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The hits and misses of the week.
Manoj Bajpayee-starrer Aligarh may have been hugely praised by critics but cine-goers chose to ignore it.
Tere Bin Laden: Dead Or Alive failed to cash in on the brand, and did not perform as well as the first film.
The other releases -- Bollywood Diaries, Love Shagun, Rhythm, Jab Tum Kaho and Dhara 302 -- add to list of the year's disasters.
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the box office verdict.
Aligarh
Cast: Manoj Bajpai, Rajkummar Rao, Ashish Vidyarthi.
Director: Hansal Mehta.
What works: Story, screenplay, direction, performance.
What doesn't: A bit slow at times.
Number of weeks: New
BO verdict: Poor opening.
Tere Bin Laden: Dead Or Alive
Cast: Manish Paul, Sikandar Kher, Pradhuman Singh, Mia Uyeda, Piyush Mishra.
Director: Abhishek Sharma.
What works: Good performances from Pradhuman Singh and Sikandar Kher.
What doesn't: The second half bores.
Number of weeks: New
BO verdict: Flop.
Bollywood Diaries
Cast: Raima Sen, Salim Diwan, Ashish Vidyarthi.
Director: K D Satyam.
What works: Performances by the lead cast.
What doesn't: Too slow and predictable.
Number of weeks: New
BO verdict: Flop.
Neerja
Cast: Sonam Kapoor, Shabana Azmi.
Director: Ram Madhvani.
What works: Performances, cinematography and narrative is superb.
What doesn't: Nothing.
Number of weeks: 1.
BO verdict: Hit.
Read the reviews here: Raja Sen / Sukanya Verma
Loveshhuda
Cast: Girish Kumar, Navneet Kaur Dhillon.
Director: Vaibhav Misra.
What works: Good music.
What doesn't: Bad script, shoddy editing.
Number of weeks: 1.
BO verdict: Flop.
Ishq Forever
Cast: Ruhi Singh, Krishna Chaturvedi, Lisa Ray and Jaaved Jaaferi.
Director: Sameer Sippy.
What works: Beautiful locales.
What doesn't: Bad acting and script.
Number of weeks: 1
BO verdict: Flop.
Direct Ishq
Cast: Arjun Bijlani, Rajneesh Duggal, Nidhi Subbaiah.
Director: Rajiv S Ruia.
What works: Rajneesh's performance.
What doesn't: Poor production values and predictable story.
Number of weeks: 1.
BO verdict: Flop.
Sanam Re
Cast: Pulkit Samrat, Yami Gautam, Urvashi Rautela.
Director: Divya Khosla Kumar.
What works: Beautiful locales and music.
What doesn't: Script and shabby direction.
Number of weeks: 2
BO Verdict: Below Average.
Fitoor
Cast: Katrina Kaif, Aditya Roy Kapur, Tabu.
Director: Abishek Kapoor.
What works: Opulent production design and cinematography.
What doesn't: The lead pair.
Number of weeks: 2
BO verdict: Flop
Ghayal Once Again
Cast: Sunny Deol, Soha Ali Khan, Om Puri, Narendra Jha.
Director: Sunny Deol.
What works: Sunny Deol.
What doesn't: Old fashioned story, haywire second half!
Number of weeks: 3
BO verdict: Flop