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The hits and misses of the week.
Moviegoers were treated to two films last week, Naam Shabana and Poorna.
Where Naam Shabana -- a prequel to Akshay Kumar-starrer Baby -- got mostly amazing reviews, Poorna -- a true story of the youngest girl in history to climb Mount Everest -- opened to a mixed response.
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the weekly verdict.
Naam Shabana
Cast: Taapsee Pannu, Akshay Kumar, Manoj Bajpayee, Anupam Kher, Prithviraj Sukumaran, Danny Denzongpa.
Director: Shivam Nair.
What works: Taapsee Pannu and the other actors.
What doesn't: The background score, a little predictable.
Number of weeks: New.
BO verdict: Poor opening.
Poorna
Cast: Rahul Bose, Aditi Inamdar, S Mariya, Dhritiman Chatterjee, Harsha Vardhan.
Director: Rahul Bose.
What works: The actors, the real-life tale of a hero.
What doesn't: The dialogues.
Number of weeks: New.
BO verdict: Flop.
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: 1.
BO verdict: Flop.
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: 1.
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: 2.
BO verdict: Disaster.
Trapped
Cast: Rajkummar Rao, Geetanjali Thapa.
Director: Vikramaditya Motwane
What works: Rajkummar Rao.
What doesn't: Too dark.
Number of weeks: 2.
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: 2.
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: 3.
BO verdict: Super 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: 4.
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: 5.
BO verdict: Disaster.
Read the reviews: Raja Sen/ Sukanya Verma