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The hits and misses of the week.
PINK opened to fabulous reviews butweak collections at the box office. The collections, however, improved over the weekend and the film will have to sustain through the week to be on the plus side.
Raaz: Reboot is poor and shows the signs of failing.
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the weekly box office verdict.
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: New.
BO verdict: Average opening.
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: New.
BO verdict: Poor opening.
Baar Baar Dekho
Cast: Katrina Kaif, Sidharth Malhotra.
Director: Nitya Mehra.
What works: Good looking film, novel way to show a romance.
What doesn't: Poor performances, second half drags.
Number of weeks: 1.
BO verdict: Flop.
Freaky Ali
Cast: Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Arbaaz Khan, Amy Jackson, Seema Biswas, Nikitin Dheer.
Director: Sohail Khan.
What works: Nawazuddin Siddiqui.
What doesn't: Daft writing.
Number of weeks: 1.
BO verdict: Flop.
Akira
Cast: Sonakshi Sinha, Konkona Sen Sharma, Anurag Kashyap.
Director: AR Murugadoss.
What works: Sonakshi Sinha and Anurag Kashyap.
What doesn't: Bland, dated film.
Number of weeks: 2.
BO verdict: Flop.
Island City
Cast: Vinay Pathak, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Amruta Subhash, Chandan Roy Sanyal, Uttara Baokar, Ashwin Mushran.
Director: Ruchika Oberoi.
What works: Complex, engaging film, laced with humour and satire.
What doesn't: Lack of A-listers will restrict its viewership.
Number of weeks: 2.
BO verdict: Flop.
A Flying Jatt
Cast: Tiger Shroff, Jacqueline Fernandez and Nathan Jones.
Director: Remo D'Souza.
What works: A superhero film that children will enjoy.
What doesn't: Loud performances, poor climax.
Number of weeks: 3.
BO verdict: Below average.
Happy Bhag Jayegi
Cast: Abhay Deol, Diana Penty, Ali Fazal, Jimmy Shergill.
Director: Mudassar Aziz.
What works: Great performances from the cast.
What doesn't: The protagonist is sloppy, who's neither convincing in her mischief nor original in her exploits.
Number of weeks: 4.
BO verdict: Above average.
Rustom
Cast: Akshay Kumar, Ileana D'Cruz and Esha Gupta.
Director: Tinu Suresh Desai.
What works: Akshay Kumar.
What doesn't: Tacky production values, poor supporting cast.
Number of weeks: 5.
BO verdict: Hit.
Mohenjo Daro
Cast: Hrithik Roshan, Pooja Hegde, Kabir Bedi, Suhasini Mulay and Arunoday Singh
Director: Ashutosh Gowariker.
What works: Hrithik Roshan is earnest in his performance.
What doesn't: Hackneyed plot, weak script, Pooja Hegde.
Number of weeks: 5.
BO verdict: Flop.
Read the reviews here: Sukanya Verma / Raja Sen