Box Office: Judwaa 2 is a hit!

The hits and misses of the week.

David Dhawan's Judwaa 2, starring Varun Dhawan, Jacqueline Fernandez and Taapsee Pannu, is a winner at the box office.

And it shows that Varun's successful stint is still going strong.

The three-day holiday weekend, thanks to Gandhi Jayanti, has also worked in the film's favour.

Last week's release and India's official entry to the Oscars, Newton, remains above average.

• Newton at the Oscars: What happens next?

 

Vinod Mirani gives us his weekly verdict.

 

Judwaa 2

Cast: Varun Dhawan, Jacqueline Fernandez, Taapsee Pannu.
Director: David Dhawan.
What works: Varun Dhawan and the nostalgia factor.
What doesn't: Not as good as Salman Khan's original Judwaa.
Number of weeks: New.
Box Office verdict: Hit.

• The Rediff Review

 

Haseena Parkar

Cast: Shraddha Kapoor, Siddhanth Kapoor, Ankur Bhatia, Rajesh Tailang.
Director: Apoorva Lakhia.
What works: A gripping first half.
What doesn't: The film loses the plot in the second half.
Number of weeks: 1.
Box Office verdict: Flop.

• The Rediff Review

 

Newton

Cast: Rajkummar Rao, Pankaj Tripathi, Anjali Patil, Raghubir Yadav.
Director: Amit Masurkar.
What works: Great performances by the entire cast, tries to focus the spotlight on uncomfortable realities.
What doesn't: Lack of end-to-end clarity.
Number of weeks: 1.
Box Office verdict: Average.

• The Rediff Review

 

Bhoomi

Cast: Sanjay Dutt, Aditi Rao Hydari.
Director: Omung Kumar
What works: Sanjay Dutt.
What doesn't: Everything else.
Number of weeks: 1.
Box Office verdict: Flop.

• The Rediff Review

 

 

Simran

Cast: Kangana Ranaut, Soham Shah.
Director: Hansal Mehta
What works: Kangan in a light-hearted comedy.
What doesn't: The writing and execution falters.
Number of weeks: 2.
Box Office verdict: Flop.

• The Rediff Review

 

Lucknow Central

Cast: Farhan Akhtar, Diana Penty, Ronit Roy, Deepak Dobriyal. Rajesh Sharma, Gippy Grewal, Inaamulhaq.
Director: Ranjit Tiwari
What works: Farhan Akhtar.
What doesn't: Not gripping enough.
Number of weeks: 2.
Box Office verdict: Flop.

• The Rediff Review

 

Patel Ki Punjabi Shaadi

Cast: Rishi Kapoor, Paresh Rawal, Vir Das, Payal Ghosh.
Director: Sanjay Chhel
What works: Rishi Kapoor and Paresh Rawal.
What doesn't: Cringe worthy dialogues.
Number of weeks: 2.
Box Office verdict: Flop.

• The Rediff Review

 

Poster Boys

Cast: Sunny Deol, Bobby Deol, Shreyas Talpade, Sonali Kulkarni, Samiksha Bhatnagar.
Director: Shreyas Talpade
What works: The Deols.
What doesn't: The silly humour.
Number of weeks: 3.
Box Office verdict: Below average.

• The Rediff Review

 

Daddy

Cast: Arjun Rampal, Aishwarya Rajesh, Rajesh Shringarpure, Nishikant Kamat.
Director: Ashim Ahluwalia.
What works: Good performances.
What doesn't: Loopholes in the script.
Number of weeks: 3.
Box Office verdict: Flop.

• The Rediff Review

 

Baadshaho

Cast: Ajay Devgn, Emraan Hashmi, Ileana D'Cruz, Esha Gupta, Vidyut Jammwal, Sanjay Mishra.
Director: Milan Luthria
What works: Dialogues.
What doesn't: The climax, dull content.
Number of weeks: 4.
Box Office verdict: Flop.

• The Rediff Review