There were five releases last Friday -- Ragini MMS, Shagird, Stanley Ka Dabba, Love U... Mr Kalakaar and Banga, the last one released in just one theatre in Mumbai.
All the films fared poorly. Ragini MMS managed to do better than the rest.
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the box office verdict for the week.
Note: Films are ranked according to their release dates. The thumbs ups and downs do not reflect rediff's views.
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Ragini MMS
Cast: Kainaz Motiwala, Raj Kumar Yadav.
Director: Pawan Kripalani.
 Good thrills.
 Poor editing.
Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: Better opening than the other releases of the week.
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Shagird
Cast: Nana Patekar, Mohit Ahlawat, Zakir Hussain, Rimii Sen
Director: Tigmanshu Dhulia.
Interesting narrative.
Mohit Ahlawat.
Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: Poor opening.
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Stanely Ka Dabba
Cast: Partho, Amole Gupte
Director: Amole Gupte.
The whole film.
Tough.
Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: Poor opening.
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Love U... Mr Kalakaar
Cast: Tusshar Kapoor, Amirita Rao
Director: S Manasavi.
Average music.
Performances by the entire cast.
Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: Poor opening.
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Haunted
Cast: Mahaaskshay Chakraborty, Tia Bajpai, Arif Zakaria.
Director: Vikram Bhatt.
Music.
Performances, age old story idea.
Number of weeks: 1.
BO Verdict: Good opening.
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Luv Ka The End
Cast: Shraddha Kappor, Taaha Shah, Shenaz Treasuryvala, Archana Puran Singh
Director: Bumpy.
Shraddha Kapoor, Pushtie Shaktie.
Taaha Shah.
Number of weeks: 1.
BO Verdict: Poor opening.
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Chalo Dilli
Cast: Lara Dutta, Vinay Pathak
Director: Shashant Shah.
Good performances.
Poor execution of story.
Number of weeks: 2.
BO Verdict: Average.
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Shor In The City
Cast: Sendhil Ramamurthy, Tusshar Kapoor, Pitobash Tripathy, Nikhil Dwiwedi.
Director: Raj-Krishna.
Brilliantly directed film.
Tough.
Number of weeks: 2.
BO Verdict: Flop.
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I Am
Cast: Juhi Chawla, Nandita Das, Sanjay Suri, Rahul Bose, Purab Kohli, Arjun Mathur, Anurag Kashyap.
Director: Onir.
Touching stories, good performances.
Minor flaws in the story-telling.
Number of weeks: 2.
BO Verdict: Flop.
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Dum Maaro Dum
Cast: Abhishek Bachchan, Bipasha Basu, Rana Daggubati, Prateik Babbar.
Director: Rohan Sippy.
Good story.
Weak performances by Prateik and Bipasha.
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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Good thrills. 
Poor editing.
