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| This Friday sees the release of Yash Raj’s `Pyaar Impossible!`, the Mudassir Aziz directed `Dulha Mil Gaya` and Emaar Film International Unit’s `Hello... Hum Lallan Bol Rahe Hain`. It is impossible for any of the three films to achieve anything worthwile at the ticket window. |
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Verdict: Flops |
| Weekly Earnings: - |
Total Earnings: - |
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The week gone by saw the release of Pritish Nandy’s `Raat Gayi Baat Gayi?`, Padmini Kolhapure’s comeback venture, `Bolo Raam` and Celina Jaitley’s `Accident On Hill Road`. To sum it up in one sentence; despite all the merits/demerits of the three mentioned movies, they were all washed aside by the `3 Idiots` tsunami!
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| 3 Idiots |
Verdict: Super blockbuster |
| Weekly Earnings: India Rs. 79 crores; UK£331,166 ;US$1,494,542 |
Total Earnings: India Rs. 79 crores; UK£1,115,530; US$4,757,078 |
| PB Rating: 7.0 out of 10 |
Public Rating (by 421 unique users): 5.39 |
| Director: Rajkumar Hirani |
Producer: Vidhu Vinod Chopra |
| Music: Shantanu Moitra |
Lyrics: Swanand Kirkire |
| Starring: Aamir Khan, Kareena Kapoor, R Madhavan, Sharman Joshi, Boman Irani, Mona Singh, Parikshit Sahani, Javed Jaffrey |
| Genre: Comedy |
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The Christmas release, `3 Idiots`, as predicted in our last column, has set new and unsurmountable box office records. In fact, in the first week itself `3 Idiots` has surpassed the total business of Rajkumar Hirani’s last blockbuster `Lage Raho Munna Bhai`. The film has also set the Overseas box-office on fire!
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| Rocket Singh |
Verdict: Below average |
| Weekly Earnings: India Rs. 0.50 crore |
Total Earnings: India Rs. 20 crore; UK£123,569 ;US$164,649 |
| PB Rating: 6.0 out of 10 |
Public Rating (by 399 unique users): 5.23 |
| Director: Shimit Amin |
Producer: Aditya Chopra |
| Music: Salim-Sulaiman |
Lyrics: Jaideep Sahni |
| Starring: Ranbir Kapoor, Shazahn Padamsee, Sharon Prabhakar, Prem Chopra, Mukesh Bhatt, D. Santosh, Gauahar Khan, Naveen Kaushik
and Manish Choudhari |
| Genre: Comedy |
Recommended Audience: Parental Guidance |
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Yash Raj’s Shimit Amin directed `Rocket Singh` seems to be on the last lap in just its third week. The film is also a washout in the Overseas.
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| Paa |
Verdict: Semi-hit |
| Weekly Earnings: India Rs. 1.75 crore |
Total Earnings: India Rs. 30.75 crore; UK£160,296; US$199,228 |
| Director: R. Balki |
Producer: Sunil Manchanda |
| Music: Ilaiya Raja |
Lyrics: Swanand Kirkire |
| Starring: Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Vidya Balan, Paresh Rawal, Arundhati Naag |
| Genre: Family |
Recommended Audience: General |
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Moving on to Balki’s Amitabh, Abhishek and Vidya starrer,`Paa`, the film manages some more decent collections. The double Bachchan starrer, unfortunately, has not appealed to the Overseas audience
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| De Dana Dan |
Verdict: Above average |
| Weekly Earnings: India Rs. 0.35 crore |
Total Earnings: India Rs. 49.60 crore ; UK£560,380 ; US$944,979 |
| PB Rating: 3.5 out of 10 |
Public Rating (by 397 unique users): 5.22 |
| Director: Priyadarshan |
Producer: Ganesh Jain, Girish Jain, Ratan Jain, Sunil A. Lulla |
| Music: Pritam Chakraborty, RDB |
Lyrics: Irshad Kamil, Sameer, Ashiesh Pandit, RDB, Sayeed Qadri |
| Starring: Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif, Sunil Shetty, Paresh Rawal, Neha Dhupia, Sameera Reddy, Archana Puran Singh, Aditi Govitrikar, Asrani, Chunky Pandey, Johny Lever, Manoj Joshi, Rajpal Yadav, Supriya Karnik, Tinu Anand, Vikram Gokhale, Sharat Saxena, Shakti Kapoor, Ratan Jain |
| Genre: Comedy |
Recommended Audience: Parental Guidance |
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Our last entry for this week is once again Priyadarshan’s `Paa`, which is breathing its last. The film has already done extremely well for its Overseas distributor, EROS International.
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