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Awara Paagal Deewana Cast: Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty, Aftab Shivdasani, Paresh Rawal, Amrita Arora, Arti Chhabria Director: Vikram Bhatt  : Great action sequences and Paresh Rawal's comic performance.  : Weak script, too many items numbers.
Number of weeks: New BO Verdict: Average
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Badhaai Ho Badhaai Cast: Anil Kapoor, Shilpa Shetty, Keerti Reddy Director: Satish Kaushik : Clean family entertainment.
: Loud performances, tedious storyline and a jarring soundtrack.
Number of weeks: 1 Position last week: 5 Position this week: 6 BO Verdict: Average
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Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai Cast: Uday Chopra, Jimmy Shergill, Sanjana, Bipasha Basu Director: Sanjay Gadhvi : A clean entertainer with spontaneous performances.
: This flick is inspired from too many movies.
Number of weeks: 2 Position last week:2 Position this week: 3 BO Verdict: Average
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The Legend Of Bhagat Singh Cast: Ajay Devgan, Akhilendra Mishra, D Santosh, Sushant Singh, Amrita Rao Director: Rajkumar Santoshi : Spectacular performance from Ajay Devgan and a more realistic approach by Santoshi.
: An unwanted love angle.
Number of weeks: 2
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23 March 1931 Shaheed Cast: Bobby Deol, Sunny Deol, Aishwarya Rai, Amrita Singh, Rahul Dev Director: Guddu Dhanoa : A commendable performance by Bobby Deol
: An over the top filmi adaptation of the legendary freedom fighter.
Number of weeks: 2 Position last week: 4 Position this week: 5 BO Verdict: Average
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Hum Kisise Kum Nahin Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Ajay Devgan, Aishwarya Rai, Satish Kaushik. Director: David Dhawan : The comic timing between Big B and Dutt is commendable.
: Awful music and bad direction.
Number of weeks: 3 Position last week: 6 Position this week: 7 BO Verdict: Average
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Hum Tumhare Hai Sanam Cast: Madhuri Dixit, Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Atul Agnihotri and Suman Ranganathan. Director: K S Adhiyaman : An entertaining film with endearing performances.
: Patchy editing and lack of continuity.
Number of weeks: 4 Position last week: 7 Position this week: 8 BO Verdict: Flop
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Company Cast: Ajay Devgan, Mohanlal, Vivek Oberoi, Manisha Koirala, Antara Mali, Seema Biswas Director: Ram Gopal Varma : A slickly made film with fantastic performances by Ajay and Vivek make for a great opening in major cities.
: Too much violence. The film with its docu-drama format gets too heavy especially in the latter half, with no comic or romantic track to provide relief.
Number of weeks: 11 Position last week: 8 Position this week: 9 BO Verdict: Average
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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: 12
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Raaz Cast: Bipasha Basu, Dino Morea, Ashutosh Rana, Malini Sharma Director: Vikram Bhatt : Bipasha's performance, good music and cool SFX make for a great spooky tale. This is the only film that struck gold all over India.
: Lack of originality.
Number of weeks: 20 Position last week: 1 Position this week: 1 BO Verdict: Hit
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 Last week's box office results
Compiled by Sukanya Verma
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