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| This Friday will see the next project after `Guru` from the Mani Ratnam, Abhishek and Aishwarya team. We are obviously referring to one of the most awaited projects of 2010, `Raavan`. The film has been shot in two languages, Hindi and Tamil and dubbed into Telugu. The budget for all the three versions, including cost of print and publicity is in the region of Rs. 80 to 90 crores. It is expected that `Raavan` will have a great run, both in India and Overseas. |
| Ek Second ... Zindagi Badal De |
Verdict: Opened |
| Weekly Earnings: - |
Total Earnings: - |
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The opening of Partho Ghosh’s `Ek Second ... Zindagi Badal De` is quite poor. The film starring Jackie Shroff, Manisha Koirala and politician-turned-actor Suniel Singh has little or no chances.
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| Raajneeti |
Verdict: Awaited |
| Weekly Earnings: India Rs. 54.50 crore ; UK£ 81,707 ; US$ 2,68,027 |
Total Earnings: India Rs. 54.50 crore ; UK£410,289 ; US$1,287,416 |
| PB Rating: 7.5 out of 10 |
Public Rating (by 400 unique users): 5.17 |
| Director: Prakash Jha |
Producer: Prakash Jha |
| Music: Pritam, Wayne Sharpe, Aadesh Shrivastava, Shantanu Moitra |
Lyrics: Gulzar, Sameer, Swanand Kirkire, Irshad Kamil |
| Starring: Ajay Devgn, Ranbir Kapoor, Katrina Kaif, Arjun Rampal, Naseeruddin Shah, Manoj Bajpai, Nana Patekar, Sarah Thompson |
| Genre: Social |
Recommended Audience: General |
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Though a section of the trade and industry had expressed serious doubts about the commercial prospects of Prakash Jha’s political drama/thriller `Raajneeti`, the audience as always had something else in mind! The multi-starrer has done extraordinary business, yielding fantastic shares. The first week (Friday-Thursday) of `Raajneeti` total is next only to `3 Idiots`. Given the genre, `Raajneeti` has also done very well in the Overseas.
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| Kites |
Verdict: Disaster |
| Weekly Earnings: India 1.50 crore |
Total Earnings: India Rs. 50 crore ; UK£553,985 ; US$1,635,646 |
| PB Rating: 7.5 out of 10 |
Public Rating (by 400 unique users): 5.17 |
| Director: Anurag Basu |
Producer: Rakesh Roshan |
| Music: Rajesh Roshan |
Lyrics: Nasir Faraaz and Asif Ali Beg |
| Starring: Hrithik Roshan, Barbara Mori, Kangana Ranaut, Luce Rains, Kabir Bedi |
| Genre: Romantic |
Recommended Audience: Parental Guidance |
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Meanwhile Rakesh Roshan’s Anurag Basu directed `Kites` continue to plummet. In its third week the Hrithik-Barbara starrer is on its way out. The film has disappointed in the Overseas, though in US it has done well.
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| Badmaash Company |
Verdict: Semi-hit |
| Weekly Earnings: India Rs. 0.40 crore |
Total Earnings: India Rs. 34 crore ; UK£126,009 |
| PB Rating: 7.0 out of 10 |
Public Rating (by 400 unique users): 5.17 |
| Director: Parmeet Sethi |
Producer: Aditya Chopra |
| Music: Pritam |
Lyrics: Anvita Dutt |
| Starring: Shahid Kapoor, Anushka Sharma, Meiyang Chang, Vir Das |
| Genre: Thriller |
Recommended Audience: General |
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The collections continue to trickle in for Yash Raj’s Parmeet Sethi directed `Badmaash Company`. The Shahid-Anushka starrer though has failed in the Overseas.
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| Housefull |
Verdict: Hit Plus |
| Weekly Earnings: India Rs. 0.50 crore |
Total Earnings: India Rs. 71.50 crore ; UK£685,990 ; US$1,183,658 |
| Director: Sajid Khan |
Producer: Sajid Nadiadwala |
| Music: Shankar Ehsaan Loy |
Lyrics: Sameer and Amitabh Bhattacharya |
| Starring: Akshay Kumar, Ritesh Deshmukh, Lara Dutta, Arjun Rampal, Deepika Padukone and Jiah Khan |
| Genre: Comedy |
Recommended Audience: General |
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Concluding this week’s report with Sajid Nadiadwala’s Sajid Khan directed `Housefull`, the film manages some more decent numbers, despite the competetion. The Akshay, Arjun, Lara, Deepika, Riteish and Boman starrer has also done good business in the Overseas though it was expected to fare better.
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