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All of last week's six releases -- Daddy Cool, Yeh Mera India [ Images ], Kisaan, Love Khichdi [ Images ], Toss and Quick Gun Murugun -- spelt disaster at the box office. In fact, some have already been taken off from theatres.
Note: Films are ranked according to their release dates. The thumbs ups and downs reflect rediff's views.
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Quick Gun Murugun
Cast: Dr Rajendra Prasad, Rambha [ Images ], Sandhya Mridul [ Images ], Nassar, Ranvir Shorey [ Images ], Vinay Pathak [ Images ].
Director: Shashanka Ghosh.
 Great casting, good music, provides a few laughs.
 Very violent.
Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: Poor opening.
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Kisaan
Cast: Arbaaz Khan [ Images ], Sohail Khan [ Images ], Jackie Shroff [ Images ], Dia Mirza [ Images ], Nauheed Cyrusi [ Images ], Dalip Tahil [ Images ].
Director: Puneet Sira.
Sohail does a decent job.
Age-old story, boring music.
Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: Poor opening.
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Daddy Cool
Cast: Suniel Shetty [ Images ], Aftab Shivdasani [ Images ], Aarti Chabria [ Images ], Aashish Chaudhary [ Images ], Kim Sharma [ Images ], Sophie Choudry [ Images ], Rajpal Yadav [ Images ], Tulip Joshi [ Images ], Javed Jaffrey [ Images ], Prem Chopra [ Images ].
Director: K Murli Mohan Rao.
Interesting subject.
Bad rip-off.
Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: Non-starter.
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Love Khichdi
Cast: Randeep Hooda [ Images ] Riya Sen [ Images ], Divya Dutta [ Images ], Rituparna Sengupta [ Images ], Sonali Kulkarni [ Images ], Kalpana Pandit [ Images ], Jassy Randhawa, Sada [ Images ].
Director: Srinivas Bhashyam.
Saurabh Shukla [ Images ].
Sleazy.
Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: Poor opening.
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Toss
Cast: Aarti Chabria, Asmit Patel, Zakir Hussain [ Images ], Rajpal Yadav, Mahesh Manjrekar [ Images ], Shruti Gere, Madhurima Banerjee, Ranvijay [ Images ].
Director: Ramesh Khatkar.
Tough!
Rambling screenplay, tacky production values, awful performances.
Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: Non-starter.
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Yeh Mera India
Cast: Anupam Kher [ Images ], Atul Kulkarni [ Images ], Milind Gunaji [ Images ], Perizaad Zorabian [ Images ], Purab Kohli [ Images ], Smily Suri [ Images ].
Director: N Chandra.
Decent performances.
Too long.
Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: Poor opening.
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Sikandar
Cast: Parzan Dastur [ Images ], R Madhavan [ Images ], Sanjay Suri [ Images ], Ayesha Kapoor.
Director: Piyush Jha.
Engaging plot.
Weak performances.
Number of weeks: 1.
BO Verdict: Flop.
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Shadow
Cast: Naseer Khan, Milind Soman [ Images ], Sonali Kulkarni and Hrishitaa Bhatt [ Images ].
Director: Rohit Nayyer.
Good stunts.
Bad screenplay, tacky direction.
Number of weeks: 1.
BO Verdict: Flop.
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Life Partner
Cast: Govinda [ Images ], Fardeen Khan [ Images ], Tusshar Kapoor [ Images ], Genelia [ Images ] D'Souza, Amrita Rao [ Images ], Prachi Desai [ Images ].
Director: Rumi Jaffrey.
Good scenic beauty.
Genelia hams.
Number of weeks: 2.
BO Verdict: Flop.
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Kaminey [ Images ]
Cast: Shahid Kapoor [ Images ], Priyanka Chopra [ Images ], Amole Gupte [ Images ].
Director: Vishal Bhardwaj [ Images ].
Great performance, Good twist of the plot and flawless.
Hard to say.
Number of weeks: 2.
BO Verdict: Average.
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Trade pundit: Vinod Mirani
Last week's box office results
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