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Box Office: Dolly Ki Doli, Baby do average business

January 27, 2015

Desipite good reviews, Baby and Dolly Ki Doli don't work at the box office.

Akshay Kumar's Baby had a below average opening at the box office, even though it stabilized on Sunday. Sonam Kapoor's Dolly Ki Doli faced the same fate.

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

 

Dolly Ki Doli

Image: Sonam Kapoor in Dolly Ki Doli

Cast: Sonam Kapoor, Rajkummar Rao, Pulkit Samrat, Varun Sharma

Director: Abhishek Dogra

What works:  Light-hearted, fun film.

What doesn't: Plot loopholes that defy logic.

Number of weeks: New

BO verdict: Below average

Read the review here

 

Baby

Image: Akshay Kumar and Rana Daggubati in Baby

Cast: Akshay Kumar, Anupam Kher, Danny Denzongpa, Rana Daggubati, Taapasee Pannu

Director: Neeraj Pandey

What works: Akshay Kumar, Anupam Kher and Danny Denzongpa are terrific together

What doesn't: Not gripping enough.

Number of weeks: New

BO verdict: Average

Read the review here

Alone

Image: Bipasha Basu and Karan Singh Grover in Alone

Cast: Bipasha Basu, Karan Singh Grover

Director: Bhushan Patel

What works:  Bipasha's abs and legs.

What doesn't: No thrills, no chills, no logic.

Number of weeks: 1

BO verdict: Average

Read the review here

I

Image: Vikram in I

Cast: Vikram, Amy Jackson

Director: Shankar

What works: Stunning visuals, Vikram's performance, terrific music.

What doesn't: Too long.

Number of weeks: 1

BO verdict: Below average

Read the review here

 

Tevar

Image: Arjun Kapoor and Manoj Bajpayee in Tevar

Cast: Arjun Kapoor, Sonakshi Sinha, Manoj Bajpayee

Director: Amit Sharma

What works:  Practically nothing!

What doesn't: Melodramatic plot, bad direction and story.

Number of weeks: 2

BO verdict: Below average

Read the reviews here: Raja Sen/Sukanya Verma

 

Ugly

Image: Ronit Roy in Ugly

Cast: Ronit Roy, Rahut Bhat, Tejaswini Kolhapure, Vineet Kumar

Director: Anurag Kashyap

What works:  Performance, plot and direction

What doesn't: Too dark

Number of weeks: 4

BO verdict: Flop

Read the review here

 

PK

Image: Aamir Khan and Anushka Sharma in PK

Cast: Aamir Khan, Anushka Sharma, Sanjay Dutt, Sushant Singh Rajput, Saurabh Shukla, Boman Irani

Director: Rajkumar Hirani

What works:  Performances and the humour. 

What doesn't: Melodramatic plot.

Number of weeks: 5

BO verdict: Blockbuster

Read the reviews here: Sukanya Verma/Raja Sen

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