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Box Office: Grand Masti emerges WINNER

September 16, 2013 18:14 IST
Riteish Deshmukh, Vivek Oberoi, Aftab Shivdasani, Sonali Kulkarni, Manjari Fadnis, Karishma Tanna, Kainaat Arora, Maryam Zakaria, Bruna Abdullah in Grand Masti

Despite its vulgar content, Grand Masti has done excellent business in its opening weekend, and has emerged a winner at the box office.

The other releases -- JohnDay and Horror Story -- fared poorly.

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

Grand Masti

Cast: Riteish Deshmukh, Vivek Oberoi, Aftab Shivdasani, Sonali Kulkarni, Manjari Fadnis, Karishma Tanna, Kainaat Arora, Maryam Zakaria, Bruna Abdullah

Director: Indra Kumar

What works: Vulgar jokes, hot girls, good performances from the lead cast.

What doesn't: Not meant for a family audience.

Number of weeks: New

BO verdict: Opens excellently.

Read the review here

Horror Story

September 16, 2013 18:14 IST
Poster of horror Story

Cast: Karan Kundra, Nishant Malkani, Ravish Desai, Hasan Zaidi, Aparna Bajpai, Radhika Menon, Nandini Vaid, Sheetal Singh

Director: Ayush Raina

What works: Nothing.

What doesn't: No scares, no logic.

Number of weeks: New

BO verdict: Poor opening

Read the review here

JohnDay

September 16, 2013 18:14 IST
Randeep Hooda and Naseeruddin Shah

Cast: Naseeruddin Shah and Randeep Hooda

Director: Ahishor Solomon

What works: Naseeruddin Shah.

What doesn't: Sketchy, half-baked characters.

Number of weeks: New

BO verdict: Poor opening

Read the review here

Shuddh Desi Romance

September 16, 2013 18:14 IST
Sushant Singh Rajput and Parineeti Chopra in Shuddh Desi Romance

Cast: Sushant Singh Rajput, Parineeti Chopra, Vaani Kapoor

Director: Maneesh Sharma

What works: Amazing performances, good script.

What doesn't: Not well executed, second half drags.

Number of weeks: 1

BO verdict:  Hit

Read the review here

Zanjeer

September 16, 2013 18:14 IST
Ram Charan Teja in Zanjeer

Cast: Ram Charan Teja, Priyanka Chopra, Sanjay Dutt, Prakash Raj

Director: Apoorva Lakhia

What works: Prakash Raj, in his usual avatar

What doesn't: Plot full of loopholes, poorly directed.

Number of weeks: 1

BO verdict: Disaster

Read the review here

Satyagrah

September 16, 2013 18:14 IST
Amitabh Bachchan in Satyagraha

Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Ajay Devgn, Kareena Kapoor, Manoj Bajpayee, Arjun Rampal, Amrita Rao

Director: Prakash Jha

What works: Good story, amazing performances by Amitabh Bachchan and Manoj Bajpayee, 

What doesn't: Not well executed, second half disappoints.

Number of weeks: 2

BO verdict: Flop.

Read the reviews: Prasanna Zore / Paloma Sharma

Madras Cafe

September 16, 2013 18:14 IST
John Abraham in Madras Cafe

Cast: John Abraham, Nargis Fakhri

Director: Shoojit Sircar

What works: Great script, amazing performances

What doesn't: Slow pace, second half drags

Number of weeks: 3

BO verdict: Flop

Read the review here

Chennai Express

September 16, 2013 18:14 IST
Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone in Chennai Express

Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone

Director: Rohit Shetty

What works: The film starts well, family entertainer

What doesn't: Too many holes in the plot, lots of bad jokes.

Number of weeks: 5

BO verdict: Blockbuster

Read the reviews: Raja Sen / Sukanya Verma / Aseem Chhabra