Box Office: The Shaukeens below average, Rang Rasiya flops

A look at this week's hits and misses.

Last week's releases -- The Shaukeens and Rang Rasiya -- failed to work their magic at the box office in their opening week.

While Shaukeens was unable the emulate the success of the original (Basu Chatterjee's Shaukeen), the latter had a poor showing in theatres despite good reviews.

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

The Shaukeens

Cast: Akshay Kumar, Lisa Haydon, Anupam Kher, Annu Kapoor, Piyush Mishra

Director: Abhishek Sharma

What works: Akshay Kumar's funny moments.

What doesn't: Not an adequately inspired remake

Number of weeks: New

BO verdict: Below average opening

Read the review here

Rang Rasiya

Cast: Randeep Hooda, Nandana Sen, Rashaana Shah

Director: Ketan Mehta

What works: Good story, great performances

What doesn't: Film drags in parts

Number of weeks: New

BO verdict: Opens poorly

Read the review here

Super Nani

Cast: Rekha, Sharman Joshi, Randhir Kapoor, Shweta Kumar

Director: Indra Kumar

What works: A gorgeous Rekha

What doesn't: Very regressive.

Number of weeks: 1

BO verdict: Opens poorly

Read the review here

Roar

Cast: Anchit Kaur, Abhinav Shukla, Himarsha Venkatsamy

Director: Kamal Sadanah

What works: Novel concept, Decent VFX

What doesn't: Bad story and direction

Number of weeks: 1

BO verdict: Opens well

Read the review here

Happy New Year

Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Abhishek Bachchan, Sonu Sood, Boman Irani, Jackie Shroff, Vivaan Shah.

Director: Farah Khan

What works: Catchy music, exotic locales, and Abhishek Bachchan!

What doesn't: Low on wit and imagination, too many stereotypes.

Number of weeks: 2

BO verdict: Average.

Read the reviews here: Raja Sen / Sukanya Verma / Paloma Sharma

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: 5

BO verdict: Below average.

Read the reviews here: Raja Sen / Paloma Sharma