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Mission Istanbul, Money Hai flop
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The weekend box office was dismal, as Apporva Lakhia's Mission Istanbul opened to a lukewarm response and Ganesh Acharya's Money Hai Toh Honey Hai got an even poorer response.
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the box office verdict.
Note: Films are ranked according to their release dates. The thumbs ups and downs reflect rediff's views.
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Mission Istanbul
Cast: Vivek Oberoi, Zayed Khan, Suniel Shetty, Shriya Saran.
Director: Apoorva Lakhia.
Tough!
Poor plot, bad performances, unfunny sequences.
Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: Flop.
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Money Hai Toh Honey Hai
Cast: Govinda, Manoj Bajpai, Aftab Shivdasani, Celina Jaitley, Upen Patel, Hansika Motwani.
Director: Ganesh Acharya.
Good music, funny in parts.
Poorly edited.
Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: Flop.
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Kismat Konnection
Cast: Shahid Kapur, Vidya Balan, Juhi Chawla.
Director: Aziz Mirza.
Shahid, great locales, excellent cinematography.
Vidya, poor music.
Number of weeks: 1.
BO Verdict: Hit.
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Contract
Cast: Adhvik Mahajan, Amruta Khanvilkar.
Director: Ram Gopal Varma.
Good music.
Poor execution, too many close-ups.
Number of weeks: 1.
BO Verdict: Flop.
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Mehbooba
Cast: Ajay Devgan, Sanjay Dutt, Manisha Koirala.
Director: Afzal Khan.
Good music.
Looks dated and old-fashioned.
Number of weeks: 2.
BO Verdict: Flop.
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Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na
Cast: Imraan Khan, Genelia D'Souza, Prateik Babbar, Ratna Pathak Shah.
Director: Abbas Tyrewala.
Great performances, fantastic direction, good music.
Tough!
Number of weeks: 3.
BO Verdict: Superhit.
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Love Story 2050
Cast: Harman Baweja, Priyanka Chopra.
Director: Harry Baweja.
Good special effects.
Poor performances, poorly executed film.
Number of weeks: 3.
BO Verdict: Flop.
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Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic
Cast: Saif Ali Khan, Rani Mukerji, Ameesha Patel.
Director: Kunal Kohli.
Ameesha Patel.
Rani looks jaded, the film seems to be inspired from quite a few Hollywood movies.
Number of weeks: 4.
BO Verdict: Flop.
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Thodi Life Thoda Magic
Cast: Jackie Shroff, Parmeet Sethi, Anita Raaj, Meera Vasudevan.
Director: Anand Rai.
Tough!
Insipid script, lackluster performances.
Number of weeks: 4.
BO Verdict: Flop.
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Via Darjeeling
Cast: Kay Kay Menon, Sonali Kulkarni, Vinay Pathak, Parvin Dabbas, Rajat Kapoor, Sandhya Mridul, Simone Singh.
Director: Arindam Nandy.
Novel and interesting story.
Very poorly executed.
Number of weeks: 4.
BO Verdict: Flop.
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Trade pundit: Vinod Mirani
Last week's box office results
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