The hits and misses of the week.
Sachin: A Billion Dreams, which released last week, finds takers only at select multiplexes. The film has been rejected at second rung multiplexes and single screens and is expected to lose money.
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us his weekly verdict:
Sachin: A Billion Dreams
Cast: Sachin Tendulkar
Director: James Erskine
What works: Sachin Tendulkar
What doesn't: No new information on Sachin
Number of weeks: New
Box Office verdict: Average opening.
- Read the reviews here: Saiyami Kher ' Sreehari Nair
Half Girlfriend
Cast: Arjun Kapoor, Shraddha Kapoor, Rhea Chakraborty
Director: Mohit Suri
What works: Arjun Kapoor
What doesn't: Bad story and script
Number of weeks: 1
Box Office verdict: Flop.
Hindi Medium
Cast: Irrfan Khan Saba Qamar, Deepak Dobriyal
Director: Saket Chaudhary
What works: Saket's direction, good performances
What doesn't: The second half of the film
Number of weeks: 1
Box Office verdict: Hit.
Meri Pyaari Bindu
Cast: Ayushmann Khurrana, Parineeti Chopra
Director: Akshay Roy
What works: Good performances
What doesn't: Bad script, screenplay and dialogue
Number of weeks: 2
Box Office verdict: Average.
Sarkar 3
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Amit Sadh, Yami Gautam
Director: Ram Gopal Varma
What works: Amitabh Bachchan
What doesn't: Poor direction
Number of weeks: 2
Box Office verdict: Flop.
Baahubali: The Conclusion
Cast: Prabhas, Anushka Shetty, Rana Daggubati, Tamannaah, Ramya Krishnan, Sathyaraj, Nassar
Director: S S Rajamouli
What works: Brilliant VFX, epic scale, good thrills, fantastic action
What doesn't: The film's length
Number of weeks: 4
Box Office verdict: BLOCKBUSTER.
- Read the reviews here: Sukanya Verma ' Sreehari Nair
Noor
Cast: Sonakshi Sinha, Kanan Gill, Shibani Dandekar, Purab Kohli
Director: Sunhil Sippy
What works: Good performances
What doesn't: Shallow activism, flimsy drama
Number of weeks: 5
Box Office verdict: Poor opening.
Maatr
Cast: Raveena Tandon, Alisha Khan, Madhur Mittal
Director: Ashtar Sayed
What works: Raveena Tandon
What doesn't: Glaring loopholes, weak script
Number of weeks: 5
Box Office verdict: Poor opening.
Begum Jaan
Cast: Vidya Balan, Ila Arun, Naseeruddin Shah, Rajit Kapoor, Ashish Vidyarthi, Vivek Mushran, Chunky Pandey, Gauahar Khan, Pallavi Sharda
Director: Srijit Mukherji
What works: Vidya Balan
What doesn't: Loud, melodramatic, shallow
Number of weeks: 6
Box Office verdict: Flop.
- Read the reviews here: Sukanya Verma ' Sreehari Nair
