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Box Office: Poor opening for Miss Tanakpur Haazir Ho

June 29, 2015 17:22 IST

Miss Tanakpur Haazir Ho opened to poor reviews and poor box office collections.

ABCD 2, on the other hand, is a winner.

Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the box office verdict for the week.

 

Miss Tanakpur Haazir Ho

Image: Ravi Kishan and Annu Kapoor in Miss Tanakpur Hazir Ho

Cast: Om Puri, Annu Kapoor, Ravi Kishan, Sanjay Mishra, Hrishtaa Bhatt, Rahul Bagga.

Director: Vinod Kapri

What works: Ravi Kishan.

What doesn't: Poor toilet humour, film fails to really take off.

Number of weeks: New

BO verdict: Poor opening.

Read the review here

ABCD 2

Image: Shraddha Kapoor and Varun Dhawan in ABCD 2

Cast: Varun Dhawan, Shraddha Kapoor, Prabhudheva.

Director: Remo D'Souza

What works: Splendid choreography, good acting.

What doesn't: Too long, bad dialogues.

Number of weeks: 1

BO verdict: Doing well.

Read the review here

Humari Adhuri Kahani

Image: Emraan Hashmi and Vidya Balan in Humari Adhuri Kahani

Cast: Emraan Hashmi, Vidya Balan, Rajkummar Rao

Director: Mohit Suri

What works: Practically nothing!

What doesn't: Bad performances, too melodramatic, bad direction and story.

Number of weeks: 2

BO verdict: Below Average

Read the review here

Dil Dhadakne Do

Image: Anushka Sharma and Ranveer Singh in Dil Dhadakne Do

Cast: Anil Kapoor, Shefali Shah, Priyanka Chopra, Farhan Akhtar, Ranveer Singh, Anushka Sharma, Rahul Bose

Director: Zoya Akhtar

What works: Fantastic performances, visually stunning, film has some beautiful moments.

What doesn't: Too long, unconvincing end.

Number of weeks: 4

BO verdict: Below Average

Read the reviews here: Raja Sen / Sukanya Verma

Tanu Weds Manu Returns

Image: Kangna Ranaut and R Madhvana in Tanu Weds Manu Returns
 

Cast: Kangana Ranaut, R Madhavan, Jimmy Shergill, Swara Bhaskar, Eijaz Khan, Deepak Dobriyal.

Director: Aanand L Rai

What works: Kangana and Madhavan, the film ensures a lot of laughs.

What doesn't: Nothing new in the story.

Number of weeks: 5

BO verdict: Blockbuster.

Read the review here

Piku

Image: Amitabh Bachchan and Deepika Padukone in Piku

Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Deepika Padukone, Irrfan Khan, Moushumi Chatterjee.

Director: Shoojit Sircar

What works: Brilliant performances, good story

What doesn't: Abrupt end.

Number of weeks: 7

BO verdict: Hit

Read the reviews here: Raja Sen / Sukanya Verma