Has Ash lost her box office appeal?
Aishwarya Rai's new film Bride And Prejudice opened well in UK. But the Indian box office may have a different story to tell.
Its Hindi version Balle Balle! Amritsar to LA may share the same fate. Of course, whether the two versions will pick up later remains to be seen.

Note: Films are ranked according to their release dates.








Bride And Prejudice

Cast: Aishwarya Rai, Martin Henderson, Namrata Shirodkar, Meghna Kothari, Peeya Rai Choudhury, Naveen Andrews, Indira Verma, Nadira Babbar, Anupam Kher.
Director: Gurinder Chadha.
Good performances; a feel-good film.

Ash can't act; story lacks depth, too many stereotypes.

Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: May be a flop.
The review







Tauba Tauba

Cast: Payal Rohatgi, Monalisa, Rubina, Rocky Sandhu.
Director: T L V Prasad.
Some hot women.

No story, definitely not a family entertainer.

Number of weeks: 1.
BO Verdict: Average.
The review







Popcorn Khao Mast Ho Jao

Cast: Tanisha, Akshay Kapoor, Rashmi Nigam, Yash Tonk, Deepak Tijori.
Director: Kabir Sadanand.
A couple of comical scenes.

Boring story, poor performances.

Number of weeks: 1.
BO Verdict: Flop.
The review







Dance Like A Man

Cast: Shobana, Arif Zakaria, Anoushka Shankar, Mohan Agashe, Samir Soni.
Director: Pamela Rooks.
Shobana.

Poor cinematography, bad editing, below-average performances from the rest of the cast.

Number of weeks: 1.
BO Verdict: Flop.
The review







Lets Enjoy

Cast: Sahil Gupta, Arzoo Govitrikar, Ashish Chowdhry, Roshni Chopra and Vinod Sherawat.
Director: Siddhart Anand Kumar and Ankur Tewari.
Bhangra music.

So, what was this film about?

Number of weeks: 1.
BO Verdict: Flop
The review







King Of Bollywood

Cast: Om Puri, Sophie Dahl, Diwakar Pundir, Manoj Pahwa.
Director: Piyush Jha.
Cheeky look at Bollywood. Om Puri is brilliant!

Om Puri, as lead actor, alas, has limited box office appeal.

Number of weeks: 2.
BO Verdict: Flop.
The review







Madhoshi

Cast: Bipasha Basu, John Abraham, Priyanshu Chatterjee.
Director: Tanveer Khan.
The hit Jism jodi reunite.

Poor performances, boring music, immature treatment.

Number of weeks: 2.
BO Verdict: Flop.
The review







Tumsa Nahin Dekha

Cast: Dia Mirza, Emraan Hashmi, Anupam Kher.
Director: Anurag Bose.
Good music.

Watch a DVD of Amitabh Bachchan's Sharaabi instead!

Number of weeks: 2.
BO Verdict: Flop.
The review







Dobara

Cast: Jackie Shroff, Raveena Tandon, Mahima Chaudhry, Muammar Rana.
Director: Shashi Ranjan.
Good music.

Porous script, awful performances.

Number of weeks: 2.
BO Verdict: Flop
The review







Ek Se Badhkar Ek

Cast: Suniel Shetty, Raveena Tandon, Isha Koppikar, Shekhar Suman.
Director: Kundan Shah.
Some comic moments.

Tries to ape Shah's classic debut Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron, but fails.

Number of weeks: 3.
BO Verdict: Flop.
The review




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