March 11, 2003
 This week's release
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BO at all-time low

The World Cup fever is at its all-time high while the film industry wallows in depression.

Last week's release Indian Babu sank without a ripple.

Note: Films are ranked on the basis of their performance at the box-office every week. Though a film may be declared a flop, it may have performed better than other films that week.




Escape From Taliban

Cast: Manisha Koirala, Aly Khan, Nawab Khan
Director: Ujjal Chatterjee
Good locales

Tacky production values, boring music

Number of weeks: 3
BO Verdict: Flop

The review





Kash... Aap Hamare Hote

Cast: Juhi Babbar, Sonu Nigam
Director: Ravinder Peepat
Good performances

Same old story, poor music

Number of weeks: 3
BO Verdict: Flop

The review





Bas Yun Hi

Cast: Nandita Das, Purab Kohli
Director: Raja Menon
Good performances

Poor storyline

Number of weeks: 3
BO Verdict: Flop

The review





Dhund-The Fog

Cast: Amarr Upadhyay, Aditi Govitrikar, Apoorva Agnihotri, Divya Palat, Irfan Khan.
Director: Shyam Ramsay
Irfan Khan's thrilling performance

Weak script, insipid music

Number of weeks: 2
BO Verdict: Flop

The review





Indian Babu

Cast: Jaz Pandher, Gurleen Chopra
Director: Lawrence D'Souza
Good locales

Hackneyed script, boring music, bad direction and poor performances

Number of weeks: New
BO Verdict: Flop

The review





Khushi

Cast: Fardeen Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Amrish Puri
Director: S J Suryah
Fardeen's performance, catchy music

Kareena's over the top acting

Number of weeks: 4
BO Verdict: Flop

The review





Satta

Cast: Raveena Tandon, Atul Kulkarni, Sameer Dharmadhikari
Director: Madhur Bhandarkar
Good performances, taut screenplay, great direction

Pale climax

Number of weeks: 4
BO Verdict: Flop

The review





Baaz

Cast: Jackie Shroff, Suniel Shetty, Karisma Kapoor, Dino Morea
Director: Tinnu Verma
Karisma's restrained performance

No thrills, mundane music

Number of weeks: 4
BO Verdict: Disaster

The review





Jism

Cast: John Abraham, Bipasha Basu, Gulshan Grover
Director: Amit Saxena
Unconventional theme, melodious music

Slackened pace

Number of weeks: 7
BO Verdict: Average

The review





Kucch To Hai

Cast: Tusshar Kapoor, Esha Deol, Nataasha
Director: Anil Kumar
Good production values, crisp editing

No thrills, insipid performances

Number of weeks: 6
BO Verdict: Average

The review



  Trade expert: Indu Mirani
  Design: Uday Kuckian

  Last week's box office results

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