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| After a huge first day, Salman Khan`s `Bodyguard`, continues its amazing run at the box-office, netting about 52 crores in three days from India. Wednesday saw the best ever day for Bollywood with 20.50 crores (Beating 18.50 crore by`Dabangg`), Thursday had 17.50 crores, and Friday netted around 14 crores. The Salman-Kareena starrer looks set for an 80-85 crore total during the extended five day weekend! The film is also doing superbly in most of the the Overseas. The other releases of the week, Shoaib Mansoor`s `Bol`, the English and dubbed film `Mummy Punjabi` and Anurag Kashyap`s `That Girl In Yellow Boots`(that released on Friday), are struggling, with `Bol` faring the best. |
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Verdict: Flops |
| Weekly Earnings: - |
Total Earnings: - |
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All the releases of last Friday, namely `Shabri`, `Chitkabrey- Shades of Grey`, `Yeh Dooriyaan`, `Rivaaz` and `Stand By`, have managed poor collections. And despite some of them being well made pay the price of releasing very close to a huge festival release, `Bodyguard`!
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| Not A Love Story |
Verdict: Flop |
| Weekly Earnings: India Rs.3.60 crore |
Total Earnings: India Rs.3.60 crore |
| PB Rating: 5.0 out of 10 |
Public Rating (by 62 unique users): 6.98 |
| Director: Ram Gopal Varma |
Producer: Sunil Bohra Shailesh R. Singh Kiran Kumar Koneru |
| Music: Sandeep Chowta |
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| Starring: Mahie Gill, Deepak Dobriyal, Ajay Gehi |
| Genre: Thriller |
Recommended Audience: Adult |
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Despite all the buzz and hype in the media Ramgopal Varma`s `Not A Love Story` could not turn out to be a success story and has been rejected.
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| Chatur Singh Two Star |
Verdict: Flop |
| Weekly Earnings: India Rs. 2.75 crore |
Total Earnings: India Rs. 2.75 crore |
| PB Rating: 2.0 out of 10 |
Public Rating (by 43 unique users): 4.35 |
| Director: Ajay Chandok |
Producer: Mohamed Aslam |
| Music: Sajid Wajid |
Lyrics: Jalees Sherwani |
| Starring: Sanjay Dutt, Ameesha Patel, Suresh Menon, Anupam Kher, Satish Kaushik, Vishwajeet Pradhan, Murli Sharma, Gulshan Grover, Ganesh Yadav, Snehal Dhabi, Arun Varma, Shashi Kiran, Mushtaq Khan, Sunil Nagar, Daman Maan, Sheru, Mohd Aslam, Shakti Kapoor |
| Genre: Comedy |
Recommended Audience: General |
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Sanjay Dutt’s `Chatur Singh Two Star` fared miserably in the first week and has flopped.
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| Aarakshan |
Verdict: Awaited |
| Weekly Earnings: India Rs. 8.50 crore |
Total Earnings: India Rs. 40.50 crore ; UK£170,000 ; US$440,800 |
| PB Rating: 6.5 out of 10 |
Public Rating (by 283 unique users): 8.63 |
| Director: Prakash Jha |
Producer: Prakash Jha, Firoz A. Nadiadwala |
| Music: Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy |
Lyrics: Prasoon Joshi |
| Starring: Amitabh Bachchan, Saif Ali Khan, Manoj Bajpai, Deepika Padukone
Prateik Babbar, Tanvi Azmi |
| Genre: Social |
Recommended Audience: General |
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Moving on, the collections of `Aarakshan` crashed in the second week and so the film may not be able to tide over. The Amitabh, Manoj, Saif and Deepika starrer has also failed in the Overseas.
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| Singham |
Verdict: Super duper hit |
| Weekly Earnings: India Rs. 3.75 crore |
Total Earnings: India Rs. 96.25 crores ; UK£135,000 ; US$288,000 |
| PB Rating: 7.0 out of 10 |
Public Rating (by 631 unique users): 5.18 |
| Director: Rohit Shetty |
Producer: Reliance Entertainment |
| Music: Ajay-Atul |
Lyrics: Swanand Kirkire |
| Starring: Ajay Devgan, Kajal Agarwal, Prakash Raj |
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Meanwhile Rohit Shetty’s Ajay Devgn starrer `Singham` had another productive week (pre domininantly in Mumbai circuit). The film though has been rejected in the Overseas.
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| Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara |
Verdict: Super duper hit |
| Weekly Earnings: India Rs. 2 crore ; UK£ 8,500, US$ 9,500 |
Total Earnings: India Rs. 90 crore ; UK£890,800 ; US$3,076,226 |
| PB Rating: 8.0 out of 10 |
Public Rating (by 542 unique users): 5.29 |
| Director: Zoya Akhtar |
Producer: Ritesh Sidhwani, Farhan Akhtar |
| Music: Shankar Ehsaan Loy |
Lyrics: Javed Akhtar |
| Starring: Hrithik Roshan, Farhan Akhtar, Abhay Deol, Katrina Kaif, Kalki Koechlin, Ariadna Cabrol, Naseruddin Shah |
| Genre: Drama |
Recommended Audience: Parental Guidance |
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Concluding once again with Zoya Akhtar’s Hrithik-Katrina starrer, `Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara`, the film had its last substantial week. The film is also an Overseas blockbuster.
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