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Bollywood's hat-trick of flops |
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Lord Ganesha does not seem pleased with Bollywood.
All the three films which released this week -- Kuch Naa Kaho, Calcutta Mail and Rules: Pyaar Ka Superhit Formula -- could not charm the box office. Compared to the other two, Kuch Naa Kaho had a relatively better opening, but it was not good enough. Calcutta Mail's collections were most disappointing. Although critically well received, Rules failed to create impact. 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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Koi... Mil Gaya Cast: Hrithik Roshan, Preity Zinta, Rekha Director: Rakesh Roshan  Hrithik Roshan's performance. Jaadoo, the alien. Tacky SFX.Number of weeks: 4 BO Verdict: Superhit |
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Gangaajal Cast: Ajay Devgan, Gracy Singh Director: Prakash Jha Ajay's intense performance.Unoriginal, overused plot.Number of weeks: 1 BO Verdict: Average |
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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: New BO Verdict: Flop |
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Rules Cast: Tanuja, Milind Soman, Meera Vasudevan, Namrata Barua Director: Parvati Balagopalan Great performances. Good music.The amateurishness of the actors and the director shows at times.Number of weeks: New BO Verdict: Flop |
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Calcutta Mail Cast: Anil Kapoor, Rani Mukerji, Manisha Koirala Director: Sudhir Mishra Anil Kapoor's power-packed performance. Beautiful visuals of Kolkata.Unimpressive, post-interval.Number of weeks: New BO Verdict: Flop |
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Tere Naam Cast: Salman Khan, Bhoomika Chawla Director: Satish Kaushik Good performances. Good script.The mental asylum scenes are exaggerated.Number of weeks: 2 BO Verdict: Hit |
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Hungama Cast: Akshaye Khanna, Aftab Shivdasani, Rimi Sen, Paresh Rawal Director: Priyadarsan Paresh Rawal's gags.Confusing subplots.Number of weeks: 4 BO Verdict: Average |
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Mumbai Se Aaya Mera Dost Cast: Abhishek Bachchan, Lara Dutta, Snehal Lakhia, Aditya Lakhia, Dayashankar Pandey, Yashpal Sharma, Akhilendra Mishra Director: Apoorva Lakhia Abhishek's performance.A prominent Lagaan hangover.Number of weeks: 1 BO Verdict: Flop |
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Footpath Cast: Aftab Shivdasani, Rahul Dev, Emraan Hashmi, Bipasha Basu Director: Vikram Bhatt Good performances. Decent music.Same old story. Too many glitches in the script.Number of weeks: 2 BO Verdict: Flop |
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Qayamat Cast: Ajay Devgan, Suniel Shetty, Arbaaz Khan, Sanjay Kapoor, Neha Dhupia, Aashish Chowdhary, Isha Koppikar, Riya Sen Director: Harry Baweja Mind-blowing action. Slick cinematography.Too many songs. Weak pace. Mediocre acting.Number of weeks: 7 BO Verdict: Average |
Trade expert: Indu Mirani
Last week's box office results
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