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  • Dud weeks; Rustom brings some solace

    Dud weeks; Rustom brings some solace

    MUMBAI: A one-woman non-army. Akira, a film banking solely on Sonakshi Sinha with action as the main theme, fails on two counts. The film does not even contain as much action as its promos showed. And, Sonakshi does not quite manage to carry the film through.

    The film had no major opposition to contend with but that did not help it get a decent opening. Struggling from day one when the film collected Rs 4.6 crore, barely improving on Saturday while the expected Sunday rise also remained negligible. The film collected Rs 15.7 crore for its opening weekend.

    It film faced a major drop on Monday despite a holiday in some parts of India.

    *Yeh Toh Two Much Ho Gayaa fails badly.

    *Island City goes unnoticed.

    *Sunshine Music Tours and Travels fails to find an audience.

    *A Flying Jatt succumbs to its poor treatment and fails to appeal to its target audience, children. The film had an average opening response. After showing a weak trend during its opening weekend, the film dropped drastically Monday onwards managing just Rs 33.75 crore for its first week.

    *Happy Bhag Jayegi sustains with a decent second week in the absence of competition. The film adds Rs 6.3 crore for its second week taking its two-week total to Rs 23.2 crore.

    *Mohenjo Daro continues its poor run at the box office. The film added just about Rs 50 lakh in its third week to take its three week total to Rs 54.3 crore.

    *Rustom maintains strong collections in its third week being a universally-appealing film to watch. The film collects Rs 6.8 crore in its third week to take its three week tally to Rs 121.6 crore.

  • Dud weeks; Rustom brings some solace

    Dud weeks; Rustom brings some solace

    MUMBAI: A one-woman non-army. Akira, a film banking solely on Sonakshi Sinha with action as the main theme, fails on two counts. The film does not even contain as much action as its promos showed. And, Sonakshi does not quite manage to carry the film through.

    The film had no major opposition to contend with but that did not help it get a decent opening. Struggling from day one when the film collected Rs 4.6 crore, barely improving on Saturday while the expected Sunday rise also remained negligible. The film collected Rs 15.7 crore for its opening weekend.

    It film faced a major drop on Monday despite a holiday in some parts of India.

    *Yeh Toh Two Much Ho Gayaa fails badly.

    *Island City goes unnoticed.

    *Sunshine Music Tours and Travels fails to find an audience.

    *A Flying Jatt succumbs to its poor treatment and fails to appeal to its target audience, children. The film had an average opening response. After showing a weak trend during its opening weekend, the film dropped drastically Monday onwards managing just Rs 33.75 crore for its first week.

    *Happy Bhag Jayegi sustains with a decent second week in the absence of competition. The film adds Rs 6.3 crore for its second week taking its two-week total to Rs 23.2 crore.

    *Mohenjo Daro continues its poor run at the box office. The film added just about Rs 50 lakh in its third week to take its three week total to Rs 54.3 crore.

    *Rustom maintains strong collections in its third week being a universally-appealing film to watch. The film collects Rs 6.8 crore in its third week to take its three week tally to Rs 121.6 crore.

  • ‘A Flying Jatt’ flies average; ‘Rustom’ touches Rs 115 cr

    ‘A Flying Jatt’ flies average; ‘Rustom’ touches Rs 115 cr

    MUMBAI: A Flying Jatt a film with Tiger Shroff playing a superhero, aimed at children, gets an average opening response and meets with mixed reactions. Besides trying to imitate Hollywood superhero films, the casting of the gigantic foreign actor, Nathan Jones, as villain also makes the film’s superhero, Tiger look puny in front of him.

    The film, released on Thursday to reap the benefit of Gokulashtami holiday in parts of the country, collects a not so impressive Rs. 6.8 crore on day one. The film drops on Friday, even as the Saturday figures remain almost similar to the opening day while on Sunday, the film does a little better to end its opening weekend with Rs 27.85 crore. The film will find it tough to sustain in remaining four days of the week.

    Happy Bhag Jayegi, after a reasonable opening weekend, sustains well through the week in the absence of a major opposition as well as its simplistic and light comedy theme. The film collects 16.9 crore for its first week.

    Rustom continues a healthy trend in its second week. The film, having added to the popularity of Akshay Kumar following a lineup of his purposeful films in recent times, adds Rs. 24.75 in its second week to take its two week total to Rs. 114.8 crore.

