Roar beats Super Nani at the box office!

A look at this week's hits and misses.

Veteran actress Rekha, who made her acting comeback in last week's release Super Nani, failed to draw in audiences to the theatres. The film saw a very poor opening at the box office. 

The week's other release Roar, with its effective promos, created a lot of curiosity and opened fairly well. This, despite a theme which appeals to young audiences only. It has managed to put together a face-saving Rs 4.7 crore on its first weekend.

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

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: New

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: New

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: 1

BO verdict: Average.

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

 

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 slow.

Number of weeks: 4

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: 4

BO verdict: Below average.

Read the reviews here: Raja Sen / Paloma Sharma