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| This week’s new release is Karan Johar’s Punit Malhotra directed `I Hate Luv Storys`. The Imran Khan and Sonam Kapoor starrer has got quite favourable reactions from the campus crowd and has embarked on a good start at multiplexes and also at high end cinemas in the cities. |
| Krantiveer-The Revolution |
Verdict: Flop |
| Weekly Earnings: - |
Total Earnings: - |
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Last Friday’s `Krantiveer-The Revolution` saw a dull to weak opening across India. The reason is very simple. The makers had hoped that the promising newcomer (but still very young and in-experienced) Jahan Bloch would take over from where the actors of the caliber of Nana Patekar and Dimple Kapadia left in `Krantiveer`. And it was just not possible!
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| Mr Khanna Mrs Mehta |
Verdict: Disaster |
| Weekly Earnings: - |
Total Earnings: - |
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The other release of the same week `Mr Khanna Mrs Mehta` saw a selective release! Once again the makers were hoping that Aruna Shields` bold scene would do the trick but it did not!
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| Raavan |
Verdict: Awaited |
| Weekly Earnings: India Rs. 24.50 crore ; UK£27,070 |
Total Earnings: India Rs. 24.50 crore ; UK£199,875 ; US$573,314 |
| PB Rating: 7.5 out of 10 |
Public Rating (by 401 unique users): 5.25 |
| Director: Mani Ratnam |
Producer: Mani Ratnam |
| Music: A.R. Rahman |
Lyrics: Gulzar |
| Starring: Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Vikram, Govinda, Priyamani, Ravi Kishan, Nikhil Dwivedi |
| Genre: Romantic |
Recommended Audience: General |
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Mani Ratnam’s `Raavan` has not found much appreciation, the Tamil version `Raavanan` and the dubbed Telugu version `Villain`, have fared much better than the Hindi version. Trade feels that the worldwide distributor Reliance Big Pictures is bound to lose around a third of its huge investment, after taking into account the business of all the three versions. The Abhishek, Aishwarya and Vikram starrer has also been rejected in the Overseas.
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| Raajneeti |
Verdict: Superhit |
| Weekly Earnings: India Rs. 8 crore ; UK£14,995 |
Total Earnings: India 86.50 crore ; UK£515,763 ; US$1,488,178 |
| PB Rating: 7.5 out of 10 |
Public Rating (by 405 unique users): 5.27 |
| 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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Meanwhile, Prakash Jha`s `Raajneeti` continues its great run, though the third week saw a big fall for the first time. The film has also done very well abroad, given its subject.
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| Housefull |
Verdict: Hit plus |
| Weekly Earnings: India Rs. 0.10 crore |
Total Earnings: India Rs. 72 crore ; UK£687,743 ; 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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In the end, Sajid Nadiadwala’s Sajid Khan directed `Housefull` is ending its successful run. The The Akshay, Arjun, Lara, Riteish and Deepika starrer has also done very well in the Overseas.
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