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It's raining flops at the box office

Last updated on: September 07, 2009 20:18 IST

Despite the Ramzan and Ganesh festival, as many as six films released last Friday -- Chintuji, Fox, Aagey Se Right, Three: Love, Lies And Betreyal, Mohandas and Bachelor Party. But none of them had any takers and all fared poorly at the box office.

Note: Films are ranked according to their release dates. The thumbs ups and downs reflect rediff's views.




Chintuji

Cast: Rishi Kapoor, Vishal Bhal, Gaurav Bhattacharya, Kanchan Bhisht, Priyanshu Chatterjee, Sophie Chowdry.
Director: Ranjit Kapoor.
Has engaging moments.

Cheesy scenes.

Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: Poor opening.




Fox

Cast: Arjun Rampal, Sunny Deol, Sagarika Ghatge, Udita Goswami.
Director: Deepak Tijori.
Tough!

Bad direction, terrible performances.

Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: Poor opening.

Review





Aagey Se Right

Cast: Shreyas Talpade, Kay Kay Menon, Shenaz Treasurywala.
Director: Indrajit Nattooji
Good gags.

Predictable.

Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: Poor opening.

Review





Three: Love, Lies And Betreyal

Cast: Nausheen Ali Sardar, Akshay Kapoor and Ashish Chowdhry.
Director: Vishal Pandya.
Tough!

Predictable.

Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: Poor opening.

Review





Mohandas

Cast: Nakul Vaid, Sushant Singh, Sonali Kulkarni.
Director: Mazhar Kamran.
Good direction, noble intentions.

The lead actor is miscast, as he does not look like a simple villager.

Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: Poor opening.

Review





Bachelor Party

Cast: Jimmy Shergill, Arbaaz Khan, Nauheed Cyrusi.
Director: Isshaan Trivedi.
Tough!

Crass comedy.

Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: Poor opening.




Quick Gun Murugun

Cast: Dr Rajendra Prasad, Rambha, Sandhya Mridul, Nassar, Ranvir Shorey, Vinay Pathak.
Director: Shashanka Ghosh.
Good music.

Violent.

Number of weeks: 1.
BO Verdict: Flop.

Review





Kisaan

Cast: Arbaaz Khan, Sohail Khan, Jackie Shroff, Dia Mirza, Nauheed Cyrusi, Dalip Tahil.
Director: Puneet Sira.
Sohail does a decent job.

Age-old story, boring music.

Number of weeks: 1.
BO Verdict: Flop.

Review





Daddy Cool

Cast: Suniel Shetty, Aftab Shivdasani, Aarti Chabria, Aashish Chaudhary, Kim Sharma, Sophie Choudry, Rajpal Yadav, Tulip Joshi, Javed Jaffrey, Prem Chopra.
Director: K Murli Mohan Rao.
Interesting subject.

Bad performances.

Number of weeks: 1.
BO Verdict: Flop.

Review





Love Khichdi

Cast: Randeep Hooda Riya Sen, Divya Dutta, Rituparna Sengupta, Sonali Kulkarni, Kalpana Pandit, Jassy Randhawa, Sada.
Director: Srinivas Bhashyam.
Saurabh Shukla.

Sleazy.

Number of weeks: 1.
BO Verdict: Flop.

Review


Trade pundit: Vinod Mirani

Last week's box office results