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Box Office: Ishkq in Paris, Zindagi 50/50 open poorly
Last Friday saw three releases -- Ishkq in Paris, Zindagi 50 50 and Hum Hai Raahi Car Ke -- at the box office. All the three films opened poorly ath the box office.
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives the box office verdict for the week.
Ishkq in Paris
Cast: Preity Zinta, Rehaan Malik
Director: Prem Soni
What works: Not too long, good cinematography and Salman Khan's cameo.
What doesn't: Bad performances, poor script
Number of weeks: New
BO verdict: Flop.
Read the review here
Zindagi 50 50
Cast: Veena Malik, Riya Sen, Arya Babbar, Rajan Verma
Director: Rajiv S Ruia
What works: Veena Malik's boldness
What doesn't: Too much sleaze, bad script
Number of weeks: New
BO verdict: Flop.
Hum Hain Rahi Car Ke
Cast: Sanjay Dutt, Juhi Chawla, Adah Sharma and Dev Goel
Director: Jyotin Goel
What works: Nothing!
What doesn't: No story, bad perfromances
Number of weeks: New
BO verdict: Flop.
Aurangzeb
Cast: Arjun Kapoor, Sashaa Agha, Rishi Kapoor, Jackie Shroff, Prithviraj
Director: Atul Sabharwal
What works: Engaging film, superb performances from Rishi and Arjun Kapoor.
What doesn't: Lacks depth, plot has loopholes.
Number of weeks: 1
BO verdict: Average.
Go Goa Gone
Cast: Saif Ali Khan, Kunal Khemu, Vir Das and Puja Gupta
Director: Krishna D K and Raj Nidimoru
What works: Kunal Khemu, well-written dialogues and some good moments.
What doesn't: Too much gore
Number of weeks: 2
BO verdict: Flop.
Read the review here
Shootout At Wadala
Cast: John Abraham, Anil Kapoor, Tusshar Kapoor, Manoj Bajpayee, Sonu Sood, Kangna Ranaut.
Director: Sanjay Gupta
What works: Good perfromances by Anil Kapoor and Manoj Bajpayee
What doesn't: Excess violence, too lengthy
Number of weeks: 2
BO verdict: Flop.
Read the review here