The hits and misses of the week.
Sunny Deol's Ghayal Once Again failed to live up to the 1990 original.
The other release of the week -- Sanam Teri Kasam -- paid a heavy price for being an old fashioned, cliched film.
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the latest box office verdict.
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: New
BO verdict: Poor opening.
Sanam Teri Kasam
Cast: Harshvardhan Rane, Mawra Hocane, Murli Sharma, Vijay Raaz, Sudesh Berry.
Director: Radhika Rao and Vinay Sapru.
What works: The lead pair and the music of the film.
What doesn't: Weak script, melodramatic, too long, bad execution.
Number of weeks: New.
BO verdict: Poor opening.
Mastizaade
Cast: Tushar Kapoor, Vir Das Sunny Leone, Suresh Menon, Asrani
Director: Milap Zaveri
What works: Sunny Leone
What doesn't: Weak script.
Number of weeks: 1
BO verdict: Flop
Saala Khadoos
Cast: R Madhavan, Ritika Singh, Nassar
Director: Sudha Kongara
What works: Leads actors.
What doesn't: Overdone aggression and neglecting the finer details.
Number of weeks: 1
BO verdict: Flop
Airlift
Cast: Akshay Kumar, Nimrit Kaur, Feryna Wazheir
Director: Raja Krishna Menon
What works: Excellent performance by Akshay Kumar.
What doesn't: The song breaks the film's rhythm.
Number of weeks: 2
BO verdict: Hit
Read the reviews here: Raja Sen / Sukanya Verma
Kyaa Kool Hai Hum 3
Cast: Tushar Kapoor, Aftab Shivdasani, Mandana Karimi, Krishna Abhishek
Director: Umesh Ghadge
What works: Sleazy porncom.
What doesn't: Too much skin fest.
Number of weeks: 2
BO verdict: Flop
Chalk N Duster
Cast: Juhi Chawla, Shabana Azmi, Divya Dutta, Upasana Singh, Arya Babbar, Girish Karnad
Director: Jayant Gilatar
What works: Excellent performances.
What doesn't: Weak direction.
Number of weeks: 3
BO verdict: Flop
Wazir
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Farhan Akhtar, Aditi Rao Hydari, John Abraham, Neil Nitin Mukesh
Director: Bejoy Nambiar
What works: Amitabh Bachchan's performance, good dialogues.
What doesn't: Dull, predictable thriller.
Number of weeks: 4
BO verdict: Flop
Chauranga
Cast: Sanjay Suri, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Soham Maitra, Ena Saha, Riddhi Sen
Director: Bikas Ranjan Mishra
What works: Good performances.
What doesn't: Lacks a strong story.
Number of weeks: 4
BO verdict: Flop
