Only semi hit in India..is Kaal Janjal!

Box-office Report

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

Parineeta
Director: Pradeep Sarkar
Cast: Sanjay Dutt, Saif Ali Khan, Vidya Balan, Raima Sen, Dia Mirza, Rekha (s.a.)
Plus Points: Lilting music, strong production values and cinematography, exemplary performances by Saif and Vidya, short length (2 hr. 10 minutes)
Weak Points: Insufficient character development
Box-Office verdict: Average (strong in multiplexes)

D
Director: Vishram Sawant
Cast: Randeep Hooda, Rukhsar, Ishaa Koppikar, Chunkey Pandey
Plus Points: Crisp, decently shot, a sincere performance by Chunkey
Weak Points: 'Satya' hangover, deja vu - low on novelty factor, Mumbai-centric in appeal
Box-Office verdict: Average

Bunty Aur Babli
Director: Shaad Ali Sehgal
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Rani Mukherji
Plus Points: Well shot and publicized, sincere performance by Rani
Weak Points: Mediocre music, too long, overall unengaging
Box-Office verdict: Average

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


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Mixed Opening For ´Parineeta´ , ´Bunry Aur Bubly ´ Have A Blast At The Box-Office
By: Abid
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We have a mixed menu as far as next week's releases are concerned . We have Rekha and Mallika Sherawat in 'Bachke Rehna Re Baba' and Vashu Bhagnani's Khalid Mohammed directed 'Silsiilay' , Govinda's much delayed 'Ssukh' and a few others like 'Chetna' and (hold your breath) 'Ram, Balram Aur Ramkali' in some circuits .Of the above 'Bachke Rehna Re Baba' seems to have edge followed not so far behind by 'Silsiilay' . As far as 'Ssukh' is concerned it will get a few good review but that is about all but for the next big release we have to wait for June 24 because that is when Shah Rukh Khan's 'Paheli' releases .


Opening of 'Parineeta' :- Vidhu Vinod Chopra's Pradeep Sarkar directed 'Parineeta' starring Sanjay Dutta , Saif Ali Khan and Vidya Balan had a mixed start . The opening was average in Bombay and was dull at most places despite good publicity because it (publicity) could not generate the desired level of excitement .

In the overseas 'Parineeta' has made a decent start with $201,956 in the US and $209,048 in the UK during the first weekend . Obviously the opening should not be compared with the movies that Saif did for Yash Raj and Dharma Productions . It is however , Sanjay dutt's best UK opening .

Verdict :- The 20 to 25 crore 'Parineeta' is a class appealing film with more for ladies and families and less for the youngsters and masses . Its business will vary in different circuits . It may steady itself and may even pick up by positive word of mouth and ladies patronage in circuits like Bombay , Bengal (because of the Bengali ambience ) and South to emerge plus . Delhi city should be fare (due to the weekend) but U.P. will be below the mark . In circuits like C.P.C.I. , Rajasthan and Bihar , the extremely poor initial would mar the chances .

'D' :- The movie has done fair business in just Maharashtra and to an extent in Hyderabad Nizam but overall it is another failure for the Verma camp despite an out and out support by their in-house trade expert .

Ist week collections :-

Bombay - 73,16,775 from 25 cinemas (3 on F.H.)

Thane district - 17,05,240 from 8 cinemas (3 on F.H.)

Ahmedabad - 15,00,105 from 7 cinemas (2 unrecd.)

Bhavnagar (31 shows) - 3,26,965

Pune - 30,86,754 from 9 cinemas

Solapur - 1,78,036 from 2 cinemas

Nasik - 4,03,891 from 2 cinemas

Delhi - 41,22,555 from 13 cinemas (1 on F.H.)

Noida - (35 shows) 6,32,925

Ghaziabad - 5,84,335 from 5 cinemas

Kanpur - 4,04,414 from 2 cinemas

Lucknow - 5,75,208 from 2 cinemas

Allahabad - 94,780

Meerut - 1,26,000

Aligarh - 2,06,623

Gurgaon (East Punjab) - 7,46,991 from 2 cinemas

Dehradun(Uttaranchal) - 70,122

Nagpur-2,59,906 from 2 cinemas

Jabalpur - 37,625

Amravati - 1,06,516

Akola - 69,927

Raipur - 98,724

Bhilai - 1,00,368

Jalgaon - 1,07,677

Chandrapur - 54,707

Indore - 2,09,573 (2 on F.H.)

Hyderabad (gross) - 23,45,702 from 9 cinemas

Calcutta - 10,82,353 from 5 cinemas

Madras - 4,65,530 from 3 cinemas

First week collections : 2,70,25,327 from 110 cinemas (reported)

First week total (calculated): All India 3.35 cr - 3.45 cr

Verdict :- The 5 crore budget prequel to 'Company' , 'D' is an average in Bombay but overall another looser for the Verma camp at the box-office .

