Box Office: Revolver Rani, Kaanchi open poorly

Kangna Ranaut gave a brilliant performance in her previous film Queen and so, much was expected from her next film, Revolver Rani. 

Unfortunately, it has failed to impress critics as well as audiences.

The week's other releases, Kaanchi and Samrat & Co proved to be disasters. 

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

Revolver Rani

Cast: Kangna Ranaut, Vir Das, Piyush Mishra

Director: Sai Kabir.

What works: Kangna Ranaut.

What doesn't: Confused story.

Number of weeks: New

BO verdict: Opens poorly

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Cast: Rishi Kapoor, Mithun Chakraborty, Mishti, Kartik Tiwari

Director: Subhash Ghai.

What works: Tough!

What doesn't: Too many loopholes in the plot, bad performances, feeble music

Number of weeks: New

BO verdict: Flop.

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Cast: Rajeev Khandelwal, Madsala Sharma, Girish Karnad

Director: Kaushik Ghatak.

What works: Nothing.

What doesn't: Rip off from Sherlock Holmes films, forced suspence

Number of weeks: New

BO verdict: Flop.

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Cast: Arjun Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Amrita Singh, Ronit Roy, Revathy

Director: Abhishek Varman.

What works: Good performances.

What doesn't: Too many stereotypes.

Number of weeks: 1

BO verdict: Hit.

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Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Boman Irani, Parth Bhalerao, Usha Jadhav

Director: Nitesh Tiwari.

What works: Parth Bhalerao's performance, gags in the first half.

What doesn't: Plot meanders in the second half.

Number of weeks: 2

BO verdict: Average

Read the reviews here: Sukanya Verma / Raja Sen

Cast: Varun Dhawan, Ileana D'Cruz, Nargis Fakhri.

Director: David Dhawan.

What works: A time-pass and paisa vasool film, with lots of romance and comedy.

What doesn't: Not for family audiences, too many subplots.

Number of weeks: 3

BO verdict: Hit.

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