Midweek: 'AV' has 30 cr + weekend

Midweek: ‘AV’ has 30 cr + weekend

Film	Cast	Plusses	Minusses	Verdict
Agent Vinod	Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Prem Chopra, Dhritiman Chatterjee, Adil Hussain, Gulshan Grover, Zakir Hussain, Shahbaaz Khan, Ram Kapoor, Ravi Kishen, Anshuman	Slick and stylish fare with interesting twists-n-turns in the plot	Slackens in its second hour	Had a 30 cr + opening weekend, making it the second biggest opener of 2012 so far [after AGNEEPATH]. The film started on a slow note on Friday morning, but picked up rapidly as the day came to a close [9.80 cr]. The business went up in Mumbai, Delhi-U.P., Punjab and Eastern circuits on Saturday, but was down elsewhere. Yet, the Saturday numbers were an impressive 10.10 cr. The business on Sunday witnessed an upward trend again and as per early tracking, the figure is expected to be close to 10.25 cr, thus taking the 3-day total to Rs 30.15 cr nett. The multiplexes of urban centres have performed the best, while single screens, generally, remained dull
Kahaani	Vidya Balan, Parambrata Chattopadhyay, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Dhritiman Chatterjee, Saswata Chatterjee, Darshan Jariwala, Indraneil Sengupta	Taut script, brilliant execution and super performances	Difficult to find	Super Hit
Paan Singh Tomar	Irrfan, Mahie Gill, Vipin Sharma, Rajendra Gupta, Zakir Hussain, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Imran Hasnee, Brijendra Kala	A captivating film with an award-worthy performance by Irrfan	Screenplay totters slightly in the second hour	Hit