Mid-Week Top 5 Movies of the Week

Film	Cast	Plusses	Minusses	Verdict
Shaadi Se Pehle	Akshaye Khanna, Ayesha Takia, Mallika Sherawat, Suniel Shetty, Aftab Shivdasani, Rajpal Yadav	Few hilarious moments	Jokes fall flat most of the times
Saawan - The Love Season	Salman Khan, Kapil Jhaveri, Saloni Aswani	Salman's presence	Thin storyline and amateurish screenplay
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
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
Banaras - A Mystic Love Story	Urmila Matondkar, Ashmit Patel, Naseeruddin Shah, Dimple Kapadia, Raj Babbar, Akash Khurana, Arif Zakaria	Sensitively told story, competent performances and great visuals	Plot caters to a tiny section of audience