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Will Luck get lucky at the box office?

Last updated on: July 27, 2009 19:16 IST

Soham Shah's Luck found some favour with single screen audience but little at multiplexes. With its high priece tag, poor content and lukewarm response, it's set to be a loser.

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.

	*Luck* Cast: Imran Khan [ Images ], Shruti Haasan [ Images ], Sanjay Dutt [ Images ], Mithun Chakraborty [ Images ], Danny Denzongpa [ Images ], Chitrashi Rawat [ Images ], Ravi Kissen [ Images ]. Director: Sohan Shah. Good concept. Tacky and boring film. Number of weeks: New. BO Verdict: Works in single-screen theatres but not as well in multiplexes. Review

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

	*Jashnn* Cast: Adhyayan Suman [ Images ], Shahana Goswami [ Images ], Humayun Saeed [ Images ] and Anjana Sukhani [ Images ]. Director: Raksha and Hasnain. Great music, Humayun is quite a find. Poor script, bad performances from the rest of the cast. Number of weeks: 1. BO Verdict: Flop. Review

	*Dekh Re Dekh* Cast: Siddharth Koirala [ Images ], Gracy Singh [ Images ], Raghuveer Yadav [ Images ], Vijay Raaz [ Images ]. Director: Rahat Kazmi. Tough! Poor screenplay, poor film. Number of weeks: 1. BO Verdict: Flop.

	*Short Kut: The Con Is On* Cast: Akshaye Khanna [ Images ], Arshad Warsi [ Images ], Amrita Rao [ Images ]. Director: Neeraj Vora. Good comic scenes. Arshad disappoints, poor story. Number of weeks: 2. BO Verdict: Flop. Review

	*Sankat City* Cast: Kay Kay Menon [ Images ], Rahul Dev [ Images ], Manoj Pahwa, Rimii Sen [ Images ]. Director: Pankaj Advani [ Images ]. The film has its great moments. Predictable. Number of weeks: 2. BO Verdict: Picked up over the weekend. Review

	*Morning Walk* Cast: Anupam Kher [ Images ], Sharmila Tagore [ Images ], Rajat Kapoor [ Images ], Divya Dutta [ Images ], Director: Arup Dutta. Refreshing film with a good plot. Sub-plots and badly-timed songs interfere with the main story. Film drags. Number of weeks: 2. BO Verdict: Flop. Review

	*Kambakkht Ishq [ Images ]* Cast: Akshay Kumar [ Images ], Kareena Kapoor [ Images ]. Director: Sabbir Khan. A gorgeous Kareena, cool stunts. Mindless and loud comedy. Number of weeks: 3. BO Verdict: Average. Review 1 \| Review 2

	*New York* Cast: John Abraham [ Images ], Katrina Kaif [ Images ], Neil Nitin Mukesh [ Images ] and Irrfan Khan [ Images ]. Director: Kabir Khan [ Images ]. Great performances, well-directed film. Filmi climax. Number of weeks: 4. BO Verdict: Hit. Review

	*Runway* Cast: Amarjeet Shukla, Tulip Joshi [ Images ], Lucky Ali, Deepal Shaw [ Images ], Shahwar Ali, Sharat Saxena and Rauf Lala. Director: Sunil Tiwari. Good music. Defies logic. Number of weeks: 4. BO Verdict: Flop.