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Box Office: Badlapur fares below average

February 23, 2015 15:04 IST
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The dry spell at the box office continues.

Badlapur got the thumbs up from critics but fared poorly at the box office. 

Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the box office verdict for the week.

 

Badlapur

Nawazuddin Siddique and Varun Dhawan

Image: Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Varun Dhawan in Badlapur

Cast: Varun Dhawan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Yami Gautam, Huma Qureshi, Radhika Apte

Director: Sriram Raghavan

What works: Story and the cast.

What doesn't: The climax drags.

Number of weeks: New

BO verdict: Below Average

Read the review here

Roy 

Jacqueline Fernandez

Image: Jacqueline Fernandez in Roy

Cast: Arjun Rampal, Ranbir Kapoor, Jacqueline Fernandez

Director: Vikramjit Singh

What works: Ranbir Kapoor.

What doesn't: Terribly boring.

Number of weeks: 1

BO verdict: Flop

Read the review here

MSG: The Messenger

Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in MSG

Image: Saint Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Ji Insan in MSG: The Messenger

Cast: Saint Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Ji Insan, Daniel Kaleb, Flora Saini, Jayshree Soni

Director: Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh and Jeetu Arora

What works: Tough!

What doesn't: Loud, tacky feature-length advertisement.

Number of weeks: 1

BO verdict: Flop

Read the review here

Shamitabh

Amitabh Bachchan in Shamitabh

Image: Amitabh Bachchan in Shamitabh

Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Dhanush, Akshara Haasan

Director: R Balki

What works: Amitabh Bachchan's baritone.

What doesn't: Nothing else!

Number of weeks: 2

BO verdict: Flop

Read the review here

Khamoshiyan

Gurmeet Choudhary and Sapna Pabbi in Khamoshiyan

Image: Gurmeet Choudhary and Sapna Pabbi in Khamoshiyan

Cast: Ali Fazal, Gurmeet Choudhary, Sapna Pabbi

Director: Karan Darra

What works: Good music.

What doesn't: Bad direction and story.

Number of weeks: 3

BO verdict: Poor opening

Read the review here

Hawaizaada

Aysuhmaan Khurrana and Pallavi Sharda in Hawaizaada

Image: Aysuhmann Khurrana and Pallavi Sharda in Hawaizaada

Cast: Ayushmann Khurrana, Pallavi Sharda, Mithun Chakraborthy

Director: Vibhu Puri

What works: Ornate sets.

What doesn't: Bad performances, shoddy direction.

Number of weeks: 3

BO verdict: Poor opening

Read the review here 

Rahasya

Kay Kay Menon in Rahasya

Image: Kay Kay Menon in Rahasya

Cast: Kay Kay Menon, Tisca Chopra, Ashish Vidhyrathi

Director: Manish Gupta

What works: Good performances, fast-paced story.

What doesn't: Film over-explains the climax.

Number of weeks: 2

BO verdict: Poor opening

Read the review here 

Dolly Ki Doli

Sonam Kapoor in Dolly Ki Doli

Image: Sonam Kapoor in Dolly Ki Doli

Cast: Sonam Kapoor, Rajkummar Rao, Pulkit Samrat, Varun Sharma

Director: Abhishek Dogra

What works:  Light-hearted, fun film.

What doesn't: Plot loopholes that defy logic.

Number of weeks: 3

BO verdict: Below average

Read the review here

Baby

Akshay Kumar and Rana Daggubatti in Baby

Image: Akshay Kumar and Rana Daggubatti in Baby

Cast: Akshay Kumar, Anupam Kher, Danny Denzongpa, Rana Daggubati, Taapasee Pannu

Director: Neeraj Pandey

What works: Akshay Kumar, Anupam Kher and Danny Denzongpa are terrific together.

What doesn't: Not gripping enough.

Number of weeks: 3

BO verdict: Average

Read the review here 

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