Box Office: Charlie Ke Chakkar Mein, Ranbaka flop

 A look at the hits and misses of the week.

Last week saw a spate of Hindi movie releases -- like Charlie Ke Chakkar Mein, Four Walls Of Basement, Ranbanka and Yaara Silly Silly -- but they all bombed at the box office.

It looks like the stage is set for Salman Khan's Dilwai release, Prem Ratan Prem Payo, as audiences haven't watched a good film in a while.

Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the box office verdict for the week.

Charlie Ke Chakkar Mein

Cast: Naseeruddin Shah, Anand Tiwari, Amit Sial

Director: Manish Shrivastava.

What works: Interesting twists, post-interval.

What doesn't: A bland first half.

Number of weeks: New.

BO verdict: Flop.

Read the review here

 

Ranbanka

Cast: Ravi Kissen, Manish Paul

Director: Aryeman Ramsay.

What works: Ravi Kissen's performance.

What doesn't: Poor direction, poor performances.

Number of weeks: New.

BO verdict: Flop.

Read the review here

 

Main Aur Charles

Cast: Randeep Hooda, Richa Chaddha

Director: Prawaal Raman.

What works: Top performances, well-directed film, fabulous sound design.

What doesn't: Poor dialogues.

Number of weeks: 1.

BO verdict: Flop.

Read the review here

Titli

Cast: Ranvir Shorey, Shashank Arora,, Shivani Raghuvanshi, Amit Sial, Prashant Singh

Director: Kanu Behl

What works: Ranvir Shorey, well-directed film.

What doesn't: Feeble plot, filmsy narrative

Number of weeks: 1.

BO verdict: Flop.

Read the review here

Guddu Ki Gun

Cast: Kunal Khemmu, Sumit Vyas.

Director: Sheershak Anand and Shantanu Ray Chibber 

What works: Good performances from the lead cast.

What doesn't: Lacks logic and plot.

Number of weeks: 1.

BO verdict: Flop.

Read the review here

Shaandaar

Cast: Shahid Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Pankaj Kapur, Sanjay Kapoor, Sanah Kapoor

Director: Vikas Bahl

What works: The lead pair Shahid Kapoor and Alia Bhatt

What doesn't: No storyline, bad direction.

Number of weeks: 2.

BO verdict: Flop.

Read the reviews here: Sukanya Verma and Raja Sen

 

Pyaar Ka Punchnaam 2

Cast: Kartik Aaryan, Nushrat Bharucha, Sonalli Sehgall, Ishita Sharma, Omkar Kapoor, Sunny Singh and Rumana Molla.

Director: Luv Ranjan.

What works: Decent gags.

What doesn't: Dated story, immature handling.

Number of weeks: 3.

BO verdict: Superhit.

Read the review here

 

Jazbaa

Cast: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Irrfan, Atul Kulkarni, Shabana Azmi

Director: Sanjay Gupta.

What works: Strong acting from Irrfan, Atul Kulkarni and Shabana Azmi.

What doesn't: Too many histrionics, bad dialogues, poor direction.

Number of weeks: 4.

BO verdict: Flop.

Read the reviews here: Sukanya Verma and Raja Sen

Singh Is Bling

Cast: Akshay Kumar, Amy Jackson, Lara Dutta

Director: Prabhudheva.

What works: Akshay Kumar.

What doesn't: Terrible comedy.

Number of weeks: 5.

BO verdict: Average.

Read the reviews here: Sukanya Verma and Raja Sen

Talvar

Cast: Irrfan, Konkona Sensharma, Neeraj Kabi

Director: Meghna Gulzar

What works: Great performances from Irrfan and the lead cast, the script, the cinematography.

What doesn't: The Tabu-Irrfan track could have been dropped.

Number of weeks: 5.

BO verdict: Hit.

Read the reviews here: Savera R Someshwar, Raja Sen and Aseem Chhabra