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Flops rain down on the first Friday of 2010

January 04, 2010 19:13 IST

The first Friday of the year is never good for new movies at the box office. So expectedly, the three releases -- Accident on Hill Road, Raat Gayi Baat Gayi and Bolo Raam -- were non-starters.

Note: Films are ranked according to their release dates. The thumbs ups and downs reflect rediff's views.

 




Accident on Hill Road

Cast: Celina Jaitley, Farooque Sheikh, Abhimanyu Singh.
Director: Mahesh Nair.
Celina's new look.

Unnecessary songs, terrible dialogues, poorly-made film.

Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: Flop.

Review





Raat Gayi Baat Gayi

Cast: Rajat Kapoor, Vinay Pathak, Neha Dhupia.
Director: Saurabh Shukla.
Entertaining in parts.

Shoddy detailing, bad dialogues.

Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: Flop.




Bolo Raam

Cast: Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri, Padmini Kolhapure.
Director: Rakesh Chaturvedi.
Tough!

Brilliant actors wasted.

Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: Flop.




3 Idiots

Cast: Aamir Khan, R Madhavan, Sharman Joshi, Boman Irani and Kareena Kapoor.
Director: Rajkumar Hirani.
Excellent performances, very well directed film.

Quite long.

Number of weeks: 1.
BO Verdict: Hit.

Review




Rocket Singh Salesman of the Year

Cast: Ranbir Kapoor, Shazahn Padamsee, Prem Chopra and Gauhar Khan.
Director: Shimit Amin.
Ranbir is excellent.

Slow first half.

Number of weeks: 3.
BO Verdict: Poor opening.

Review




Paa 

Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Vidya Balan.
Director: R Balki.
Touching story, Amitabh Bachchan excels.

Patchy editing.

Number of weeks: 4.
BO Verdict: Steady.

Review





Radio 

Cast: Himesh Reshammiya, Shenaz Treasurywala, Sonal Sehgal.
Director: Ishaan Trivedi.
The music is okay.

Himesh tries too hard, poor dialogues.

Number of weeks: 4.
BO Verdict: Flop.

Review





De Dana Dan 

Cast: Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif, Neha Dhupia, Paresh Rawal, Johnny Lever, Rajpal Yadav, Asrani, Shakti Kapoor and Archana Puran Singh.
Director: Priyadarshan.
Neha Dhupia looks yummy.

Loud, long and stupid.

Number of weeks: 5.
BO Verdict: Flop.

Review





Kurbaan 

Cast: Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Vivek Oberoi, Dia Mirza, Om Puri and Kirron Kher.
Director: Rensil D'Silva.
Stylish photography, good performances.

Too many loopholes, too long.

Number of weeks: 6.
BO Verdict: Flop.

Review





Tum Mile

Cast: Soha Ali Khan, Emraan Hashmi
Director: Kunal Deshmukh.
Fabulous soundtrack and good performances from the lead pair.

Fluctuating moods.

Number of weeks: 7.
BO Verdict: Flop.

Review



Trade pundit: Vinod Mirani

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