Midweek B.O.: ‘Anjaana Anjaani’ good, ‘Robot’ [Hindi] & ‘Khichdi’ pick up

By Bollywood Hungama -

October 4, 2010 - 4:43 PM IST

Film	Cast	Plusses	Minusses	Verdict
Anjaana Anjaani	Ranbir Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Zayed Khan, Tanvi Azmi	Terrific performances	Screenplay could be tighter	Collected approx. Rs. 24 cr. to Rs. 25 cr. nett in its opening weekend. As per early tracking, the film collected Rs. 7 cr. on Friday, Rs. 9 cr. on Saturday and Rs. 8 cr. on Sunday. The business was affected since theatres/plexes in some states remained closed on Friday, while the Commonwealth Games made a dent in business in Delhi on Sunday. However, the film is expected to prove a profitable venture for its investors since a big chunk of the costs has been recovered from sale of Satellite Rights, Music Rights and various territories
Robot [Hindi Version]	Rajnikant, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Danny Denzongpa	Wholesome entertainer with Rajnikant like never before	Slightly lengthy	After a slow start on Friday, the business picked up rapidly on Saturday and Sunday. Saturday was bigger than Friday and Sunday was bigger than Saturday. The Hindi version has found tremendous appreciation. Official figures are awaited
Dabangg	Salman Khan, Sonakshi Sinha, Arbaaz Khan, Sonu Sood, Vinod Khanna, Dimple Kapadia, Anupam Kher, Om Puri, Mahesh Manjrekar, Mahi Gill, Tinnu Anand, Murli Sharma, Malaika Arora Khan	Full on mass entertainer with Salman Khan like never before	Predictable storyline	Blockbuster
Khichdi - The Movie	Supriya Pathak, Anang Desai, Rajeev Mehta, Nimisha Vakharia, J.D., Kirti Kulhari, Kesar Majethia, Markand Soni	Funny moments	Not too convincing writing	The film collected approx. Rs. 3.6 cr. nett in its opening weekend. The breakup is as follows:- Fri: Rs. 75 lacs [incl. Thu. Previews], Sat: 1.35 cr. and Sun: 1.48 cr. Mumbai and Gujarat have been outperforming since Day 1 and now the other markets have followed suit. Saturday was almost double of Friday and Sunday has recorded a 10% growth over Saturday
Benny and Babloo	Kay Kay, Rajpal Yadav, Rukhsar, Abigail Jain, Anangsha Biswas, Richa Chadha, Kiran Janjani, Anita Hassanandani, Riya Sen, Anant Jog, Kishori Shahane Vij, Shweta Tiwari, Hiten Paintal, Aasif Sheikh, Hussain	Interesting concept	Inconsistent screenplay	Extremely poor weekend