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| With as many as four films lined up for release on the coming Friday, business is bound to be divided. The list includes - `Sankat City`, `Morning Walk`, `Dekh Bhai Dekh` and `Short Kut The Con Is On`. One feels that from the four, Studio 18 and Anil Kapoor’s Neeraj Vora directed `Short Kut The Con Is On` may find some first day patronage in Bombay circuit, while Pankaj Advani`s `different` `Sankat City` (with some of the best actors of Bollywood) may impress, based on a positive word of mouth. |
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| Kambakkht Ishq |
Verdict: Released |
| Weekly Earnings: UK£299 533 ; US$768,542 |
Total Earnings: UK£299 533 ; US$768,542 |
| PB Rating: 5.5 out of 10 |
Public Rating (by 398 unique users): 5.22 |
| Director: Sabbir Khan |
Producer: Sajid Nadiadwala |
| Music: Anu Malik, RDB, Salim and Sulaiman |
Lyrics: Anvita Dutt Guptan, RDB |
| Starring: Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor, Sylvester Stallone, Denise Richards, Brandon Routh |
| Genre: Action |
Recommended Audience: Parental Guidance |
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Last Friday saw the release of Eros International and Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.’s `Kambakkht Ishq`. The Sabbir Khan directed Akshay Kumar and Kareena Kapoor starrer expectedly embarked on a great start all over, grossing 19 crores worldwide on the opening day itself. By and large the opening varied from superb to fantastic. The 45-50 crore `Kambakkht Ishq` has also opened very well in the Overseas, especially US, but was on the lower side (for an Akshay Kumar starrer) in the UK.
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| New York |
Verdict: Above Average |
| Weekly Earnings: India Rs. 27.75 crore ; UK£ 52,574 ; US$148,470 |
Total Earnings: India Rs. 27.75 crore ; UK£300,198 |
| PB Rating: 8.0 out of 10 |
Public Rating (by 400 unique users): 5.25 |
| Director: Kabir Khan |
Producer: Aditya Chopra |
| Music: Pritam, Pankaj Awasthi |
Lyrics: Sandeep Shrivastava, Junaid Wasi |
| Starring: John Abraham, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Katrina Kaif, Irrfan Khan |
| Genre: Thriller |
Recommended Audience: Parental Guidance |
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The first universal success of 2009, Yash Raj Films` Kabir Khan directed `New York` has a good first week, despite a fall from Monday. The John Abraham, Katrina Kaif , Irrfan Khan and Neil Nitin Mukesh starrer, made it on a modest budget of 20 crores by Yash Raj, who are also distributing it worldwide, is already profitable for them. `New York` has also fared very well in the Overseas.
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| Runway |
Verdict: Washout |
| Weekly Earnings: India Rs. 0.08 crore |
Total Earnings: India Rs. 0.08 crore |
| Director: Suniel Tiwari, Praful Tiwari |
Producer: Reeta J Shukla |
| Music: Shamir Tandon |
Lyrics: Shabir Ahmed |
| Starring: Amarjeet, Tulip Joshi, Lucky Ali, Shawar Ali, Deepak, Sharat Saxena |
| Genre: Action |
Recommended Audience: Parental Guidance |
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The other release of the same week as `New York`, `Runway`, saw the audience run away from the cinemas. The film proves to be a runaway disaster!
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| Paying Guests |
Verdict: Below average |
| Weekly Earnings: India Rs. 1 crore |
Total Earnings: India Rs. 7.25 crore |
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Subhash Ghai’s Paritosh Painter directed `Paying Guests` crashed in its second week. Fortunately the Shreyas Talpade, Jaaved Jafferi, Ashish Chaudhry, Celina Jaitley and Riya Sen starrer has escaped as a break even project, once the non-theatrical rights are accounted for.
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| Kal Kissne Dekha |
Verdict: Disaster |
| Weekly Earnings: India Rs. 0.10 crore |
Total Earnings: India Rs. 7.85 crore |
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The Jackky-Vaishali debut vehicle, Vashu Bhagnani`s 30 crore venture, `Kal Kissne Dekha`, is breathing its last.
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