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All The Best, Blue beat Mrs Khanna

October 20, 2009 17:17 IST

Of the three Diwali releases that hit the theatres last week, Main Aurr Mrs Khanna 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, Sanjay Dutt, Lara Dutta, Katrina Kaif and Zayed Khan.
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, Sanjay Dutt, Fardeen Khan, Bipasha Basu, Mugdha Godse and Johnny Lever.
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, Kareena Kapoor, Sohail Khan and Nauheed Cyrusi.
Director: Prem Soni.
Tough!

Silly story and dull performances.

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

Review





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: 1.
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: 1.
BO Verdict: Flop.





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: 2.
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: 2.
BO Verdict: Flop.

Review




What's Your Rashee?

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

Too long.

Number of weeks: 3.
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: 3.
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: 4.
BO Verdict: Hit.

Review


Trade pundit: Vinod Mirani

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