There were two releases last Friday -- Pyaar Ka Punchnama and 404 and both had a very poor opening. The films had little to draw the crowd to the theatre, neither known faces nor music.
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the box office verdict for the week.
Note: Films are ranked according to their release dates. The thumbs ups and downs do not reflect rediff's views.
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Pyaar Ka Punchnama
Cast: Divyendu Sharma, Kartikeya Tiwari, Rayo Bhakirta, Nushrat Bharucha, Ishita Sharma, Sonalli Sehgal.
Director: Luv Ranjan.
 Funny first half.
 Script, dialogue.
Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: Poor opening.
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404
Cast: Rajvvir Arora, Imaad Shah, Nishikant Kamath.
Director: Prawaal Raman.
Excellent cinematography.
Climax.
Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: Poor opening.
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Ragini MMS
Cast: Kainaz Motiwala, Raj Kumar Yadav.
Director: Pawan Kripalani.
Good thrills.
Poor editing.
Number of weeks: 1.
BO Verdict: Average.
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Shagird
Cast: Nana Patekar, Mohit Ahlawat, Zakir Hussain, Rimii Sen
Director: Tigmanshu Dhulia.
Interesting narrative.
Mohit Ahlawat.
Number of weeks: 1.
BO Verdict: Flop.
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Stanely Ka Dabba
Cast: Partho, Amole Gupte
Director: Amole Gupte.
The whole film.
Tough.
Number of weeks: 1.
BO Verdict: Average.
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Love U... Mr Kalakaar
Cast: Tusshar Kapoor, Amirita Rao
Director: S Manasavi.
Average music.
Performances by the entire cast.
Number of weeks: 1.
BO Verdict: Flop.
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Haunted
Cast: Mahaaskshay Chakraborty, Tia Bajpai, Arif Zakaria.
Director: Vikram Bhatt.
Music.
Performances, age old story idea.
Number of weeks: 2.
BO Verdict: Hit.
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Luv Ka The End
Cast: Shraddha Kappor, Taaha Shah, Shenaz Treasuryvala, Archana Puran Singh
Director: Bumpy.
Shraddha Kapoor, Pushtie Shaktie.
Taaha Shah.
Number of weeks: 2.
BO Verdict: Flop.
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Chalo Dilli
Cast: Lara Dutta, Vinay Pathak
Director: Shashant Shah.
Good performances.
Poor execution of story.
Number of weeks: 3.
BO Verdict: Average.
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Shor In The City
Cast: Sendhil Ramamurthy, Tusshar Kapoor, Pitobash Tripathy, Nikhil Dwiwedi.
Director: Raj-Krishna.
Brilliantly directed film.
Tough.
Number of weeks: 3.
BO Verdict: Flop.
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Trade pundit: Vinod Mirani
Last week's box office results
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Funny first half. 
Script, dialogue.
