Box office: Detective Byomkesh Bakshy gets lukewarm response

Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! may be good at solving cases but the film could not crack the secret to box office success.

Despite a holiday weekend, the film opened to a lukewarm response. It improved on Sunday but will face average prospects.

Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the box office verdict.

Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!

Cast: Sushant Singh Rajput, Anand Tiwari, Swastika Mukherjee, Meiyang Chang.

Director: Dibakar Banerjee

What works: 1940s' Calcutta is beautifully captured, good performances.

What doesn't: Simplistic plot, the mystery film doesn't mystify.

Number of weeks: New

Box office verdict: Lukewarm opening.

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Hunterrr

Cast: Gulshan Devaiah, Radhika Apte and Sai Tamhankar

Director: Harshwardhan Kulkarni.

What works: Good performances.

What doesn't: Weak plot, too long.

Number of weeks: 3

BO verdict: Flop

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NH10

Cast: Anushka Sharma, Neil Bhoopalam and Darshan Kumaar

Director: Navdeep Singh

What works: Good performances, smashing edge-of-the-seat thrills.

What doesn't: Weak climax.

Number of weeks: 3

BO verdict: Average.

Read the reviews here: Raja Sen / Sukanya Verma

Dum Laga Ke Haisha

Cast: Ayushmann Khurrana and Bhumi Pednekar

Director: Sharat Katariya.

What works: A novel story, good performances and good music.

What doesn't: Interesting chemistry between the lead.

Number of weeks: 5

BO verdict: Hit.

Read the review here Sukanya Verma / Raja Sen

Badlapur

Cast: Varun Dhawan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Yami Gautam, Huma Qureshi and Radhika Apte

Director: Sriram Raghavan

What works: Gripping story, great performances.

What doesn't: The climax drags.

Number of weeks: 6

BO verdict: Fair.

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