The hits and misses of the week.
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Randeep Hooda starrer Sarbjit opens weak, improves only marginally over the weekend and drops on Monday. It will be a loser.
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the weekly box office verdict.
Sarbjit
Cast: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Randeep Hooda, Richa Chhada
Director: Omung Kumar
What works: The story idea.
What doesn't: Weak script and direction.
Number of weeks: New
BO verdict: Weak opening
Read the review here: Raja Sen / Sukanya Verma
Azhar
Cast: Emraan Hashmi, Nargis Fakhri, Prachi Desai, Kunal Roy Kapur, Lara Dutta
Director: Tony D'Souza
What works: Emraan Hashmi.
What doesn't: Bad direction, poor storytelling.
Number of weeks: 1
BO verdict: Poor
Read the review here: Prem Panicker /Raja Sen
Dear Dad
Cast: Arvind Swamy, Himanshu Sharma
Director: Tanuj Bhramar
What works: Performances by Arvind Swamy, Himanshu Sharma.
What doesn't: We don't see much of Arvind Swamy.
Number of weeks: 1
BO verdict: Flop
Buddha in a Traffic Jam
Cast: Anupam Kher, Arunoday Singh, Mahie Gill, Anchal Dwivedi, Pallavi Joshi.
Director: Vivek Agnihotri
What works: Nothing!
What doesn't: Preposterous plot, bad performances and direction.
Number of weeks: 1
BO verdict: Flop
One Night Stand
Cast: Sunny Leone, Tanuj Virwani, Nyra Banerjee
Director: Jasmine D'souza
What works: The story idea.
What doesn't: Clunky writing, bad performances.
Number of weeks: 2
BO verdict: Flop
Traffic
Cast: Manoj Bajpayee, Jimmy Shergill, Prosenjit Chatterjee, Parambrata Chatterjee, Sachin Khedekar, Amol Parashar, Vishal Singh, Divya Dutta
Director: Rajesh Pillai
What works: Kitu Gidwani and Divya Dutta's performances.
What doesn't: Monotonous acting and hackneyed characterisations.
Number of weeks: 2
BO verdict: Poor
1920 London
Cast: Sharman Joshi, Meera Chopra, Vishal Karwal
Director: Tinu Suresh Desai
What works: The music.
What doesn't: The story is predictable and the film is not scary.
Number of weeks: 2
BO verdict: Fair
Baaghi
Cast: Tiger Shroff, Shraddha Kapoor, Sudheer Babu, Sunil Grover, Sanjay Mishra
Director: Sabbir Khan
What works: Tiger Shroff and Sudheer Babu's performances.
What doesn't: Poor dialogues. The love scenes are boring.
Number of weeks: 3
BO verdict: Hit
Nil Battey Sannata
Cast: Swara Bhaskar, Ratna Pathak Shah, Sanjay Suri
Director: Ashwini Iyer Tiwari
What works: Performances and engaging narrative.
What doesn't: Second half drags.
Number of weeks: 3
BO verdict: Flop
