Box Office: Dum Laga Ke Haisha, Ab Tak Chhappan 2 fail

The dry spell at the box office continues.

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: New

BO verdict: Below Average

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Ab Tak Chhappan 2

 

Cast: Nana Patekar, Gul Panag and Mohan Agashe

Director: Aejaz Gulab

What works: Nana Patekar.

What doesn't: Low production values, bad story.

Number of weeks: New

BO verdict: Poor opening.

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Badlapur

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

Director: Sriram Raghavan

What works: Gripping story, great performances.

What doesn't: The climax drags.

Number of weeks: 1

BO verdict: Below Average

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MSG: The Messenger

Cast: Saint Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Ji Insan, Daniel Kaleb, Flora Saini, Jayshree Soni

Director: Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh and Jeetu Arora

What works: Tough!

What doesn't: Loud, tacky feature-length advertisement.

Number of weeks: 2

BO verdict: Flop

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Shamitabh

Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Dhanush, Akshara Haasan

Director: R Balki

What works: Amitabh Bachchan's baritone.

What doesn't: Everything else!

Number of weeks: 3

BO verdict: Flop

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Rahasya

Cast: Kay Kay Menon, Tisca Chopra, Ashish Vidhyrathi

Director: Manish Gupta

What works: Good performances, fast-paced story.

What doesn't: Film over-explains the climax.

Number of weeks: 3

BO verdict: Flop.

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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: 4

BO verdict: Average

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