Though beautifully shot and packaged, Sonam Kapoor's Aisha has not been able to make a mark at the box office.
Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai, however is still going great guns.
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the box office verdict for the week.
Note: Films are ranked according to their release dates. The thumbs ups and downs reflect rediff's views.
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Aisha
Cast: Sonam Kapoor, Abhay Deol, Ira Dubey, Lisa Haydon, Amrita Puri, Cyrus Sahukar, Arunoday Singh. Director: Rajshree Ojha
Beautifully shot, great styling & makeup; good music.
Too superficial.
Number of weeks: New. BO Verdict: Average opening.
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Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai
Cast: Ajay Devgn, Kangna Ranaut, Emraan Hashmi, Prachi Desai. Director: Milan Luthria
Good performances, direction, writing, music.
First half drags a bit
Number of weeks: 1. BO Verdict: Hit.
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Khatta Meetha
Cast: Akshay Kumar, Trisha Krishnan, Johnny Lever, Rajpal Yadav, Asrani, Manoj Joshi Director: Priyadarshan. Witty. Akshay is energetic and sincere.
Too long.
Number of weeks: 2. BO Verdict: Flop.
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Lamhaa
Cast: Sanjay Dutt, Bipasha Basu, Kunal Kapoor. Director: Rahul Dholakia. Honest and practical.
Songs appear abruptly.
Number of weeks: 3. BO Verdict: Flop.
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Udaan
Cast: Rajat Barmecha, Ronit Roy, Aayan Boradia. Director: Vikramaditya Motwane. Rajat Barmecha.
Hard to find.
Number of weeks: 3. BO Verdict: Flop.
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Tere Bin Laden
Cast: Ali Zafar, Pradhuman Singh. Director: Abhishek Sharma. Good performances.
Low budget, therefore most of the film is restricted to the interiors.
Number of weeks: 3. BO Verdict: Average.
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Milenge Milenge
Cast: Kareena Kapoor, Shahid Kapoor. Director: Satish Kaushik. Kareena Kapoor.
Stale
Number of weeks: 4. BO Verdict: Flop.
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Red Alert - The War Within
Cast: Suneil Shetty, Sameera Reddy, Vinod Khanna, Seema Biswas, Ayesha Dharker, Seema Biswas, Naseeruddin Shah, Gulshan Grover. Director: Anant Narayan Mahadevan. Brave foray into hitherto unexplored territory.
Trivialises a very serious issue.
Number of weeks: 5. BO Verdict: Flop.
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I Hate Luv Storys
Cast: Imran Khan, Sonam Kapoor, Samir Soni, Bruna Abdullah, Samir Dattani. Director: Punit Malhotra Good performance from Samir Soni. Lovely songs.
Very cliched. Filled with masala.
Number of weeks: 6. BO Verdict: Average.
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Mr Singh Mrs Mehta
Cast: Aruna Shields, Prashant Narayanan, Naved Aslam and Lucy Hassan. Director: Pravesh Bhardwaj
Prashant is good, deft handling of infidelity.
Slow pace.
Number of weeks: 7. BO Verdict: Flop.
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Trade pundit: Vinod Mirani
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