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In his heyday, Amitabh Bachchan was God at the box office. Today, as he rides his second innings in Bollywood, the star continues to retain his charisma at the box office. His new drama, Baghban, co-starring the gorgeous Hema Malini, has opened to a good response and is number 1 on the charts.
On the other hand, Khel, Suniel Shetty's debut as producer, turned out to be a cold turkey despite the presence of Sunny Deol and Shetty himself. 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: New BO Verdict: Average |
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Khel Cast: Sunny Deol, Sunil Shetty, Ajay Jadeja, Celina Jaitley, Gulshan Grover, Mohan Joshi, Akhilendra Mishra Director: Yusuf Khan Sunny Deol.Suspense revealed in the first half of the thriller.Number of weeks: New BO Verdict: Flop |
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Koi... Mil Gaya Cast: Hrithik Roshan, Preity Zinta, Rekha Director: Rakesh Roshan Hrithik Roshan's performance. Jaadoo the alien.Tacky SFX.Number of weeks: 8 BO Verdict: Superhit |
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Zameen Cast: Ajay Devgan, Abhishek Bachchan, Bipasha Basu Director: Rohit Shetty Great action.The extraordinarily long car chases. The slow motion action shots.Number of weeks: 1 BO Verdict: Flop |
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Market Cast: Manisha Koirala, Suman Ranganathan, Shweta Menon, Aryan Vaid, Sayaji Shinde, Makarand Deshpande Director: Jai Prakash Great performances. Good dialogues.Loud film. Too many characters.Number of weeks: 3 BO Verdict: Average |
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Mumbai Matinee Cast: Rahul Bose, Perizaad Zorabian, Saurabh Shukla, Vijay Raaz, Asrani Director: Anant Balani A great performance from Bose.Incoherent storyline.Number of weeks: 1 BO Verdict: Flop |
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Xcuse Me Cast: Sahil Khan, Sharmaan Joshi, Jaya Seal, Sonali Joshi Director: N Chandra Joshi's comic timing.Xcuse Me is like a sitcom without the recorded laughter.Number of weeks: 1 BO Verdict: Flop |
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Kuch Naa Kaho Cast: Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Director: Rohan Sippy Good performance from Abhishek. Great music. Snazzy camerawork. Clean humour.Aishwarya's wimpy performance. No chemistry between the lead pair. Poor climax.Number of weeks: 4 BO Verdict: Flop |
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Parwana Cast: Ajay Devgan, Amisha Patel, Pooja Batra, Sharat Saxena, Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Akhilendra Mishra, Ketki Dave, Kader Khan, Jagdeep, Sayaji Shinde, Nawab Shah, Pramod Moutho, Gulshan Grover Director: Deepak Bahry Fabulous performance from Ajay Devgan. Good action scenes.Inane, screechy special effects.Number of weeks: 3 BO Verdict: Flop |
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Boom Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Jackie Shroff, Gulshan Grover, Katrina Kaif, Padma Lakshmi, Madhu Sapre Director: Kaizad Gustad Sleek camerawork.Bizarre plot. Excessive sexuality. Bad language.Number of weeks: 2 BO Verdict: Flop |
Trade expert: Indu Mirani
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