No takers for Sikandar, Shadow

Last week's two releases -- Sikandar and Shadow -- were uninspiring and saw poor openings.

Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the box office report.

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

	*Sikandar* Cast: Parzan Dastur, R Madhavan, Sanjay Suri, Ayesha Kapoor. Director: Piyush Jha. Engaging plot. Weak performances. Number of weeks: New. BO Verdict: Poor opening. Review

	*Shadow* Cast: Naseer Khan, Milind Soman, Sonali Kulkarni and Hrishitaa Bhatt. Director: Rohit Nayyer. Good stunts. Bad screenplay, tacky direction. Number of weeks: New. BO Verdict: Poor opening.

	*Life Partner* Cast: Govinda, Fardeen Khan, Tusshar Kapoor, Genelia D'Souza, Amrita Rao, Prachi Desai. Director: Rumi Jaffrey. Good scenic beauty. Genelia hams. Number of weeks: 1. BO Verdict: Flop. Review

	*Kaminey* Cast: Shahid Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Amole Gupte. Director: Vishal Bhardwaj. Great performance, Good twist of the plot and flawless. Hard to say. Number of weeks: 1. BO Verdict: Average. Review

	*Agyaat* Cast: Priyanka Kothari, Nitin Reddy, Ravi Kale. Director: Ram Gopal Varma. Good production design. Ridiculous dialogues and shoddy screenplay. Number of weeks: 2. BO Verdict: Very poor opening. Review

	*Teree Sang* Cast: Rajat Kapoor, Neena Gupta, Sheena Shahabadi, Ruslaan Mumtaz. Director: Satish Kaushik. Good concept. Terribly-written scenes. Number of weeks: 2. BO Verdict: Below average. Review

	*Chal Chalein* Cast: Mithun Chakraborty, Rati Agnihotri, Mukesh Khanna, Anup Soni. Director: Ujjwal Singh. Interesting subject. Unrealistic. Number of weeks: 2. BO Verdict: Non-starter.

	*Love Aaj Kal* Cast: Saif Ali Khan, Deepika Padukone. Director: Imtiaz Ali. Saif does well, unique story, great direction. Second half is too melodramatic. Number of weeks: 3. BO Verdict: Average. Review

	*Luck* Cast: Imran Khan, Shruti Haasan, Sanjay Dutt, Mithun Chakraborty, Danny Denzongpa, Chitrashi Rawat, Ravi Kissen. Director: Sohan Shah. Good concept. Tacky and boring film. Number of weeks: 3. BO Verdict: Flop. Review

	*Perfect Mismatch* Cast: Anubhav Anand, Nandana Sen, Boman Irani. Director: Ajmal Zaheer Ahmad. Decent performances. An amateurish attempt at making a film. Number of weeks: 3. BO Verdict: Flop.


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