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| This week, which also marked the start of the fasting month of ‘Ramzan’, saw an interesting clash between class and horror! The films in question were Aamir Khan’s `Peepli [Live]` and the Bobby Deol and the Mughda Godse starrer `Help`. Given the superb promotion by Aamir Khan, the Anusha Rizvi directed `Peepli [Live]` won the battle convincingly, given the low costs and starless nature of the film. On the other hand `Help` was not exactly steamrolled into submission but saw a dull start. |
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| Aisha |
Verdict: Awaited |
| Weekly Earnings: - |
Total Earnings: - |
| PB Rating: 5.5 out of 10 |
Public Rating (by 400 unique users): 5.24 |
| Director: Rajshree Ojha |
Producer: Anil Kapoor, Rhea Kapoor |
| Music: Amit Trivedi |
Lyrics: Javed Akhtar |
| Starring: Sonam Kapoor, Abhay Deol, Arunoday Singh, Cyrus Sahukar |
| Genre: Romantic |
Recommended Audience: General |
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Last Friday’s Rajshree Ojha directed Abhay Deol and Sonam Kapoor starrer `Aisha` was hot amongst city based youngsters and expected to do well at up-market multiplexes. And that is exactly how it went. Once again the film showed a positive growth during the weekend with the best performance coming from Bombay and Delhi multiplexes. While `Aisha` will not be a massive success it is likely to be a safe bet for its distributors, especially in the metro circuits. `Aisha` though has poor collections in the Overseas.
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| Once Upon A Time in Mumbai |
Verdict: Above average |
| Weekly Earnings: India Rs. 34 crore |
Total Earnings: India Rs. 34 crore ; UK£107,988 |
| PB Rating: 7.5 out of 10 |
Public Rating (by 403 unique users): 5.28 |
| Director: Milan Luthria |
Producer: Balaji Telefilms |
| Music: Pritam |
Lyrics: Irshad Kamil, Nilesh Mishra, Amitabh Bhattacharya |
| Starring: Ajay Devgn, Emraan Hashmi, Prachi Desai, Kangana Ranaut, Randeep Hooda |
| Genre: Thriller |
Recommended Audience: Parental Guidance |
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While the opening of Milan Luthria’s `Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai` was not exactly earth shattering, the film saw a good run during the first week. The film has done very well and has been appreciated. The film saw a heavy fall of over 60 percent in the second week (collections awaited) but the Ajay-Emraan starrer is all set to be a clean success. The film though has been totally rejected in the Overseas .
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| Khatta Meetha (New) |
Verdict: Below average |
| Weekly Earnings: India Rs. 6 crore |
Total Earnings: India Rs. 38 crore ; UK£292,618 ; US$542,000 |
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The collections of Priyadarshan’s `Khatta Meetha` crashed during the second week. The Akshay-Trisha starrer will see some of its distributors losing a part of their investment. `Khatta Meetha` has also under-performed in the Overseas, given that it is an Akshay Kumar starrer.
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| Tere Bin Laden |
Verdict: Above average |
| Weekly Earnings: India Rs. 0.95 crore |
Total Earnings: India Rs. 8.70 crore |
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Moving on, surprising as it may sound but Ali Zafar’s `Tere Bin Laden` has shown perhaps the steadiest run of 2010 and is one of the few clean successes of the year.
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| Udaan (New) |
Verdict: Below average |
| Weekly Earnings: India Rs. 0.30 crore |
Total Earnings: India Rs. 3.50 crore |
| PB Rating: 8.5 out of 10 |
Public Rating (by 400 unique users): 5.23 |
| Director: Vikramaditya Motwane |
Producer: Sanjay Singh, Anurag Kashyap, Ronnie Screwvala |
| Music: Amit Trivedi |
Lyrics: Amitabh Bhattacharya, Anurag Kashyap |
| Starring: Rajat Barmecha, Ronit Roy, Aayan Boradia, Ram Kapoor, Manjot Singh, Anand Tiwari
Sumant Mastkar, Raja Hudda, Varun Khettry, Varun Khettry, Akshay Sachdev |
| Genre: Drama |
Recommended Audience: General |
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In the end, Anurag Kashyap`s `Udaan` is ending it`s run in India and after accounting for the non-theatrical rights (especially sattelite) it is a safe venture for the makers.
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