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The hits and misses of the week.
Himesh Reshammiya's Teraa Surroor managed average business at the box office despite popular music and poor opposition. The other release of the week -- Global Baba -- failed.
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the box office verdict.
Teraa Surroor
Cast: Himesh Resahmmiya, Farah Karimaee, Naseeruddin Shah, Shekhar Kapur, Kabir Bedi.
Director: Shawn Arranha.
What works: The music.
What doesn't: The whole film!
Number of weeks: New.
BO verdict: Average.
Jai GangaaJal
Cast: Priyanka Chopra, Prakash Jha, Manav Kaul.
Director: Prakash Jha.
What works: Priyanka Chopra.
What doesn't: The half-baked plot.
Number of weeks: 1.
BO verdict: Flop.
Zubaan
Cast: Vicky Kaushal, Sarah Jane Dias, Raaghav Chanana.
Director: Mozez Singh.
What works: Performance.
What doesn't: The story and the music.
Number of weeks: 1.
BO verdict: Flop.
Aligarh
Cast: Manoj Bajpai, Rajkummar Rao, Ashish Vidyarthi.
Director: Hansal Mehta.
What works: Story, screenplay, direction, performance.
What doesn't: A bit slow at times.
Number of weeks: 2.
BO verdict: Flop.
Tere Bin Laden: Dead Or Alive
Cast: Manish Paul, Sikandar Kher, Pradhuman Singh, Mia Uyeda, Piyush Mishra.
Director: Abhishek Sharma.
What works: Good performances from Pradhuman Singh and Sikandar Kher.
What doesn't: The second half bores.
Number of weeks: 2.
BO verdict: Flop.
Bollywood Diaries
Cast: Raima Sen, Salim Diwan, Ashish Vidyarthi.
Director: K D Satyam.
What works: Performances by the lead cast.
What doesn't: Too slow and predictable.
Number of weeks: 2.
BO verdict: Flop.
Neerja
Cast: Sonam Kapoor, Shabana Azmi.
Director: Ram Madhvani.
What works: Performances, cinematography and narrative is superb.
What doesn't: Nothing.
Number of weeks: 3.
BO verdict: Hit.
Read the reviews here: Raja Sen / Sukanya Verma
Loveshhuda
Cast: Girish Kumar, Navneet Kaur Dhillon.
Director: Vaibhav Misra.
What works: Good music.
What doesn't: Bad script, shoddy editing.
Number of weeks: 3.
BO verdict: Flop.