August 18, 2008

Bachna Ae Haseeno scores at box office

Yash Raj Films' Bachna Ae Haseeno is holding its own, especially at multiplexes, thanks to some youth support. It is likely to do well.

The other release, God Tussi Great Ho, is not up to the mark, though it is doing fair business in single screen cinemas. The film will end up below par.

Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives the box office verdict.

Note: Films are ranked according to their release dates. The thumbs ups and downs reflect rediff's views.




Bachna Ae Haseeno

Cast: Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukone, Bipasha Basu and Minissha Lamba
Director: Siddharth Anand.
Ranbir Kapoor's star presence, refreshing romantic-comedy approach, hot hot Bipasha.

Long second half, weak emotional scenes.

Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: Will do well.

Review





God Tussi Great Ho

Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Sohail Khan
Director: Rumy Jaffery.
Anupam Kher.

Terrible copy of Bruce Almighty.

Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: Below par.

Review





Singh Is Kinng

Cast: Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif, Neha Dhupia, Sonu Sood, Om Puri.
Director: Anees Bazmee.
Akshay Kumar, hilarious and entertaining film.

Loud humour.

Number of weeks: 1
BO Verdict: Hit.

Review 1 | 2





Ugly Aur Pagli

Cast: Mallika Sherawat, Ranvir Shorey.
Director: Sachin Khot.
Ranvir, Mallika rock!

Boring script.

Number of weeks: 2
BO Verdict: Flop.

Review





Mission Istanbul

Cast: Vivek Oberoi, Zayed Khan, Suniel Shetty, Shriya Saran.
Director: Apoorva Lakhia.
Tough!

Poor plot, bad performances, unfunny sequences.

Number of weeks: 3
BO Verdict: Flop.

Review





Money Hai Toh Honey Hai

Cast: Govinda, Manoj Bajpai, Aftab Shivdasani, Celina Jaitley, Upen Patel, Hansika Motwani.
Director: Ganesh Acharya.
Good music, funny in parts.

Poorly edited.

Number of weeks: 3
BO Verdict: Flop.

Review





Kismat Konnection

Cast: Shahid Kapur, Vidya Balan, Juhi Chawla.
Director: Aziz Mirza.
Shahid, great locales, excellent cinematography.

Vidya, poor music.

Number of weeks: 4
BO Verdict: Hit.

Review





Contract

Cast: Adhvik Mahajan, Amruta Khanvilkar.
Director: Ram Gopal Varma.
Good music.

Poor execution, too many close-ups.

Number of weeks: 5
BO Verdict: Flop.

Review





Mehbooba

Cast: Ajay Devgan, Sanjay Dutt, Manisha Koirala.
Director: Afzal Khan.
Good music.

Looks dated and old-fashioned.

Number of weeks: 5
BO Verdict: Flop.





Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na

Cast: Imraan Khan, Genelia D'Souza, Prateik Babbar, Ratna Pathak Shah.
Director: Abbas Tyrewala.
Great performances, fantastic direction, good music.

Tough!

Number of weeks: 6
BO Verdict: Superhit.

Review 1 | Review 2


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