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The hits and misses of the week.
Jolly LLB 2 saw a weak opening but improved over its second weekend. It also benefited on February 14, Valentine's Day. With poor opposition in the next week, the film will move into plus side.
The other releases -- Irada and Running Shaadi -- were very poor.
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the weekly verdict.
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: New.
BO verdict: Poor opening.
Running Shaadi
Cast: Taapsee Pannu, Amit Sadh.
Director: Amit Roy.
What works: The Bihari tadka.
What doesn't: Everything else!
Number of weeks: New.
BO verdict: Poor opening.
Irada
Cast: Naseeruddin Shah, Arshad Warsi, Sagarika Ghatge, Divya Dutta
Director: Aparnaa Singh.
What works: Good performances.
What doesn't: Sloppy editing, doesn't hold your attention.
Number of weeks: New.
BO verdict: Poor opening.
Jolly LLB 2
Cast: Akshay Kumar, Huma Qureshi, Saurabh Shukla, Annu Kapoor
Director: Subhash Kapoor
What works: Good performances, fun dialogues and well-directed.
What doesn't: Predictable.
Number of weeks: 1.
BO verdict: Above average.
Kung Fu Yoga
Cast: Jackie Chan, Sonu Sood, Disha Patani, Amyra Dastur.
Director: Stanley Tong
What works: Jackie Chan.
What doesn't: Lousy acting, bad CGI, terrible dialogues, illogical film.
Number of weeks: 2.
BO verdict: Flop.
Kaabil
Cast: Hrithik Roshan, Yami Gautam, Ronit Roy and Rohit Roy.
Director: Sanjay Gupta.
What works: Hrithik Roshan.
What doesn't: Predictable story, slow first half.
Number of weeks: 3.
BO verdict: Below Average.
Read the reviews here: Sukanya Verma/ Namrata Thakker
Raees
Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Mahira Khan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui.
Director: Rahul Dholakia.
What works: Nawazuddin Siddiqui.
What doesn't: Script and narration doesn't grab you.
Number of weeks: 3.
BO verdict: Below Average.
Read the reviews here: Saisuresh Sivaswamy/ Prasanna Zore
Coffee With D
Cast: Sunil Grover, Pankaj Tripathi.
Director: Vishal Mishra
What works: Good performances, a few genuinely funny scenes.
What doesn't: Poorly executed, boring music.
Number of weeks: 4.
BO verdict: Flop.
Ok Jaanu
Cast: Shraddha Kapoor, Aditya Roy Kapur, Naseeruddin Shah, Leela Samson
Director: Shaad Ali
What works: Beautiful cinematography.
What doesn't: Shaad Ali cannot pull off a remake of the well-made original, O Kadhal Kanmani.
Number of weeks: 5.
BO verdict: Flop.