Box Office: Kapoor & Sons is a hit!

The hits and misses of the week.

Kapoor & Sons opened to a weak response at the box office but maintained steady collections on Saturday despite the India-Pakistan T20 cricket match.

Having found appreciation with a certain section of the audience, the collections took a huge leap on Sunday.

Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the box office verdict. 

 

Kapoor & Sons

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

Director: Shakun Batra.

What works: Cast and direction.

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

Number of weeks: New.

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: 1.

BO verdict: Poor.

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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: 2.

BO verdict: Flop.

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Zubaan

Cast:  Vicky Kaushal, Sarah Jane Dias, Raaghav Chanana.

Director: Mozez Singh.

What works: Performance.

What doesn't: The story and the music.

Number of weeks: 2.

BO verdict: Flop.

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Aligarh

Cast: Manoj Bajpai, Rajkummar Rao, Ashish Vidyarthi.

Director: Hansal Mehta.

What works: Story, screenplay, direction, performance.

What doesn't: A bit slow at times.

Number of weeks: 3.

BO verdict: Flop.

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Tere Bin Laden: Dead Or Alive

Cast:  Manish Paul, Sikandar Kher, Pradhuman Singh, Mia Uyeda, Piyush Mishra.

Director: Abhishek Sharma.

What works: Good performances from Pradhuman Singh and Sikandar Kher.

What doesn't: The second half bores.

Number of weeks: 3.

BO verdict: Flop.

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Bollywood Diaries

Cast: Raima Sen, Salim Diwan, Ashish Vidyarthi.

Director: K D Satyam.

What works: Performances by the lead cast.

What doesn't: Too slow and predictable.

Number of weeks: 3.

BO verdict: Flop.

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Neerja

Cast: Sonam Kapoor, Shabana Azmi.

Director: Ram Madhvani.

What works: Performances, cinematography and narrative is superb.

What doesn't: Nothing.

Number of weeks: 4.

BO verdict: Hit.

Read the reviews here: Raja Sen / Sukanya Verma