'Koi Mere Dil Mein Hai ' , 'Time Pass and 'Mastaani ... Lost In A Crowd Of Two :- All the three mentioned movies have failed at the box-office .

'Bunty Aur Bubli' :- The trade experts who had predicted dooms for the movie , on the day of its release were proved wrong once again , like they were for 'Black' this year and 'Swades' last year . Given the excellent first week and the superb second week , many have accepted the verdict , some quite early and with grace (accepting that their predictions were wrong ) and others sheepishly and reluctanty but maintaining a defiant posture . The movie is progressing very well even in the third week and looks all set for even greater achievements .

In the overseas , the movie has proved to be Abhishek's biggest grosser (in Amitabh's company) as it has earned more than $ 1.6 million so far and is still going strong .

IInd week collections :-

Bombay - 1,32,51,802 from 24 cinemas (3 on F.H.) , first week 2,33,01,060

Thane district - 17,84,124 from 4 cinemas ( 5 on F.H.)

Ahmedabad - 22,94,239 from 10 cinemas ( 2 unrecd.)

Deesa (gross)- 1,37,360

Rajkot - 3,26,730 (1 unrecd.)

Jamnagar - 3,49,840

Bhavnagar (31 shows) - 2,98,730

Pune - 42,30,550 from 7 cinemas

Solapur (21 shows)- 1,11,839

Nasik - 4,67,847 from 2 cinemas

Delhi - 1,08,from 16 cinemas , first week 1,64,76,225

Noida (42 shows) - 13,36,826

Ghaziabad - 22,90,882 from 7 cinemas , first week 44,42,573

Kanpur - 12,79,720 from 3 cinemas

Lucknow - 18,56,213 from 3 cinemas , first week 22,82,528

Agra - 6,56,585 from 2 cinemas

Varanasi - 2,82,959

Allahabad - 2,41,046

Meerut - 4,18,453

Moradabad - 1,05,000

Bareilly - 97,124

Aligarh - 1,48,462 , first week 3,03,500

Gorakhpur - 4,09,034

Mathura - 95,154

Dehradun(Uttaranchal)- 2,88,763

Gurgaon (East Punjab)- 19,26,650 from 3 cinemas

Nagpur - 4,30,724 from 2 cinemas

Jabalpur - 1,20,364 , total 4,03,901

Amravati - 1,17,751

Akola - 1,03,613

Durg - 1,15,683

Jalgaon - 1,20,497

Yavatmal - 26,419

Indore - 6,98,885 from 2 cinemas ( 1 on F.H.)

Bhopal - 1,56,928 (1 unrecd.)

Ujjain - 77,000

Sehore - 93,435

Jaipur - 9,39,587

Bikaner - 1,79,930

Calcutta - 22,72,032 from 3 cinemas

Hyderabad (gross)- 12,83,736 from 3 cinemas

Madras - 8,49,184 from 2 cinemas

Second week total : 5,33,25,959 from 121 cinemas (reported)

Total for two weeks (calculated): All India 22.10cr - 22.30 cr

Overseas - In the US the movie collected $819,147 and in UK $858,241 ( both upto the third weekend)

Verdict :- Given its 12 crore budget (15.50 crores including print and publicity ) and the collections so far , the movie is already an above average (Hit in Bombay , Delhi-U.P. and East Punjab ) and all indications are that it will get up by a couple notches in the weeks to come .


'Kyaa Kool Hai Hum' :- The low budget fare from Balaji continues to have a dream run and is the years biggest hit so far , given the cost to returns . It is a similar case to 'Raaz' and 'Murder' of a few years back . However, the year is not over yet !

Fifth week collections : 80,87,514 from 87 cinemas(reported)

Total for five weeks (calculated): All India 14.40cr - 14.45 cr

Verdict : Given the low selling price and also the small budget , 'Kyaa Kool Hai Hum' already past a hit status may even achive a higher status .

'Waqt -The Race Against Time' :- The movie is maintaining steadily on the lower side , but for it to achieve a hit status in India does not look possible .This despite the fact that it has been granted tax-exemption in U.P.

Seventh week collections : 20,96,052 from 33 cinemas (reported)

Total for seven weeks (calculated): 21.50 - 21.60 cr

Verdict :- Given the not so low selling prices , and the cost to distributors of around 14 crores (including print and publicity 'Waqt -The Race Against Time' is a semi - hit in India (average in East Punjab , above average in Bihar) and a hit in Bombay and a big hit in the overseas with a business of around $ 2.5 million .


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