December 23, 2003
 This week's releases
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Why Sanju is no match for Shah Rukh

Sanjay Dutt's umpteenth don role in Munnabhai MBBS provided much laughter but could not save itself.

The other release of the week, Fun2shh, also failed despite its aggressive promotion.

Note: Films are ranked on the basis of their performance at the box office every week. Though a film may be declared a flop, it may have performed better than the other films that week.




Kal Ho Na Ho

Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Preity Zinta, Jaya Bachchan
Director: Nikhil Advani
Well-written, good-direction and performances.

Excessive melodrama and nothing for rural centres.

Number of weeks: 3
BO Verdict: Super Hit

The review





Munnabhai MBBS

Cast: Sanjay Dutt, Sunil Dutt, Gracy Singh, Arshad Warsi, Jimmy Shergil, Boman Irani
Director: Rajkumar Hirani
Good humour, funny dialogues.

Totally Mumbai-orientated

Number of weeks: New
BO Verdict: Flop

The review





Dil Pardesi Ho Gaya

Cast: Kapil Jhaveri, Saloni Aswani, Ashutosh Rana, Amrish Puri, Prem Chopra
Director: Sawaan Kumar
Deals about peace between India and Pakistan.

Preaches in a jingoistic way, poor performances.

Number of weeks: 1
BO Verdict: Flop






Baghban

Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini, Paresh Rawal, Lilette Dubey,
Aman Verma, Samir Soni, Divya Dutta, Suman Ranganathan, Nasir Khan, Asrani, Sahil Chadda, Rimi Sen, Yash Pathak
Director: Ravi Chopra
Moving performances from AB and Hema Malini.

Tired plot. Audience disinterested in watching an oldies' romance.

Number of weeks: 10
BO Verdict: Hit

The review





Fun2ssh

Cast: Paresh Rawal, Gulshan Gover, Farida Jalal, Ashish Vidyarthy, Kadar Khan, Anuj Sawhney, Iqbal Khan
Director: Imtiaz Punjabi
Paresh Rawal's comic performance.

Poor performances from the rest of the cast.

Number of weeks: New
BO Verdict: Flop

The review





Janasheen

Cast: Feroz Khan, Fardeen Khan, Celina Jaitley
Director: Feroz Khan
Glossy, technically sleek.

Poor performances, old-fashioned plot.

Number of weeks: 3
BO Verdict: Flop

The review





Tehzeeb

Cast: Shabana Azmi, Urmila Matondkar, Arjun Rampal, Dia Mirza
Director: Khalid Mohamed
Shabana Azmi's acting, Santosh Sivan's cinematography.

Too many item numbers, over the top performances by Urmila and Arjun, no focus on screenplay.

Number of weeks: 2
BO Verdict: Flop

The review





Wrong Number

Cast: Pravin Dabas, Richal Pallod, Rakesh Bapat, Rinku Ghosh, Vrajesh Hirjee
Director: Jignesh M Vaishnav
Well-executed murder scenes.

Pads up the murder scenes excessively, too many songs.

Number of weeks: 1
BO Verdict: Flop

The review





Aanch

Cast: Nana Patekar, Paresh Rawal, Suchinder Bali, Sharbani Mukherji, Ayesha Jhulka and Nirmal Pandey
Director: Raajesh Kumar Singh
Paresh Rawal's acting.

The story offers nothing new.

Number of weeks: 3
BO Verdict: Flop






Out Of Control

Cast: Ritesh Deshmukh, Brande Rodrick, Hrishitaa Bhatt
Director: Apoorva Asrani
Light-hearted entertainment.

Repetitive story, Ritesh looks too kiddish to be married.

Number of weeks: 4
BO Verdict: Flop

The review





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