Midweek B.O.: ‘Aisha’ Rs. 13.43 cr. nett; excellent at high-end plexes, weak at single screens

By Bollywood Hungama -

August 9, 2010 - 3:15 PM IST

Film	Cast	Plusses	Minusses	Verdict
Aisha	Sonam Kapoor, Abhay Deol, Ira Dubey, Amrita Puri, Cyrus Sahukar, Arunoday Singh, Lisa Haydon, Anuradha Singh, M.K. Raina, Anand Tiwari, Sameer Malhotra, Vidhushi Mehra	Neat performances, especially by Sonam Kapoor and Amit Trivedi's super musical score	Screenplay could've been tighter. Also, slow pacing	Showed day-wise improvement as it collected Rs. 3.65 cr. on Friday, Rs. 4.48 cr. on Saturday and Rs. 5.29 cr. on Sunday. The 3-day total stands at approx. Rs. 13.43 cr. nett [Rs. 13,43,64,084, official figures issued by PVR]. The business was excellent at high-end multiplexes of Delhi-NCR, Mumbai and South, but was weak at small centres/single screens/Hindi belt. The low costs [Rs. 14 cr., excl. P. & A.] is a major advantage. The makers have already recovered Rs. 9 cr. from Satellite Rights and Rs. 1.5 cr. from Music Rights
Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai	Ajay Devgn, Emraan Hashmi, Kangna Ranaut, Prachi Desai, Randeep Hooda, Avtar Gill, Naved Aslam, Mehul Bhojak, Ravi Khanwilkar, Gauhar Khan	A fantastic film in all respects	Slow pacing in its second hour	Collected approx. Rs. 9 cr. nett in its second weekend. The 10-day total stands at approx. Rs. 43.20 cr. nett. Mumbai-Maharashtra has produced best returns
Khatta Meetha	Akshay Kumar, Trisha, Rajpal Yadav, Johny Lever, Urvashi Sharma, Makrand Deshpande, Tinnu Anand, Aroona Irani, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Asrani, Manoj Joshi, Neeraj Vora, Milind Gunaji	A few light moments in the first hour	Screenplay of convenience	A few distributors may stand to lose some money
Tere Bin Laden	Ali Zafar, Pradhuman Singh, Piyush Mishra, Sugandha Garg, Nikhil Ratnaparkhi, Rahul Singh, Barry John, Chirag Vohra, Chinmay Mandlekar, Rajendra Sethi	Terrific entertainer in all respects with great performances	Difficult to find	Profitable venture for its producers, due to its low costs and returns from theatrical and non-theatrical avenues [Satellite, Home Video and Music rights have fetched Rs. 4.25 cr.]
I Hate LUV Storys	Imran Khan, Sonam Kapoor, Samir Dattani, Samir Soni, Kavin Dave, Aamir Ali, Pooja Ghai, Bruna Abdullah, Ketaki Dave, Anju Mahendru	Imran and Sonam's pairing and chemistry, Vishal-Shekhar's music, tremendous youth appeal and terrific moments	Predictable plotline	Hit