    Mohenjo Daro proves to be a box office disaster meeting with a total rejection all over. A poorly conceived and executed film, its second week figures fall to less than 10 per cent of its first week. The film collects a measly Rs. 4.6 crore in its second week taking its two week total to Rs. 53.8 crore.

    *Budhia Singh- Born To Run adds Rs 1 lakh in its third week to take its three week total to Rs 2.16 crore.

  • ‘A Flying Jatt’ flies average; ‘Rustom’ touches Rs 115 cr

    ‘A Flying Jatt’ flies average; ‘Rustom’ touches Rs 115 cr

    MUMBAI: A Flying Jatt a film with Tiger Shroff playing a superhero, aimed at children, gets an average opening response and meets with mixed reactions. Besides trying to imitate Hollywood superhero films, the casting of the gigantic foreign actor, Nathan Jones, as villain also makes the film’s superhero, Tiger look puny in front of him.

    The film, released on Thursday to reap the benefit of Gokulashtami holiday in parts of the country, collects a not so impressive Rs. 6.8 crore on day one. The film drops on Friday, even as the Saturday figures remain almost similar to the opening day while on Sunday, the film does a little better to end its opening weekend with Rs 27.85 crore. The film will find it tough to sustain in remaining four days of the week.

    Happy Bhag Jayegi, after a reasonable opening weekend, sustains well through the week in the absence of a major opposition as well as its simplistic and light comedy theme. The film collects 16.9 crore for its first week.

    Rustom continues a healthy trend in its second week. The film, having added to the popularity of Akshay Kumar following a lineup of his purposeful films in recent times, adds Rs. 24.75 in its second week to take its two week total to Rs. 114.8 crore.

    Mohenjo Daro proves to be a box office disaster meeting with a total rejection all over. A poorly conceived and executed film, its second week figures fall to less than 10 per cent of its first week. The film collects a measly Rs. 4.6 crore in its second week taking its two week total to Rs. 53.8 crore.

    *Budhia Singh- Born To Run adds Rs 1 lakh in its third week to take its three week total to Rs 2.16 crore.

  • ‘Rustom’ beats ‘Mohenjo Daro’; collects Rs 90 cr

    ‘Rustom’ beats ‘Mohenjo Daro’; collects Rs 90 cr

    MUMBAI: Happy Bhag Jayegi a comic romance with yet another story on India Pakistan integration, find favour with metro audience catering to select multiplex crowd. With a good word of mouth, the film’s addition to its opening day figures is noticeable. The film opened with Rs 2.3 crore on Friday and doubled that on Sunday to end its opening weekend with a total of Rs. 10.45 crore.

    UnIndian remains poor.

    Rustom pitted against what was expected to be a spectacular drama woven around the ancient civilization of Mohenjo Daro, not only starts off with a terrific opening response but also goes onto to win much appreciation from the audience.

    The film, which opened with Rs 14 crore on day one, went on to consolidate over the weekend also making the most of the Independence Day holiday on Monday, the 15th August and remained steady for the next three days, again getting some advantage on the Raksha Bandhan holiday on Thursday, in parts of India, to finish its first week with Rs 89.5 crore.

    Mohenjo Daro, an ambitious looking film promising much but, as it turned out, had nothing to do with its title or the period it promised to present on screen. In fact, the film turned out to be an attempt to palm off a B grade Bahubali vs a simple noble hero story that showed no sense of script or execution.

    The moviegoer rejected the film from day one as the film’s opening remained poor. The film had an opening of 8.8 crore on day one with the weekend showing little improvement. The Independence Day holiday on Monday helped little as the film ended its first week with a total of Rs 49.2 crore. The film is a major setback financially.

    Budhia Singh- Born To Run collects Rs 2.25 lakh in its second week to take its two week total to Rs 2.15 crore.

    Dishoom adds 60 lakh for its third week to take its three week total to Rs 65.2 crore.

  • ‘Rustom’ beats ‘Mohenjo Daro’; collects Rs 90 cr

    ‘Rustom’ beats ‘Mohenjo Daro’; collects Rs 90 cr

    MUMBAI: Happy Bhag Jayegi a comic romance with yet another story on India Pakistan integration, find favour with metro audience catering to select multiplex crowd. With a good word of mouth, the film’s addition to its opening day figures is noticeable. The film opened with Rs 2.3 crore on Friday and doubled that on Sunday to end its opening weekend with a total of Rs. 10.45 crore.

