*** I didnt make up this..

http://specials.rediff.com/movies/2004/may/25box.htm

Dull opening for Yuva!
Mani Ratnam's Yuva met with mixed reviews. Ditto for the response it got at the box office.
Predictably, the film took a decent opening in metros. But it fell short of making an impact in the interiors of India.

Uff Kya Jaadoo Mohabbat Hai..!, a mushy love story from the Rajshri Productions stable, was a no-go at the BO.

Note: Films are ranked according to their release dates.








Yuva

Cast: Ajay Devgan, Abhishek Bachchan, Vivek Oberoi, Rani Mukerji, Kareena Kapoor, Esha Deol, Om Puri, Anant Nag
Director: Mani Ratnam
Technically inspiring. Abhishek Bachchan's performance.

Confusing screenplay. Unnecessary songs.

Number of weeks: New
BO Verdict: Average
The review







Uff Kya Jaadoo Mohabbat Hai..!

Cast: Sammir Dattani, Pooja Kanwal, Sachin Khedekar
Director: Manoj Bhatia
Melodious music.

A contrived love story.

Number of weeks: New
BO Verdict: Flop







Run

Cast: Abhishek Bachchan, Bhoomika Chawla, Mahesh Manjrekar, Ayesha Jhulka
Director: Jeeva
Abhishek Bachchan delivers an intense performance.

Weak plot. Manjrekar's loud acting.

Number of weeks: 1
BO Verdict: Flop
The review







Lakeer

Cast: Sunny Deol, Suniel Shetty, Sohail Khan, John Abraham and Nauheed Cyrusi
Director: Ahmed Khan
Catchy score from A R Rahman.

Poor direction. Poor acting.

Number of weeks: 1
BO Verdict: Flop
The review







Charas

Cast: Uday Chopra, Jimmy Shergil, Namrata Shirodkar, Irrfan, Hrishita Bhatt
Director: Tigmanshu Dhulia
Good performances, excellent direction.

Patchy editing, unbelievable sub-plots.

Number of weeks: 2
BO Verdict: Flop
The review







Sheen

Cast: Sheen, Tarun Arora, Raj Babbar
Director: Ashok Pandit
Well-executed scenes, riveting performances.

Lacks punch, Indo-Pak context seems outdated.

Number of weeks: 2
BO Verdict: Flop







Main Hoon Na

Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Sushmita Sen, Suniel Shetty, Amrita Rao, Zayed Khan, Boman Irani
Director: Farah Khan
Racy entertainer!

Regular music, illogical plot.

Number of weeks: 3
BO Verdict: Hit
The review







Bardaasht

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

Weak, unoriginal script.

Number of weeks: 4
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: 4
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: 5
BO Verdict: Flop
The review





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Last week's box office results


**** I personally FEEL, whenever a hindi film, made for North, LOOKS like SOUTHISH and even worse! It meets its BAD FATE, NAYAK, BHB, YUVA, RUN, SHAKTI, TAkshak..etc etc, no Hype, no money, no SFX, no music can save it.

South directors should stay in their pavillion, if they think their product is good has universal appeal, dubb it, do new music, and let the people see and decide!

Look at this way - The only non flop film other than Main Hoon Naa

The other sites have declared it a flop.

I wish it was (may be it is. LOL) true that it's your report. By Rediff correspondent.




They called it 'Average'. At least not a Flop.

Rana

P.S.
Looks like some state BO status as per achieved collections (like Boxofficeindia) and some like Rediff state expected BO status as per trend.

Lol, I dont NEED, REDIFF BO INDIA, back me up, I declared it FLOP before it came out!!

Hey Bhai it's called beginner's luck!

Yuva BO collections may not be that bad after all.

1) I saw a report Yesterday (Can't find it today; Times Of India) that Yuva opened to good collections in UK.

2) http://www.rediff.com/movies/2004/may/26yuva.htm

NY Times praises AB Jr!


Excerpts:

Six years ago, Mani Ratnam's Dil Se... was one of the first Hindi films to figure in the UK's top ten.

Unlike in India, the film was a smash hit in North America and Britain, establishing Shah Rukh Khan as one of the more bankable stars outside India.

The film also brought A R Rahman to the attention of fabled composer and producer Andrew Lloyd Webber, who would subsequently present Rahman's music in Bombay Dreams.

The New York Times review of Yuva offered some consolation to Ratnam, Rahman, and actor Abhishek Bachchan.

It called Ratnam 'a dynamic, natural film-maker'.

The film did not make it to the top 10 in Britain. The No 10 film on the list, Secret Window, grossed about $180,000 over the weekend. Yuva is said to have grossed about $150,000.

In America, the film opened with about $210,000 on 30 screens, clicking at 21st position on the list. Given that its male stars have no substantial following in North America and Britain, its estimated three-day gross of $360,000 is rather decent.

If the film follows the usual path of box-office attrition for desi films (down by 50 per cent in the following weeks) on both sides of the Atlantic, it could end its run with about $800,000.

The New York Times ran a 400 word review on the film by its secondary critic David Kehr, who complained that director Mani Ratnam 'uses Bollywood conventions to get at a social reality'.

