Phoonk makes money
| Ram Gopal Varma's Phoonk turned out to be a surprise package at the Box Office. Being very low priced, it's excellent initial is enough to rate it as a hit. On the other hand, Venus' Maan Gaye Mughall-E-Azam is poor on all counts. The other release, UTV's Mumbai Meri Jaan despite winning a lot of critical acclaim, could not result in the same at the BO. Meanwhile, despite good collections, Singh Is Kinng's high cost has proved to be a deterrent for the distributors -- except in Delhi and Punjab -- to make profit on the film. Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives the box office verdict. Note: Films are ranked according to their release dates. The thumbs ups and downs reflect rediff's views. | |
 | Phoonk Cast: Sudeep, Amruta Khanvilkar, Ahsaas Channa, Shrey Bawa, Jyothi Subhash. Director: Ram Gopal Varma  Interesting camera technique. Climax. Number of weeks: New. BO Verdict: Good Opening. Review |
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 | Maan Gaye Mughal-E-Azam Cast: Mallika Sherawat, Paresh Rawal, Rahul Bose, Kay Kay Menon. Director: Sanjay Chhel. Paresh Rawal, Kay Kay Menon.Mallika Sherawat, bad direction. Number of weeks: New. BO Verdict: Poor opening Review |
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 | Mumbai Meri Jaan Cast: Soha Ali Khan, R Madhvan, Kay Kay Menon, Irrfan Khan, Paresh Rawal, Vijay Maurya. Director: Nishikant Kamath. Great performances, good storyline.Very documentarish. Number of weeks: New. BO Verdict: Poor opening. Review |
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 | Bachna Ae Haseeno Cast: Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukone, Bipasha Basu and Minissha Lamba Director: Siddharth Anand. Ranbir Kapoor's star presence, refreshing romantic-comedy approach, hot hot Bipasha.Long second half, weak emotional scenes. Number of weeks: 1. BO Verdict: Above average Review |
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 | God Tussi Great Ho Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Sohail Khan Director: Rumy Jaffery. Anupam Kher.Terrible copy of Bruce Almighty. Number of weeks: 1. BO Verdict: Flop. Review |
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 | Singh Is Kinng Cast: Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif, Neha Dhupia, Sonu Sood, Om Puri. Director: Anees Bazmee. Akshay Kumar, hilarious and entertaining film.Loud humour. Number of weeks: 3. BO Verdict: Hit. Review 1 | 2 |
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 | Ugly Aur Pagli Cast: Mallika Sherawat, Ranvir Shorey. Director: Sachin Khot. Ranvir, Mallika rock!Boring script. Number of weeks: 4 BO Verdict: Flop. Review |
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 | Mission Istanbul Cast: Vivek Oberoi, Zayed Khan, Suniel Shetty, Shriya Saran. Director: Apoorva Lakhia. Tough!Poor plot, bad performances, unfunny sequences. Number of weeks: 4 BO Verdict: Flop. Review |
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 | Money Hai Toh Honey Hai Cast: Govinda, Manoj Bajpai, Aftab Shivdasani, Celina Jaitley, Upen Patel, Hansika Motwani. Director: Ganesh Acharya. Good music, funny in parts.Poorly edited. Number of weeks: 4 BO Verdict: Flop. Review |
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 | Kismat Konnection Cast: Shahid Kapur, Vidya Balan, Juhi Chawla. Director: Aziz Mirza. Shahid, great locales, excellent cinematography.Vidya, poor music. Number of weeks: 5 BO Verdict: Hit. Review |
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| Trade pundit: Vinod Mirani | |
