Box office hopeful about Being Cyrus

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Posted: 19 years ago

Box office hopeful about Being Cyrus
Priyadarshan's laugh riot Malamaal Weekly finally ended the dry spell at the box office. Being Cyrus also opened well last week, even though the film is in English, and is a dark thriller. However, the film is too dark for the Indian audience who generally buy only feel-good stuff at multiplex ticket rates. So whether the Saif Ali Khan starrer turns out to be a hit in the long run remains to be seen. Note: Films are ranked according to their release dates.

	*Being Cyrus* Cast: Saif Ali Khan, Naseeruddin Shah, Dimple Kapadia, Boman Irani, Simone Singh. Director: Homi Adajania. Great performances, well-knit plot, apt comic situations. Jerky editing, Dimple hams. Number of weeks: New. BO Verdict: Good opening at multiplex theatres. The review

	*Umar* Cast: Jimmy Shergil, Kader Khan, Prem Chopra, Satish Kaushik. Director: Karan Razdan. None. Terrible direction, poor performances. Number of weeks: 1. BO Verdict: Flop. The review

	*Malamaal Weekly* Cast: Paresh Rawal, Om Puri, Riteish Deshmukh, Reema Sen, Rajpal Yadav, Sudha Chandran. Director: Priyadarshan. Paresh Rawal. Loud comedy, bad music, poor performances from the rest of the cast. Number of weeks: 2. BO Verdict: Doing well. The review

	*Jigyaasa* Cast: Hrishita Bhatt. Director: Faisal Saif. None. An amateurish attempt to pull off a Page 3. Number of weeks: 2. BO Verdict: Flop. The review

	*Teesri Aankh* Cast: Neha Dhupia, Amisha Patel, Sunny Deol (special appearance). Director: Harry Baweja. None! Hackneyed, stale film. Number of weeks: 3. BO Verdict: Flop. The review

	*Taxi No 9 2 11* Cast: Nana Patekar, John Abraham, Sameera Reddy, Sonali Kulkarni. Director: Milan Luthria. Refreshing movie, good performances, brilliant dialogues. Very Mumbai-centric. Number of weeks: 4. BO Verdict: Flop. The review

	*Humko Tumse Pyaar Hai* Cast: Bobby Deol, Arjun Rampal, Amisha Patel. Director: Vikram Bhatt. Tough! Dated film, terrible performances. Number of weeks: 4. BO Verdict: Poor. The review

	*Sun Zarra* Cast: Samir Aftab, Anjana Sukhani. Director: Salim Akhtar. Decent performances. Clichd plot. Number of weeks: 4. BO Verdict: Disaster.

	*Chingaari* Cast: Sushmita Sen, Mithun Chakraborty, Anuuj Saawhney. Director: Kalpana Lajme. Sushmita Sen. Dragging script, excessive foul language. Number of weeks: 5. BO Verdict: Poor. The review

	*Fight Club* Cast: Dino Morea, Zayed Khan, Riteish Deshmukh, Aashish Choudhary, Sohail Khan, Rahul Dev, Suniel Shetty, Neha Dhupia, Dia Mirza, Amrita Arora. Director: Vikram Chopra. Some good action scenes. Terrible script, performances and direction. Number of weeks: 5. BO Verdict: Poor.