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Box Office: Fan gets average opening

April 18, 2016 17:05 IST

The hits and misses of the week.

Fan had average business on its opening weekend, with Monday recording a further drop in collections.

Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the box office verdict.

 

Fan

Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Waluscha De Sousa, Sayani Gupta, Shriya Pilgaonkar.

Director: Maneesh Sharma

What works: Shah Rukh Khan.

What doesn't: Lazy writing, plot has too many loopholes.

Number of weeks: New.

BO verdict: Average opening.

Read the review here: Raja Sen / Sukanya Verma 

 

Love Games

Cast: Patralekha, Tara Alisha Berry and Gaurav Arora.

Director: Vikram Bhatt.

What works: Patralekha and Gaurav Arora.

What doesn't: Predictable story, unnecessary skin show.

Number of weeks: 1.

BO verdict: Poor.

Read the review here

 

The Jungle Book (Hindi version)

Cast: Neel Sethi, Priyanka Chopra, Nana Patekar, Om Puri, Irrfan and Shefali Shah.

Director: Jon Favreau.

What works: Amazing animation and 3D.

What doesn't: Could be a tad scary for kids.

Number of weeks: 1.

BO verdict: Hit.

Read the review here: Raja Sen / Sukanya Verma / Aseem Chhabra

 

Ki & Ka

Cast: Kareena Kapoor, Arjun Kapoor, Swaroop Sampat and Rajit Kapur.

Director: R Balki.

What works: Good performances.

What doesn't: Poor writing, caricaturish characters.

Number of weeks: 2.

BO verdict: Hit.

Read the review here: Raja Sen / Sukanya Verma

 

Rocky Handsome

Cast: John Abraham, Shruti Haasan, Nishikanth Kamath, Sharad Kelkar, Baby Diya Chalwad.

Director: Nishikanth Kamath.

What works: Well shot film.

What doesn't: John Abraham, the action scenes.

Number of weeks: 3.

BO verdict: Flop.

Read the review here

 

Kapoor & Sons

Cast: Sidharth Malhotra, Alia Bhatt, Fawad Khan, Rishi Kapoor, Rajat Kapoor, Ratna Pathak Shah.

Director: Shakun Batra.

What works: Well-made film, good performances.

What doesn't: Second half could have been tighter.

Number of weeks: 4.

BO verdict: Hit.

Read the review here: Raja Sen / Sukanya Verma

 

Teraa Surroor

Cast: Himesh Resahmmiya, Farah Karimaee, Naseeruddin Shah, Shekhar Kapur, Kabir Bedi.

Director: Shawn Arranha.

What works: The music.

What doesn't: The whole film!

Number of weeks: 5.

BO verdict: Flop.

Read the review here

 

Jai GangaaJal

Cast: Priyanka Chopra, Prakash Jha, Manav Kaul.

Director: Prakash Jha.

What works: Priyanka Chopra.

What doesn't: The half-baked plot.

Number of weeks: 6.

BO verdict: Flop.

Read the review here

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