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Teri Meri Kahaani flops, Wasseypur does average business
Last Friday's release Teri Meri Kahaani has been rejected by cinegoers. It's high cost of making will make it one of the major losers of the year.
Meanwhile, Gangs Of Wasseypur fared average at the box office.
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives the box office verdict.
Teri Meri Kahaani
Cast: Shahid Kapur, Priyanka Chopra
Director: Kunal Kohli.
What works: Good production values.
What doesn't: Too many songs, loud sentimentality and contrived writing.
Number of weeks: New
BO verdict: Flop.
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Gangs Of Wasseypur
Cast: Manoj Bajpayee, Tigmanshu Dhulia, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Richa Chadda, Reemma Sen, Huma Qureshi, Piyush Mishra.
Director: Anurag Kashyap.
What works: Engaging story, brilliant performances, fantastic music.
What doesn't: Too much violence and bad language.
Number of weeks: New
BO verdict: Average.
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Ferrari Ki Sawaari
Cast: Sharman Joshi, Boman Irani, Ritwik Sahore, Paresh Rawal.
Director: Rajesh Mapuskar.
What works: Screenplay, dialogues.
What doesn't: Too much mush.
Number of weeks: 1
BO verdict: Flop.
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Shanghai
Cast: Abhay Deol, Emraan Hashmi, Kalki Koechlin, Prosenjit Chatterjee and Pitobash Tripathy.
Director: Dibakar Banerjee.
What works: The central theme and performances.
What doesn't: Grim tone of the plot.
Number of weeks: 2
BO verdict: Flop.
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Rowdy Rathore
Cast: Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha.
Director: Prabhu Deva.
What works: Akshay Kumar's one-liners and action stunts.
What doesn't: Silly story.
Number of weeks: 3
BO verdict: Super hit.
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