The hits and misses of the week.
All three releases of last week, Laal Rang, Nil Battey Sannata and Santa Banta Pvt Ltd have failed to strike a chord with movie goers.
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the box office verdict.
Nil Battey Sannata
Cast: Swara Bhaskar, Ratna Pathak Shah, Sanjay Suri
Director: Ashwini Iyer Tiwari
What works: Performances and engaging narrative.
What doesn't: Second half drags.
Number of weeks: New
BO verdict: Poor opening
Laal Rang
Cast: Randeep Hooda, Piaa Bajpai, Akshay Oberoi, Rajniesh Duggall, Meenakshi Dixit
Director: Syed Ahmad Afzal
What works: Randeep Hooda's performance.
What doesn't: Unnecessary melodrama.
Number of weeks: New
BO verdict: Poor opening
Fan
Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Waluscha De Sousa, Sayani Gupta, Shriya Pilgaonkar
Director: Maneesh Sharma
What works: Shah Rukh Khan.
What doesn't: Lazy writing, plot has too many loopholes.
Number of weeks: 1
BO verdict: Flop
Read the review here: Raja Sen / Sukanya Verma
Love Games
Cast: Patralekha, Tara Alisha Berry, Gaurav Arora
Director: Vikram Bhatt
What works: Patralekha and Gaurav Arora.
What doesn't: Predictable story, unnecessary skin show.
Number of weeks: 2
BO verdict: Poor
The Jungle Book (Hindi version)
Cast: Neel Sethi, Priyanka Chopra, Nana Patekar, Om Puri, Irrfan, Shefali Shah
Director: Jon Favreau
What works: Amazing animation and 3D.
What doesn't: Could be a tad scary for kids.
Number of weeks: 2
BO verdict: Hit
Read the review here: Raja Sen / Sukanya Verma / Aseem Chhabra
Ki & Ka
Cast: Kareena Kapoor, Arjun Kapoor, Swaroop Sampat, Rajit Kapur
Director: R Balki
What works: Good performances.
What doesn't: Poor writing, caricaturish characters.
Number of weeks: 3
BO verdict: Hit
Read the review here: Raja Sen / Sukanya Verma
Rocky Handsome
Cast: John Abraham, Shruti Haasan, Nishikanth Kamath, Sharad Kelkar, Baby Diya Chalwad
Director: Nishikanth Kamath
What works: Well-shot film.
What doesn't: John Abraham, the action scenes.
Number of weeks: 4
BO verdict: Flop
Kapoor & Sons
Cast: Sidharth Malhotra, Alia Bhatt, Fawad Khan, Rishi Kapoor, Rajat Kapoor, Ratna Pathak Shah
Director: Shakun Batra
What works: Well-made film, good performances.
What doesn't: Second half could have been tighter.
Number of weeks: 5
BO verdict: Hit
Read the review here: Raja Sen / Sukanya Verma
