Sid-Kat & 5 other fresh BW jodis that were box-office disasters!!

The verdict is out. Baar Baar Dekho has been critically panned and the box office collection of the Sidharth Malhotra-Katrina Kaif-starrer is not exactly good news for the film's producers, Excel Entertainment and Dharma Productions.

First-time director Nitya Mehra's 'high concept' romance film set high box-office expectations on account of the big banner backing it, the big budget, the hit songs such as Kala Chashma, and of course, the fresh on-screen pairing of Katrina Kaif and Sidharth Malhotra.

But this isn't the first time a fresh jodi, from which one and all had high expectations, fell flat at the box office.

Katrina Kaif and Aditya Roy Kapur in Fitoor (2016)

Katrina Kaif and new kid on the block Aditya Roy Kapur, fresh off the success of Aashiqui 2 and Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani, together in a film, based on Charles Dickens's Great Expectations, to be made by the director of Rock On!! and Kai Po Che! with music by Amit Trivedi. What could go wrong? Well, everything, if the script itself is flawed and you give a performance-oriented role to Bollywood's best thespian non-actor Katrina Kaif. Fitoor bombed at the box office and history will note it as one of the reasons behind Disney India's demise.

Parineeti Chopra and Aditya Roy Kapur in Daawat-e-Ishq (2014)

Aditya was high on the success of Aashiqui 2 and Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani. Parineeti had delivered critically-acclaimed performances in Ishaqzaade and Hasee Toh Phasee. The film was being written and directed by Habib Faisal, the scribe of Ishaqzaade. Still, the Yash Raj Films' production did not work. The entire film was a highly forgettable affair.

Alia Bhatt and Shahid Kapoor in Shaandaar (2015)

Again, a great film on paper which bombed miserably at the box office. Alia and Shahid were hot at the time, with their last films, Highway and Haider, respectively, being huge hits. It was the Queen director Vikas Bahl's second film and both Karan Johar's Dharma Productions and Anurag Kashyap's Phantom Films were backing it. Still, the film did not work; and that only goes on to show that no matter how big the cast, a successful film, for sure, needs to have a great script.

Arjun Rampal and Jacqueline Fernandez in Roy (2015)

Roy was a strange cat. Ranbir Kapoor made an extended appearance in the film, and neither was he in a starring role, nor was his role a cameo. Meanwhile, Arjun and Jacqueline had been paired opposite each other, which was a, rather thanda pairing in itself. The film sank without a trace.

Ranbir Kapoor and Anushka Sharma in Bombay Velvet (2015)

Two fine actors, Ranbir and Anushka, were starring in one of the most ambitious, costliest and visually grand Hindi films of all time. Directed by Anurag Kashyap and starring Karan Johar as the film's primary antagonist, this period gangster film ended up alienating the audience and confusing the critics. Sadly, the film flopped, pushing Kashyap to go back to his indie roots with his next directorial venture Raman Raghav 2.0.