The hits and misses of the week.
Salman Khan has been having blockbuster Eid releases, and this year is no different.
Sultan released on Wednesday, and got a fantastic response in its five-day opening weekend.
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the weekly box office verdict.
Sultan
Cast: Salman Khan, Anushka Sharma, Randeep Hooda, Amit Sadh
Director: Ali Abbas Zafar.
What works: Salman Khan.
What doesn't: Predictable climax, film is too long at nearly three hours running time.
Number of weeks: New.
BO verdict: Hit.
Shorgul
Cast: Ashutosh Rana, Jimmy Sheirgill, Sanjay Suri, Ejaz Khan, Hiten Tejwani, Anirudh Dhave, Suha Gezen.
Director: Jitendra Tiwari.
What works: Great performances by Ashutosh Rana, Jimmy Sheirgill.
What doesn't: Bad direction and poor execution.
Number of weeks: 1.
BO verdict: Flop.
Raman Raghav 2.0
Cast: Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Vicky Kaushal, Sobhita Dhulipala.
Director: Anurag Kashyap.
What works: Great performances by Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Vicky Kaushal.
What doesn't: Anurag Kashyap's films are getting too similar.
Number of weeks: 2.
BO verdict: Flop.
Junooniyat
Cast: Pulkit Samrat, Yami Gautam.
Director: Vivek Agnihotri.
What works: Music and exotic locations.
What doesn't: Story, dialogues, performances.
Number of weeks: 2.
BO verdict: Flop.
Udta Punjab
Cast: Shahid Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Alia Bhatt, Diljit Dosanjh
Director: Abhishek Chaubey.
What works: Brilliant performances, hard-hitting and well made film.
What doesn't: Not meant for family audiences.
Number of weeks: 3.
BO verdict: Average.
Read the review here: Raja Sen /Sukanya Verma
Dhanak
Cast: Hetal Gada, Krrish Chhabria, Vipin Sharma, Gulfam Khan.
Director: Nagesh Kukunoor.
What works: Good performances, engaging story.
What doesn't: The second half is too slow, and long.
Number of weeks: 3.
BO verdict: Flop.
Te3n
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Vidya Balan.
Director: Ribhu Dasgupta
What works: Amitabh Bachchan's ace performance.
What doesn't: The thriller has no suspence.
Number of weeks: 4.
BO verdict: Flop.
Read the reviews here: Raja Sen / Sukanya Verma
Do Lafzon Ki Kahani
Cast: Randeep Hooda, Kajal Aggarwal
Director: Deepak Tijori
What works: Randeep Hooda's performance, good music.
What doesn't: Weak screenplay, boring storyline.
Number of weeks: 4.
BO verdict: Flop
Housefull 3
Cast: Akshay Kumar, Abhishek Bachchan, Riteish Deshmukh, Jacqueline Fernandez, Nargis Fakhri, Lisa Haydon, Boman Irani
Director: Sajid-Farhad
What works: Akshay Kumar's performance and dialogues.
What doesn't: The plot.
Number of weeks: 5.
BO verdict: Hit.
