Box-office Report
(The verdict is based on all-India collections and indicates the overall status from the date of release)
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MAIN HOON NA
Director: Farah Khan
Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Sushmita Sen, Zayed Khan, Amrita Rao
Plus points: Enormous production values, melodious music, Sushmita Sen's gorgeous looks, great cinematography
Weak points: Lack of coherent plot, juvenile humour, sub-par performances by most of the cast
Box-Office verdict: Average
BARDAASHT
Director: E.Niwas
Cast: Bobby Deol, Lara Dutta, Ritiesh, Tara Sharma, Rahul Dev
Plus points: Strong action and sincere performances by Bobby and Rahul
Weak points: Weak script and music
Box-Office verdict: Flop
SHAADI KA LADDOO
Director: Director: Raj Kaushal
Cast: Sanjay Suri, Mandira Bedi, Aashish Chaudhary, Samita Bangargi, Divya Dutta
Plus points: A confident performance by Sanjay Suri and Divya Dutta
Weak points: Flat dialogues, deflated humour, weak music, lack of face value
Box-Office verdict: Flop
KRISHNA COTTAGE
Director: Santram Verma
Cast: Sohail Khan, Natassha, Ishaa Koppikar
Plus points: Strong premise, one or two lilting songs
Weak points: Weak main lead (Sohail), sluggish, tacky production values
Box-Office verdict: Flop
HAWAS
Director: Karan Razdan
Cast: Tarun Arora, Meghna Naidu, Shahwar Ali
Plus points: None
Weak points: A remake of 'Unfaithful', sleazy, poorly enacted
Box-Office verdict: Average
MASTI
Director: Indra Kumar
Cast: Ajay Devgan, Aftab Shivdasani, Vivek Oberoi, Ritesh Deshmukh & others
Plus points: Strong performances by Aftab & Ritesh
Weak points: Poor music, tacky dialogue, Ajay Devgan and female protagonists wasted
Box-Office verdict: Semi-Hit
MEENAXI
Director: M.F.Hussain
Cast: Tabu, Introducing Kunnal Kapoor
Plus points: Splendid camerawork, a great performance by Tabu, melodious music
Weak points: Outmoded storyline, a bit sluggish
Box-Office verdict: Disaster
MURDER
Director: Anurag Bose
Cast: Ashmit Patel, Mallika Sherawat, Emraan Hashmi
Plus points: A high dosage of sex (enormous front-bencher appeal), lilting music
Weak points: Weak performances
Box-Office verdict: Hit (largely in Mumbai because of its throwaway sale price and theatre strike)
MUSKAAN
Director: Rohit-Manish
Cast: Aftab Shivdasani, Gracy Singh, Neha, Anjala Zaveri & others
Plus points: Prime shooting locales, high publicity, a sincere performance by Gracy
Weak points: Poor music, weak storyline, shaky screenplay
Box-Office verdict: Flop
WOH
Director: Raj Sippy
Cast: Priyanshu Chatterjee, Cleo Isaacs, Ayub Khan
Plus points: None
Weak points: Tacky looking, weak performances, poor music and publicity
Box-Office verdict: Disaster
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