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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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