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Last week saw two movie releases, Main Tera Hero and Jal.
Main Tera Hero has been liked by critics and audiences alike, but it would have fared even better had it not been for the T20 World Cup finals that were telecast over the weekend. Jal, however, was a flop.
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives the box office verdict for the week.
Main Tera Hero
Cast: Varun Dhawan, Ileana D'Cruz, Nargis Fakhri.
Director: David Dhawan.
What works: A time-pass and paisa vasool film, with lots of romance and comedy.
What doesn't: Not for family audiences, too many subplots.
Number of weeks: New
BO verdict: Opens well.
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Cast: Purab Kohli, Kirti Kulhari, Tannishta Chatterjee
Director: Girish Malik
What works: Good music.
What doesn't: It's more like a documentary than a film.
Number of weeks: New
BO verdict: Flop
Cast: Harman Baweja, Sunny Deol, Ayesha Khanna
Director: Sanamjit Singh Talwar
What works: The supporting cast does well.
What doesn't: Too many loopholes in the scripts, plot twists don't make sense.
Number of weeks: 1
BO verdict: Flop
Cast: Pulkit Samrat, Bilal Amrohi, Sarah Jane Dias
Director: Atul Agnihotri
What works: Good performances by supporting cast -- Manoj Pahwa, Razzaq Khan and Vijay Raaz and Mohan Kapur.
What doesn't: Very loud film.
Number of weeks: 1
BO verdict: Flop
Cast: Jackky Bhagnan, Neha Sharma, Farooque Sheikh, Boman Irani.
Director: Syed Ahmad Afzal
What works: A last chance to see Farooque Sheikh on big screen.
What doesn't: Simplistic and unrealistic film.
Number of weeks: 1
BO verdict: Flop
Cast: Sunny Leone, Parvin Dabas, Sandhya Mridul, Divya Dutta
Director: Bhushan Patel
What works: Sunny Leone's hot image, good music
What doesn't: Not scary enough
Number of weeks: 2
BO verdict: Hit
Read the reviews here: Bikash Mohapatra / Namita Karkera
Cast: Kangna Ranaut, Lisa Haydon, Rajkummar Rao
Director: Vikas Bahl
What works: Kangna's performance, script, humour
What doesn't: Lengthy
Number of weeks: 3
BO verdict: Hit
Read the reviews here: Sukanya Verma / Raja Sen / Sonil Dedhia