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Box Office: Khoobsurat, Daawat-E-Ishq open poorly

September 22, 2014 17:51 IST

Sonam Kapoor and Fawad Khan in KhoobsuratA look at this week's hits and misses.

Last week's releases Khoobsurat and Daawat-E-Ishq did not perform well at the box office.
 
Khoobsurat failed to draw in the crowds.
 
Daawat-E-Ishq, on the other hand, picked up over the weekend but could not sustain on Monday.
 
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the box office verdict for the week.

Khoobsurat

Cast: Sonam Kapoor, Fawad Khan, Ratna Pathak Shah, Kirron Kher

Director: Shashanka Ghosh

What works: Good looking film with candyfloss romance

What doesn't: We've seen better before

Number of weeks: New

BO verdict: Flop

Read the review here

 

Daawat-E-Ishq

Cast: Aditya Roy Kapur, Parineeti Chopra, Anupam Kher

Director: Habib Faisal

What works: A charming foodie feast

What doesn't: Half-baked film

Number of weeks: New

BO verdict: Below average.

Read the review here

 

Finding Fanny

Cast: Naseeruddin Shah, Pankaj Kapur, Dimple Kapadia, Deepika Padukone, Arjun Kapoor

Director: Homi Adajania

What works: Good performances, good music

What doesn't: The second half drags

Number of weeks: 1

BO verdict: Flop.

Read the reviews here: Raja Sen / Sukanya Verma

 

Creature 3D

Cast: Bipasha Basu, Imran Abbas Naqvi

Director: Vikram Bhatt

What works: Nothing!

What doesn't: No thrills, poor story, bad animation and bad acting.

Number of weeks: 1

BO verdict: Flop.

Read the review here

 

Mary Kom

Cast: Priyanka Chopra, Darshan Kumaar, Sunil Thapa

Director: Omung Kumar

What works: Priyanka Chopra

What doesn't: Predictable screenplay

Number of weeks: 2

BO verdict: Below average.

Read the reviews here: Laxmi Negi /Sukanya Verma

 

Raja Natwarlal

Cast: Emraan Hasmi, Humaima Malick

Director: Kunal Deshmukh

What works: Emraan Hashmi

What doesn't: Unimpressive songs, badly shot film

Number of weeks: 3

BO verdict: Flop

Read the review here

 

Mardaani

Cast: Rani Mukerji, Jisshu Sengupta, Tahir Bhasin

Director: Pradeep Sarkar

What works: Rani Mukerji

What doesn't: Weak script.

Number of weeks: 4

BO verdict: Hit

Read the review here