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Verdict: New |
| Weekly Earnings: - |
Total Earnings: - |
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With the lean month of Ramzan having started, the film business is all set to take a hit. However, the effect has somewhat been diluted by the Ganpati festivities in western India. All the same, this week sees two new releases in the form of Shiney Ahuja`s `Hijack` and the Naseeruddin Shah and Anupam Kher starrer, `A Wednesday`. While `Hijack` has a lot at stake for Shiney and the taut action drama may appeal to a section of the audience, it is `A Wednesday` that may surprise, based on its super handling and across-the-board acclaim from all those who have seen it.
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| Rock On |
Verdict: New |
| Weekly Earnings: - |
Total Earnings: - |
| PB Rating: 8.5 out of 10 |
Public Rating (by 398 unique users): 5.23 |
| Director: Abhishek Kapoor |
Producer: Farhan Akhtar, Ritesh Sidhwani (Excel Films) |
| Music: Shankar Ehsaan and Loy |
Lyrics: Javed Akhtar |
| Starring: Farhan Akhtar, Prachi Desai, Arjun Rampal, Purab Kohli, Luke Kenny, Shahana Goswami,Koel Puri |
| Genre: Social |
Recommended Audience: Parental Guidance |
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Last Friday had another big surprise in store as Abhishek Kapoor`s Arjun-Farhan starrer `Rock On!!`, released at 60 cinemas of Bombay and suburbs by Big Pictures, was off to a superb start. Outside of Bombay, the opening was very good in select cities but dull in single-screen cinemas and smaller cities and towns. Trade expects that `Rock On!!` will do extremely well in Mysore circuit and in cities like Bombay, Pune, Delhi, Calcutta, Gurgaon and Hyderabad. However, business may not be on the same level in circuits like U.P., Bihar, C.P.C.I. and Rajasthan.
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| Mukhbiir |
Verdict: Awaited |
| Weekly Earnings: - |
Total Earnings: - |
| Director: Mani Shankar |
Producer: Sudhish Rambhotla |
| Music: Karthik Raja, Shashi Pritam (Pritam & Sandeep Chowta as guest composers) |
Lyrics: P.K. Mishra and Iqbal Patni |
| Starring: Sameer Dattani, Sunil Shetty, Om Puri, Rahul Dev, Raima Sen, Sushant Singh, Jackie Shroff (Special Appearance) |
| Genre: Thriller |
Recommended Audience: General |
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The remaining releases of the week - `C Kkompany`, `Chamku` and `Mukhbiir` - are all set to be losing prepositions, barring may be `C Kkompany` (to an extent) in Bombay and `Chamku` in U.P. and Bihar. While `C Kkompany` was off to a dull start, both `Chamku` and `Mukhbiir` were poor across India.
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| Mumbai Meri Jaan |
Verdict: Awaited |
| Weekly Earnings: - |
Total Earnings: - |
| PB Rating: 9.0 out of 10 |
Public Rating (by 396 unique users): 5.21 |
| Director: Nishikant Kamat |
Producer: Ronnie Screwala / UTV Motion Pictures |
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| Starring: Paresh Rawal, Kay Kay Menon, Irrfan Khan, Madhavan, Soha Ali Khan, Vijay Maurya, Sameer Dharmadhikari |
| Genre: Social |
Recommended Audience: Parental Guidance |
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The critically acclaimed `Mumbai Meri Jaan` got some advantage of positive feedback and managed to get in some decent collections at select multiplexes of Bombay and Pune.
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| Maan Gaye Mughall-E-Azam |
Verdict: Flop |
| Weekly Earnings: India Rs. 2 crores |
Total Earnings: India Rs. 2 crores |
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Meanwhile the Rahul Bose-Mallika Sherawat starrer, `Maan Gaye Mughall-E-Azam` failed to do a `Pyaar Ke Side Effects` and was rejected by the audience.
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| Phoonk |
Verdict: Hit plus |
| Weekly Earnings: India Rs. 6.75 crores |
Total Earnings: India Rs. 6.75 crores |
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Ram Gopal Varma`s surprise success, the starless `Phoonk`, obtained good collections, especially from the Bombay circuit. The 3 crore `Phoonk` manages very impressive shares in its opening week.
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| God Tussi Great Ho |
Verdict: Flop |
| Weekly Earnings: India Rs. 2.75 crores |
Total Earnings: India Rs. 14.25 crores ; UK£1,11,111 ; US$163,756 |
| PB Rating: 5.5 out of 10 |
Public Rating (by 397 unique users): 5.21 |
| Director: Rumi Jaffery |
Producer: Afzal Khan |
| Music: Sajid-Wajid |
Lyrics: Jalees Sherwani, Shabbir Ahmed, Sajid Farhad, Deven Shukla |
| Starring: Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Manisha Koirala, Sohail Khan, Satish Kaushik, Anumpan Kher, Dilip Tahil, Sanjay Mishra, Beena Kak |
| Genre: Comedy |
Recommended Audience: Parental Guidance |
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Rumi Jafry`s Amitabh, Salman and Priyanka starrer,`God Tussi Great Ho`, after a quite ordinary first week, crashed further in the second one. The film has been rejected worldwide.
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| Bachna Ae Haseeno |
Verdict: Semi-hit |
| Weekly Earnings: India Rs. 9.25 crores ; UK£13,892 |
Total Earnings: India Rs. 30 crores ; UK£294,057 ; US$691,678 |
| PB Rating: 5.5 out of 10 |
Public Rating (by 397 unique users): 5.21 |
| Director: Siddarth Anand |
Producer: Yash Raj Films |
| Music: Vishal & Shekhar |
Lyrics: Anvita Dutt Guptan |
| Starring: Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukone, Bipasha Bashu, and Minissha Lamba |
| Genre: Romantic |
Recommended Audience: Parental Guidance |
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Moving on Yash Raj`s Bipasha, Ranbir, Deepika and Minissha starrer, `Bachna Ae Haseeno`, the movie maintained quite well, especially in big cities like Bombay, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and Delhi. The film is Yash Raj`s next success, almost a year after `Chak De India`. `Bachna Ae Haseeno` has also done reasonably well in the Overseas, especially US.
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| Singh is Kinng |
Verdict: Hit plus |
| Weekly Earnings: India Rs. 7.75 crores ; UK£39,821 |
Total Earnings: India Rs. 69.25 crores ; UK£1,306,736 ; US$1,907,733 |
| PB Rating: 7.5 out of 10 |
Public Rating (by 397 unique users): 5.2 |
| Director: Anees Bazmee |
Producer: Vipul Shah |
| Music: Pritam |
Lyrics: Mayur Puri |
| Starring: Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif, Neha Dhupia, Javed Jaffrey, Kiron Kher, Ranvir Shorey, Kamal Chopra, Yashpal Sharma, Om Puri, Sonu Sood, Sudhanshu Pandey |
| Genre: Comedy |
Recommended Audience: General |
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Vipul Shah`s Anees Bazmee directed `Singh Is Kinng` takes another fall but thanks (mainly) to the huge first week and the decent second one, its already a hit plus. In the midst of the ten new releases (after it), the film still manages substantial shares, especially from North. The film has also done exceedingly well in the Overseas.
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