# CINEMA – MOVIES – TELEVISION … NEWS – 468. Box Office: The Shaukeens below average, Rang Rasiya flops Last weeks releases -- The Shaukeens and Rang Rasiya -- failed to work their magic at the box office in their opening week. While Shaukeens was unable the emulate the success of the original (Basu Chatterjees Shaukeen), the latter had a poor showing in theatres despite good reviews. FILM: THE SHAUKEENS Cast: Akshay Kumar, Lisa Haydon, Anupam Kher, Annu Kapoor, Piyush Mishra Director: Abhishek Sharma What works: Akshay Kumars funny moments. What doesnt: Not an adequately inspired remake Number of weeks: NEW. BOX OFFICE: BELOW AVERAGE OPENING. FILM: RANG RASIYA. Cast: Randeep Hooda, Nandana Sen, Rashaana Shah Director: Ketan Mehta What works: Good story, great performances What doesnt: Film drags in parts Number of weeks: NEW. BOX OFFICE: OPENS POORLY. FILM: SUPER NANI. Cast: Rekha, Sharman Joshi, Randhir Kapoor, Shweta Kumar Director: Indra Kumar What works: A gorgeous Rekha What doesnt: Very regressive. Number of weeks: 1 BOX OFFICE: OPENS POORLY. FILM: ROAR. Cast: Anchit Kaur, Abhinav Shukla, Himarsha Venkatsamy Director: Kamal Sadanah What works: Novel concept, Decent VFX What doesnt: Bad story and direction Number of weeks: 1 BOX OFFICE: OPENS WELL. FILM: HAPPY NEW YEAR. Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Abhishek Bachchan, Sonu Sood, Boman Irani, Jackie Shroff, Vivaan Shah. Director: Farah Khan What works: Catchy music, exotic locales, and Abhishek Bachchan! What doesnt: Low on wit and imagination, too many stereotypes. Number of weeks: 2 BOX OFFICE: AVERAGE.
Posted on: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 12:17:07 +0000
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