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Box Office: Shuddh Desi Romance opens well, Zanjeer flops
Yash Raj Film's latest release Shuddh Desi Romance, which opened in theaters last week, has opened well and is doing reasonable business.
The week's other release Zanjeer is a bad remake of 1973 cult classic, and is a disaster at the box office.
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the box office verdict for the week.
Shuddh Desi Romance
Cast: Sushant Singh Rajput, Parineeti Chopra, Vaani Kapoor
Director: Maneesh Sharma
What works: Amazing performances, good script.
What doesn't: Not well executed, second half drags.
Number of weeks: New
BO verdict: Opens well
Zanjeer
Cast: Ram Charan Teja, Priyanka Chopra, Sanjay Dutt, Prakash Raj
Director: Apoorva Lakhia
What works: Prakash Raj, in his usual avatar
What doesn't: Plot full of loopholes, poorly directed.
Number of weeks: New
BO verdict: Flop
Satyagraha
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Ajay Devgn, Kareena Kapoor, Manoj Bajpayee, Arjun Rampal, Amrita Rao
Director: Prakash Jha
What works: Good story, amazing performances by Amitabh Bachchan and Manoj Bajpayee,
What doesn't: Not well executed, second half disappoints.
Number of weeks: 1
BO verdict: Flop.
Read the reviews: Prasanna Zore / Paloma Sharma
Madras Cafe
Cast: John Abraham, Nargis Fakhri
Director: Shoojit Sircar
What works: Great script, amazing performances
What doesn't: Slow pace, second half drags
Number of weeks: 2
BO verdict: Below average
Chennai Express
Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone
Director: Rohit Shetty
What works: The film starts well, family entertainer
What doesn't: Too many holes in the plot, lots of bad jokes.
Number of weeks: 4
BO verdict: Blockbuster
Read the reviews: Raja Sen / Sukanya Verma / Aseem Chhabra