A look at the hits and misses of the week.
The pre-Diwali period is usually dull, as the films do not fare well at the box office.
There were a bunch of releases last weekend but only Main Aur Charles has managed fair collections, thanks to positive reviews and word-of-mouth. But the film could have done much better if the release period was right.
Other releases like Titli, Love Exchange, Once Upon A Time In Bihar, Mere Sai Ram and The Last Horror did not find audience.
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the box office verdict for the week.
Main Aur Charles
Cast: Randeep Hooda, Richa Chaddha
Director: Prawaal Raman.
What works: Top performances, well-directed film, fabulous sound design.
What doesn't: Poor dialogues.
Number of weeks: New.
BO verdict: Fair opening.
Titli
Cast: Ranvir Shorey, Shashank Arora,, Shivani Raghuvanshi, Amit Sial, Prashant Singh
Director: Kanu Behl
What works: Ranvir Shorey, well-directed film.
What doesn't: Feeble plot, filmsy narrative
Number of weeks: New.
BO verdict: Flop.
Guddu Ki Gun
Cast: Kunal Khemmu, Sumit Vyas.
Director: Sheershak Anand and Shantanu Ray Chibber
What works: Good performances from the lead cast.
What doesn't: Lacks logic and plot.
Number of weeks: New.
BO verdict: Flop.
Shaandaar
Cast: Shahid Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Pankaj Kapur, Sanjay Kapoor, Sanah Kapoor
Director: Vikas Bahl
What works: The lead pair Shahid Kapoor and Alia Bhatt
What doesn't: No storyline, bad direction.
Number of weeks: 1.
BO verdict: Flop.
Read the reviews here: Sukanya Verma and Raja Sen
Pyaar Ka Punchnaam 2
Cast: Kartik Aaryan, Nushrat Bharucha, Sonalli Sehgall, Ishita Sharma, Omkar Kapoor, Sunny Singh and Rumana Molla.
Director: Luv Ranjan.
What works: Decent gags.
What doesn't: Dated story, immature handling.
Number of weeks: 2.
BO verdict: Hit.
Wedding Pullav
Cast: Anushka Ranjan, Diganth Manchale, Karan Grover, Rishi Kapoor
Director: Binod Pradhan.
What works: Rishi Kapoor, good music.
What doesn't: Poor story.
Number of weeks: 2.
BO verdict: Flop.
Jazbaa
Cast: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Irrfan, Atul Kulkarni, Shabana Azmi
Director: Sanjay Gupta.
What works: Strong acting from Irrfan, Atul Kulkarni and Shabana Azmi.
What doesn't: Too many histrionics, bad dialogues, poor direction.
Number of weeks: 3.
BO verdict: Flop.
Read the reviews here: Sukanya Verma and Raja Sen
Singh Is Bling
Cast: Akshay Kumar, Amy Jackson, Lara Dutta
Director: Prabhudheva.
What works: Akshay Kumar.
What doesn't: Terrible comedy.
Number of weeks: 4.
BO verdict: Average.
Read the reviews here: Sukanya Verma and Raja Sen
Talvar
Cast: Irrfan, Konkona Sensharma, Neeraj Kabi
Director: Meghna Gulzar
What works: Great performances from Irrfan and the lead cast, the script, the cinematography.
What doesn't: The Tabu-Irrfan track could have been dropped.
Number of weeks: 4.
BO verdict: Hit.
Read the reviews here: Savera R Someshwar, Raja Sen and Aseem Chhabra
