The hits and misses of the week.
Like Vivek Oberoi said at a press conference recently, piracy killed his latest film, Great Grand Masti. The film opened poorly at the box office, as it had been leaked 17 days before its scheduled release date.
Salman Khan's Sultan, on the other hand, is a superhit.
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the weekly box office verdict.
Great Grand Masti
Cast: Vivek Oberoi, Ritesh Deshmukh, Aftab Shivdasani, Urvashi Rautela.
Director: Indra Kumar.
What works: A few comic gags.
What doesn't: Over-the-top performances, sloppy script.
Number of weeks: New.
BO verdict: Poor.
Sultan
Cast: Salman Khan, Anushka Sharma, Randeep Hooda, Amit Sadh
Director: Ali Abbas Zafar.
What works: Salman Khan.
What doesn't: Predictable climax, film is too long at nearly three hours running time.
Number of weeks: 1.
BO verdict: Superhit.
Shorgul
Cast: Ashutosh Rana, Jimmy Sheirgill, Sanjay Suri, Ejaz Khan, Hiten Tejwani, Anirudh Dhave, Suha Gezen.
Director: Jitendra Tiwari.
What works: Great performances by Ashutosh Rana, Jimmy Sheirgill.
What doesn't: Bad direction and poor execution.
Number of weeks: 2.
BO verdict: Flop.
Raman Raghav 2.0
Cast: Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Vicky Kaushal, Sobhita Dhulipala.
Director: Anurag Kashyap.
What works: Great performances by Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Vicky Kaushal.
What doesn't: Anurag Kashyap's films are getting too similar.
Number of weeks: 3.
BO verdict: Flop.
Junooniyat
Cast: Pulkit Samrat, Yami Gautam.
Director: Vivek Agnihotri.
What works: Music and exotic locations.
What doesn't: Story, dialogues, performances.
Number of weeks: 3.
BO verdict: Flop.
Udta Punjab
Cast: Shahid Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Alia Bhatt, Diljit Dosanjh
Director: Abhishek Chaubey.
What works: Brilliant performances, hard-hitting and well made film.
What doesn't: Not meant for family audiences.
Number of weeks: 4.
BO verdict: Average.
Read the review here: Raja Sen /Sukanya Verma
Dhanak
Cast: Hetal Gada, Krrish Chhabria, Vipin Sharma, Gulfam Khan.
Director: Nagesh Kukunoor.
What works: Good performances, engaging story.
What doesn't: The second half is too slow, and long.
Number of weeks: 4.
BO verdict: Flop.
Te3n
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Vidya Balan.
Director: Ribhu Dasgupta
What works: Amitabh Bachchan's ace performance.
What doesn't: The thriller has no suspence.
Number of weeks: 5.
BO verdict: Flop.
Read the reviews here: Raja Sen / Sukanya Verma
Do Lafzon Ki Kahani
Cast: Randeep Hooda, Kajal Aggarwal
Director: Deepak Tijori
What works: Randeep Hooda's performance, good music.
What doesn't: Weak screenplay, boring storyline.
Number of weeks: 5.
BO verdict: Flop
Housefull 3
Cast: Akshay Kumar, Abhishek Bachchan, Riteish Deshmukh, Jacqueline Fernandez, Nargis Fakhri, Lisa Haydon, Boman Irani
Director: Sajid-Farhad
What works: Akshay Kumar's performance and dialogues.
What doesn't: The plot.
Number of weeks: 6.
BO verdict: Hit.
