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Salman Khan: King of the box office

September 20, 2010 17:06 IST

Salman Khan continued to rule the box office a week after it's record opening. It even outdid the total earmings of Salman's last hit, Wanted.

With no major releases this coming week as the Ranbir Kapoor-Priyanka Chopra starrer Anjaana Anjaani has been postponed to October 1, it looks like it's going to be Salman's show all the way.

Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the box office verdict for the week.

Note: Films are ranked according to their release dates. The thumbs ups and downs reflect rediff's views.




Dabangg

Cast: Salman Khan, Sonakshi Sinha, Dimple Kapadia, Vinod Khanna, Sonu Sood.
Director: Abhinav Kashyap.

Salman Khan rocks!

No story line to speak of.

Number of weeks: 1.
BO Verdict: Super hit.

Review




We Are Family

Cast: Kajol, Kareena Kapoor and Arjun Rampal.
Director: Siddharth Malhotra.
Kajol is charming.

Melodramatic and contrived.

Number of weeks: 2.
BO Verdict: Flop.

Review




The Film Emotional Atyachar

Cast: Kalki Koechlin, Ravi Kissen, Vinay Pathak, Ranvir Shorey, Abhimanyu Singh.
Director: Akshay Shere.
Mercifully short.

No story, poor performances.

Number of weeks: 2.
BO Verdict: Flop.

Review




Aashayein

Cast: John Abraham, Sonal Sehgal, Anaitha Nair, Girish Karnard, Farida Jalal.
Director: Nagesh Kukunoor.
Beautifully shot

Drags at times.

Number of weeks: 3.
BO Verdict: Flop.

Review




Hello Darling

Cast: Gul Panag, Eesha Koppikar, Celina Jaitley, Jaaved Jaffery.
Director: Manoj Tiwari.
Tough!

Silly half baked plot, unfunny gags.

Number of weeks: 3.
BO Verdict: Flop.

Review




Antardwand

Cast: Raj Singh Chaudhury, Vinay Pathak, Akhilendra Mishra, Swati Sen.
Director: Sushil Rajpal.
Well researched, hard hitting thriller with good performances from the cast.

Can't think of any.

Number of weeks: 3.
BO Verdict: Flop.

Review




Lafangey Parindey

Cast: Deepika Padukone, Neil Nitin Mukesh.
Director: Pradeep Sarkar
Good music and cinematography.

Too superficial.

Number of weeks: 4.
BO Verdict: Flop.

Review




Peepli Live

Cast: Omkar Das Manikpuri, Raghubir Yadav, Shalini Vatsa, Malaika Shenoy, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Naseeruddin Shah.
Director: Anusha Rizvi
Never a dull moment. Well-researched, brilliantly-written and effectively documented.

Can't think of any.

Number of weeks: 5.
BO Verdict: Hit.

Review




Help

Cast: Mugdha Godse, Bobby Deol.
Director: Rajeev Manoj Virani

Good special effects.

Average performances from Bobby and Mugdha.

Number of weeks: 6.
BO Verdict: Flop.

Review




Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai

Cast: Ajay Devgn, Kangna Ranaut, Emraan Hashmi, Prachi Desai.
Director: Milan Luthria

Good performances, direction, writing, music.

First half drags a bit

Number of weeks: 7.
BO Verdict: Hit.

Review

Trade pundit: Vinod Mirani

Last week's box office results