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The flop show continues |
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| A spooky horror, a comedy and a confusing Hinglish movie awaited movie goers over the weekend. Of the three, Madhavan's spooky 13B was much appreciated though collections were poor.
As for the other two releases -- Dhoondthe Reh Jaoge and Karma & Holi -- the less said the better. Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives the box office verdict.
Note: Films are ranked according to their release dates. The thumbs ups and downs reflect rediff's views.
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Karma & Holi Cast: Sushmita Sen, Randeep Hooda and Naomi Campbell Director: Manish Gupta.  Tough! No sense of plot development or character consistency, bad dubbing.
Number of weeks: New. BO Verdict: Poor. |
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13B Cast: Madhavan, Neetu Chanda. Director: Vikram K Kumar. Compelling climax.First half drags
Number of weeks: New. BO Verdict: Poor. |
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Dhoondthe Reh Jaoge Cast: Soha Ali Khan, Paresh Rawal, Kamal Khemu, Sonu Sood and Johnny Lever Director: Umesh Shukla. Paresh Rawal.Dull, slow and boring.
Number of weeks: New. BO Verdict: Poor. |
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Siddharth: The Prisoner Cast: Rajat Kapoor, Sachin Nayak. Director: Pryas Gupta. Compelling story.Too many loopholes in the plot, films tends to drag on and on.
Number of weeks: 1. BO Verdict: Flop.
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Kisse Pyaar Karoon Cast: Arshad Warsi), Aashish Chowdhry, Yash Tonk, Udita Goswami, Shweta Menon, Aarti Chhabria. Director: Ajay Chandhok. Funny in bits and parts.Outdated film.
Number of weeks: 1. BO Verdict: Flop.
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Delhi 6 Cast: Abhishek Bachchan, Sonam Kapoor. Director: Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra. Terrific music.Abhishek Bachchan, silly story, absurd end.
Number of weeks: 2. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Billu Cast: Irrfan, Shah Rukh Khan and Lara Dutta. Director: Priyadarshan. Cool item numbers, good performances.Predictable.
Number of weeks: 3. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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The Stoneman Murders Cast: Kay Kay Menon, Arbaaz Khan. Director: Manish Gupta. Good thriller, Kay Kay.Just another assembly-line murder mystery.Number of weeks: 3. BO Verdict: Non-starter. |
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Dev D Cast: Abhay Deol, Mahi Gill, Kalki Koechlin, Dibyendu Bhattacharya. Director: Anurag Kashyap. Well-made contemporary take on Devdas, great music, good performances.Second half tends to drag, abrupt end.
Number of weeks: 4. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Mere Khwabon Mein Jo Aaye Cast: Arbaaz Khan, Raima Sen, Randeep Hooda. Director: Madhureeta Anand. The film has quite a few sweet and quirky moments.Tends to drag and get repetitive, does not have much to offer.
Number of weeks: 4. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Trade pundit: Vinod Mirani
Last week's box office results
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