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Box Office: Hate Story 3 gets GREAT opening!

December 07, 2015 15:54 IST
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A look at the week's hits and misses.

Hate Story 3 continues the successful march of the franchise. The film has almost recovered its cost in its very first weekend and is on its way to becoming a hit.

Angry Indian Goddesses got much better reviews but could not find an audience despite a limited screen release.

Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the box office verdict.

Hate Story 3

Cast: Sharman Joshi, Karan Singh Grover, Zarine Khan, Daisy Shah.

Directors: Vishal Pandya.

What works: A lot of skin show.

What doesn't: No thrills, no story.

Number of weeks: New.

BO verdict: Great opening.

Read the review here

 

Angry Indian Goddesses

Cast: Sandhya Mridul, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Sarah-Jane Dias, Anushka Manchanda, Amrit Maghera, Rajshri Deshpande and Pavleen Gujral.

Directors: Pan Nalin.

What works: Great cast and great direction.

What doesn't: Inconsistent story.

Number of weeks: New.

BO verdict: Non-starter.

Read the review here

 

Tamasha 

Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone in Tamasha

Cast: Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukone.

Directors: Imtiaz Ali.

What works: The lead cast.

What doesn't: First half drags.

Number of weeks: 1.

BO verdict: Flop.

Read the review here

 

X: Past is Present 

Cast: Huma Qureshi, Rajat Kapoor, Anushman Jha, Swara Bhaskar, Radhika Apte, Piaa Bajpai, Usha Uthup.

Directors: Abhinav Shiv Tiwari, Anu Menon, Hemant Gaba, Nalan Kumarasamy, Pratim D Gupta, Q, Raja Sen, Rajshree Ojha, Sandeep Mohan, Sudhish Kamath and Suparn Verma.

What works: Performances by Rajat Kapoor, Anushman Jha, Swara Bhaskar.

What doesn't: Certain segments jar.

Number of weeks: 2.

BO verdict: Flop.

Read the review here

 

Prem Ratan Dhan Payo

Cast: Salman Khan, Sonam Kapoor Neil Nitin Mukesh, Anupam Kher

Director: Sooraj Barjatya.

What works: Salman Khan.

What doesn't: Outdated melodrama.

Number of weeks: 3.

BO verdict: Flop.

Read the review here

  

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: 5.

BO verdict: Flop.

Read the review here

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: 5.

BO verdict: Flop.

Read the review here

 

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: 7.

BO verdict: Superhit.

Read the review here

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