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There was nothing good about this Friday, which saw three releases in the form of Dhoop, Ek Din 24 Ghante and Patth. All three were non-starters at the box-office.
Meanwhile, Big B continues to reign with Baghban. 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 the other films that week.  |
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Baghban Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini, Paresh Rawal, Lilette Dubey, Aman Verma, Samir Soni, Divya Dutta, Suman Ranganathan, Nasir Khan, Asrani, Sahil Chadda, Rimi Sen, Yash Pathak Director: Ravi Chopra  Moving performances from AB and Hema Malini. Tired plot. Audience disinterested in watching an oldies' romance.Number of weeks: 4 BO Verdict: Average |
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Dhoop Cast: Om Puri, Revathy, Sanjay Suri, Gul Panag, Gopi Desai Director: Ashwini Chowdhary Realistic story, excellent performances.Dreary and depressing at times.Number of weeks: New BO Verdict: Flop |
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Patth Cast: Sharad Kapoor, Hyder Kazmi, Nirmal Pandey, Mukesh Tiwari, Payal Rohatgi, Govind Namdeo Director: Shivram Yadav The moral: violence begets violence.Beaten to death theme.Number of weeks: New BO Verdict: Flop
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Ek Din 24 Ghante Cast: Nandita Das, Rahul Bose, Piyush Mishra, Vineet Kumar and Kabir Director: Anant Balani Nil.Story, acting, you name it.Number of weeks: New BO Verdict: Flop |
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Kagaar Cast: Amitabh Dayal, Nandita Das, Om Puri, Anoop Soni Director: N Chandra Good performances.Too grim, tends to glamourise an encounter killer.Number of weeks: 1 BO Verdict: Flop |
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Sssshhh... Cast: Dino Morea, Karan Nath, Tanishaa, Gaurav Kapoor, Suvarna Jha, Kushal Punjabi, Teena Chowdhary, Aly Khan Director: Pavan S Kaul Good locales. Great performance from Dino.Poor climax, too long.Number of weeks: 2 BO Verdict: Flop |
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Pinjar Cast: Urmila Matondkar, Manoj Bajpai, Sanjay Suri, Sandali Sinha, Priyanshu Chatterjee, Ishaa Koppikar, Seema Biswas Director: Dr Chandraprakash Dwivedi Good costumes, ambience, performances.Too long. Too many songs in first half.Number of weeks: 2 BO Verdict: Flop |
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Inteha Cast: Ashmit Patel, Nauheed Cyrusi, Vidya Malavade Director: Vikram Bhatt Decent music.Weak storyline with huge loopholes. Awful performances.Number of weeks: 2 BO Verdict: Flop |
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Raja Bhaiya Cast: Govinda, Aarti Chhabria, Sadashiv Amrapurkar Director: Raman Kumar Shorter than the regular Hindi film.Poor performances, story, music.Number of weeks: 2 BO Verdict: Flop |
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Samay: When Times Strikes Cast: Sushmita Sen, Sushant Singh Director: Robby Grewal Sushmita's excellent performance.Too Hollywoodish.Number of weeks: 3 BO Verdict: Flop |
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Trade expert: Indu Mirani
Last week's box office results
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