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Box Office: Heropanti opens well, Kochadaiiyaan fails
A look at the hits and misses of the week.
Last week we saw two big releases -- Tiger Shroff's Heropanti and Rajinikanth's Kochadaiiyan.
Tiger, with his mastery over action and dance, bravely carried off his debut film on his shoulders. The film opened well, and has emerged a winner.
The much-delayed Kochadaiiyaan, on the other hand, did poor business.
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives the box office verdict for the week.
Heropanti
Cast: Tiger Shroff, Kriti Sanon
Director: Sabbir Khan.
What works: Tiger shows promise.
What doesn't: Shoddy, outdated direction. Tacky script.
Number of weeks: New
BO verdict: Good opening.
Read the reviews here: Sukanya Verma/Paloma Sharma
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Kochadaiiyaan
Cast: Rajinikanth, Deepika Padukone
Director: Soundarya R Ashwin.
What works: Rajinikanth.
What doesn't: The first half is slow and chaotic, bad animation.
Number of weeks: New
BO verdict: Poor opening.
Read the reviews here: Raja Sen/ S Saraswathi
The Xpose
Cast: Himesh Reshammiya, Irrfan Khan, Adil Hussain Sonali Raut, Zoya Afroz
Director: Anant Mahadevan.
What works: Entertaining dialogues.
What doesn't: Shoddy direction, bad script.
Number of weeks: 1
BO verdict: Average.
Hawaa Hawaai
Cast: Partho Gupte, Saqib Saleem.
Director: Amol Gupte.
What works: Good script, direction
What doesn't: Melodramatic climax
Number of weeks: 2
BO verdict: Hit.
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: 5
BO verdict: Hit.