The hits and misses of the week.
Both Meri Pyaari Bindu and Sarkar 3 got poor reviews, resulting in poor box office collections.
Baahubali: The Conclusion, meanwhile, continues to set new records.
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the weekly verdict.
Meri Pyaari Bindu
Cast: Ayushmann Khurrana, Parineeti Chopra.
Director: Akshay Roy.
What works: Good performances.
What doesn't: Bad script, screenplay and dialogue.
Number of weeks: New.
BO verdict: Below average.
Sarkar 3
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Amit Sadh, Yami Gautam.
Director: Ram Gopal Varma.
What works: Amitabh Bachchan.
What doesn't: Poor direction.
Number of weeks: New.
BO verdict: Poor opening.
Baahubali: The Conclusion
Cast: Prabhas, Anushka Shetty, Rana Daggubati, Tamannaah, Ramya Krishnan, Sathyaraj, Nassar.
Director: S S Rajamouli.
What works: Brilliant VFX, epic scale, good thrills, fantastic action.
What doesn't: The film's length.
Number of weeks: 2.
BO verdict: Blockbuster.
Read the reviews here: Sukanya Verma / Sreehari Nair
Noor
Cast: Sonakshi Sinha, Kanan Gill, Shibani Dandekar, Purab Kohli.
Director: Sunhil Sippy.
What works: Good performances.
What doesn't: Shallow activism, filmsy drama.
Number of weeks: 3.
BO verdict: Poor opening.
Maatr
Cast: Raveena Tandon, Alisha Khan, Madhur Mittal.
Director: Ashtar Sayed.
What works: Raveena Tandon.
What doesn't: Glaring loopholes, weak script.
Number of weeks: 3.
BO verdict: Poor opening.
Begum Jaan
Cast: Vidya Balan, Ila Arun, Naseeruddin Shah, Rajit Kapoor, Ashish Vidyarthi, Vivek Mushran, Chunky Pandey, Gauahar Khan, Pallavi Sharda.
Director: Srijit Mukherji.
What works: Vidya Balan.
What doesn't: Loud, melodramatic and shallow.
Number of weeks: 4.
BO verdict: Flop
Read the reviews here: Sukanya Verma / Sreehari Nair
Laali Ki Shaadi Mein Laaddoo Deewana
Cast: Vivaan Shah, Akshara Haasan, Gurmeet Choudhary.
Director: Manish Harishankar.
What works: Sincere film.
What doesn't: Bad performances, mediocre.
Number of weeks: 5.
BO verdict: Flop.
Mukti Bhawan
Cast: Adil Hussain, Lalit Behl, Geetanjali Kulkarni, Paomi Ghosh.
Director: Shubhashish Bhutiani.
What works: Good performances, story, direction.
What doesn't: Drags in parts.
Number of weeks: 5.
BO verdict: Flop.
Naam Shabana
Cast: Taapsee Pannu, Akshay Kumar, Manoj Bajpayee, Anupam Kher, Prithviraj Sukumaran, Danny Denzongpa.
Director: Shivam Nair.
What works: Taapsee Pannu.
What doesn't: The background score, predictable.
Number of weeks: 6.
BO verdict: Flop.
Poorna
Cast: Rahul Bose, Aditi Inamdar, S Mariya, Dhritiman Chatterjee, Harsha Vardhan.
Director: Rahul Bose.
What works: The actors, the real-life tale of a hero.
What doesn't: The dialogues.
Number of weeks: 6.
BO verdict: Flop.
