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Box Office: Hawaa Hawaai opens well, Mastram sinks
A look at the hits and misses of the week.
Last Firday saw as many as six movie releases -- Hawaa Hawaai, Mastram, Yeh Hai Bakrapur, Manjunath, Koyelaanchal and Khwaab.
Hawaa Hawaai managed to get some favourable response but the others sank without a trace.
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives box office verdict for the week:
Hawaa Hawaai
Cast: Partho Gupte, Saqib Saleem.
Director: Amol Gupte.
What works: Good script, direction
What doesn't: Melodramatic climax
Number of weeks: New
BO verdict: Opens well.
Koyelaanchal
Cast: Vinod Khanna, Suneil Shetty
Director: Ashu Trikha.
What works: The lead actors.
What doesn't: Half-baked plot, bad direction.
Number of weeks: New
BO verdict: Flop
Yeh Hai Bakrapur
Cast: Anushman Jha, Asif Basra.
Director: Janki Vishwanthan
What works: Cinematography, good performances.
What doesn't: Bad editing and direction.
Number of weeks: New
BO verdict: Flop
Mastram
Cast: Rahul Bagga, Tara-Alisha Berry
Director: Akhilesh Jaiswal
What works: Good performances.
What doesn't: Confused direction, very slow pace.
Number of weeks: New
BO verdict: Flop
Manjunath
Cast: Sasho Satish Sarathy
Director: Sandeep Varma
What works: Good, honest story-telling.
What doesn't: The second half drags.
Number of weeks: New
BO verdict: Flop
2 States
Cast: Arjun Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Amrita Singh, Ronit Roy, Revathy
Director: Abhishek Varman.
What works: Good performances.
What doesn't: Too many stereotypes.
Number of weeks: 3
BO verdict: Hit.