Shaadi fails to ring a bell


After a long tide of sex films, last week finally saw a family film, Shaadi Ka Laddoo. The other release was the action flick Bardaasht.
Sadly, neither film appealed to the audiences.

Note: Films are ranked according to their release dates.








Bardaasht

Cast: Bobby Deol, Lara Dutta, Ritesh Deshmukh, Rahul Dev
Director: E Niwas
Good action sequences, decent performances.

Weak and unoriginal script.

Number of weeks: New
BO Verdict: Flop
The review







Shaadi Ka Laddoo

Cast: Sanjay Suri, Mandira Bedi, Divya Dutta, Aashish Chaudhry
Director: Raj Kaushal
Light-hearted film with witty dialogues, good music.

Wafer-thin plot.

Number of weeks: New
BO Verdict: Flop
The review







Krishna Cottage

Cast: Sohail Khan, Natassha, Ishaa Koppikar, Divya Pallat, Hitten Tejwani, Vrajesh Hirjee
Director: Santram Verma
Decent acting, catchy music.

A regular Bollywood horror flick.

Number of weeks: 1
BO Verdict: Flop
The review








Masti

Cast: Ajay Devgan, Vivek Oberoi, Aftab Shivdasani, Riteish Deshmukh, Tara Sharma, Amrita Rao, Genelia D'Souza, Lara Dutta
Director: Indra Kumar
Good comedy, decent performances.

Crude and vulgar at times.

Number of weeks: 2
BO Verdict: Hit
The review








Silence Please... The Dressing Room

Cast: Salil Ankoli, Sonali Kulkarni, Tom Alter
Director: Sanjay Srinivas
Tom Alter's performance.

Too many subplots and unexplained angles.

Number of weeks: 2
BO Verdict: Flop
The review








Yeh Lamhe Judaai Ke

Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Raveena Tandon
Director: Ritesh Nayyar
Has the usual ingredients of romance, drama, mystery.

Too outdated.

Number of weeks: 2
BO Verdict: Flop







Murder

Cast: Mallika Sherawat, Emraan Hashmi, Ashmit Patel
Director: Anurag Basu
Good music.

The many steamy scenes will not bring in family audiences.

Number of weeks: 3
BO Verdict: Hit







Meenaxi

Cast: Tabu, Kunal Kapoor, Raghuvir Yadav
Director: M F Husain
Great cinematography by Santosh Sivan, excellent music, good performances.

Not the usual Hindi film, weak characters.

Number of weeks: 3
BO Verdict: Flop
The review








Hawas

Cast: Meghna Naidu, Tarun Arora, Shavar Ali
Director: Karan Razdan
Good performances, realistic story.

Title will not bring in family audiences.

Number of weeks: 4
BO Verdict: Average







Woh

Cast: Priyanshu Malik, Cleo Isaacs, Ayub Khan
Director: Raj Sippy
Interesting plot.

Weak screenplay, poor performances.

Number of weeks: 4
BO Verdict: Flop






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