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Box Office: Sunil Grover's Coffee with D flops

January 23, 2017 11:24 IST

The hits and misses of the week.

Last week's release Coffee With D had no takers.

Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the weekly verdict.

 

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: New.

BO verdict: Poor opening.

Read the review here

 

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: 1.

BO verdict: Flop.

Read the review here

 

Haraamkhor

Cast: Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Shweta Tripathi

Director: Shlok Sharma 

What works: Great performances.

What doesn't: Slow pace.

Number of weeks: 1.

BO verdict: Flop.

Read the review here

 

Dangal

Cast: Aamir Khan, Sakshi Tanwar, Sanya Malhotra, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Zaira Wasim, Suhani Bhatnagar, Aparshakti Khurrana.

Director: Nitesh Tiwari.

What works: Excellent performances, story, soundtrack.

What doesn't: A little melodrama towards the end.

Number of weeks: 4.

BO verdict: Blockbuster.

Read the reviews here: Sukanya Verma/Raja Sen

Befikre

Cast: Ranveer Singh, Vaani Kapoor

Director: Aditya Chopra.

What works: No chemistry, Vaani's deadpan acting.

What doesn't: Poor climax.

Number of weeks: 6.

BO verdict: Semi hit.

Read the reviews here: Raja Sen/Sukanya Verma/Aseem Chhabra

 

Kahaani 2

Cast: Vidya Balan, Arjun Rampal.

Director: Sujoy Ghosh

What works: Great performance by Vidya Balan.

What doesn't: Predictable ending.

Number of weeks: 7.

BO verdict: Flop.

Read the review here

 

Dear Zindagi

Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Alia Bhatt, Angad Bedi, Kunal Kapoor, Ali Zafar.

Director: Gauri Shinde

What works: Great performances, great script, good music, beautiful locales.

What doesn't: Slow paced in the first half.

Number of weeks: 8.

BO verdict: Flop.

Read the reviews here: Raja Sen/Sukanya Verma