Company was a copy? Of what film? I really need to see the 'original' if it indeed is a copy. That could pretty much make me dislike the film.

EHT was not done by him and was 'inspired' by another film. Ab Tak Chappan was a great film and I think original work but it was not directed by him. Kaun on the other hand was done by him and was a complete load of crap as was Bhoot. If anyone is scared of Urmila pulling faces, they need help. RGV should stay away from horror. What film did Bhoot copy? To me it seemed 'inspired' by the Japanese horror that was popular at that time.

Sarkar, I believe was a 'weak' interpretation of the Godfather. How the hell Indian fans on IMDB believed that Sarkar could be better than the Godfather is beyond me! It's just embarassing that people like that exist.

So is his only truly great film Satya? I guess we can credit Anurag Kashyap with that one!

I don't think it's fair to say that Company had anything to do with Scarface. They're both about criminal activity, and so are myriad other films made thw world round. Even De Palma's Scarface is a remake of the 1930s' film starring Paul Muni.

RGV's Aag bombs
Despite the hype and hoopla since its launch, Ram Gopal Varma's version of Sholay, Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag finds no takers, with opening shows all over drawing about 12 to 15 people!

Anant Mahadevan's Victoria No 203 -- a remake of producer Kamal Sadanah's father, Brij's film of same name -- is another failed attempt.

Pooja Bhatt's Dhokha -- a film about terrorism, alienation of a minority community and police injustice sans entertainment -- has not been able to make a mark at the box office.

Trade pundit Vinod Mirani tells us the fate of these films.

Note: Films are ranked according to their release dates. The thumbs ups and downs reflect rediff's views.





Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag

Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Mohanlal, Ajay Devgan, Prashant Raj, Sushmita Sen, Nisha Kothari.
Director: Ram Gopal Varma.
Mohanlal.

Terrible performances, poor excuse for a film.

Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: Flop.

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Dhoka

Cast: Tulip Joshi, Muzzamil Ibrahim.
Director: Pooja Bhatt.
Great concept.

Poor execution, too preachy.

Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: Flop.

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Victoria No. 203

Cast: Jimmy Shergil, Soniya Mehra, Kamal Sadanah.
Director: Anant Mahadevan.
Tough!

Poor remake of a classic comedy.

Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: Flops.

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Heyy Babyy

Cast: Akshay Kumar, Fardeen Khan, Riteish Deshmukh, Vidya Balan.
Director: Sajid Khan.
Akshay Kumar.

Poor direction, too melodramatic.

Number of weeks: 1.
BO Verdict: Opens well in multiplexes.

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Kaise Kahein

Cast: Rajveer, Neha Jhulka.
Director: Mohit Hussain.
The film has some bright moments.

Dull screenplay and direction.

Number of weeks: 1.
BO Verdict: Flop.

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Marigold

Cast: Salman Khan, Ali Larter.
Director: Willard Carrol.
Unabashed embrace of romantic love.

Flat characterisations, badly telegraphed plot points.

Number of weeks: 2.
BO Verdict: Flop.

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Buddha Mar Gaya

Cast: Paresh Rawal, Anupam Kher, Ranvir Shorey, Prem Chopra, Vinay Pathak, Rakhi Sawant
Director: Rahul Rawail.
Prem Chopra and Vinay Pathak shine in their cameos.

Tasteless adult jokes, weak screenplay.

Number of weeks: 2.
BO Verdict: Flop.

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Chak De! India

Cast: Shah Rukh Khan.
Director: Shimit Amin.
Top notch performance from Shah Rukh Khan, well-directed and well-paced film.

Hockey may not be such a crowd puller.

Number of weeks: 3.
BO Verdict: Hit.

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Kaafila

Cast: Sunny Deol.
Director: Ammtoje Mann.
Explores the plight of illegal immigrants.

An over-the-top Sunny Deol, film is very long.

Number of weeks: 3.
BO Verdict: Flop.

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Blue Umbrella

Cast: Pankaj Kapur, Shreya Sharma.
Director: Vishal Bhardwaj.
Great direction, wonderful story adaptation, Pankaj Kapur is excellent.

Some scenes are too darkly lit.

Number of weeks: 3.
BO Verdict: Flop.

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Trade pundit: Vinod Mirani | Design: Uday Kuckian

Last time's box-office results


Tell us what you think of these ratings

You have to check out how Devgan and Oberoi fall out -- and compare that with the same sequence in Scarface -- where Pacino and Shenar (Sosa) fall out (over a killing involving the target's family/kids too).

I am not saying Company was copied -- it just had shades of Scarface. I like Company a lot.

BTW Scarface was copied/adapted in Saathi and Agneepath too.

Cut n Paste reviews:
Actually, it's at poster's risk for which the poster can face copyright hassles (even if reference link is posted, it may still be infringment of copyright ??). If the orig source doesn't mind, and zulm.net has no issues with using up so much space, only thing we have to decide is whether to click that poster's post or not.

Come, now, NewDeep, you can't possibly expect me not to know about Agneepath. Some scenes are certainly inspired by Scarface, but the film (my all-time favorite) comes together very well as its own work. Honestly, in it, I see more shades of Deeawaar than of Scarface.

Besides, copying other posts, isn’t it illegal to post copyright screen caps from DvDs such as they are posted on this site ?

Copyright/ illegal, so what ?? As I said earlier, it's at poster's risk or zulm.net risk. And, if the original source doesn't mind, why should you or I worry ??

As I see in another thread, you yourself have posted a lots of cut n paste. Are you implying that was illegal ??
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Yes, the mother and Mithun angles can be traced back to Deewar, but the core plot of Agneepath is definitely Scarface. BTW, Agneepath is amongst my favourites too