Cast: Emraan Hashmi, Vidya Balan, Rajkummar Rao
Director: Mohit Suri
What works: Practically nothing!
What doesn't: Bad performances, too melodramatic, bad direction and story.
Number of weeks: New
BO verdict: Poor opening
Dil Dhadakne Do
Cast: Anil Kapoor, Shefali Shah, Priyanka Chopra, Farhan Akhtar, Ranveer Singh, Anushka Sharma, Rahul Bose
Director: Zoya Akhtar
What works: Fantastic performances, visually stunning, film has some beautiful moments.
What doesn't: Too long, unconvincing end.
Number of weeks: 1
BO verdict: Below Average
Read the reviews here: Raja Sen / Sukanya Verma
Welcome 2 Karachi
Cast: Jackky Bhagnani, Arshad Warsi, Lauren Gottlieb.
Director: Ashish R Mohan
What works: Arshad-Jackky's comic timing.
What doesn't: Bad writing, ineffective comedy.
Number of weeks: 2
BO verdict: Flop
Tanu Weds Manu Returns
Cast: Kangana Ranaut, R Madhavan, Jimmy Shergill, Swara Bhaskar, Eijaz Khan, Deepak Dobriyal.
Director: Aanand L Rai
What works: Kangana and Madhavan, the film ensures a lot of laughs.
What doesn't: Nothing new in the story.
Number of weeks: 3
BO verdict: Blockbuster.
Bombay Velvet
Cast: Ranbir Kapoor, Anushka Sharma, Karan Johar
Director: Anurag Kashyap
What works: Good production values and terrific detailing, good music.
What doesn't: Shallow film that loses steam midway, half-baked characters.
Number of weeks: 4.
BO verdict: Flop.
Read the reviews here: Raja Sen / Sukanya Verma/ Aseem Chhabra
Piku
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Deepika Padukone, Irrfan Khan, Moushumi Chatterjee.
Director: Shoojit Sircar
What works: Brilliant performances, good story
What doesn't: Abrupt end.
Number of weeks: 5
BO verdict: Hit
Read the reviews here: Raja Sen / Sukanya Verma
