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Ready shines at the box office

June 06, 2011 13:08 IST

Salman Khan's Ready saw an outstanding opening on its first weekend and is on its way to becoming a hit.

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.




Ready

Cast: Salman Khan, Asin
Director: Anees Bazmee.

Salman and Asin.

Plot.

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

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Kucch Luv Jaisaa

Cast: Shifaali Shah, Rahul Bose, Om Puri, Sumeet Raghavan.
Director: Barnali Ray Shukla.

Performance by Rahul Bose and Shifaali.

Climax.

Number of weeks: 1.
BO Verdict: Poor.

Review




Pyaar Ka Punchnama

Cast: Divyendu Sharma, Kartikeya Tiwari, Rayo Bhakirta, Nushrat Bharucha, Ishita Sharma, Sonalli Sehgal.
Director: Luv Ranjan.

Funny first half.

Script, dialogue.

Number of weeks: 2.
BO Verdict: Poor.

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404

Cast: Rajvvir Arora, Imaad Shah, Nishikant Kamath.
Director: Prawaal Raman.

Excellent cinematography.

Climax.

Number of weeks: 2.
BO Verdict: Poor.

Review




Ragini MMS

Cast: Kainaz Motiwala, Raj Kumar Yadav.
Director: Pawan Kripalani.

Good thrills.

Poor editing.

Number of weeks: 3.
BO Verdict: Average.

Review




Shagird

Cast: Nana Patekar, Mohit Ahlawat, Zakir Hussain, Rimii Sen
Director: Tigmanshu Dhulia.

Interesting narrative.

Mohit Ahlawat.

Number of weeks: 3.
BO Verdict: Flop.

Review




Stanley Ka Dabba

Cast: Partho, Amole Gupte
Director: Amole Gupte.

The whole film.

Tough.

Number of weeks: 3.
BO Verdict: Average.

Review




Love U... Mr Kalakaar

Cast: Tusshar Kapoor, Amirita Rao
Director: S Manasavi.

Average music.

Performances by the entire cast.

Number of weeks: 3.
BO Verdict: Flop.

Review




Haunted

Cast: Mahaaskshay Chakraborty, Tia Bajpai, Arif Zakaria.
Director: Vikram Bhatt.

Music.

Performances, age old story idea.

Number of weeks: 4.
BO Verdict: Hit.

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Luv Ka The End

Cast: Shraddha Kappor, Taaha Shah, Shenaz Treasuryvala, Archana Puran Singh
Director: Bumpy.

Shraddha Kapoor, Pushtie Shaktie.

Taaha Shah.

Number of weeks: 4.
BO Verdict: Flop.

Review

Trade pundit: Vinod Mirani

Last week's box office results