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Shah Rukh: Box office badshah! |
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Shah Rukh Khan has done it yet again!
Badshah Khan has truly proved to be the king of the box office: his new film, Veer-Zaara, had a great Diwali opening. Of the other three Diwali releases, the recreated Mughal-e-Azam and Aitraaz fared decently. But Ram Gopal Varma's Naach took a beating, with its collections dipping to as low as 20 per cent in some centres.
Note: Films are ranked according to their release dates. |
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Veer-Zaara Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Preity Zinta, Rani Mukerji. Director: Yash Chopra.  A typical Yash Chopra film, with its generous dose of romance, drama and scenic beauty. Too many songs, poor editing, predictable characters.Number of weeks: New. BO Verdict: Hit. |
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Mughal-e-Azam Cast: Prithviraj Kapoor, Dilip Kumar, Madhubala. Director: K Asif. One of the richest Indian films till date.Can't think of any!Number of weeks: New. BO Verdict: Average opening, but is expected to have a steady run. |
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Aitraaz Cast: Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra. Director: Abbas-Mustan. Decent performances, good music and novel Bollywood story.Terrible dialogues.Number of weeks: New. BO Verdict: Average. |
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Naach Cast: Abhishek Bachchan, Antara Mali. Director: Ram Gopal Varma. Good direction; realistic 'New Age' film.Antara tries too hard to be like Urmila Matondkar.Number of weeks: New. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Morning Raga Cast: Shabana Azmi, Perizaad Zorabian, Prakash Rao, Lilette Dubey. Director: Mahesh Dattani. Terrific performances, unique soundtrack.Tries too hard to be a 'fusion' film, emotionally weakNumber of weeks: 1. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Inteqam Cast: Manoj Bajpai, Isha Koppikar, Nethra Raghuraman, Sharat Saxena and Sushmita Mukherjee. Director: Pankuj Parashar. Different plot, skin show, Sharat Saxena is funny.Slow paced, songs kill the suspense, bad acting.Number of weeks: 1. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Vaastu Shastra Cast: Sushmita Sen, Chakravarty, Peeya Rai Choudhury, Ehsaas. Director: Sourabh Usha Narang. Really scary!Weak story, poor background sound, bad ending.Number of weeks: 2. BO Verdict: Average. |
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Kis Kiski Kismat Cast: Mallika Sherawat, Dharmendra, Rati Agnihotri, Siddharth Makkar. Director: Govind Menon. A great bachelor film.Poor direction, over-the-top performances.Number of weeks: 2. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Dil Bechara Pyaar Ka Maara Cast: Vikaas Kalantri, Aslam Khan, Divya Palat, Aman Sondhi, Jonita Dulla, Mallika Kapoor, Rajpal Yadav, Shahzad Khan Director: Onkarnath Mishra. Can't think of any!Silly story, bad dialogues, terrible performances, below-average music...the list goes on.Number of weeks: 3. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Bride And Prejudice Cast: Aishwarya Rai, Martin Henderson, Namrata Shirodkar, Meghna Kothari, Peeya Rai Choudhury, Naveen Andrews, Indira Verma, Nadira Babbar, Anupam Kher. Director: Gurinder Chadha. Good performances; a feel-good film.Ash can't act; story lacks depth, too many stereotypes.Number of weeks: 4. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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