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The hits and misses of the week.
Last week's releases, Fuddu and Anna, have met with a disastrous fate at the box office.
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the weekly verdict.
Fuddu
Cast: Shubham, Swati Kapoor
Director: Sunil Subramani
What works: Good performances, unusual story line
What doesn't: Silly ending, unnecessary songs
Number of weeks: New
BO verdict: Flop
Anna: Kisan Baburao Hazare
Cast: Shashank Udapurkar, Tanishaa Mukerji, Ankit Sharma, Govind Namdeo, Rajit Kapur, Sharat Saxena, Kishor Kadam
Director: Shashank Udapurkar
What works: An attempt to make a film on Anna
What doesn't: It does not examine, in depth, the details of Anna's political life.
Number of weeks: New
BO verdict: Flop
Mirzya
Cast: Harshvardhan Kapoor, Saiyami Kher, Art Malik, K K Raina
Director: Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
What works: Beautiful locales and cinematography
What doesn't: A hollow re-working of Mirza Sahiban
Number of weeks: 1
BO verdict: Disaster
Read the review here: Raja Sen/ Suknaya Verma
Tutak Tutak Tutiya
Cast: Prabhu Deva, Tamannaah, Sonu Sood
Director: A L Vijay
What works: Great performances and music
What doesn't: Stale plot, screenplay lacks punch
Number of weeks: 1
BO verdict: Flop
M S Dhoni: The Untold Story
Cast: Sushant Singh Raput, Anupam Kher, Bhoomika Chawla, Disha Patani, Kiara Advani
Director: Neeraj Pandey
What works: Great performances, a brilliant first half
What doesn't: Too long, unnecessary songs
Number of weeks: 2
BO verdict: Average
Banjo
Cast: Riteish Deshmukh, Nargis Fakhri, Dharmesh Yelande, Aditya Kumar, Ram Menon
Director: Ravi Jadhav
What works: Good supporting cast, music
What doesn't: Predictable screenplay
Number of weeks: 3
BO verdict: Flop
Wah Taj
Cast: Shreyas Talpade, Manjari Phadnis
Director: Ajit Sinha
What works: Novel idea, intriguing premise
What doesn't: Execution, exaggerated performances, cartoonish sound effects
Number of weeks: 3
BO verdict: Flop
Parched
Cast: Radhika Apte, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Surveen Chawla, Sayani Gupta
Director: Leena Yadav
What works: Good performances, direction, the way the film is shot by Russell Carpenter
What doesn't: Scenes end on an unreal note
Number of weeks: 3
BO verdict: Flop
PINK
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Taapsee Pannu, Kirti Kulhari, Andrea Tariang, Angad Bedi, Dhritiman Chatterjee, Piyush Mishra
Director: Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury
What works: Good performances, great execution
What doesn't: Nothing!
Number of weeks: 4
BO verdict: Hit
Raaz: Reboot
Cast: Emraan Hashmi, Kriti Kharbanda
Director: Vikram Bhatt
What works: Decent music
What doesn't: Same old story, cliched dialogues
Number of weeks: 4
BO verdict: Flop