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Box Office: BA Pass gets average opening
The latest Friday releases -- BA Pass, Rabba Mai Kya Karoon, Chor Chor Super Chor and Calapor -- saw minimum action at the box office with only BA Pass managing average business in its opening weekend.
Last weeks films D-Day, Ramaiya Vastavaiya, Bajatey Raho, Issaq, Nashaa, Luv U Soniyo failed to deliver.
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives box office verdict for the week.
BA Pass
Cast: Shilpa Shukla, Rajesh Sharma, Geeta Sharma
Director: Mohan Sikka
What works: Good performances, well made film
What doesn't: Nothing
Number of weeks: New
BO verdict: Average opening
Chor Chor Super Chor
Cast: Deepak Dobriyal
Director: K Rajesh
What works: Deepak Dobriyal's performance
What doesn't: Loud and exaggerated
Number of weeks: New
BO verdict: Poor
Nasha
Cast: Poonam Pandey
Director: Amit Saxena
What works: Peppy dialogues
What doesn't: The intimate scenes are poorly shot
Number of weeks: 1
BO verdict: Flop
Issaq
Cast: Prateik, Amyra Dastur
Director: Manish Tiwary
What works: Some moments in the film
What doesn't: Shoddily-written film, Prateik
Number of weeks: 1
BO verdict: Flop
Bajatey Raho
Cast: Vinay Pathak, Dolly Ahluwalia, Ranvir Shorey and Tusshar Kapoor
Director: Shashant Singh
What works: Great performances
What doesn't: First half drags, too many songs
Number of weeks: 1
BO verdict: Flop
Luv U Soniyo
Cast: Tanuj Virwani, Neha Hinge
Director: Joe Rajan
What works: Good comedy
What doesn't: Works more than a telly soap than a film
Number of weeks: 1
BO verdict: Flop
D-Day
Cast: Rishi Kapoor, Irrfan Khan, Arjun Rampal, Huma Qureshi, Shruti Haasan
Director: Nikhil Advani
What works: Great performances, Amazing action sequences
What doesn't: Second half drags
Number of weeks: 2
BO verdict: Flop
Read the review here
Ramaiya Vastavaiya
Cast: Girish Kumar, Shruti Haasan, Sonu Sood
Director: Prabhudeva
What works: Confident debut by Girish Kumar, good music
What doesn't: Too long
Number of weeks: 2
BO verdict: Flop.
Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Cast: Farhan Akhtar, Sonam Kapoor, Prakash Raj, Pawan Malhotra
Director: Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
What works: Great script, amazing performances
What doesn't: Too long.
Number of weeks: 3
BO verdict: Hit