Hrithik Roshan's stunning performance aside, Guzaarish failed to ignite the box office, emerging as the biggest debacle of the year so far.|
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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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Guzaarish
Cast: Hrithik Roshan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Aditya Roy Kapoor, Monikangana Dutta
Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali.
 Hrithik Roshan.
 Plot that goes nowhere, ridiculous dialogue.
Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: Poor opening.
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Golmaal 3
Cast: Ajay Devgn, Arshad Warsi, Shreyas Talpade, Kareena Kapoor, Tusshar Kapoor, Kunal Khemu
Director: Rohit Shetty.
Mithun Chakraborty.
Unfunny gags.
Number of weeks: 2.
BO Verdict: Hit.
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Action Replayy
Cast: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Aditya Roy Kapoor, Neha Dhupia, Ranvijay Singh.
Director: Vipul Shah.
Background score sounds good
Tacky.
Number of weeks: 2.
BO Verdict: Flop.
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Hisss
Cast: Mallika Sherawat, Irrfan Khan, Divya Dutta.
Director: Jennifer Lynch.
Mallika looks good.
Tacky, poor special effects.
Number of weeks: 4.
BO Verdict: Flop.
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Rakta Charitra
Cast: Vivek Oberoi, Shatrughan Sinha, Suriya, Priyamani.
Director: Ram Gopal Varma.
Acting is okay.
Too much violence and gore.
Number of weeks: 4.
BO Verdict: Flop.
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Jhootha Hi Sahi
Cast: John Abraham, Pakhi, Raghu Ram, Manasi Scott.
Director: Abbas Tyrewala.
John's performance and cinematography.
Weak script.
Number of weeks: 4.
BO Verdict: Flop.
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Knock Out
Cast: Sanjay Dutt, Kangna Ranaut, Irrfan Khan.
Director: Mani Shankar.
Irrfan Khan is terrific.
Unrealistic climax.
Number of weeks: 5.
BO Verdict: Flop.
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Aakrosh
Cast: Ajay Devgn, Bipasha Basu, Akshaye Khanna, Paresh Rawal.
Director: Priyadarshan.
Acting is brilliant, beautifully shot and engrossing script.
Action sequences are a little exaggerated.
Number of weeks: 5.
BO Verdict: Flop.
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Crook: It's Good to be Bad
Cast: Emraan Hashmi, Neha Sharma and Arjan Bajwa.
Director: Mohit Suri.
Noble topic, good music.
Weak script.
Number of weeks: 6.
BO Verdict: Flop.
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Do Dooni Char
Cast: Rishi Kapoor, Neetu Singh, Aditi Vasudev and Archit Krishna.
Director: Habib Faizal.
Rishi is in top form.
Limiting script.
Number of weeks: 6.
BO Verdict: Flop.
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Trade pundit: Vinod Mirani
Last week's box office results
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Hrithik Roshan.
Plot that goes nowhere, ridiculous dialogue.