Box-office Report

(The verdict is based on all-India collections and indicates the overall status from the date of release)

Nazar
Director: Soni Razdan
Cast: Ashmit Patel, Meera, Koel Purie
Plus Points: Lilting music, decent performances by Ashmit and Koel
Weak Points: Meera not up to the mark, Tacky production values, poor dialogue track
Box-Office verdict: Flop

Naina
Director: Shripal Morakhia
Cast: Urmila Matondkar, Anuj Sawhney
Plus Points: Brilliant special effects, a sincere performance by Urmila
Weak Points: Poor storyline and scripting, based on 'The Eye', not very eerie
Box-Office verdict: Average (Thanks to a good opening)

Jo Bole So Nihaal
Director: Rahul Rawail
Cast: Sunny Deol, Shilpi Sharma, Kamaal Khan
Plus Points: Sunny's spirited performance, humorous first half
Weak Points: Weak second half, character inconsistency
Box-Office verdict: Flop

Bose - The Forgotten Hero
Director: Shyam Benegal
Cast: Sachin Khedekar, Divya Dutta, & others
Plus Points: Authentic, strong dialogues, effective director
Weak Points: Long and documentarish
Box-Office verdict: Flop

Main Aisa Hi Hoon
Director: Harry Baweja
Cast: Ajay Devgan, Sushmita Sen, Esha Deol
Plus Points: None really
Weak Points: Weak performances, music, direction
Box-Office verdict: Disaster

Kya Kool Hai Hum
Director: Sangeeth Sivan
Cast: Tusshar Kapoor, Ritesh Deshmukh, Ishaa Koppikar, Neha Dhupia
Plus Points: Ritesh's immaculate comic timing, catchy music, naughty gags and one-liners
Weak Points: Post-interval session about 10-15 minutes long
Box-Office verdict: Hit

Kaal
Director: Soham Shah
Cast: Ajay Devgan, John Abraham, Vivek Oberoi, Lara Dutta, Esha Deol
Plus Points: Strong camera work, editing, sound effects, background score & a novel concept above all, the two item songs ('Kaal Dhamaal' and 'Tauba Tauba')
Weak Points: Sluggish pace, mediocre performances
Box-Office verdict: Semi-Hit

Khullam Khulla Pyar karen
Director: Harmesh Malhotra
Cast: Govinda, Preity Zinta
Plus Points: None
Weak Points: Just about everything
Box-Office verdict: Disaster

Waqt
Director: Vipul Amrutlal Shah
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Priyanka Chopra
Plus Points: Well-shot, decent performances
Weak Points: Hackneyed television humour, contrived emotions
Box-Office verdict: Average

Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi
Director: Sudhir Mishra
Cast: Shiney Ahuja, Chitrangada
Plus Points: Strong and well-told narrative, direction and performances
Weak Points: Serious and arthouse
Box-Office verdict: Flop


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