Dirty Politics
Cast: Mallika Sherawat, Jackie Shroff, Atul Kulkarni, Om Puri, Naseeruddin Shah
Director: KC Bokadia
What works: Anupam Kher
What doesn't: Bad story, terrible acting, poor treatment
Number of weeks: New
BO verdict: Below average
Badmashiyaan
Cast: Suzanna Mukherjee, Siddhant Gupta, Karan Mehra, Sharib Hashmi and Gunjan Malhotra,
Director: Amit Khanna
What works: Nothing!
What doesn't: Film has wooden actors and no plot.
Number of weeks: New
BO verdict: Flop
Dum Laga Ke Haisha
Cast: Ayushmann Khurrana and Bhumi Pednekar
Director: Sharat Katariya
What works: A novel story, good performances and good music.
What doesn't: Interesting chemistry between the lead.
Number of weeks: 1
BO verdict: Hit.
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Ab Tak Chhappan 2
Cast: Nana Patekar, Gul Panag and Mohan Agashe
Director: Aejaz Gulab
What works: Nana Patekar.
What doesn't: Low production values, bad story.
Number of weeks: 1
BO verdict: Poor opening.
Badlapur
Cast: Varun Dhawan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Yami Gautam, Huma Qureshi, Radhika Apte
Director: Sriram Raghavan
What works: Gripping story, great performances.
What doesn't: The climax drags.
Number of weeks: 2
BO verdict: Fair.
MSG: The Messenger
Cast: Saint Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Ji Insan, Daniel Kaleb, Flora Saini, Jayshree Soni
Director: Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh and Jeetu Arora
What works: Tough!
What doesn't: Loud, tacky feature-length advertisement.
Number of weeks: 3
BO verdict: Flop
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