Three films released last week and all of them opened poorly. Tere Bin Laden has got good reviews and was appreciated by critics. Some theatres even replaced Lamhaa with Tere Bin Laden. Udaan, too, is expected to sink.
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the box office verdict for the week.
Note: Films are ranked according to their release dates. The thumbs ups and downs reflect rediff's views.
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Lamhaa
Cast: Sanjay Dutt, Bipasha Basu, Kunal Kapoor.
Director: Rahul Dholakia.
 Honest and practical.
 Songs appear abruptly.
Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: Poor opening.
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Udaan
Cast: Rajat Barmecha, Ronit Roy, Aayan Boradia.
Director: Vikramaditya Motwane.
Rajat Barmecha.
Hard to find.
Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: Poor opening.
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Tere Bin Laden
Cast: Ali Zafar, Pradhuman Singh.
Director: Abhishek Sharma.
Good performances.
Low budget, therefore most of the film is restricted to the interiors.
Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: Poor opening.
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Milenge Milenge
Cast: Kareena Kapoor, Shahid Kapoor.
Director: Satish Kaushik.
Kareena Kapoor.
Stale
Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: Flop.
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Red Alert - The War Within
Cast: Suneil Shetty, Sameera Reddy, Vinod Khanna, Seema Biswas, Ayesha Dharker, Seema Biswas, Naseeruddin Shah, Gulshan Grover.
Director: Anant Narayan Mahadevan.
Brave foray into hitherto unexplored territory.
Trivialises a very serious issue.
Number of weeks: 1.
BO Verdict: Flop.
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I Hate Luv Storys
Cast: Imran Khan, Sonam Kapoor, Samir Soni, Bruna Abdullah, Samir Dattani.
Director: Punit Malhotra
Good performance from Samir Soni. Lovely songs.
Very cliched. Filled with masala.
Number of weeks: 2.
BO Verdict: Average.
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Mr Singh Mrs Mehta
Cast: Aruna Shields, Prashant Narayanan, Naved Aslam and Lucy Hassan.
Director: Pravesh Bhardwaj
Prashant is good, deft handling of infidelity.
Slow pace.
Number of weeks: 3.
BO Verdict: Flop.
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Raavan
Cast: Aishwarya Rai, Abhishek Bachchan, Vikram, Govinda.
Director: Mani Ratnam
Visually stunning, great performances.
Weak screenplay.
Number of weeks: 4.
BO Verdict: Flop.
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Raajneeti
Cast: Ranbir Kapoor, Ajay Devgn, Katrina Kaif, Nana Patekar, Manoj Bajpai, Arjun Rampal Naseeruddin Shah.
Director: Prakash Jha
Shruti Seth.
Weak screenplay, clunky dialogue and too long.
Number of weeks: 6.
BO Verdict: Hit.
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Kites
Cast: Hrithik Roshan, Babara Mori, Kangna Ranaut, Kabir Bedi.
Director: Anurag Basu
Hrithik and Babara look hot, film is visually appealing.
Everything else.
Number of weeks: 8.
BO Verdict: Flop.
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Trade pundit: Vinod Mirani
Last week's box office results
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Brave foray into hitherto unexplored territory.
Trivialises a very serious issue.
