The hits and misses of the week.
Last week's releases Phillauri and Anarkali of Arrah saw strong women-oriented stories at the marquee but failed to draw in collections.
Unlike Phillauri, Anarkali got rave reviews and yet, the response was poor.
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the weekly verdict.
Phillauri
Cast: Anushka Sharma, Diljit Dosanjh, Suraj Sharma and Mehreen Pirzada.
Director: Anshai Lal.
What works: Actors, songs.
What doesn't: Poor climax, lackluster editing, monotonous.
Number of weeks: New.
BO verdict: Poor.
Anarkali Of Arrah
Cast: Swara Bhaskar, Sanjay Mishra, Pankaj Tripathy.
Director: Avinash Das.
What works: Actors, music, sound, cinematography, production design, dialogues and direction.
What doesn't: Second half could have been tighter.
Number of weeks: New.
BO verdict: Poor.
Machine
Cast: Mustafa Burmawalla, Kiara Advani.
Director: Abbas-Mustan.
What works: Nothing!
What doesn't: Bad performances, weak plot.
Number of weeks: 1.
BO verdict: Disaster.
Trapped
Cast: Rajkummar Rao, Geetanjali Thapa.
Director: Vikramaditya Motwane
What works: Rajkummar Rao.
What doesn't: Too dark.
Number of weeks: 1.
BO verdict: Disaster.
Aa Gaya Hero
Cast: Govinda, Ashutosh Rana, Murali Sharma, Makarand Deshpande, Chandrachur Singh.
Director: Dipankar Senapati
What works: Govinda's dance.
What doesn't: The whole movie!
Number of weeks: 1.
BO verdict: Disaster.
Badrinath Ki Dulhaniya
Cast: Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan, Sahil Vaid.
Director: Shashank Khaitan.
What works: Good performances by the lead cast.
What doesn't: Old story in a new bottle, poor detailing.
Number of weeks: 2.
BO verdict: Hit.
Read the reviews: Raja Sen/ Sukanya Verma
Commando 2
Cast: Vidyut Jammwal, Adah Sharma, Esha Gupta, Freddy Daruwala.
Director: Deven Bhojani
What works: Jammwal's daredevil stunts.
What doesn't: Bad performances, weak plot.
Number of weeks: 3.
BO verdict: Average.
Rangoon
Cast: Kangana Ranaut, Shahid Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan.
Director: Vishal Bhardwaj.
What works: Good performances.
What doesn't: Over-the-top spectacle, a hotchpotch of conflicts that don’t mix well.
Number of weeks: 4.
BO verdict: Disaster.
Read the reviews: Raja Sen/ Sukanya Verma
The Ghazi Attack
Cast: Rana Daggubati, Kay Kay Menon, Atul Kulkarni, Taapsee Pannu.
Director: Sankalp Reddy.
What works: Nail-biting thriller, riveting war story.
What doesn't: Over-dramatised.
Number of weeks: 5.
BO verdict: Poor.
Running Shaadi
Cast: Taapsee Pannu, Amit Sadh.
Director: Amit Roy.
What works: The Bihari tadka.
What doesn't: Everything else!
Number of weeks: 5.
BO verdict: Poor.
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