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Box Office: Poor opening for War Chhod Na Yaar
Last Friday saw four releases -- War Chhod Na Yaar, Baat Ban Gayee, Kya Hua Achanak and Paapi -- and all of them opened poorly at the box office.
Ranbir Kapoor's Besharam also fared poorly.
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the box office verdict for the week.
War Chhod Na Yaar
Cast: Sharman Joshi, Soha Ali Khan, Javed Jaffrey
Director: Faraz Haider
What works: Good one-liners, good performances by Sharman and Javed
What doesn't: Preachy second half, plot meanders
Number of weeks: New
BO verdict: Poor opening
Box Office: Poor opening for War Chhod Na Yaar
Cast: Ranbir Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor, Neetu Singh, Pallavi Sharda
Director: Abhinav Singh Kashyap
What works: The Kapoors.
What doesn't: Weak storyline, mindless gags, bad toilet humour.
Number of weeks: 1
BO verdict: Poor.
Box Office: Poor opening for War Chhod Na Yaar
Cast: Irrfan Khan, Nimrat Kaur, Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Director: Ritesh Batra
What works: Story, treatment, performances
What doesn't: Abrupt end.
Number of weeks: 2
BO verdict: Hit
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Box Office: Poor opening for War Chhod Na Yaar
Cast: Shahid Kapoor, Ileana D'Cruz
Director: Rajkumar Santoshi
What works: Shahid Kapoor
What doesn't: Cliched templates, lazy direction
Number of weeks: 3
BO verdict: Flop
Box Office: Poor opening for War Chhod Na Yaar
Cast: Riteish Deshmukh, Vivek Oberoi, Aftab Shivdasani, Sonali Kulkarni, Manjari Fadnis, Karishma Tanna, Kainaat Arora, Maryam Zakaria, Bruna Abdullah
Director: Indra Kumar
What works: Vulgar jokes, hot girls, good performances from the lead cast.
What doesn't: Not meant for a family audience.
Number of weeks: 4
BO verdict: Hit