The hits and misses of the week.
Pulkit Samrat and Yami Gautam's latest outing Sanam Re has opened to average business at the box office.
Expectations were high from Abhishek Kapoor's much-awaited directorial venture Fitoor, starring Katrina Kaif and Aditya Kapoor, but the film neither impressed the critics nor did it pull in crowds to cinema halls.
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the latest box office verdict.
Sanam Re
Cast: Pulkit Samrat, Yami Gautam, Urvashi Rautela.
Director: Divya Khosla Kumar.
What works: Beautiful locales and music.
What doesn't: Script and shabby direction.
Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: Average.
Fitoor
Cast: Katrina Kaif, Aditya Roy Kapur, Tabu.
Director: Abishek Kapoor.
What works: Opulent production design and cinematography.
What doesn't: The lead pair.
Number of weeks: New
BO verdict: Flop
Ghayal Once Again
Cast: Sunny Deol, Soha Ali Khan, Om Puri, Narendra Jha.
Director: Sunny Deol.
What works: Sunny Deol.
What doesn't: Old fashioned story, haywire second half!
Number of weeks: 1
BO verdict: Flop.
Sanam Teri Kasam
Cast: Harshvardhan Rane, Mawra Hocane, Murli Sharma, Vijay Raaz, Sudesh Berry.
Director: Radhika Rao and Vinay Sapru.
What works: The lead pair and the music of the film.
What doesn't: Weak script, melodramatic, too long, bad execution.
Number of weeks: 1
BO verdict: Flop.
Mastizaade
Cast: Tushar Kapoor, Vir Das Sunny Leone, Suresh Menon, Asrani.
Director: Milap Zaveri.
What works: Sunny Leone.
What doesn't: Weak script.
Number of weeks: 2
BO verdict: Flop.
Saala Khadoos
Cast: R Madhavan, Ritika Singh, Nassar.
Director: Sudha Kongara.
What works: Leads actors.
What doesn't: Overdone aggression and neglecting the finer details.
Number of weeks: 2.
BO verdict: Flop.
Airlift
Cast: Akshay Kumar, Nimrit Kaur, Feryna Wazheir.
Director: Raja Krishna Menon.
What works: Excellent performance by Akshay Kumar.
What doesn't: The song breaks the film's rhythm.
Number of weeks: 3.
BO verdict: Hit.
Read the reviews here: Raja Sen / Sukanya Verma
Kyaa Kool Hai Hum 3
Cast: Tushar Kapoor, Aftab Shivdasani, Mandana Karimi.
Director: Umesh Ghadge.
What works: Sleazy porncom.
What doesn't: Too much skin fest.
Number of weeks: 3.
BO verdict: Flop.
Chalk N Duster
Cast: Juhi Chawla, Shabana Azmi, Divya Dutta, Upasana Singh, Arya Babbar, Girish Karnad.
Director: Jayant Gilatar.
What works: Excellent performances.
What doesn't: Weak direction.
Number of weeks: 4.
BO verdict: Flop.
