates. |
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Kismat Cast: Bobby Deol, Priyanka Chopra, Dr Mohan Joshi, Ashish Vidyarthi, Kabir Bedi, Smita Jaykar Director: Guddu Dhanoa  Catchy songs, good cinematography. Plot reeks of clichés and defies logic.Number of weeks: New BO Verdict: Flop |
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Tum Cast: Manisha Koirala, Karan Nath, Rajat Kapoor, Netanya Singh Director: Aruna Raje Rajat Kapoor's subdued performance.Bad direction, tacky love-making scenes.Number of weeks: New BO Verdict: Flop |
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Rudraksh Cast: Sanjay Dutt, Suniel Shetty, Bipasha Basu, Ishaa Koppikar Director: Mani Shankar Star names in the cast lineup.Tacky SFX, absurd story, boring music.Number of weeks: 1 BO Verdict: Flop |
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I Proud To Be Indian Cast: Sohail Khan, Hina, Imran Ahmed, Asif Sheikh, Mona Ambegaonkar, Kulbhushan Kharbanda Director: Puneet Sira Rich concept.Half-baked characters, poor screenplay.Number of weeks: 1 BO Verdict: Flop |
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Jaago Cast: Raveena Tandon, Manoj Bajpai, Sanjay Kapoor Director: Mehul Kumar Sincere performances, no songs.The sensitive issue of rape is handled tackily.Number of weeks: 2 BO Verdict: Flop |
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Maqbool Cast: Tabu, Irrfan, Pankaj Kapoor, Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri, Masumi Director: Vishal Bharadwaj Superb performances, technically sound direction.Slow paced, will appeal only a niche audience.Number of weeks: 3 BO Verdict: Flop |
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Paap Cast: John Abraham, Udita Goswami, Mohan Agashe Director: Pooja Bhatt Good music and locations.Poor performances, bad voice modulations.Number of weeks: 3 BO Verdict: Flop |
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Khakee Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Ajay Devgan, Akshay Kumar, Aishwarya Rai, Tusshar Kapoor, Atul Kulkarni. Director: Rajkumar Santoshi Detailed characterisation of every actor. AB's first rate performanceToo many action scenes in the first half.Number of weeks: 4 BO Verdict: Average |
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Aetbaar Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, John Abraham, Bipasha Basu Director: Vikram Bhatt Amitabh Bachchan.Bhatt packages last year's Inteha in a new parcel.Number of weeks: 4 BO Verdict: Flop |
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Ek Hasina Thi Cast: Urmila Matondkar, Saif Ali Khan, Seema Biswas Director: Sriram Raghavan Great performances, film shows the darker side of love.Script is too convenient and does not offer explanations for things like Urmila's competence with a gun, shadowing people and killing.Number of weeks: 5 BO Verdict: Flop |
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Design: Uday Kuckian
Last week's box office results
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