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Saturday 20 August 2016

Box Office: Rustom is a hit, Mohenjo Daro bombs

The hits and misses of the week.
Akshay Kumar made sure his film Rustom was well promoted by his pals from the industry, and it served him well. It's on its way to become a hit.
The other release -- Hrithik Roshan's Mohenjo Daro -- wasn't as well promoted and was a miserable failure.
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the weekly box office verdict.
Cast: Akshay Kumar, Ileana D'Cruz and Esha Gupta
Director: Tinu Suresh Desai.
What works: Akshay Kumar.
What doesn't: Tacky production values, poor supporting cast.
Number of weeks: New.
BO verdict: Hit.
Mohenjo Daro
Cast: Hrithik Roshan, Pooja Hegde, Kabir Bedi, Suhasini Mulay and Arunoday Singh
Director: Ashutosh Gowariker.
What works: Hrithik Roshan is earnest in his performance.
What doesn't: Hackneyed plot, weak script, Pooja Hegde.
Number of weeks: New.
BO verdict: Flop.

Budhia Singh: Born To Run

Cast: Manoj Bajpayee, Tillotama Shome and Mayur Patole
Director: Soumendra Padhi.
What works: Good performances, well-told story.
What doesn't: The story is well-documented, and known.
Number of weeks: 1.
BO verdict: Flop.

Fever
Cast: Rajeev Khandelwal, Gauahar Khan, Gemma Atkinson and Caterina Murino.
Director: Rajeev Jhaveri.
What works: The beautiful locales of Switzerland.
What doesn't: Convoluted storytelling, loud background score.
Number of weeks: 1.
BO verdict: Flop.

The Legend Of Michael Mishra
Cast:  Arshad Warsi, Aditi Rao Hydari, Boman Irani and Kayoze Irani
Director: Manish Jha.
What works: Nothing!
What doesn't: Arshad Warsi looks disinterested, film doesn't make sense.
Number of weeks: 1.
BO verdict: Flop.

Dishoom
Cast:  John Abraham, Varun Dhawan, Jacqueline Fernandez, Akshaye Khanna.
Director: Rohit Dhawan.
What works: Varun Dhawan and his charm!
What doesn't: John Abraham.
Number of weeks: 2.
BO verdict: Hit.

Kabali (Hindi dubbed version)
Cast: Rajinikanth, Radhika Apte
Director: Pa Ranjith
What works: Rajinikanth, of course!
What doesn't: Film has nothing new to offer or say, even Rajinikanth's popular gimmicks are missing.
Number of weeks: 3.
BO verdict: Flop.

Madaari
Cast: Irrfan, Jimmy Sheirgill, Vishesh Bansal
Director: Nishikanth Kamat
What works: Irrfan.
What doesn't: Weak script and editing.
Number of weeks: 3.
BO verdict: Flop.

Great Grand Masti
Cast:  Vivek Oberoi, Riteish Deshmukh, Aftab Shivdasani, Urvashi Rautela.
Director: Indra Kumar.
What works: A few comic gags.
What doesn't: Over-the-top performances, sloppy script.
Number of weeks: 4.
BO verdict: Flop.

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: 5.
BO verdict: Superhit.


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