The hits and misses of the week.
Last week's releases Te3n and Do Lafazon Ki Kahani have fared badly at the box office.
Te3n, trying to deal with three people's perspective of a crime, ends up going nowhere, and is a flop.
Do Lafzon Ki Kahani, starring Randeep Hooda and Kajal Aggarwal, is also a flop.
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the weekly box office verdict.
Te3n
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Vidya Balan.
Director: Ribhu Dasgupta
What works: Amitabh Bachchan's ace performance.
What doesn't: The thriller has no suspence.
Number of weeks: New.
BO verdict: Flop.
Read the reviews here: Raja Sen / Sukanya Verma
Do Lafzon Ki Kahani
Cast: Randeep Hooda, Kajal Aggarwal
Director: Deepak Tijori
What works: Randeep Hooda's performance, good music.
What doesn't: Weak screenplay, boring storyline.
Number of weeks: New
BO verdict: Flop
Housefull 3
Cast: Akshay Kumar, Abhishek Bachchan, Riteish Deshmukh, Jacqueline Fernandez, Nargis Fakhri, Lisa Haydon, Boman Irani
Director: Sajid-Farhad
What works: Akshay Kumar's performance and dialogues.
What doesn't: The plot.
Number of weeks: 1
BO verdict: Semi hit.
Waiting
Cast: Naseeruddin Shah, Kalki Koechlin, Rajat Kapoor, Arjun Mathur, Suhasini Maniratnam
Director: Anu Menon
What works: The human drama; Naseeruddin Shah and Kalki's performances.
What doesn't: Lengthy and stagnant second half.
Number of weeks: 2
BO verdict: Flop
Phobia
Cast: Radhika Apte
Director: Pawan Kripalani
What works: Engaging narrative, Radhika Apte's performance.
What doesn't: Predictable second half.
Number of weeks: 2
BO verdict: Flop
Veerapan
Cast: Sandeep Bharadwaj, Sachiin J Joshi, Usha Jadhav, Lisa Ray
Director: Ram Gopal Varma
What works: Cinematography, visuals.
What doesn't: Bad writing, plotting, dialogues, bad performance by Sachiin Joshi, Lisa Ray.
Number of weeks: 2
BO verdict: Flop
Sarbjit
Cast: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Randeep Hooda, Richa Chhada
Director: Omung Kumar
What works: The story idea.
What doesn't: Weak script and direction.
Number of weeks: 3
BO verdict: Flop
Read the review here: Raja Sen / Sukanya Verma
Azhar
Cast: Emraan Hashmi, Nargis Fakhri, Prachi Desai, Kunal Roy Kapur, Lara Dutta
Director: Tony D'Souza
What works: Emraan Hashmi.
What doesn't: Bad direction, poor storytelling.
Number of weeks: 4
BO verdict: Flop
Read the review here: Prem Panicker /Raja Sen
