Baar Baar Dekho, a film about time travel, flops badly as the Sunday collections declined instead of showing at least a symbolic improvement over the first two opening days.
Freaky Ali, a mishmash of sports, romance and the underdog plot, finds few takers and flops.
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the weekly box office verdict.
Baar Baar Dekho
Cast: Katrina Kaif, Sidharth Malhotra.
Director: Nitya Mehra.
What works: Good looking film, novel way to show a romance.
What doesn’t: Poor performances, second half drags.
Number of weeks: New.
BO verdict: Flop.
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Freaky Ali
Cast: Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Arbaaz Khan, Amy Jackson, Seema Biswas, Nikitin Dheer.
Director: Sohail Khan.
What works: Nawazuddin Siddiqui.
What doesn’t: Daft writing.
Number of weeks: New.
BO verdict: Flop.
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Akira
Cast: Sonakshi Sinha, Konkona Sen Sharma, Anurag Kashyap.
Director: AR Murugadoss.
What works: Sonakshi Sinha and Anurag Kashyap.
What doesn’t: Bland, dated film.
Number of weeks: 1.
BO verdict: Flop.
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Island City
Cast: Vinay Pathak, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Amruta Subhash, Chandan Roy Sanyal, Uttara Baokar, Ashwin Mushran.
Director: Ruchika Oberoi.
What works: Complex, engaging film, laced with humour and satire.
What doesn’t: Lack of A-listers will restrict its viewership.
Number of weeks: 1.
BO verdict: Flop.
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A Flying Jatt
Cast: Tiger Shroff, Jacqueline Fernandez and Nathan Jones.
Director: Remo D’Souza.
What works: A superhero film that children will enjoy.
What doesn’t: Loud performances, poor climax.
Number of weeks: 2.
BO verdict: Below average.
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Happy Bhag Jayegi
Cast: Abhay Deol, Diana Penty, Ali Fazal, Jimmy Shergill.
Director: Mudassar Aziz.
What works: Great performances from the cast.
What doesn’t: The protagonist is sloppy, who’s neither convincing in her mischief nor original in her exploits.
Number of weeks: 3.
BO verdict: Above average.
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UnIndian
Cast: Brett Lee, Tannishtha Chatterjee.
Director: Anupam Sharma.
What works: Light feel-good rom-com.
What doesn’t: The story is as old as the hills!
Number of weeks: 3.
BO verdict: Flop.
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Rustom
Cast: Akshay Kumar, Ileana D’Cruz and Esha Gupta.
Director: Tinu Suresh Desai.
What works: Akshay Kumar.
What doesn’t: Tacky production values, poor supporting cast.
Number of weeks: 4.
BO verdict: Hit.
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Mohenjo Daro
Cast: Hrithik Roshan, Pooja Hegde, Kabir Bedi, Suhasini Mulay and Arunoday Singh
Director: Ashutosh Gowariker.
What works: Hrithik Roshan is earnest in his performance.
What doesn’t: Hackneyed plot, weak script, Pooja Hegde.
Number of weeks: 4.
BO verdict: Flop.
[source;rediff.com]
