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Box Office: Holiday, Filmistaan get poor opening

June 09, 2014 18:29 IST

Image: Akshay Kumar Sonakshi Sinha in Holiday

Looking at the week's hits and misses at the box office.

Last week's release Holiday - A Soldier Is Never Off Duty opened to a weak response but picked up gradually over the weekend. It will need to sustain through the week to cross the average mark.

Filmistaan saw poor collections.

Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives box office verdict for the week.

Holiday - A Soldier Is Never Off Duty 

Cast: Akshay Kumar, Sonakshi Sinha, Sumeet Raghavan, Freddy Daruwala, Govinda

Director: A R Murugadoss.

What works: Akshay Kumar.

What doesn't: Too long and boring.

Number of weeks: New

BO verdict: Poor opening.

Read the review here

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Filmistaan

Image: Poster of Filmistaan

Cast: Sharib Hashmi, Inaamulhaq

Director: Nitin Kakkar.

What works: Terrific plot, good performances.

What doesn't: Nothing.

Number of weeks: New

BO verdict: Poor opening.

Read the review here

Citylights

Image: Rajkummar Rao and Patralekha in Citylights

Cast: Rajkummar Rao, Patralekha.

Director: Hansal Mehta.

What works: Terrific performances, good cinematography.

What doesn't: Bad music undoes the film's drama.

Number of weeks: 1

BO verdict: Below average.

Read the review here

 

Heropanti

Image: Kriti Sanon and Tiger Shroff in 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Shoddy, outdated direction.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:
 2

BO verdict:
Hit.

Read the reviews here: Sukanya Verma / Paloma Sharma

Kochadaiiyaan

Image: Rajinikanth in 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: 2

BO verdict: Above Average.

Read the reviews here: Raja Sen/ S Saraswathi