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Dum Maaro Dum gets poor response at box office

April 25, 2011 12:09 IST

Last week's release Dum Maaro Dum got a poor opening at the box office despite the three-day weekend. The other release Zokkomon saw a worse fate.

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 do not reflect rediff's views.




Dum Maaro Dum

Cast: Abhishek Bachchan, Bipasha Basu, Rana Daggubati, Prateik Babbar.
Director: Rohan Sippy.

Good story. 

Weak performances by Prateik and Bipasha.

Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: Poor response.

Review1 | 2




Zokkomon

Cast: Darsheel Safary, Anupam Kher, Manajari Phadnis
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Director: Satyajit Bhatkal.

Darsheel Safary 

Lackluster script and overdose of cliched situations

Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: Flop.

Review




Teen Thay Bhai

Cast: Om Puri, Shreyas Talpade, Deepak Dobriyal.
Director: Mrigdeep Singh Lamba.

Performance of the cast.

Script disappoints.

Number of weeks: 1.
BO Verdict: Flop.

Review




Thank You

Cast: Akshay Kumar, Irrfan Khan, Bobby Deol, Suniel Shetty, Sonam Kapoor, Celina Jaitley, Rimi Sen, Paresh Rawal
.
Director: Anees Bazmee.

Suniel Shetty

The entire film.

Number of weeks: 2.
BO Verdict: Losing.

Review




Game

Cast: Abhishek Bachchan, Sarah Jane Dias, Kangna Ranaut, Boman Irani.
Director: Abhinay Deo.

Short film

Old-fashioned murder mystery

Number of weeks: 3.
BO Verdict: Flop.

Review




F.A.L.T.U

Cast: Jackky Bhagnani, Riteish Deshmukh, Arshad Warsi, Puja Gupta.
Director: Remo D'Souza.

Good performances. 

Not well defined characters.

Number of weeks: 3.
BO Verdict: Average.

Review




Tanu Weds Manu

Cast: R Madhavan, Kangna Ranaut, Jimmy Shergill
Director:  Aanand L Rai.

R Madhavan, Kangna Ranaut. 

The climax scene.

Number of weeks: 8.
BO Verdict: Average.

Review




7 Khoon Maaf

Cast: Priyanka Chopra, Neil Nitin Mukesh, John Abraham, Irrfan Khan, Aleksandr Dyachenko, Annu Kapoor, Naseeruddin Shah, Vivaan Shah.
Director: Vishal Bhardwaj.

Good music. 

Boring and linear script.

Number of weeks: 9.
BO Verdict: Flop.

Review




Kaccha Limboo

Cast: Atul Kulkarni, Vinay Pathak, Taher Sutterwala, Sarika.
Director: Sagar Ballary.

Authentic. 

Lacks focus.

Number of weeks: 9.
BO Verdict: Flop.

Review




Patiala House

Cast: Akshay Kumar, Anushka Sharma, Rishi Kapoor, Neetu Singh.
Director: Nikhil Advani.

Good music. Akshay rocks. 

Generic plot and sloppy screenplay.

Number of weeks: 10.
BO Verdict: Flop.

Review

Trade pundit: Vinod Mirani

Last week's box office results