Mid-Week Top 5 Movies of the Week

Film	Cast	Plusses	Minusses	Verdict
Malamaal Weekly	Paresh Rawal, Om Puri, Ritesh Deshmukh, Reema Sen, Rajpal Yadav, Asrani	Terrific performances, some truly funny moments and witty one-liners	Too many sub-plots and lengthy post-interval portions
Taxi No. 9211	Nana Patekar, John Abraham, Sameera Reddy, Sonali Kulkarni	Interesting plot, stylish execution and competent performances	Slightly lengthy in the second hour
Rang De Basanti	Aamir Khan, Siddharth, Atul Kulkarni, Sharman Joshi, Kunal Kapoor, Soha Ali Khan, Alice Patten, Madhavan [sp. app.]	Motivating premise, first-rate performances and deft execution	Lengthy post-interval portions and weak climax	Extra-ordinary [multiplexes] Average [single screens/several centres]
Umar	Shergill, Shehnaz Treasurywala, Kader Khan, Prem Chopra, Satish Kaushik, Shakti Kapoor, Dalip Tahil	Capable performances	Unwanted tracks in story
Teesri Aankh	Sunny Deol, Amisha Patel, Neha Dhupia, Aashish Chowdhry, Aarti Chhabria	Hard to find	Almost everything