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All The Best, Blue beat Mrs Khanna

October 20, 2009 17:17 IST
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Of the three Diwali [ Images ] releases that hit the theatres last week, Main Aurr Mrs Khanna [ Images ] fared the worst.

Blue took excellent initial colllections while All The Best picked up from Sunday.

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

 




Blue

Cast: Akshay Kumar [ Images ], Sanjay Dutt [ Images ], Lara Dutta [ Images ], Katrina Kaif [ Images ] and Zayed Khan [ Images ].
Director: Anthony D'Souza.
Stunning underwater photography.

Ridiculous plot, inane dialogues and bad direction.

Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: Opens well.

Review





All The Best

Cast: Ajay Devgn [ Images ], Sanjay Dutt, Fardeen Khan [ Images ], Bipasha Basu [ Images ], Mugdha Godse [ Images ] and Johnny Lever [ Images ].
Director: Rohit Shetty.
Johnny Lever.

No real plot to speak of.

Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: Good opening.

Review





Main Aurr Mrs Khanna

Cast: Salman Khan [ Images ], Kareena Kapoor [ Images ], Sohail Khan [ Images ] and Nauheed Cyrusi [ Images ].
Director: Prem Soni.
Tough!

Silly story and dull performances.

Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: Below average.

Review





Acid Factory [ Images ]

Cast: Fardeen Khan, Irrfan Khan [ Images ], Manoj Bajpai [ Images ], Dino Morea [ Images ], Danny Denzongpa [ Images ], Dia Mirza [ Images ] and Aftab Shivdasani [ Images ].
Director: Suparn Verma.
Stylish opening credits

Poor dialogues, done-to-death action sequences, and an amateurishly handled climax.

Number of weeks: 1.
BO Verdict: Below average.

Review





3 Nights 4 Days

Cast: Anuj Sawhney, Sameer Aftab, Farid Amiri, Hrishita Bhatt [ Images ], Madhuri Bhattacharya, Pinky Harwani and Sanda Caktas.
Director: Devang Dholakia.
Dialogues are funny at places.

Too many songs.

Number of weeks: 1.
BO Verdict: Flop.





Wake Up Sid [ Images ]

Cast: Ranbir Kapoor [ Images ], Konkona Sen Sharma [ Images ], Shikha Talsania, Namit Das.
Director: Ayan Mukherji.
Lilting music, good performances from Rabir, Konkona

Not much of a plot.

Number of weeks: 2.
BO Verdict: Steady run at multiplexes.

Review





Do Knot Disturb

Cast: Govinda [ Images ], Lara Dutta, Sushmita Sen [ Images ], Ritesh Deshmukh [ Images ], Ranvir Shorey [ Images ], Rajpal Yadav [ Images ], Sohail Khan.
Director: David Dhawan [ Images ].
Good one-liners.

Weak story.

Number of weeks: 2.
BO Verdict: Flop.

Review




What's Your Rashee?

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

Too long.

Number of weeks: 3.
BO Verdict: Flop.

Review





Fast Forward

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

Tacky script.

Number of weeks: 3.
BO Verdict: Flop.




Wanted

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

Tacky scenes.

Number of weeks: 4.
BO Verdict: Hit.

Review


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