Naga Chaitanya and Sai Pallavi's competent performances barely elevate this romantic drama, which prefers patriotic thrills, observes Arjun Menon.
'I was nearly catch of the day for all the crocs and bull sharks.'
Vinod Mirani gives us his weekly verdict.
K L Rahul's embarrassing dismissal was the talking point as India A's top batters flopped once again in the second innings of the second unofficial Test against Australia A.
It was a very poor weekend for Bollywood as just about Rs 10 crore (Rs 100 million) came in.
India have only themselves to blame for their below-par showing in the Asia Cup as they struggled to put up consistent performances with both bat and ball.
The hits and misses of the week.
'Saif is like, you talk to Lolo more than you talk to me! I feel like you are living with Lolo and not with me.'
Pakistan are hurt by their woeful World Cup show and Grant Bradburn, their head coach, blames it on "foreign" Indian conditions and the lack of familiarity with the venues.
Six months down the line, we see how the Hindi film industry has fared.
'If somebody says a certain superstar's film is not good, I would not go to watch it.' 'But if the word-of-mouth is good, I don't miss a film.' 'When Badhaai Ho released, we immediately ran to theatres to watch it.'
Jos Buttler, Steve Smith and Sanju Samson could only manage 31 runs between them.
Yet again, it's a south dubbed film and a Hollywood release which are bringing on some business at the box office while Bollywood is struggling.
The index could be vulnerable to a bigger fall given the present market dynamics.
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'I go to Salmanbhai every day before the shoot.' 'I write straight scenes, simple scenes. He will read them and add a little bit of spice.'
'Hopefully, in 10 years, I will cross over.' 'I'll be doing Hindi stuff, but hopefully, global projects too.'
It was a dull weekend for Hindi film releases, as only Rs 20 crore came between the new and existing releases.
As much Preity would like to be relieved of everyone's ebullient expectations of her, truth is few have fizzed up the silver screen like she has.
Former Pakistan skipper Rashid Latif believes the four-nation tournament proposal revealed by BCCI president Sourav Ganguly will f'lop' like the Big Three model. The former Pakistan wicketkeeper saw it as an attempt by the formidable trio of India, Australia and England to isolate other member nations.
Adam Gilchrist has called upon the struggling Marnus Labuschagne to stop overthinking his approach and advised him to bat more freely in the second Test against India.
The hits and misses of the week.
Following Pakistan's forgettable World Cup in India, Babar Azam stepped down as skipper of the national team.
Six months down the line, we see how the Hindi film industry has fared this year.
Reviewers rated it high, but still, these films unfortunately flopped.
While the openings look good at the moment in the state, the coming weeks will tell whether the Rajnikanth starrer will be able to get its distributors their money back.
After a flurry of flops and disasters -- Tumbbad bringing in a whiff of fresh air despite being a re-release -- Devara has managed to bring audiences back to theatres.
Skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto acknowledged Bangladesh's shortcoming with the bat and the failure to give bowlers enough runs to defend during their 7-wicket defeat in the T20I series opener against India on Sunday.
Jaspal Bhatti's feel for the grime, the confusions, and the madness in our system was so complete that he could take on every kind of woman or man God ever gave to the institutions of India, feels Sreehari Nair.
Opener Smriti Mandhana's elegant century went in vain as India lost to Australia by 83 runs in the third Women's ODI to suffer a 0-3 series whitewash
Sri Lanka left-arm spinner Prabath Jayasuriya wreaked havoc with the ball to leave New Zealand on verge of a big defeat in the second Test.
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the weekly box office verdict.
