Box-Office Report: Kaminey gets a killer opening

Two big releases, Kaminey and Life Partner were slated for release last Friday to cash on the extended weekend holiday (from public holidays of Krishna Janmashtmi and Independence Day). Unfortunately for them the film did not release in any screen in Mumbai and Pune city due to the swine-flu threat that had hit the nation. With Mumbai being a major revenue center for any film, both the films incurred losses.Kaminey lost around Rs 5 crores while Life Partner lost around Rs 2 crores.
Nevertheless Kaminey received an impressive opening elsewhere in the country. Though not amongst the biggest openings of the year, as was being predicted in trade circles, Kaminey is still the biggest opening for any Shahid, Priyanka and Vishal Bharadwaj film so far. ���������We are completely delighted with the reaction from moviegoers who have loved the film. The response has been fantastic," said Girish Johar, AVP, UTV Motion Pictures. The film has collected around Rs 16.5 crores in its opening weekend.
���������Kaminey has received rave reviews and the movie has witnessed strong box office collections across locations. With the opening up of multiplexes in Mumbai on Monday we have seen the expected rush in advance bookings and expect the strong response to continue throughout the week and the coming weekend," said Tushar Dhingra, COO BIG Cinemas.
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The other release Life Partner was clearly over-shadowed by Kaminey. Despite being a multi-starrer comedy, the opening collections weren���������t as encouraging as expected. While most multiplex chains are running 24-26 shows for 'Kaminey' in a day, only 6-8 shows are allotted to Life Partner. Clearly, loud and outdated comedies do not work anymore. Life Partner has collected around Rs 6.5 crores.
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The next week sees the releases of three comparatively smaller films. Sikandar starring Parzaan Dastur, Ayesha Kapoor, R Madhavan and Sanjay Suri is a social film with a sensitive message. The dance drama Fast Forward stars Rehan Khan and Akshay Kapoor, who haven���������t tasted solo-success yet. Naseer Khan has been widely promoting Shadow as his grand launch film. But the sympathy votes (Naseer Khan is blind in real life) don���������t promise to transform into potential audience.
With no strong competition, Kaminey has good scope to continue minting money in next week as well and cover up for the losses incurred in this week.
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Film: Kaminey
Position: 1
Director: Vishal Bharadwaj
Cast: Shahid Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Amol Gupte
Upside: Brilliant performance by Shahid Kapoor, Vishal Bharadwaj���������s dark and intense direction, interesting characterizations, good music, good cinematography
Downside: Too unconventional, stretched second half
Running Week: 1
Trade Comments: Lost big money since the film didn���������t release in Mumbai and Pune territory over the weekend. Elsewhere in India it received a brilliant opening and continues to do good business.
Indiatimes Rating: *** (Read Review)
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Film: Life Partner
Position: 2
Director: Rumi Jaffrey
Cast: Fardeen Khan, Genelia D���������Souza, Tushar Kapoor, Prachi Desai, Govinda
Upside: Some passable jokes
Downside: Outdated story, dull humour, silly climax, Genelia���������s screechy performance, Prachi Desai gets into TV soap mode, unending length
Running Week: 1
Trade Comments: Theoutdated theme and humourdidn���������t gel well with the audiences. Business was much pale in comparison to Kaminey.
Indiatimes Rating: * ������ (Read Review)
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Film: Love Aaj Kal
Position: 3
Director: Imtiaz Ali
Cast: Saif Ali Khan, Deepika Padukone, Rishi Kapoor
Upside: Lighthearted youthful feel, witty dialogues, brilliant music, catchy choreography, smart editing, good performances by Saif and Deepika
Downside: Not a new narrative ��������� same old story retold, unconvincing abrupt climax, d������j������ vu effect of DDLJ, Hum Tum, KANK
Running Week: 3
Box-Office Verdict: Hit
Indiatimes Rating: *** (Read Review)
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Film: Agyaat
Position: 4
Director: Ram Gopal Varma
Cast: Priyanka Kothari, Nitin Reddy, Gautam Rode
Upside: Practically nothing
Downside: Pathetic climax, bad performances, overt use of camera and background score
Running Week: 2
Box-Office Verdict: Average because of its low cost
Indiatimes Rating: * (Read Review)
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Film: Teree Sang
Position: 3
Director: Satish Kaushik
Cast: Ruslaan Mumtaz, Sheena Shahabadi
Upside: Innocence of the lead pair, decent music and direction, culmination of the plot
Downside: Social theme camouflaged behind clich������d rich-girl-poor-boy plot, Sheena too amateur artist, sensationalizes the issue of abortion
Running Week: 1
Box-Office Verdict: Average because of its low cost
Indiatimes Rating: ** (Read Review)
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