Box Office: Sonali Cable is a disaster!

A look at this week's hits and misses.

The box office has been plagued with flops like Sonali Cable and Mumbai 125 km, as well as the previous week's releases like Spark, Ekkees Topon Ki Salaami, Tamanchey and Jigariya.

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

Sonali Cable

Cast: Rhea Chakraborty, Ali Fazal, Anupam Kher

Director: Charudatta Acharaya

What works: Good performances

What doesn't: Bad story, climax is a drag

Number of weeks: New

BO verdict: Disaster

Read the review here

Ekkes Toppon Ki Salaami

Cast: Anupam Kher, Neha Dhupia, Divyendu Sharma, Manu Rishi

Director: Ravindra Gautam

What works: Good performances, well-made film

What doesn't: Bad dialogues

Number of weeks: 1

BO verdict: Flop

Read the review here

Haider

Cast: Shahid Kapoor, Shraddha Kapoor, Tabu, Irrfan Khan, Narendra Jha, Kay Kay Menon

Director: Vishal Bhardwaj

What works: Everything!

What doesn't: The second half is a tad slow.

Number of weeks: 2

BO verdict: Flop.

Read the reviews here: Raja Sen / Sukanya Verma

Bang Bang

Cast: Hrithik Roshan, Katrina Kaif, Danny Denzongpa, Jimmy Shergill

Director: Siddharth Anand

What works: Good looking lead cast

What doesn't: Too loud, too dumbed-down

Number of weeks: 2

BO verdict: Below average.

Read the reviews here: Raja Sen / Paloma Sharma

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