Calling the movie's music 'bouncy', Kehr also mentioned that Rahman's music is the basis of the current Broadway show, Bombay Dreams.

Among the actors, Kehr praised Bachchan for his 'simmering, charismatic performance'.
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$ 800,000 or Rs 4 crore is not bad.
If the film picks up or doesn't drop by as much as 50% in the second week, because of if releasing in new cities, it might make a good run in North America & UK.

From Sify

Mega brand Mani works wonders!

By Moviebuzz
Wednesday, 26 May , 2004, 09:56


Mani Ratnam’s bilingual - Yuva in Hindi and Aayitha Ezhuthu in Tamil - has been torn by critics and savaged by his colleagues in the industry but at the box office, the films have taken a bumper opening.

In Bangalore, both the versions have taken an extraordinary opening in 30 screens with 93 percent occupancy for the weekend setting a new record.

In Mumbai and New Delhi multiplexes, the week-end tickets of Yuva were sold out in advance and in US the film has done $ 200,000 in the opening weekend.

Back home in Chennai Aayitha Ezhuthu has registered 100 percent opening at all the five theatres, thanks to the brand equity of Mani Ratnam which was able to get the film such a good opening.

BANGLORE knows how to appreciate these kinda films, these are VERY HOMELY for them imho..

w00t! Bangalore rocks!

<----- Bangalore-born desi girl here

Nothing against BENGLORE or SOUTH, Ms. PRINCESS!! I hope it is OK!

But My point, was as NRI's esp BRIT desis has peculiar taste re films, then METRO audience has Different, North india has special taste for POT BOILERS/ACTION, so on so forth!

I personaly like a lot south film making, tech values, their tendencies to use different subjects, their cinematographym, their color pellet and esp Kearala ..landscape.

But if Shankar wont use taky SFX, and TONS of pOTS/PANS, and Others, not a lot of Animals, Chicken etc..their Film is not complete..ha ha!

Their music..southern is GOOD, have their own beat/style, so it is matter of taste/norm for cinema from a certain part, South Vs North..

I bet MOST NORTH films wont meet SOUTH taste either!!

Don't worry, arsh, I wasn't offended. I was just expressin my happiness at bein a Bangalorian As far as your comment tho, it's true, cuz every region has different tastes and every region can be moody too. Sometimes the same movie works all over India, sometimes it doesn't. Doesn't mean one region's better than another. That's just how it is sometimes

I appreciate ur understanding!! I know Dubbing might not be optimum way to watch a fpreign/ different language film/ but they were all DUBBED SOUTH films that I really enjoyed!

1. SADMA..I adore it.
2. Hindusani..no one can match Kamla Hsan.
3. Bombay
4. Roja..etc
5. Anjali

Remakes,only film I liked was JUDAII, I loved that film some how!

May i respectfully ask?
Q1? how come ur name is SURI? I thought it was GUY name?But it might be BISEXUAL??

Q2..That is for fun again!! if U are 50:50 simple vs Flashy? May I call u bhen ji, 50% of time??? u know I am kidding! here!! Cheers!!

But u should watch ISHQ VISHQ it is perfect film, for young/yuppy/fun loving/50:50 girls like u, esp when ever u r in ur flashy mode! but bhenji mode maen bhi chale ga!
esp hero, SHAHID KAPOOR is so CUTE! Kareina/Poo, has sworn to KILL any one who TOUCHES him!! SCARRY! Isnt it?

It is fun imho, good songs, good acting!
watch and report back, private saergent! roeger that!!(guess which film?)

lol, to answer your 1st question, Suri is my pet name, my full name is Suraiya and my family n friends call me "Suri" for short.

I'll watch Ishq Vishk after your recommendation. And yes you can call me bhenji 50% of the time, as long as you keep in mind I'm a sexy bhenji

OOhhH, LA LA!!



That is my BHENJI GIRL!!

I guess she can be SEXY, when needed!

Mid-Week Top 5 Movies of the Week

By Taran Adarsh (As on May 26th, 2004)

Film Cast Plusses Minusses Verdict

Main Hoon Na Shah Rukh Khan, Suniel Shetty, Sushmita Sen, Zayed Khan, Amrita Rao Typical masala entertainer, SRK's powerful performance, Anu Malik's music and fast-paced proceedings Abounds in clichés

Yuva Ajay Devgan, Abhishek Bachchan, Vivek Oberoi, Rani Mukerji, Kareena Kapoor, Esha Deol Abhishek and Rani's performances Weak script and dull climax

Lakeer Sunny Deol, Suniel Shetty, John Abraham, Sohail Khan, Nauheed Cyrusi Well shot first half, decent performances and vibrant action Poor screenplay and shoddy climax

Run Abhishek Bachchan, Bhumika Chawla, Mahesh Manjrekar Himesh Reshammiya's tuneful music Outdated story, weak screenplay, wrong placement of songs and ineffective climax

Uuf Kya Jaadoo... Sammir, Pooja Kanwal Sandesh Shandilya's music and Sammir's performance Hackneyed plot


(Ratings are based on the box office collections and the cost of the film)

http://indiafm.com/boxoffice/top5.shtml