A look at the hits and misses of the week.
Last week saw a spate of Hindi movie releases -- like Charlie Ke Chakkar Mein, Four Walls Of Basement, Ranbanka and Yaara Silly Silly -- but they all bombed at the box office.
It looks like the stage is set for Salman Khan's Dilwai release, Prem Ratan Prem Payo, as audiences haven't watched a good film in a while.
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the box office verdict for the week.
Charlie Ke Chakkar Mein
Cast: Naseeruddin Shah, Anand Tiwari, Amit Sial
Director: Manish Shrivastava.
What works: Interesting twists, post-interval.
What doesn't: A bland first half.
Number of weeks: New.
BO verdict: Flop.
Ranbanka
Cast: Ravi Kissen, Manish Paul
Director: Aryeman Ramsay.
What works: Ravi Kissen's performance.
What doesn't: Poor direction, poor performances.
Number of weeks: New.
BO verdict: Flop.
Main Aur Charles
Cast: Randeep Hooda, Richa Chaddha
Director: Prawaal Raman.
What works: Top performances, well-directed film, fabulous sound design.
What doesn't: Poor dialogues.
Number of weeks: 1.
BO verdict: Flop.
Titli
Cast: Ranvir Shorey, Shashank Arora,, Shivani Raghuvanshi, Amit Sial, Prashant Singh
Director: Kanu Behl
What works: Ranvir Shorey, well-directed film.
What doesn't: Feeble plot, filmsy narrative
Number of weeks: 1.
BO verdict: Flop.
Guddu Ki Gun
Cast: Kunal Khemmu, Sumit Vyas.
Director: Sheershak Anand and Shantanu Ray Chibber
What works: Good performances from the lead cast.
What doesn't: Lacks logic and plot.
Number of weeks: 1.
BO verdict: Flop.
Shaandaar
Cast: Shahid Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Pankaj Kapur, Sanjay Kapoor, Sanah Kapoor
Director: Vikas Bahl
What works: The lead pair Shahid Kapoor and Alia Bhatt
What doesn't: No storyline, bad direction.
Number of weeks: 2.
BO verdict: Flop.
Read the reviews here: Sukanya Verma and Raja Sen
Pyaar Ka Punchnaam 2
Cast: Kartik Aaryan, Nushrat Bharucha, Sonalli Sehgall, Ishita Sharma, Omkar Kapoor, Sunny Singh and Rumana Molla.
Director: Luv Ranjan.
What works: Decent gags.
What doesn't: Dated story, immature handling.
Number of weeks: 3.
BO verdict: Superhit.
Jazbaa
Cast: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Irrfan, Atul Kulkarni, Shabana Azmi
Director: Sanjay Gupta.
What works: Strong acting from Irrfan, Atul Kulkarni and Shabana Azmi.
What doesn't: Too many histrionics, bad dialogues, poor direction.
Number of weeks: 4.
BO verdict: Flop.
Read the reviews here: Sukanya Verma and Raja Sen
Singh Is Bling
Cast: Akshay Kumar, Amy Jackson, Lara Dutta
Director: Prabhudheva.
What works: Akshay Kumar.
What doesn't: Terrible comedy.
Number of weeks: 5.
BO verdict: Average.
Read the reviews here: Sukanya Verma and Raja Sen
Talvar
Cast: Irrfan, Konkona Sensharma, Neeraj Kabi
Director: Meghna Gulzar
What works: Great performances from Irrfan and the lead cast, the script, the cinematography.
What doesn't: The Tabu-Irrfan track could have been dropped.
Number of weeks: 5.
BO verdict: Hit.
Read the reviews here: Savera R Someshwar, Raja Sen and Aseem Chhabra
