Athiti does well, Road, Movie below par

The Hindi film industry is still looking for that elusive big hit. Last week's releases Road, Movie, Thanks Maa, Rokkk and Hello Zindagi saw poor openings at the box office.

While Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge did better at single screens over the weekend

Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the box office verdict.

Note: Films are ranked according to their release dates. The thumbs ups and downs reflect rediff's views.

	*Road, Movie* Cast: Abhay Deol, Satish Kaushik, Tannishtha Chatterjee Director: Dev Benegal. Wonderfully shot Disappointing dialogues. Number of weeks: New. BO Verdict: Below par. Review
	*Athiti Tum Kab Jaoge* Cast: Ajay Devgn, Konkona Sen Sharma, Paresh Rawal Director: Ashwini Dhir. Good comedy. Great performances Some boring parts. Climax could be better. Number of weeks: New. BO Verdict: Poor opening. Review
	*Karthik Calling Karthik* Cast: Farhan Akhtar [ Images ], Deepika Padukone [ Images ] Director: Vijay Lalwani. Deepika looks great. Great performance from Farhan Second half of the film loses pace. Climax is a letdown. Number of weeks: 1. BO Verdict: Poor opening. Review
	*Teen Patti* Cast: Amitabh Bachchan [ Images ], R Madhavan [ Images ], Ben Kingsley, Dhruv Ganesh, Siddharth Kher, Shraddha Kapoor and Vaibhav Talwar Director: Leena Yadav. Good performances. Poorly executed film. Number of weeks: 1. BO Verdict: Poor opening. Review
	*Toh Baat Pakki* Cast: Tabu [ Images ], Sharman Joshi [ Images ], Vatsal Seth, Uvika Choudhary Director: Kedar Shinde. Tabu and Sharman perform well. Bad script and weak dialogues. Number of weeks: 2. BO Verdict: Flop. Review
	*Click* Cast: Shreyas Talpade [ Images ], Rehan Khan, Sneha Ullal [ Images ], Sadaa Director: Sangeeth Sivan. Good performances. Could have been shorter. Number of weeks: 2. BO Verdict: Flop. Review
	*My Name is Khan* Cast: Shah Rukh Khan [ Images ], Kajol [ Images ], Zarina Wahab, Sonya Jehan, Jimmy Shergill [ Images ] Director: Karan Johar [ Images ]. Solid performances by Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol and Zarina Wahab. Filmi climax. Number of weeks: 3. BO Verdict: Average. Review

	*Striker* Cast: Siddharth, Aditya Pancholi, Padmapriya [ Images ], Nicolette Bird. Director: Chandan Arora. Great performance by Siddharth, taut script and fast paced narrative. Tend to digress. Number of weeks: 4 BO Verdict: Flop. Review
	*Ishqiya [ Images ]* Cast: Naseeruddin Shah [ Images ], Vidya Balan [ Images ], Arshad Warsi [ Images ]. Director: Abhishek Chaubey. Great performances, witty dialogues, very well directed film. Tame end. Number of weeks: 5 BO Verdict: Average. Review
	*Rann [ Images ]* Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Ritesh Deshmukh [ Images ], Sudeep, Paresh Rawal [ Images ], Rajat Kapoor [ Images ], Gul Panag [ Images ], Rajpal Yadav [ Images ], Suchitra Krishnamurthy, Mohnish Bahl and Neetu Chandra. Director: Ram Gopal Varma [ Images ]. Amitabh Bachchan. Too many to list. Number of weeks: 5. BO Verdict: Flop. Review


Trade pundit: Vinod Mirani Last week's box office results
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