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Box Office: Sunny loses out to Deepika

May 11, 2015 18:35 IST

Piku beats Kuch Kuch Locha Hai at the box office. 

Amitabh Bachchan and Deepika Padukone-starrer Piku has got rave reviews, and seems to be a winner at the box office as well.

On the other hand, Sunny Leone saw her first flop in Kuch Kuch Locha Hai.

Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives the box office verdict for the week. 

Piku

Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Deepika Padukone, Irrfan Khan, Moushumi Chatterjee.

Director: Shoojit Sircar

What works: Brilliant performances, good story

What doesn't: Bengali stereotypes.

Number of weeks: New

BO verdict: Opens well

Read the reviews here: Raja Sen / Sukanya Verma

Kuch Kuch Locha Hai

Cast: Sunny Leone, Ram Kapoor, Evelyn Sharma

Director: Devang Dholakia

What works: Sunny's bikinis!

What doesn't: Bad performances, a horrible script.

Number of weeks: New

BO verdict: Poor opening.

Read the review here

 

Gabbar Is Back 

Cast: Akshay Kumar, Shruti Haasan, Kareena Kapoor, Suman Talwar, Sunil Grover

Director: Krish

What works: Akshay Kumar and Sunil Grover's performance.

What doesn't: Melodramatic plot, bad direction

Number of weeks: 1

BO verdict: Below average.

Read the review here

 

Margarita, With A Straw

Cast: Kalki Koechlin, Revathy, Sayani Gupta

Director: Shonali Bose

What works: Great performances, a beautiful script.

What doesn't: Non-mainstream subject.

Number of weeks: 3

BO verdict: Flop