Deadly Dutt strikes back
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Hathyar
Cast: Sanjay Dutt, Shilpa Shetty, Seema Biswas
Director: Mahesh Manjrekar
: Sanjay Dutt's performance.
: No storyline, too much violence
Number of weeks: New
BO Verdict: Flop
The review
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Yatharth
Cast: Raghuvir Yadav, Shraddha Nigam, Milind Gunanji
Director: Rajesh Seth
: Original subject, brilliantly made
: Predictable, poor cinematography and locales.
Number of weeks: New
BO Verdict: Flop
The review
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Dil Vil Pyar Vyar
Cast: R Madhavan, Sanjay Suri, Jimmy Shergil, Sonali Kulkarni, Namrata Shrodkar, Hrishita Bhatt
Director: Anant Mahadevan
: Best of RD Burman's tunes
: Poor performances
Number of weeks: New
BO Verdict: Flop
The review
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Yeh Kya Ho Raha Hai
Cast: Aamir Ali Malik, Prashant Chianani, Yash Raj, Vaibhav
Director: Hansal Mehta
: A light-hearted breezy comedy with spontaneous performances.
: Cliché sub plots fail to impress.
Number of weeks: 1
BO Verdict: Flop
The review
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Road
Cast: Vivek Oberoi, Antara Mali, Manoj Bajpai
Director: Rajat Mukherjee
: Smooth execution, great production values
: Weak script and loose screenplay
Number of weeks: 3
BO Verdict: Flop
The review
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Shakti
Cast: Karisma Kapoor, Sanjay Kapoor, Nana Patekar, Shah Rukh Khan (in guest appearance)
Director: Krishna Vamsi
: Great performance from Karisma.
: Too much brutality and violence against women
Number of weeks: 4
BO Verdict: Flop
The review
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Devdas
Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Madhuri Dixit, Aishwarya Rai, Jackie Shroff
Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali
: Great production values with opulent sets and costumes. Madhuri's performance has critics raving.
: The melodramatic hysterics are overwhelming. Also, the film drags in bits.
Number of weeks: 14
BO Verdict: Hit
The review
The Devdas special
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Pyaasa
Cast: Aftab Shivdasani, Yukta Mookhey, Zulfi Sayed
Director: A Muthu
: Yukta Mookhey makes her debut.
: Yukta Mookhey makes her debut in a shabby project
Number of weeks: 1
BO Verdict: Flop
The Yukta Mookhey Interview
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American Desi
Cast: Deep Katdare, Ranobir Lahiri, Rizwan Manji, Purva Bedi, Kal Penn
Director: Piyush Dinkar Pandya
: An entertaining comedy
: Poor storyline, amateur performances
Number of weeks: 3
BO Verdict: Flop
The review
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Zindagi Khubsoorat Hai
Cast: Tabu, Gurdas Maan, Ashish Vidhyarthi
Director: Manoj Punj
: A pleasure to watch Tabu
: Too many subplots and story does justice to none, Gurdas Maan looks too old to play lover boy
Number of weeks: 2
BO Verdict: Flop
The review
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Trade expert: Indu Mirani
Design: Uday Kuckian
Last week's box office results
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