    UnIndian remains poor.

    Rustom pitted against what was expected to be a spectacular drama woven around the ancient civilization of Mohenjo Daro, not only starts off with a terrific opening response but also goes onto to win much appreciation from the audience.

    The film, which opened with Rs 14 crore on day one, went on to consolidate over the weekend also making the most of the Independence Day holiday on Monday, the 15th August and remained steady for the next three days, again getting some advantage on the Raksha Bandhan holiday on Thursday, in parts of India, to finish its first week with Rs 89.5 crore.

    Mohenjo Daro, an ambitious looking film promising much but, as it turned out, had nothing to do with its title or the period it promised to present on screen. In fact, the film turned out to be an attempt to palm off a B grade Bahubali vs a simple noble hero story that showed no sense of script or execution.

    The moviegoer rejected the film from day one as the film’s opening remained poor. The film had an opening of 8.8 crore on day one with the weekend showing little improvement. The Independence Day holiday on Monday helped little as the film ended its first week with a total of Rs 49.2 crore. The film is a major setback financially.

    Budhia Singh- Born To Run collects Rs 2.25 lakh in its second week to take its two week total to Rs 2.15 crore.

    Dishoom adds 60 lakh for its third week to take its three week total to Rs 65.2 crore.

  • Happy Bhag Jayegi, Unindian: blending of different cultures dominate cinemas this week

    Happy Bhag Jayegi, Unindian: blending of different cultures dominate cinemas this week

    MUMBAI: There are quite a few films around stories of India-Pakistan cross connections and some seem to benefit both Hindi as well as Pakistani industries as the trans-border themes find more acceptance because of commonality in cultures and could help create a common market.

    Happy Bhag Jayegi takes the two countries one story film even closer in cultures. The story in this film moves within 50 kilometers on two sides Punjab: Amritsar in India and Lahore in Pakistan. As expected, the film has an extensive use of Punjabi dialogue.

    In age-old tradition, Happy aka Diana Penty’s marriage is fixed to an aspiring local politician Jimmy Shergill by her father Kanwaljit Singh. But, Diana is deeply and truly in love with Ali Fazal, a wannabe musician. The wedding ceremony is about to take place when, as planned, Happy jumps in to an open truck parked under her window to make her escape to meet Ali.

    Not wanting to be found, Diana hides herself in a huge carton. But, there has been a mistake. Diana has jumped into a wrong truck and this truck is headed to Lahore in Pakistan via Wagah check post to deliver some stuff there. The carton lands at its destination at the house of Abhay Deol, son of the Punjab province ex-governor Javaid Sheikh.

    Abhay is engaged to his childhood friend Momal Sheikh. This is when Diana makes her presence felt, jumping out of the carton. This spells trouble for Abhay as Momal suspects some hanky-panky between Diana and Abhay. It takes a while for Abhay to clear all doubts as both, Momal and Abhay decide to help Diana unite with Ali.

    Abhay decides to make a trip to India to find Ali and bring him to Pakistan to bring the two lovers together. In India, he has to contend with Jimmy and his goons who are holding Ali in captivity. While Abhay is away in India, Jimmy’s contacts in Pakistan have kidnapped Diana who is now under their custody.

    Javaid sees in Abhay a worthy heir to his political ambitions. His catch phrase in anything to do with Pakistan is: Will change the history of Pakistan. And he feels Abhay can do it too. As a political ploy, Abhay convinces Javaid that they should arrange a community marriage of 100 needy suitors which would help them gain political mileage. Actually, his plan is to also get Ali and Diana tie the knot in the crowd of 100 couples, now that he has brought Ali from India and also got Diana freed.

    The marriage jamboree is about to begin when Jimmy who followed Abhay to Pakistan plans to take Ali’s place in the wedding ceremony. Kanwaljit has also reached the venue and a free for all follows making for a funny climax.

    Happy Bhag Jayegi is a fairly funny movie with no real negative shades as villains also have comic shades. The film is well scripted as its first half passes smoothly. It sags in the second half, making up to some extent in the climax. There is a problem as the film uses too much of Punjabi – in typical local twang. Direction is able. India Pakistan locales are mixed well. Thankfully, the film has few songs and all are peppy blending well with the theme. Cinematography is good.

