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London Dreams outsell Aladin

November 02, 2009 18:34 IST

Of the two films releases last week, London Dreams [ Images ] fared better that Aladin [ Images ].

London Dreams opened to a mixed response and has done reasonably well over the weekend. But there was no saving Aladin, which proved to be a disaster. Friday shows even had to be cancelled due to lack of audience.

Note: Films are ranked according to their release dates. The thumbs ups and downs reflect rediff's views.

 




London Dreams

Cast: Ajay Devgn [ Images ], Salman Khan [ Images ], Asin [ Images ]
Director: Vipul Shah.
Salman Khan.

Lacks soul.

Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: Mixed opening.

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Aladin

Cast: Amitabh Bachchan [ Images ], Sanjay Dutt [ Images ], Ritesh Deshmukh [ Images ], Jacqueline Fernandez [ Images ].
Director: Sujoy Ghosh.
Big B [ Images ].

Sloppy script and lacklustre visuals.

Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: Very poor opening.

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Fruit & Nut

Cast: Boman Irani [ Images ], Cyrus Broacha [ Images ], Dia Mirza [ Images ], and Mahesh Manjrekar [ Images ].
Director: Kunal Vijaykar.
Dia Mirza.

Sloppy script and dimwit humour.

Number of weeks: 1.
BO Verdict: Flop.

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Blue

Cast: Akshay Kumar [ Images ], Sanjay Dutt, Lara Dutta [ Images ], Katrina Kaif [ Images ] and Zayed Khan [ Images ].
Director: Anthony D'Souza.
Stunning underwater photography.

Ridiculous plot, inane dialogues and bad direction.

Number of weeks: 2.
BO Verdict: Flop.

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All The Best

Cast: Ajay Devgn, Sanjay Dutt, Fardeen Khan [ Images ], Bipasha Basu [ Images ], Mugdha Godse [ Images ] and Johnny Lever.
Director: Rohit Shetty.
Johnny Lever.

No real plot to speak of.

Number of weeks: 2.
BO Verdict: Average.

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Main Aurr Mrs Khanna [ Images ]

Cast: Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor [ Images ], Sohail Khan [ Images ] and Nauheed Cyrusi [ Images ].
Director: Prem Soni.
Tough!

Silly story and dull performances.

Number of weeks: 2.
BO Verdict: Flop.

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Acid Factory [ Images ]

Cast: Fardeen Khan, Irrfan Khan [ Images ], Manoj Bajpai [ Images ], Dino Morea [ Images ], Danny Denzongpa [ Images ], Dia Mirza and Aftab Shivdasani [ Images ].
Director: Suparn Verma.
Stylish opening credits

Poor dialogues, done-to-death action sequences, and an amateurishly handled climax.

Number of weeks: 3.
BO Verdict: Flop.

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3 Nights 4 Days

Cast: Anuj Sawhney, Sameer Aftab, Farid Amiri, Hrishita Bhatt [ Images ], Madhuri Bhattacharya, Pinky Harwani and Sanda Caktas.
Director: Devang Dholakia.
Dialogues are funny at places.

Too many songs.

Number of weeks: 3.
BO Verdict: Flop.





Wake Up Sid [ Images ]

Cast: Ranbir Kapoor [ Images ], Konkona Sen Sharma [ Images ], Shikha Talsania, Namit Das.
Director: Ayan Mukherji.
Lilting music, good performances from Rabir, Konkona

Not much of a plot.

Number of weeks: 3.
BO Verdict: Steady run at multiplexes.

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Do Knot Disturb

Cast: Govinda [ Images ], Lara Dutta, Sushmita Sen [ Images ], Ritesh Deshmukh, Ranvir Shorey [ Images ], Rajpal Yadav [ Images ], Sohail Khan.
Director: David Dhawan [ Images ].
Good one-liners.

Weak story.

Number of weeks: 4.
BO Verdict: Flop.

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