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Of the two films releases last week, London Dreams fared better that Aladin.
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.
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London Dreams
Cast: Ajay Devgn, Salman Khan, Asin
Director: Vipul Shah.
 Salman Khan.
 Lacks soul.
Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: Mixed opening.
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Aladin
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Ritesh Deshmukh, Jacqueline Fernandez.
Director: Sujoy Ghosh.
Big B.
Sloppy script and lacklustre visuals.
Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: Very poor opening.
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Fruit & Nut
Cast: Boman Irani, Cyrus Broacha, Dia Mirza, and Mahesh Manjrekar.
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, Sanjay Dutt, Lara Dutta, Katrina Kaif and Zayed Khan.
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, Bipasha Basu, Mugdha Godse 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
Cast: Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Sohail Khan and Nauheed Cyrusi.
Director: Prem Soni.
Tough!
Silly story and dull performances.
Number of weeks: 2.
BO Verdict: Flop.
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Acid Factory
Cast: Fardeen Khan, Irrfan Khan, Manoj Bajpai, Dino Morea, Danny Denzongpa, Dia Mirza and Aftab Shivdasani.
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, 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.
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Wake Up Sid
Cast: Ranbir Kapoor, Konkona Sen Sharma, 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, Lara Dutta, Sushmita Sen, Ritesh Deshmukh, Ranvir Shorey, Rajpal Yadav, Sohail Khan.
Director: David Dhawan.
Good one-liners.
Weak story.
Number of weeks: 4.
BO Verdict: Flop.
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Trade pundit: Vinod Mirani
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