Humko Deewana Kar Gaye opens well

Note: Films are ranked according to their release dates.

Humko Deewana Kar Gaye

Cast: Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif, Bipasha Basu and Anil Kapoor.
Director: Raj Kanwar.
Entertaining, good performances.

Very predictable, cliched characters.

Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: Decent opening.

The review

Shaadi Se Pehle

Cast: Akshaye Khanna, Mallika Sherawat, Ayesha Takia.
Director: Satish Kaushik.
Some good dialogues, Mallika is fun.

Predictable, stretched storyline.

Number of weeks: 1.
BO Verdict: Flop.

The review

Saaawan

Cast: Kapel Jhaveri, Saloni Asvani, Salman Khan.
Director: Saawan Kumar.
Salman shows some charm.

Full of flaws; horrible plot and acting.

Number of weeks: 1.
BO Verdict: Flop.

The review

Banaras

Cast: Urmila Matondkar, Raj Babbar, Naseeruddin Shah, Ashmit Patel, Dimple Kapadia.
Director: Pankuj Parashar.
Great cinematography, picturesque locales.

Daft concept, poor script.

Number of weeks: 1.
BO Verdict: Flop.

The review

Being Cyrus

Cast: Saif Ali Khan, Naseeruddin Shah, Dimple Kapadia, Boman Irani, Simone Singh.
Director: Homi Adajania.
Great performances, well-knit plot, apt comic situations.

Jerky editing, Dimple hams.

Number of weeks: 3.
BO Verdict: Doing well in Mumbai multiplexes.

The review

Umar

Cast: Jimmy Shergil, Kader Khan, Prem Chopra, Satish Kaushik.
Director: Karan Razdan.
None.

Terrible direction, poor performances.

Number of weeks: 4.
BO Verdict: Flop.

The review

Malamaal Weekly

Cast: Paresh Rawal, Om Puri, Riteish Deshmukh, Reema Sen, Rajpal Yadav, Sudha Chandran.
Director: Priyadarshan.
Paresh Rawal.

Loud comedy, bad music, poor performances from the rest of the cast.

Number of weeks: 5.
BO Verdict: Hit.

The review

Jigyaasa

Cast: Hrishita Bhatt.
Director: Faisal Saif.
None.

An amateurish attempt to pull off a Page 3.

Number of weeks: 5.
BO Verdict: Flop.

The review

Teesri Aankh

Cast: Neha Dhupia, Amisha Patel, Sunny Deol (special appearance).
Director: Harry Baweja.
None!

Hackneyed, stale film.

Number of weeks: 6.
BO Verdict: Flop.

The review

Taxi No 9 2 11

Cast: Nana Patekar, John Abraham, Sameera Reddy, Sonali Kulkarni.
Director: Milan Luthria.
Refreshing movie, good performances, brilliant dialogues.

Very Mumbai-centric.

Number of weeks: 7.
BO Verdict: Flop.

The review