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Raaz Cast: Bipasha Basu, Dino Morea, Ashutosh Rana, Malini Sharma Director: Vikram Bhatt  : Bipasha's performance and the cool SFX make for a great spooky tale. Good music by Nadeem Shravan, too.
 : Lack of originality.
Number of weeks: 8 BO Verdict: Hit
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Aankhen Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Arjun Rampal, Sushmita Sen, Paresh Rawal and Bipasha Basu in guest appearance. Director: Vipul Shah : Great performances and an impressive breakaway from the cliché ridden Bollywood formula.
: The bank robbery appears terribly tame and comes as an anti-climax to the film.
Number of weeks: New
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16 December Cast: Milind Soman, Dipannita Sharma, Danny Denzongpa, Gulshan Grover and Sushant Singh. Director: Mani Shankar : Novel storyline, great SFX and competent performances.
: The film moves at an extremely fast pace, leaving the viewer confused at times.
Number of weeks: 2
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Durga Cast: Chekravarthy, Priyanka Director: Chekravarthy : Sincere performances by Chekravarthy and Priyanka.
: A bad remake of Ramgopal Varma's Satya.
Number of weeks: 1 BO Verdict: Flop
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Kitne Door Kitne Paas Cast: Fardeen Khan, Amrita Arora, Sonali Kulkarni, Tiku Talsania and Ketaki Dave. Director: Mehul Kumar : Amrita Arora makes an impressive debut.
: Silly plot. Too many songs.
Number of weeks: 1
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 | Vadh Cast: Nana Patekar, Anupama Verma, Puru Raaj Kumar, Nakul and Raju Mavani. Director: N S R : Nana Pateker and the gripping storyline.
: Half baked romantic sub plot and mediocre music.
Number of weeks: 1 BO Verdict: Flop
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Kya Yehi Pyaar Hai Cast: Aftab Shivdasani, Amisha Patel, Jackie Shroff, Anupama Verma and Ashish Vidyarthi. Director: K Murli Mohan Rao : Aftab acts well. Amisha looks gorgeous. Pleasant music.
: An illogical plot and a hopeless climax.Number of weeks: 2 BO Verdict: Flop
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Tumko Naa Bhool Payenge Cast: Salman Khan, Sushmita Sen, Diya Mirza, Rajpal Yadav, Johnny Lever Director: Pankaj Parashar : Entertaining.
: Patchy script, inconsistent dialogues and a disinterested Salman.
Number of weeks: 5 BO Verdict: Average
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Yeh Dil Aashiqanaa Cast: Karan Nath, Jivitha Sharma, Aditya Pancholi, Rajat Bedi, Aroona Irani Director: Kuku Kohli : Sincere performances peppered with exciting action sequences.
: Patchy script and hopeless music.
Number of weeks: 10 BO Verdict: Above average
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Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Hrithik Roshan and Kareena Kapoor Director: Karan Johar : The best of Hindi cinema packaged in a polished, superior product opened to a bumper opening.
: Lengthy and treads on the tried and tested formulas.
Number of weeks: 15 BO Verdict: Superhit
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