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Box Office: X flops, Prem Ratan Dhan Payo is below average

November 23, 2015 19:15 IST

A look at the hits and misses of the week.

X: Past Is Present tries a new style of filmmaking, and has received mixed reviews. At the box office, however, it remains a nonstarter.

Prem Ratan Dhan Payo opened brilliantly but saw a huge downslide later in the week. It will be a loser in the final countdown.

Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the box office verdict.

 

X: Past is Present 

Cast: Huma Qureshi, Rajat Kapoor, Anushman Jha, Swara Bhaskar, Radhika Apte, Piaa Bajpai, Usha Uthup.

Directors: Abhinav Shiv Tiwari, Anu Menon, Hemant Gaba, Nalan Kumarasamy, Pratim D Gupta, Q, Raja Sen, Rajshree Ojha, Sandeep Mohan, Sudhish Kamath and Suparn Verma.

What works: Performances by Rajat Kapoor, Anushman Jha, Swara Bhaskar.

What doesn't: Certain segments jar.

Number of weeks: New.

BO verdict: Nonstarter.

Read the review here

 

Prem Ratan Dhan Payo

Cast: Salman Khan, Sonam Kapoor Neil Nitin Mukesh, Anupam Kher

Director: Sooraj Bharjatya.

What works: Salman Khan.

What doesn't: Outdated melodrama.

Number of weeks: 1.

BO verdict: Below average.

Read the review here

 

Charlie Ke Chakkar Mein

Cast: Naseeruddin Shah, Anand Tiwari, Amit Sial

Director: Manish Shrivastava.

What works: Interesting twists, post-interval.

What doesn't: A bland first half.

Number of weeks: 2.

BO verdict: Flop.

Read the review here

 

Ranbanka

Cast: Ravi Kissen, Manish Paul

Director: Aryeman Ramsay.

What works: Ravi Kissen's performance.

What doesn't: Poor direction, poor performances.

Number of weeks: 2.

BO verdict: Flop.

Read the review here

 

Main Aur Charles

Cast: Randeep Hooda, Richa Chaddha

Director: Prawaal Raman.

What works: Top performances, well-directed film, fabulous sound design.

What doesn't: Poor dialogues.

Number of weeks: 3.

BO verdict: Flop.

Read the review here

Titli

Cast: Ranvir Shorey, Shashank Arora,, Shivani Raghuvanshi, Amit Sial, Prashant Singh

Director: Kanu Behl

What works: Ranvir Shorey, well-directed film.

What doesn't: Feeble plot, filmsy narrative

Number of weeks: 3.

BO verdict: Flop.

Read the review here

Guddu Ki Gun

Cast: Kunal Khemmu, Sumit Vyas.

Director: Sheershak Anand and Shantanu Ray Chibber 

What works: Good performances from the lead cast.

What doesn't: Lacks logic and plot.

Number of weeks: 3.

BO verdict: Flop.

Read the review here

Shaandaar

Shahid Kapoor and Alia Bhatt in Shaandaar

Cast: Shahid Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Pankaj Kapur, Sanjay Kapoor, Sanah Kapoor

Director: Vikas Bahl

What works: The lead pair Shahid Kapoor and Alia Bhatt

What doesn't: No storyline, bad direction.

Number of weeks: 4.

BO verdict: Flop.

Read the reviews here: Sukanya Verma and Raja Sen

 

Pyaar Ka Punchnaam 2


Cast: Kartik Aaryan, Nushrat Bharucha, Sonalli Sehgall, Ishita Sharma, Omkar Kapoor, Sunny Singh and Rumana Molla.

Director: Luv Ranjan.

What works: Decent gags.

What doesn't: Dated story, immature handling.

Number of weeks: 5.

BO verdict: Superhit.

Read the review here