Vishal Bhardwaj's 7 Khoon Maaf opened with poor collections at the box office. The other release of the week Kaccha Limbu did not work either.
Akshay Kumar's Patiala House is a flop.
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.
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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: New.
BO Verdict: Poor opening.
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Kaccha Limboo
Cast: Atul Kulkarni, Vinay Pathak, Taher Sutterwala, Sarika.
Director: Sagar Ballary.
Authentic.
Lacks focus.
Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: Poor opening.
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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: 1.
BO Verdict: Flop.
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Yeh Saali Zindagi
Cast: Irrfan Khan, Chitrangada Singh, Arunoday Singh, Aditi Rao Hydari.
Director: Sudhir Mishra.
Witty, funny and good performances.
Surplus characters and subplots.
Number of weeks: 2.
BO Verdict: Steady.
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Hum Dono
Cast: Dev Anand, Sadhana, Nanda.
Director: Vijay Anand.
Watching a black and white classic in colour!
Tough!
Number of weeks: 2.
BO Verdict: Poor response.
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Utt Pataang
Cast: Mahie Gill, Mona Singh, Vinay Pathak, Saurabh Shukla.
Director: Srikanth Velagaleti.
Tight script, flawless editing.
Cast disappoints.
Number of weeks: 2.
BO Verdict: Flop.
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United Six
Cast: Parvathy Omanakuttan, Daisy Bopanna, Mahi, Pooja Sharma, Isha Batwe, Luna Lakhar.
Director: Vishal Aryan Singh.
Tough!
Full of cliches and bad performances.
Number of weeks: 2.
BO Verdict: Flop.
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Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji
Cast: Ajay Devgn, Emraan Hashmi, Omi Vaidya, Tisca Chopra, Shruti Haasan, Shahzahn Padamsee, Shraddha Das.
Director: Madhur Bhandarkar.
Tough!
Oversexed and unfunny.
Number of weeks: 3.
BO Verdict: Flop.
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Dhobi Ghat
Cast: Aamir Khan, Prateik Babbar, Monica Dogra, Kriti Malhotra.
Director: Kiran Rao.
Prateik and music rock.
Full of cliches.
Number of weeks: 4.
BO Verdict: Steady.
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Yamla Pagla Deewana
Cast: Dharmendra, Sunny Deol, Bobby Deol, Kulraj Randhawa, Mukul Dev.
Director: Samir Karnik.
Sunny Deol.
Bobby disappoints.
Number of weeks: 5.
BO Verdict: Average.
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Trade pundit: Vinod Mirani
Last week's box office results
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Good music. 
Boring and linear script.
