The first Friday of the year is never good for new movies at the box office. So expectedly, the three releases -- Accident on Hill Road, Raat Gayi Baat Gayi and Bolo Raam -- were non-starters.
Note: Films are ranked according to their release dates. The thumbs ups and downs reflect rediff's views.
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Accident on Hill Road
Cast: Celina Jaitley, Farooque Sheikh, Abhimanyu Singh. Director: Mahesh Nair. Celina's new look.
Unnecessary songs, terrible dialogues, poorly-made film.
Number of weeks: New. BO Verdict: Flop.
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Raat Gayi Baat Gayi
Cast: Rajat Kapoor, Vinay Pathak, Neha Dhupia. Director: Saurabh Shukla. Entertaining in parts.
Shoddy detailing, bad dialogues.
Number of weeks: New. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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Bolo Raam
Cast: Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri, Padmini Kolhapure. Director: Rakesh Chaturvedi. Tough!
Brilliant actors wasted.
Number of weeks: New. BO Verdict: Flop. |
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3 Idiots
Cast: Aamir Khan, R Madhavan, Sharman Joshi, Boman Irani and Kareena Kapoor. Director: Rajkumar Hirani. Excellent performances, very well directed film.
Quite long.
Number of weeks: 1. BO Verdict: Hit.
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Rocket Singh Salesman of the Year
Cast: Ranbir Kapoor, Shazahn Padamsee, Prem Chopra and Gauhar Khan. Director: Shimit Amin. Ranbir is excellent.
Slow first half.
Number of weeks: 3. BO Verdict: Poor opening.
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Paa
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Vidya Balan. Director: R Balki. Touching story, Amitabh Bachchan excels.
Patchy editing.
Number of weeks: 4. BO Verdict: Steady.
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Radio
Cast: Himesh Reshammiya, Shenaz Treasurywala, Sonal Sehgal. Director: Ishaan Trivedi. The music is okay.
Himesh tries too hard, poor dialogues.
Number of weeks: 4. BO Verdict: Flop.
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De Dana Dan
Cast: Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif, Neha Dhupia, Paresh Rawal, Johnny Lever, Rajpal Yadav, Asrani, Shakti Kapoor and Archana Puran Singh. Director: Priyadarshan. Neha Dhupia looks yummy.
Loud, long and stupid.
Number of weeks: 5. BO Verdict: Flop.
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Kurbaan
Cast: Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Vivek Oberoi, Dia Mirza, Om Puri and Kirron Kher. Director: Rensil D'Silva. Stylish photography, good performances.
Too many loopholes, too long.
Number of weeks: 6. BO Verdict: Flop.
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Tum Mile
Cast: Soha Ali Khan, Emraan Hashmi Director: Kunal Deshmukh. Fabulous soundtrack and good performances from the lead pair.
Fluctuating moods.
Number of weeks: 7. BO Verdict: Flop.
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Trade pundit: Vinod Mirani
Last week's box office results
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