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Of the three Diwali releases that hit the theatres last week, Main Aurr Mrs Khanna fared the worst.
Blue took excellent initial colllections while All The Best picked up from Sunday.
Note: Films are ranked according to their release dates. The thumbs ups and downs reflect rediff's views.
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Blue
Cast: Akshay Kumar, Sanjay Dutt, Lara Dutta, Katrina Kaif and Zayed Khan.
Director: Anthony D'Souza.
 Stunning underwater photography.
 Ridiculous plot, inane dialogues and bad direction.
Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: Opens well.
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All The Best
Cast: Ajay Devgn, Sanjay Dutt, Fardeen Khan, Bipasha Basu, Mugdha Godse and Johnny Lever.
Director: Rohit Shetty.
Johnny Lever.
No real plot to speak of.
Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: Good opening.
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Main Aurr Mrs Khanna
Cast: Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Sohail Khan and Nauheed Cyrusi.
Director: Prem Soni.
Tough!
Silly story and dull performances.
Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: Below average.
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Acid Factory
Cast: Fardeen Khan, Irrfan Khan, Manoj Bajpai, Dino Morea, Danny Denzongpa, Dia Mirza and Aftab Shivdasani.
Director: Suparn Verma.
Stylish opening credits
Poor dialogues, done-to-death action sequences, and an amateurishly handled climax.
Number of weeks: 1.
BO Verdict: Below average.
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3 Nights 4 Days
Cast: Anuj Sawhney, Sameer Aftab, Farid Amiri, Hrishita Bhatt, Madhuri Bhattacharya, Pinky Harwani and Sanda Caktas.
Director: Devang Dholakia.
Dialogues are funny at places.
Too many songs.
Number of weeks: 1.
BO Verdict: Flop.
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Wake Up Sid
Cast: Ranbir Kapoor, Konkona Sen Sharma, Shikha Talsania, Namit Das.
Director: Ayan Mukherji.
Lilting music, good performances from Rabir, Konkona
Not much of a plot.
Number of weeks: 2.
BO Verdict: Steady run at multiplexes.
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Do Knot Disturb
Cast: Govinda, Lara Dutta, Sushmita Sen, Ritesh Deshmukh, Ranvir Shorey, Rajpal Yadav, Sohail Khan.
Director: David Dhawan.
Good one-liners.
Weak story.
Number of weeks: 2.
BO Verdict: Flop.
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What's Your Rashee?
Cast: Priyanka Chopra, Harman Baweja.
Director: Ashutosh Gowariker.
Priyanka rocks.
Too long.
Number of weeks: 3.
BO Verdict: Flop.
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Fast Forward
Cast:Vinod Khanna, Mahesh Manjrekar, Siddhanth Karnick, Sabina Sheema Rehan Khan and Akshay Kapoor.
Director: Zaigham Ali Syed.
Good choreography.
Tacky script.
Number of weeks: 3.
BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Wanted
Cast: Salman Khan, Ayesha Takia Azmi, Mahesh Manjrekar, Govind Namdeo, Prakash Raj.
Director: Prabhu Deva.
Salman aces.
Tacky scenes.
Number of weeks: 4.
BO Verdict: Hit.
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Trade pundit: Vinod Mirani
Last week's box office results
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Stunning underwater photography.
Ridiculous plot, inane dialogues and bad direction. 
