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Bad times continue at the box office

May 24, 2011 13:08 IST
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There were two releases last Friday -- Pyaar Ka Punchnama and 404 and both had a very poor opening. The films had little to draw the crowd to the theatre, neither known faces nor music.

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 do not reflect rediff's views.




Pyaar Ka Punchnama

Cast: Divyendu Sharma, Kartikeya Tiwari, Rayo Bhakirta, Nushrat Bharucha, Ishita Sharma, Sonalli Sehgal.
Director: Luv Ranjan.

Funny first half.

Script, dialogue.

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

Review




404

Cast: Rajvvir Arora, Imaad Shah, Nishikant Kamath.
Director: Prawaal Raman.

Excellent cinematography.

Climax.

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

Review




Ragini MMS

Cast: Kainaz Motiwala, Raj Kumar Yadav.
Director: Pawan Kripalani.

Good thrills.

Poor editing.

Number of weeks: 1.
BO Verdict: Average.

Review




Shagird

Cast: Nana Patekar, Mohit Ahlawat, Zakir Hussain, Rimii Sen
Director: Tigmanshu Dhulia.

Interesting narrative.

Mohit Ahlawat.

Number of weeks: 1.
BO Verdict: Flop.

Review




Stanely Ka Dabba

Cast: Partho, Amole Gupte
Director: Amole Gupte.

The whole film.

Tough.

Number of weeks: 1.
BO Verdict: Average.

Review




Love U... Mr Kalakaar

Cast: Tusshar Kapoor, Amirita Rao
Director: S Manasavi.

Average music.

Performances by the entire cast.

Number of weeks: 1.
BO Verdict: Flop.

Review




Haunted

Cast: Mahaaskshay Chakraborty, Tia Bajpai, Arif Zakaria.
Director: Vikram Bhatt.

Music.

Performances, age old story idea.

Number of weeks: 2.
BO Verdict: Hit.

Review




Luv Ka The End

Cast: Shraddha Kappor, Taaha Shah, Shenaz Treasuryvala, Archana Puran Singh
Director: Bumpy.

Shraddha Kapoor, Pushtie Shaktie.

Taaha Shah.

Number of weeks: 2.
BO Verdict: Flop.

Review




Chalo Dilli

Cast: Lara Dutta, Vinay Pathak
Director: Shashant Shah.

Good performances.

Poor execution of story.

Number of weeks: 3.
BO Verdict: Average.

Review




Shor In The City

Cast: Sendhil Ramamurthy, Tusshar Kapoor, Pitobash Tripathy, Nikhil Dwiwedi.
Director: Raj-Krishna.

Brilliantly directed film.

Tough.

Number of weeks: 3.
BO Verdict: Flop.

Review

Trade pundit: Vinod Mirani

Last week's box office results

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