It's raining flops at the box office

Rajshri's experiment using footage from the original Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se to make sequel of Jaana Pehchana has not worked well; the single screen release collections have been poor.

Rivaaz is a non-starter.

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 do not reflect rediff's views.

	*Jaana Pehchana* Cast: Sachin Pilgaonkar, Ranjeeta Kaur. Director: Sachin Pilgaonkar. Optimistic story. Outdated and predictable end. Number of weeks: New. BO Verdict: Flop. Review
	*Rivaaz* Cast: Deepti Naval, Meghna Naidu, Vijay Raaz, Alok Nath, Reema Lagoo. Director: Ashok Kumar Nanda. Tough. Not a well-crafted film. Number of weeks: New. BO Verdict: Flop. Review
	*Shabri* Cast: Eesha Koppikar, Vijay Kadechkar, Pradeep Rawat, Zakir Hussain. Director: Lalit Marathe. Eesha Koppikar. Zakir Hussain. Number of weeks: 3. BO Verdict: Flop. Review
	*Chitkabrey* Cast: Ravi Kissen. Director: Sunnet Arora. Tough. Shoddy performances and overdose of drama. Number of weeks: 3. BO Verdict: Flop.
	*Yeh Dooriyan* Cast: Deepshikha Nagpal, Ayub Khan, Chitrashi Rawat, Delnaz Paul. Director: Deepshikha Nagpal. Deepshikha. Poor direction. Number of weeks: 3. BO Verdict: Flop.
	*Stand By* Cast: Dalip Tahil, Siddharth Kher. Director: Sanjay Surkar. First 30 minutes. Screenplay. Number of weeks: 3. BO Verdict: Flop.
	*Not A Love Story* Cast: Mahie Gill, Deepak Dobriyal, Ajay Gehi. Director: Ram Gopal Varma. The principal cast. This is a film made in bad taste. Number of weeks: 4. BO Verdict: Flop. Review
	*Chatur Singh Two Stars* Cast: Sanjay Dutt, Ameesha Patel, Anupam Kher, Rati Agnihotri. Director: Ajay Chandok. Tough. The whole film. Number of weeks: 4. BO Verdict: Flop. Review
	*Sahi Dhande Galat Bande* Cast: Pravin Dabbas, Anupam Kher, Sharat Saxena. Director: Pravin Dabbas. Difficult. Mish-mash of many films. Number of weeks: 4. BO Verdict: Flop. Review
	*Aarakshan* Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Saif Ali Khan, Deepika Padukone, Prateik, Manoj Bajpayee. Directors: Prakash Jha. Amitabh Bachchan. Lacks focus. Number of weeks: 5. BO Verdict: Flop. Reviews: 1 \| 2 \| 3
Trade pundit: Vinod Mirani Last week's box office results
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