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No takers for Dhol, Manorama
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Priyadarshan's Dhol gets an indifferent opening at the box office, thanks to ongoing Ramzan and Ganesh festival.
The other release, Manorama Six Feet Under, shared the same fate.
Sajid Nadiadwala's Heyy Babyy, meanwhile, has become a hit all over.
Note: Films are ranked according to their release dates. The thumbs ups and downs reflect rediff's views.
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Dhol
Cast: Sharman Joshi, Tusshar Kapoor, Kunal Khemu, Rajpal Yadav, Tanushree Dutta, Om Puri
Director: Priyadarshan
Funny in parts.
Bad plot, poor music.
Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: Opens poorly.
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Manorama Six Feet Under
Cast: Abhay Deol, Gul Panag, Raima Sen, Vinay Pathak, Kulbushan Kharbhanda.
Director: Navdeep Singh.
Tightly woven narrative, good performances.
Audiences might not appreciate the film's leisurely pace.
Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: Opens poorly.
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Aggar
Cast: Shreyas Talpade, Tusshar Kapoor, Udita Goswami
Director: Ananth Narayan Mahadevan.
Good plot.
Music is a disappointment.
Number of weeks: 1.
BO Verdict: Flop.
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Nanhe Jaisalmer
Cast: Bobby Deol, Dwij Yadav.
Director: Samir Karnik.
Dwij Yadav is a natural born performer.
Himesh Reshammiya's music is insipid.
Number of weeks: 1.
BO Verdict: Flop.
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Dhamaal
Cast: Sanjay Dutt, Arshad Warsi, Riteish Deshmukh, Jaaved Jaaferi, Aashish Chaudhury
Director: Indra Kumar.
Good performances, good comedy.
Arshad Warsi disappoints, poor production values.
Number of weeks: 2.
BO Verdict: Average.
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Darling
Cast: Fardeen Khan, Esha Deol, Ishaa Koppikar
Director: Ram Gopal Varma.
Decently shot, some good moments.
Fardeen is awful, film is not scary enough.
Number of weeks: 2.
BO Verdict: Flop.
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Apna Aasmaan
Cast: Shobhana, Irrfan Khan, Anupam Kher.
Director: Kaushik Roy.
Shobhana and Irrfan are fantastic, novel story.
The film does not touch you.
Number of weeks: 2.
BO Verdict: Flop.
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Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Mohanlal, Ajay Devgan, Prashant Raj, Sushmita Sen, Nisha Kothari.
Director: Ram Gopal Varma.
Mohanlal.
Terrible performances, poor excuse for a film.
Number of weeks: 3.
BO Verdict: Flop.
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Dhoka
Cast: Tulip Joshi, Muzzamil Ibrahim.
Director: Pooja Bhatt.
Great concept.
Poor execution, too preachy.
Number of weeks: 3.
BO Verdict: Flop.
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Victoria No. 203
Cast: Jimmy Shergil, Soniya Mehra, Kamal Sadanah.
Director: Anant Mahadevan.
Tough!
Poor remake of a classic comedy.
Number of weeks: 3.
BO Verdict: Flop.
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