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Badmaash Company, It's Wonderful Afterlife fail to impress

Last updated on: May 10, 2010 18:12 IST

Out of last week's releases, Badmaash Company did average business over the weekend despite adverse reviews. Its A Wonderful Afterlife however wasn't so lucky.

Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the box office verdict.

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




Badmaash Company

Cast: Shahid Kapoor [ Images ], Anushka Sharma [ Images ], Vir Das, Meiyang Chang.
Director: Parmeet Sethi [ Images ].
Good music and songs.

Weak plot

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

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Its A Wonderful Afterlife

Cast: Sendhil Ramamurthy, Shabana Azmi [ Images ], Goldy Notay and Sanjeev Bhaskar.
Director: Gurinder Chadda.
Few funny moments.

Frequently stupid

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

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Housefull

Cast: Akshay Kumar [ Images ], Lara Dutta [ Images ], Deepika Padukone [ Images ], Ritesh Deshmukh [ Images ], Arjun Rampal [ Images ], Boman Irani [ Images ], Chunky Pandey [ Images ].
Director: Sajid Khan [ Images ].
Tough.

Lame humour, bad acting, senseless plot

Number of weeks: 1.
BO Verdict: Semi-hit.

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City of Gold

Cast: Shashank Shende, Seema Biswas [ Images ], Kashmira Shah [ Images ] and Sachin Khedekar.
Director: Mahesh Manjrekar [ Images ].
Great performances by the cast.

Not for everyone.

Number of weeks: 2.
BO Verdict: Flop.

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Paathshaala

Cast: Shahid Kapoor, Ayesha Takia [ Images ] Azmi and Nana Patekar [ Images ].
Director: Milind Ukey.
Has its heart in the right place.


Very dull and outdated.

Number of weeks: 3.
BO Verdict: Flop.

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Phoonk [ Images ] 2

Cast: Sudeep, Amrita Khanvilkar, Rishabh Jain and Ahsaas Channa.
Director: Milind Gadagkar
Some scenes make you jump.


Too noisy.

Number of weeks: 3.
BO Verdict: Flop.

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Prince

Cast: Vivek Oberoi [ Images ], Aruna Shields [ Images ], Neeru Bajwa and Nandana Sen [ Images ].
Director: Kookie V Gulati.
Tough.

Influenced by 70s Bollywood.

Number of weeks: 4.
BO Verdict: Flop.

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The Japanesse Wife

Cast: Rahul Bose [ Images ], Raima Sen [ Images ] and Chigusa Takaku.
Director: Aparna Sen [ Images ].
Takaku and Raima perform well.

Rahul lets down the film.

Number of weeks: 4.
BO Verdict: Flop.

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Jaane Kahan Se Aayi Hai

Cast: Riteish Deshmukh [ Images ], Jacqueline Fernandez [ Images ], Vishla Malhotra and Sonal Sehgal [ Images ].
Director: Milap Zaveri.
Jacqueline Fernandez and Vishal perform well.

The story could be tighter.

Number of weeks: 4.
BO Verdict: Flop.

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Tum Milo Tho Sahi

Cast: Dimple Kapadia [ Images ], Nana Patekar, Rehan Khan, Vidya Malvade [ Images ].
Director: Kabir Sadanand.
Great performance from Nana Patekar and Dimple Kapadia.

Forced songs and predictable climax.

Number of weeks: 5.
BO Verdict: Flop.

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Trade pundit: Vinod Mirani

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