It seems to be the year of Karan Johar so far. After the first superhit of the year - Agneepath coming from his stable, Dharma Productions has another winner in Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu in just a span of two weeks. The Kareena Kapoor - Imran Khan starrer had a decent start with Rs 21 crore collection over the opening weekend. With the film largely catering to metro-multiplex audiences, business is good in urban centers over single-screen territory. The Valentine Day on Tuesday should help the business of this romantic-comedy grow further. The other release of the week - Valentine's Night (Payal Rohatgi - Sangram Singh) was expectedly a disaster.
The coming week sees the release of Prateik Babbar - Amy Jackson's Ekk Deewana Tha. The Tamil (Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa) and Telugu (Ye Maaya Chesave) versions of the film were huge hits and it needs to be seen whether the Hindi remake clicks with the audience as well.
The second release is a less-known film called Married 2 America starring Jackie Shroff, Archana Joglekar and Raghuveer Yadav. Also Percept Picture Company is releasing a horror flick titled in a monosyllable '?' which seems to be a rip-off of the Hollywood flick The Blair Witch Project. So there isn't any potential threat to Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu and hopefully it could have a decent second week as well.
Top Hindi Films this Week
Film: Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu
Position: 1
Director: Shakun Batra
Cast: Kareena Kapoor, Imran Khan
Upside: Lighthearted treatment, subtle humour, Kareena Kapoor's natural act
Downside: Shallow story
Running Week: 1
Trade Comments: Had a decent start with Rs 21 crore collection over the opening weekend. With the film largely catering to metro-multiplex audiences, business is good in urban centers over single-screen territory. The Valentine Day on Tuesday should help the business of this romantic-comedy grow further.
Film: Agneepath
Position: 2
Director: Karan Malhotra
Cast: Hrithik Roshan, Sanjay Dutt, Rishi Kapoor
Upside: Good performances by Hrithik-Sanjay-Rishi Kapoor, Good direction, retains essence of original
Downside: Priyanka Chopra romance track drags, long runtime, brutal action works against family audience
Running Week: 3
Box Office Verdict: Super Hit
Film: Gali Gali Chor Hai
Position: 3
Director: Rumy Jafry
Cast: Akshaye Khanna, Shriya Saran, Mughda Godse, Satish Kaushik, Annu Kapoor
Upside: Interesting and topical theme of corruption, decent acts by Akshaye Annu Kapoor and Satish Kaushik, riveting first half
Downside: Dragging and disappointing second half, unwanted romance track, abrupt end
Running Week: 2
Box Office Verdict: Flop
Film: Players
Position: 4
Director: Abbas-Mustan
Cast: Abhishek Bachchan, Bipasha Basu, Neil Mukesh, Sonam Kapoor
Upside: Interesting theme, thrilling train-robbery in first half,
Downside: Poor performances, predictable suspense, average direction, too many loopholes
Running Week: 6
Box-Office Verdict: Flop
Film: Valentine's Night
Position: 5
Director: Kirshan-Baadal
Cast: Payal Rohatgi, Sangram Singh. Rahul Minz
Upside: Practically nothing
Downside: Bad plot, bad performances, bad direction
Running Week: 1
Box-Office Verdict: Flop
