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Wake Up Sid holds steady at multiplexes

October 14, 2009 15:07 IST

Of the two films that hit the marquee last week, Acid Factory fared better than 4Days 3Nights

Meanwhile, Wake Up Sid still holds steady at the multiplexes.

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

 




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: New.
BO Verdict: Below average.

Review





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: New.
BO Verdict: Poor opening.





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: 1.
BO Verdict: Steady run at multiplexes.

Review





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: 1.
BO Verdict: Flop.

Review




What's Your Rashee?

Cast: Priyanka Chopra, Harman Baweja.
Director: Ashutosh Gowariker.
Priyanka rocks.

Too long.

Number of weeks: 2.
BO Verdict: Flop.

Review





Fast Forward

Cast:Vinod Khanna, Mahesh Manjrekar, Siddhanth Karnick, Sabina Sheema Rehan Khan and Akshay Kapoor.
Director: Zaigham Ali Syed.
Good choreography.

Tacky script.

Number of weeks: 2.
BO Verdict: Flop.




Wanted

Cast: Salman Khan, Ayesha Takia Azmi, Mahesh Manjrekar, Govind Namdeo, Prakash Raj.
Director: Prabhu Deva.
Salman aces.

Tacky scenes.

Number of weeks: 3.
BO Verdict: Hit.

Review





Dil Bole Hadippa

Cast: Rani Mukherji, Shahid Kapoor, Dalip Tahil, Sherlyn Chopra.
Director: Anurag Sinha.
Rani is endearing.

Illogical.

Number of weeks: 3.
BO Verdict: Flop.

Review





Chintuji

Cast: Rishi Kapoor, Vishal Bhal, Gaurav Bhattacharya, Kanchan Bhisht, Priyanshu Chatterjee, Sophie Chowdry.
Director: Ranjit Kapoor.
Has engaging moments.

Cheesy scenes.

Number of weeks: 5.
BO Verdict: Flop.

Trade pundit: Vinod Mirani

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