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Box Office: Main Aur Charles does fairly; Titli flops

November 02, 2015 17:34 IST

 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.

Guddu Ki Gun, with its weird theme, has not found many takers.

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.

Read the review here

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.

Read the review here

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.

Read the review here

Shaandaar

Shahid Kapoor and Alia Bhatt in 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.

Read the review here

 

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

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in 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