The hits and misses of the week.
Continuing his successful streak at the box office, Pyaar Ka Punchnama Director Luv Ranjan's latest film Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety has done excellent business on its first weekend.
The other release -- the Sonakshi Sinha-Diljit Dosanjh-starrer Welcome To New York -- did poor business.
Vinod Mirani gives us his weekly verdict.
Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety
Cast: Kartik Aaryan, Nushrat Bharucha, Sunny Singh.
Director: Luv Ranjan.
What works: A delightful supporting cast.
What doesn't: Lowbrow laughs.
Number of weeks: New.
Box Office verdict: Hit.
Welcome to New York
Cast: Diljit Dosanjh, Sonakshi Sinha, Karan Johar, Riteish Deshmukh, Lara Dutta, Boman Irani, Rana Daggubati, Sushant Singh Rajput, Aditya Roy Kapur.
Director: Chakri Toleti.
What works: Salman Khan's cameo.
What doesn't: The rest of the film!
Number of weeks: New.
Box Office verdict: Flop.
Aiyaary
Cast: Sidharth Malhotra, Manoj Bajpayee, Rakul Preet Singh, Pooja Chopra, Adil Hussain, Kumud Mishra, Naseeruddin Shah, Anupam Kher.
Director: Neeraj Pandey.
What works: Manoj Bajpayee, Kumud Mishra.
What doesn't: Poor direction, script, female characters are not drawn out.
Number of weeks: 1.
Box Office verdict: Flop.
- The Rediff Reviews: Sukanya Verma and Sreehari Nair
Kuchh Bheege Alfaaz
Cast: Geetanjali Thapa, Zain Khan Durrani, Shray Tiwari.
Director: Onir.
What works: Good performances, sensitive script, Onir's direction.
What doesn't: Too long.
Number of weeks: 1.
Box Office verdict: Flop.
PadMan
Cast: Akshay Kumar, Sonam Kapoor, Radhika Apte.
Director: R Balki.
What works: Akshay Kumar's performance.
What doesn't: Half-baked female characters; doesn't do justice to the actual story; unimaginatively shot.
Number of weeks: 2.
Box Office verdict: Average.
- The Rediff Reviews: Sukanya Verma and Sreehari Nair
Padmaavat
Cast: Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone, Shahid Kapoor, Jim Sarbh, Aditi Rao Hydari.
Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali.
What works: The performances, visual spectacle.
What doesn't: Half-baked, linear characters, corny dialogues, too superficial.
Number of weeks: 4.
Box Office verdict: Hit.
- The Rediff Reviews: Savera R Someshwar and Sreehari Nair
Vodka Diaries
Cast: Kay Kay Menon, Mandira Bedi.
Director: Kushal Srivastava.
What works: Nothing.
What doesn't: Unintentionally funny, drags.
Number of weeks: 5.
Box Office verdict: Flop.
My Birthday Song
Cast: Sanjay Suri, Nora Fatehi, Zenia Starr.
Director: Sameer Soni.
What works: Good thrilling story, Sanjay Suri's performance.
What doesn't: Heavy dose of sex, which is not handled well.
Number of weeks: 5.
Box Office verdict: Flop.
1921
Cast: Zareen Khan, Karan Kundra.
Director: Vikram Bhatt.
What works: Nothing!
What doesn't: No horror in this horror film, bad acting.
Number of weeks: 6.
Box Office verdict: Flop.
Mukkabaaz
Cast: Vineet Kumar Singh, Zoya Hussain, Jimmy Shergill, Ravi Kishan.
Director: Anurag Kashyap.
What works: Performances, story.
What doesn't: The climax.
Number of weeks: 6.
Box Office verdict: Flop.
