Flops continue to dog Bollywood as Raavan is declared a flop at the box office.
Meanwhile, last week's release Mr Singh Mrs Mehta had a weak opening.
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the box office verdict.
Note: Films are ranked according to their release dates. The thumbs ups and downs reflect rediff's views.
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Mr Singh Mrs Mehta
Cast: Aruna Shields, Prashant Narayanan, Naved Aslam and Lucy Hassan.
Director: Pravesh Bhardwaj
 Prashant is good, deft handling of infidelity.
 Slow pace.
Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: Weak opening.
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Raavan
Cast: Aishwarya Rai, Abhishek Bachchan, Vikram, Govinda.
Director: Mani Ratnam
Visually stunning, great performances.
Weak screenplay.
Number of weeks: 1.
BO Verdict: Flop.
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Raajneeti
Cast: Ranbir Kapoor, Ajay Devgn, Katrina Kaif, Nana Patekar, Manoj Bajpai, Arjun Rampal Naseeruddin Shah.
Director: Prakash Jha
Shruti Seth.
Weak screenplay, clunky dialogue and too long.
Number of weeks: 3.
BO Verdict: Hit. |
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Kites
Cast: Hrithik Roshan, Babara Mori, Kangna Ranaut, Kabir Bedi.
Director: Anurag Basu
Hrithik and Babara look hot, film is visually appealing.
Everything else
Number of weeks: 5.
BO Verdict: Flop.
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Bumm Bumm Bole
Cast: Darsheel Safary, Zia, Atul Kulkarni, Rituparna Sengupta.
Director: Priyadarshan
Darsheel shines.
Stretched climax
Number of weeks: 6.
BO Verdict: Flop.
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Bal Hanuman
Director: Pankaj Sharma.
Must watch for Superman and Spiderman fans
Very filmi
Number of weeks: 6.
BO Verdict: Flop.
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Badmaash Company
Cast: Shahid Kapoor, Anushka Sharma, Vir Das, Meiyang Chang.
Director: Parmeet Sethi.
Good music and songs.
Weak plot
Number of weeks: 7.
BO Verdict: Average.
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Housefull
Cast: Akshay Kumar, Lara Dutta, Deepika Padukone, Ritesh Deshmukh, Arjun Rampal, Boman Irani, Chunky Pandey.
Director: Sajid Khan.
Tough.
Lame humour, bad acting, senseless plot
Number of weeks: 8.
BO Verdict: Semi-hit.
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City of Gold
Cast: Shashank Shende, Seema Biswas, Kashmira Shah and Sachin Khedekar.
Director: Mahesh Manjrekar.
Great performances by the cast.
Not for everyone.
Number of weeks: 9.
BO Verdict: Flop.
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Paathshaala
Cast: Shahid Kapoor, Ayesha Takia Azmi and Nana Patekar.
Director: Milind Ukey.
Has its heart in the right place.
Very dull and outdated.
Number of weeks: 10.
BO Verdict: Flop.
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Trade pundit: Vinod Mirani
Last week's box office results
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Great performances by the cast.
Not for everyone.
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