Vinod Mirani gives the box office verdict for the week.
Ek Tha Tiger
Cast: Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif
Director: Kabir Khan
What works: Salman Khan and action sequences.
What doesn't: Film fails to make any real emotional connect.
Number of weeks: New.
BO verdict: Super Hit.
Gangs Of Wasseypur 2
Cast: Nawazuddin Siddique, Huma Qureshi, Richa Chadda, Tigmanshu Dhulia, Pankaj Tripathi, Raj Kumar Yadav
Director: Anurag Kashyap
What works: Terrific performances, terrific direction, great music.
What doesn't: Too much violence, quite lengthy.
Number of weeks: 1.
BO verdict: Below average.
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Jism 2
Cast: Sunny Leone, Randeep Hooda, Arunoday Singh
Director: Pooja Bhatt.
What works: Sunny Leone's presence, erotic lovemaking scenes.
What doesn't: Below par acting, wafer-thin plot.
Number of weeks: 2
BO verdict: Hit.
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Kyaa Super Kool Hain Hum
Cast: Riteish Deshmukh, Tusshar Kapoor, Sarah Jane Dias and Neha Sharma
Director: Sachin Yardi.
What works: The sex comedy genre, and the Riteish-Tusshar pairing.
What doesn't: Juvenile jokes.
Number of weeks: 4
BO verdict: Good opening.
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Cocktail
Cast: Saif Ali Khan, Deepika Padukone and Diana Penty
Director: Homi Adajania.
What works: Stylish movie, good looking cast, good music.
What doesn't: Watered down film with an inane plot.
Number of weeks: 5
BO verdict: Hit.
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Bol Bachchan
Cast: Ajay Devgn, Abhishek Bachchan, Asin and Prachi Desai
Director: Rohit Shetty.
What works: Fun dialogues.
What doesn't: Boisterous, cheesy, slapstick movie with a lacklustre script.
Number of weeks: 6
BO verdict: Hit.
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