The hits and misses of the week.
Machine and Aa Gaya Hero received bad reviews and saw poor box office collections.
Trapped, on the other hand, received really good reviews but still could not enjoy a good opening.
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the weekly verdict.
Machine
Cast: Mustafa Burmawalla, Kiara Advani.
Director: Abbas-Mustan.
What works: Nothing!
What doesn't: Bad performances, weak plot.
Number of weeks: New.
BO verdict: Disaster.
Trapped
Cast: Rajkummar Rao, Geetanjali Thapa.
Director: Vikramaditya Motwane
What works: Rajkummar Rao.
What doesn't: Too dark.
Number of weeks: New.
BO verdict: Disaster.
Aa Gaya Hero
Cast: Govinda, Ashutosh Rana, Murali Sharma, Makarand Deshpande, Chandrachur Singh.
Director: Dipankar Senapati
What works: Govinda's dance.
What doesn't: The whole movie!
Number of weeks: New.
BO verdict: Disaster.
Badrinath Ki Dulhaniya
Cast: Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan, Sahil Vaid.
Director: Shashank Khaitan.
What works: Good performances by the lead cast.
What doesn't: Old story in a new bottle, poor detailing.
Number of weeks: 1.
BO verdict: Hit.
Read the reviews: Raja Sen/ Sukanya Verma
Commando 2
Cast: Vidyut Jammwal, Adah Sharma, Esha Gupta, Freddy Daruwala.
Director: Deven Bhojani
What works: Jammwal's daredevil stunts.
What doesn't: Bad performances, weak plot.
Number of weeks: 2.
BO verdict: Average.
Rangoon
Cast: Kangana Ranaut, Shahid Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan.
Director: Vishal Bhardwaj.
What works: Good performances.
What doesn't: Over-the-top spectacle, a hotchpotch of conflicts that don’t mix well.
Number of weeks: 3.
BO verdict: Disaster.
Read the reviews: Raja Sen/ Sukanya Verma
The Ghazi Attack
Cast: Rana Daggubati, Kay Kay Menon, Atul Kulkarni, Taapsee Pannu.
Director: Sankalp Reddy.
What works: Nail-biting thriller, riveting war story.
What doesn't: Over-dramatised.
Number of weeks: 4.
BO verdict: Poor.
Running Shaadi
Cast: Taapsee Pannu, Amit Sadh.
Director: Amit Roy.
What works: The Bihari tadka.
What doesn't: Everything else!
Number of weeks: 4.
BO verdict: Poor.
Irada
Cast: Naseeruddin Shah, Arshad Warsi, Sagarika Ghatge, Divya Dutta
Director: Aparnaa Singh.
What works: Good performances.
What doesn't: Sloppy editing, doesn't hold your attention.
Number of weeks: 4.
BO verdict: Poor.
Jolly LLB 2
Cast: Akshay Kumar, Huma Qureshi, Saurabh Shukla, Annu Kapoor
Director: Subhash Kapoor
What works: Good performances, fun dialogues and well-directed.
What doesn't: Predictable.
Number of weeks: 5.
BO verdict: Above average.
