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Tanu Weds Manu gets another maiden week

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With the only release of week ��Yeh Faasley�� finding no takers, ��Tanu Weds Manu�� is ruling at box-office and will have no competition for the next 3 weeks.

With the only release of week ��Yeh Faasley�� finding no takers, ��Tanu Weds Manu�� is ruling at box-office and will have no competition for the next 3 weeks.
The only release of this week Yeh Faasley starring Anupam Kher in the lead role was a weak enough film to sustain itself at the box-office despite being a solo release. Not only was the film low on star-vale and promotions, even the content was very mediocre thereby denying it its niche target audience.
That gave Tanu Weds Manu another maiden week, being the only option for moviegoers amidst the (literal) no-show at box-office. Studio 18 and the investors of Tanu Weds Manu could not have asked for a better release timing for their film. While the preceding big releases like 7 Khoon Maaf and Patiala House hit the dust, there have been no prominent releases post the release of Tanu Weds Manu with the Cricket World Cup taking over.
There is absolutely no release (not even smallies or B-graders) for the next few weeks.

Farhan Akhtar produced Game (Abhishek Bachchan, Kangana Ranaut) and Vashu Bhagnani��s FALTU (Jackky Bhagnani, Riteish Deshmukh, Arshad Warsi) will bring back movies to box office on April 1, a day before the World Cup comes to an end. Anees Bazmee��s Thank You (Akshay Kumar, Bobby Deol, Irrfan Khan, Sonam Kapoor) is the only big film to release post World Cup and before the IPL craze takes over. Perhaps Thank You would be able to have the same fate as

Tanu Weds Manu since big releases will continue to stay away once IPL starts.
Top 5 Films this Week
Film: Tanu Weds Manu
Position: 1
Director: Aanand L Rai
Cast: Kangana Ranaut, Madhavan, Deepak Dobriyal
Upside: Spirited performances, decent direction, interesting supporting characters
Downside: Conventional storyline, dull music
Running Week: 2
Box Office Verdict: With no competition in second week, the film continued to rule, primarily at the multiplexes. Hit.
Film: 7 Khoon Maaf
Position: 2
Director: Vishal Bhardwaj
Cast: Priyanka Chopra, Vivaan Shah, Annu Kapoor, Irrfan Khan, Neil Mukesh
Upside: Good performances, good music, interesting concept
Downside: Slow pace,long length, some dull episodes, ambiguous ending
Running Week: 3
Box Office Verdict: Flop
Film: Patiala House
Position: 3
Director: Nikhil Advani
Cast: Akshay Kumar, Rishi Kapoor, Anushka Sharma, Dimple Kapadia
Upside: Akshay Kumar does something different and decent, Rishi Kapoor��s strong performance, good dramatic moments, no melodrama, good music
Downside: Conventional plot,slow-paced
Running Week: 5
Box-Office Verdict: Flop
Film: Yeh Saali Zindagi
Position: 4
Director: Sudhir Mishra
Cast: Irrfan Khan, Chitrangdha Singh, Arunoday Singh, Aditi Rao
Upside: Interesting story, good comedy, great performances by Irrfan-Chitrangdha
Downside: Erratic and extra fast narrative
Running Week: 5
Box Office Verdict: Above Average
Film: Dil Toh Bachcha Hai Ji
Position: 5
Director: Madhur Bhandarkar
Cast: Ajay Devgn, Emraan Hashmi, Omi Vaidya
Upside: Interesting characters, comedy not slapstick
Downside: Predictable to the core, lame end, dull screenplay, not as funny as expected
Running Week: 6
Box-Office Verdict: Average
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