Box-office Report

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

Iqbal
Director: Nagesh Kukunoor
Cast: Shreyas Talpade, Shweta Pandit
Plus Points: Noble idea, unpretentious, honest piece of work, strong performances
Weak Points: Lacks drama, flat
Box-Office verdict: Average

No Entry
Director: Anees Bazmee
Cast: Anil Kapoor, Salman Khan, Fardeen Khan & Others
Plus Points: Plush locales, Amusing gags
Weak Points: Weak music, mediocre performances by Esha Deol & Lara Dutta
Box-Office verdict: Hit (reasonable)

Barsaat
Director: Suneel Darshan
Cast: Bobby Deol, Priyanka Chopra, Bipasha Basu
Plus Points: Lilting music, well picturized songs, good outfits
Weak Points: Poor direction, performances, script
Box-Office verdict: Flop

Mangal Pandey - The Rising
Director: Ketan Mehta
Cast: Aamir Khan, Toby Stephens, Rani Mukherjee, Amisha Patel
Plus Points: Lavishly mounted, Stupendous performance by Aamir and Toby, good dialogues
Weak Points: Emotionless, unengaging after a point, weak music, mediocre act by the girls
Box-Office verdict: Average (Strong opening but subsequent drop)

Yahaan
Director: Shoojit Sircar
Cast: Jimmy SHergill, Minissha Lamba
Plus Points: Exquisitely shot, superb performance by Jimmy, Strong story idea
Weak Points: Monotonous at places, unimpressive lead girl
Box-Office verdict: Loser

Viruddh
Director: Mahesh V Manjrekar
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Sharmila Tagore, John Abraham, Anusha, Sanjay Dutt
Plus Points: Strong performances, powerful moments, good story idea
Weak Points: Poor editing and cinematography
Box-Office verdict: Flop (Hit overseas)

Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya
Director: David Dhawan
Cast: Salman Khan, Sushmita Sen, Katrina Kaif, Sohail Khan
Plus Points: Foot-tapping songs, corny mindless humour
Weak Points: No real performances, no story or cohesive screenplay
Box-Office verdict: Average

Dus
Director: Anubhav Sinha
Cast: Sanjay Dutt, Abhishek Bachchan, Zayed Khan, Esha Deol, Raima Sen, Shilpa Shetty
Plus Points: Splendidly edited, photographed and packaged
Weak Points: Weak direction and scripting
Box-Office verdict: Semi-hit

Sarkar
Director: Ram Gopal Varma
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Kay Kay, Katrina Kaif, Tanishaa
Plus Points: Strong performances and backdrop
Weak Points: Unengaging plot
Box-Office verdict: Hit (In India Only)

Yakeen
Director: Girish Dhamija
Cast: Arjun Rampal, Priyanka Chopra
Plus Points: None
Weak Points: Everything
Box-Office verdict: Disaster


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Updating arsh's thread on Sept 13, 2005:

Aashiq Banaya Aapne has been declared Surprise Hit by rediff.
http://specials.rediff.com/movies/2005/ ... opens~well

Barsaat has been declared Below Average (Surprise; it was expected to be flop) by http://www.boxofficeindia.com
Rediff had declared Barsaat a Flop (see above post). Now, it classifies as a Hit in many territories.

No Entry keeps going strong.
http://www.boxofficeindia.com

Salaam Namaste makes over $ 500,000 US in the US, on the first weekend. (Over $ 8000 per screen average) http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/