    Performances are generally good. Abhay Deol is restrained. Jimmy Shergill is impressive as ever, this time in a comic role. Diana Penty impresses in the role of a typical tomboyish Punjabi girl. Ali Fazal carries his deadpan expression through as needed for his character. Momal Sheikh is fair. Special mention must be made of Piyush Mishra who excels.

    The film, as expected, has had a poor opening and some improvement over the weekend will be limited mainly to Delhi-Punjab areas due to use of Punjabi flavour and language in the film.

    Producers: Anand L Rai, Krishika Lulla.
    Director: Mudassar Aziz.
    Cast: Abhay Deol, Diana Penty, Ali Fazal, Jimmy Shergill, Javaid Sheikh, Momal Sheikh, Kanwaljit Singh, Piyush Mishra.

    UnIndian

    UnIndian is a crossover romance drama and this time, the action moves from our traditional base of such romances – UK or US – to down under in Australia. With a self-made but divorcee woman and traditional parents, a cultural clash becomes the mainstay of this film. While usually such films are loaded with loud Punjabi characters; this one is not.

    Tannishtha Chatterjee is a divorcee living in Australia. She has a daughter and parents, Supriya Pathak and Akash Khurana, who retain their Indian values and traditions. Supriya and Akash, like all well-meaning Indian parents, want their daughter to find a doctor or some such of an Indian background, well settled in life to begin her life anew.

    Bret Lee is an Australian who teaches English as it is used in Australia at the university. The plan is for the settlers from all over to learn the language making it easier for them to blend in society. The tables turn on Lee when he sees and instantly falls in love with Tannishtha. Now he needs to learn things that are Indian.

    Lee has help at hand in Arka Das, his Indian roommate who is a TV anchor of a food show. Arka knows only as much about India as Lee does but guides him all the same. This helps create some funny situations and laughter.

    The love story deals with some side issues while also promoting some tourism for Australia as the love story braves the cultural divide.

    UnIndian is a mildly funny film about meeting of two cultures through the easiest route: a love story. The script is plain with some loose ends but there is just about as much you can do in such a story where distractions cannot be crammed in as in action or song and dance. Direction is fair and the second half of the film goes a bit awry while dealing with unnecessary mush Indian style. Dialogue is simple and witty. Cinematography is competent.

    Tannishtha Chatterjee is natural and sails through the film easily. Bret Lee is better than expected. Arka Das is very good. Supriya Pathak is natural. Akash Khurana and the rest are okay in support.

    UnIndian will find very limited patronage at a few metro multiplexes.

    Producer: Krian Pictures.
    Direction: Anupam Sharma.
    Cast: Brett Lee, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Supriya Pathak, Akash Khurana, Arka Das, Gulshan Grover, Pallavi Sharda.

  • Happy Bhag Jayegi, Unindian: blending of different cultures dominate cinemas this week

    Happy Bhag Jayegi, Unindian: blending of different cultures dominate cinemas this week

    MUMBAI: There are quite a few films around stories of India-Pakistan cross connections and some seem to benefit both Hindi as well as Pakistani industries as the trans-border themes find more acceptance because of commonality in cultures and could help create a common market.

    Happy Bhag Jayegi takes the two countries one story film even closer in cultures. The story in this film moves within 50 kilometers on two sides Punjab: Amritsar in India and Lahore in Pakistan. As expected, the film has an extensive use of Punjabi dialogue.

    In age-old tradition, Happy aka Diana Penty’s marriage is fixed to an aspiring local politician Jimmy Shergill by her father Kanwaljit Singh. But, Diana is deeply and truly in love with Ali Fazal, a wannabe musician. The wedding ceremony is about to take place when, as planned, Happy jumps in to an open truck parked under her window to make her escape to meet Ali.

    Not wanting to be found, Diana hides herself in a huge carton. But, there has been a mistake. Diana has jumped into a wrong truck and this truck is headed to Lahore in Pakistan via Wagah check post to deliver some stuff there. The carton lands at its destination at the house of Abhay Deol, son of the Punjab province ex-governor Javaid Sheikh.

