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Box Office: Poor show for Ghazi Attack, Irada, Running Shaadi

Last updated on: February 20, 2017 16:15 IST

The hits and misses of the week.

Jolly LLB 2 saw a weak opening but improved over its second weekend. It also benefited on February 14, Valentine's Day. With poor opposition in the next week, the film will move into plus side.

The Ghazi Attack has been appreciated but that does not translate at the box office. Such films need reasonable admission rates as well as tax exemption.

The other releases -- Irada and Running Shaadi -- were very poor.

Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the weekly verdict.

 

The Ghazi Attack

Cast: Rana Daggubati, Kay Kay Menon, Atul Kulkarni, Taapsee Pannu.

Director: Sankalp Reddy.

What works: Nail-biting thriller, riveting war story.

What doesn't: Over-dramatised.

Number of weeks: New.

BO verdict: Poor opening.

Read the review here


Running Shaadi

Cast: Taapsee Pannu, Amit Sadh.

Director: Amit Roy.

What works: The Bihari tadka.

What doesn't: Everything else!

Number of weeks: New.

BO verdict: Poor opening.

Read the review here


Irada

Cast: Naseeruddin Shah, Arshad Warsi, Sagarika Ghatge, Divya Dutta

Director: Aparnaa Singh.

What works: Good performances.

What doesn't: Sloppy editing, doesn't hold your attention.

Number of weeks: New.

BO verdict: Poor opening.

Read the reviews here

Jolly LLB 2

Cast: Akshay Kumar, Huma Qureshi, Saurabh Shukla, Annu Kapoor

Director: Subhash Kapoor

What works: Good performances, fun dialogues and well-directed.

What doesn't: Predictable.

Number of weeks: 1.

BO verdict: Above average.

Read the review here

 

Kung Fu Yoga

Cast: Jackie Chan, Sonu Sood, Disha Patani, Amyra Dastur.

Director: Stanley Tong

What works: Jackie Chan.

What doesn't: Lousy acting, bad CGI, terrible dialogues, illogical film.

Number of weeks: 2.

BO verdict: Flop.

Read the review here

 

Kaabil

Cast: Hrithik Roshan, Yami Gautam, Ronit Roy and Rohit Roy.

Director: Sanjay Gupta.

What works: Hrithik Roshan.

What doesn't: Predictable story, slow first half.

Number of weeks: 3.

BO verdict: Below Average.

Read the reviews here: Sukanya VermaNamrata Thakker

 

Raees

Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Mahira Khan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui.

Director: Rahul Dholakia.

What works: Nawazuddin Siddiqui.

What doesn't: Script and narration doesn't grab you.

Number of weeks: 3.

BO verdict: Below Average.

Read the reviews here: Saisuresh SivaswamyPrasanna Zore

 

Coffee With D

Cast: Sunil Grover, Pankaj Tripathi.

Director: Vishal Mishra

What works: Good performances, a few genuinely funny scenes.

What doesn't: Poorly executed, boring music.

Number of weeks: 4.

BO verdict: Flop.

Read the review here

 

Ok Jaanu

Cast: Shraddha Kapoor, Aditya Roy Kapur, Naseeruddin Shah, Leela Samson

Director: Shaad Ali

What works: Beautiful cinematography.

What doesn't: Shaad Ali cannot pull off a remake of the well-made original, O Kadhal Kanmani.

Number of weeks: 5.

BO verdict: Flop.

Read the review here