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Box Office Report for this Week - Jul. 09, 2008
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´Jaane Tu...Ya Jaane Na´ To Dominate ´LS 2050´ ; ´Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic´ Is Unimpressive!
- Abid
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| Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na |
Verdict: New |
| Weekly Earnings: - |
Total Earnings: - |
| Producer: Aamir Khan, Mansoor Khan |
Director: Abbas Tyrewala |
| Music: A R Rahman |
Lyrics: Abbas Tyrewala |
| Starring: Imraan Khan,
Genelia Dsouza
(Special apperance by Ratna Pathak,
Naseerudhin Shah,
Arbaaz Khan,
Sohail Khan,
Arshad Warsi,
Paresh Rawal,
Manjari Phadnis) |
| PB Rating: 8.0 out of 10 |
Public Rating (by 281 unique users): 9.02 |
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Both the awaited releases, `Love Story 2050` and `Jaane Tu.. Ya Jaane Na`, feature newcomers, Harman Baweja and Imran Khan, who come from well known Bollywood.
Chances are that both the movies are of different genre and there is space for the two of them. However, being much lower budgeted and catering to the youths, `JTYJN` looks a winner in the longer run, though the initial rounds are likely to go to the rather expensive and well mounted LS `2050`!
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| Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic |
Verdict: New |
| Weekly Earnings: UK$259,872 ; US$181,610 |
Total Earnings: UK$259,872 ; US$181,610 |
| Producer: Aditya Chopra, Kunal Kohli |
Director: Kunal Kohli |
| Music: Shankar Ehsaan Loy |
Lyrics: Prasoon Joshi |
| Starring: Saif Ali Khan,Rani Mukherjee,Rishi Kapoor,Baby Shriya Sharma,
Sharat Saxena, Razzak Khan,Mahesh Thakur,Amisha Patel (and introducing Rachit Sidana, Akshat Chopra, Taranna Raja Kapoor) |
| PB Rating: 7.0 out of 10 |
Public Rating (by 323 unique users): 4.61 |
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As expected the opening of Yash Raj Films` Saif-Rani starrer `Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic` (in India) turned out to be another disappointment for the premier production house, but more than that for the director and first time producer Kunal Kohli. The film had a below-the-mark (30-40 percent) start in Bombay and was by and large dull almost everywhere. The 20-crore film did manage a decent weekend due to a multiplex pick up on Saturday and Sunday.
A bigger setback came from the `normally safe for YRF` Overseas market, more so as `Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic` is a feel good movie, a genre normally patronized in UK and also US.
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| De Taali |
Verdict: Awaited |
| Weekly Earnings: India Rs. 7.50 crores |
Total Earnings: India Rs. 7.50 crores |
| Producer: Ravi Walia |
Director: E Niwas |
| Music: Vishal Dadlani, Shekhar Ravjiani |
Lyrics: Vishal Dadlani, Abbas Tyrewala |
| Starring: Aftab Shivdasani, Ritesh Deshmukh, Ayesha Takia, Rimi Sen, Satish Shah, Saurabh Shukla |
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E. Niwas`s Aftab, Ritesh and Ayesha starrer, `De Taali`, fared the best from the three bunched releases. Thanks to Ritesh Deshmukh and his Bombay circuit popularity, `De Taali` has netted decently in its opening week. We are saying decent because of the shoddy production value and the long delay in the making of `De Taali`! The film will ultimately fail, but the losses will not be so huge now.
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| Haal-E-Dil |
Verdict: Flop |
| Weekly Earnings: India Rs. 0.50 crores |
Total Earnings: India Rs. 0.50 crores |
| Producer: Kumar Mangat |
Director: Anil Devgan |
| Music: Vishal Bhardwaj, Anand Raj Anand, Raghav Sachar, Pritam |
Lyrics: Sameer, Aditya Dhar, Munna Dhiman, Shabbir Ahmed |
| Starring: Adhyan Suman, Nakuul Mehta, Amita Pathak |
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Kumar Mangat`s `Haal-E-Dil` did not find many takers and it is obvious that the Anil Devgan directed film turns out to be a disappointment, but definitely not for the debut making stars, especially Amita and Adhyayan, whose efforts have been appreciated.
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| Mere Baap Pehle Aap |
Verdict: Average to above average |
| Weekly Earnings: India Rs. 5.50 crores ; UK$21,416 |
Total Earnings: India Rs. 21.50 crores ; UK$485,018 |
| Producer: Raman Maroo |
Director: Priyadarshan |
| Music: Vidyasagar, Tauseef Akhtar |
Lyrics: Sameer |
| Starring: Akshay Khanna, Paresh Rawal, Genelia, Shobhana, Rajpal Yadav, Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri, Archana Puran Singh |
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Though Shemaroo`s Priyadarshan directed `Mere Baap Pehle Aap` fell heavily, the job has already been done!As can be seen, despite the big fall, the second week collections of the Akshay-Genelia starrer are reasonable and more importantly from across India. The film has now achieved the highest total for an Akshaye-Priyadarshan movie.
The film has also fared very well in the UK, given its cost to Tip Top.
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| Sarkar Raj |
Verdict: Flop (Average in Bombay) |
| Weekly Earnings: India Rs. 2.55 crores ; UK$3,660 ; US$20,564 |
Total Earnings: India Rs. 32.25 crores ; UK$719,707 ; US$1,009,065 |
| Producer: Ram Gopal Varma, Praveen Nischol |
Director: Ram Gopal Varma |
| Music: Bapi-Tutul |
Lyrics: Prashant Pandey, Sandeep Nath |
| Starring: Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Govind Namdeo, Victor Banerjee, Rajesh Shringapure |
| PB Rating: 6.5 out of 10 |
Public Rating (by 1164 unique users): 8.68 |
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With another big fall in its third week, the fate of `Sarkar Raj` is now clear. It fails to emulate even a portion of the super success that its first edition (`Sarkar`) managed, both critically and commercially!
The Amitabh, Abhishek and Aishwarya starrer is a loser at the box-office for most of its distributors, but an average in the Bombay circuit.
The Ram Gopal Varma directed film has not been appreciated in the Overseas. EROS International, who bought the Overseas rights from Balaji for 7-8 crores, have not been able to recover their investment, despite a decent US gross.
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| Aamir |
Verdict: Average |
| Weekly Earnings: India Rs. 0.65 crores |
Total Earnings: India Rs. 2.70 crores |
| Producer: Ronnie Screwvala |
Director: Rajkumar Gupta |
| Music: Amit Trivedi |
Lyrics: Amitabh Varma |
| Starring: Rajeev Khandelwal |
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UTV Spot Boy`s Rajeev Khandelwal starrer, Aamir`, continues its rock steady run. The moderate success and more importantly across-the-board acclaim for the 2-crore movie has pleased the debutant director Raj Kumar Gupta and also Rajeev `Aamir` Khandelwal!
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