    Abhay is engaged to his childhood friend Momal Sheikh. This is when Diana makes her presence felt, jumping out of the carton. This spells trouble for Abhay as Momal suspects some hanky-panky between Diana and Abhay. It takes a while for Abhay to clear all doubts as both, Momal and Abhay decide to help Diana unite with Ali.

    Abhay decides to make a trip to India to find Ali and bring him to Pakistan to bring the two lovers together. In India, he has to contend with Jimmy and his goons who are holding Ali in captivity. While Abhay is away in India, Jimmy’s contacts in Pakistan have kidnapped Diana who is now under their custody.

    Javaid sees in Abhay a worthy heir to his political ambitions. His catch phrase in anything to do with Pakistan is: Will change the history of Pakistan. And he feels Abhay can do it too. As a political ploy, Abhay convinces Javaid that they should arrange a community marriage of 100 needy suitors which would help them gain political mileage. Actually, his plan is to also get Ali and Diana tie the knot in the crowd of 100 couples, now that he has brought Ali from India and also got Diana freed.

    The marriage jamboree is about to begin when Jimmy who followed Abhay to Pakistan plans to take Ali’s place in the wedding ceremony. Kanwaljit has also reached the venue and a free for all follows making for a funny climax.

    Happy Bhag Jayegi is a fairly funny movie with no real negative shades as villains also have comic shades. The film is well scripted as its first half passes smoothly. It sags in the second half, making up to some extent in the climax. There is a problem as the film uses too much of Punjabi – in typical local twang. Direction is able. India Pakistan locales are mixed well. Thankfully, the film has few songs and all are peppy blending well with the theme. Cinematography is good.

    Performances are generally good. Abhay Deol is restrained. Jimmy Shergill is impressive as ever, this time in a comic role. Diana Penty impresses in the role of a typical tomboyish Punjabi girl. Ali Fazal carries his deadpan expression through as needed for his character. Momal Sheikh is fair. Special mention must be made of Piyush Mishra who excels.

    The film, as expected, has had a poor opening and some improvement over the weekend will be limited mainly to Delhi-Punjab areas due to use of Punjabi flavour and language in the film.

    Producers: Anand L Rai, Krishika Lulla.
    Director: Mudassar Aziz.
    Cast: Abhay Deol, Diana Penty, Ali Fazal, Jimmy Shergill, Javaid Sheikh, Momal Sheikh, Kanwaljit Singh, Piyush Mishra.

    UnIndian

    UnIndian is a crossover romance drama and this time, the action moves from our traditional base of such romances – UK or US – to down under in Australia. With a self-made but divorcee woman and traditional parents, a cultural clash becomes the mainstay of this film. While usually such films are loaded with loud Punjabi characters; this one is not.

    Tannishtha Chatterjee is a divorcee living in Australia. She has a daughter and parents, Supriya Pathak and Akash Khurana, who retain their Indian values and traditions. Supriya and Akash, like all well-meaning Indian parents, want their daughter to find a doctor or some such of an Indian background, well settled in life to begin her life anew.

    Bret Lee is an Australian who teaches English as it is used in Australia at the university. The plan is for the settlers from all over to learn the language making it easier for them to blend in society. The tables turn on Lee when he sees and instantly falls in love with Tannishtha. Now he needs to learn things that are Indian.

    Lee has help at hand in Arka Das, his Indian roommate who is a TV anchor of a food show. Arka knows only as much about India as Lee does but guides him all the same. This helps create some funny situations and laughter.

    The love story deals with some side issues while also promoting some tourism for Australia as the love story braves the cultural divide.

    UnIndian is a mildly funny film about meeting of two cultures through the easiest route: a love story. The script is plain with some loose ends but there is just about as much you can do in such a story where distractions cannot be crammed in as in action or song and dance. Direction is fair and the second half of the film goes a bit awry while dealing with unnecessary mush Indian style. Dialogue is simple and witty. Cinematography is competent.

    Tannishtha Chatterjee is natural and sails through the film easily. Bret Lee is better than expected. Arka Das is very good. Supriya Pathak is natural. Akash Khurana and the rest are okay in support.

    UnIndian will find very limited patronage at a few metro multiplexes.

    Producer: Krian Pictures.
    Direction: Anupam Sharma.
    Cast: Brett Lee, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Supriya Pathak, Akash Khurana, Arka Das, Gulshan Grover, Pallavi Sharda.