Midweek B.O.: ‘Atithi’ picks up, ‘Road, Movie’ poor

By Bollywood Hungama -

March 8, 2010 - 12:59 PM IST

Film	Cast	Plusses	Minusses	Verdict
Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge?	Ajay Devgn, Konkona Sen Sharma, Paresh Rawal, Satish Kaushik, Akhilendra Mishra, Mukesh Tiwari, Viju Khote, Sanjay Mishra	Interesting concept, skilful performances and hilarious moments	Screenplay wanders in post-interval portions	Picked up dramatically over the weekend. Showed a day-wise increase. Saturday was better than Friday, while Sunday was better than Friday and also Saturday. Opening weekend should be between Rs. 13 cr. and Rs. 14 cr. [nett] in India
My Name Is Khan	Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Jimmy Shergill, Sonya Jehan, Zarina Wahab, Arjun Mathur, Parvin Dabas, Arif Zakaria, Sugandha Garg, Navneet Nishan, Vinay Pathak, Tanay Chheda, Yuvaan Makaar	An exceptional film in all respects	A bit lengthy towards the second hour	Given its good business in India [plexes mainly] and extra-ordinary business in Overseas, Fox should recover a big chunk of the revenue from theatrical rights. The revenue from non-theatrical avenues should eventually ensure profits for the distributors. Hit
Karthik Calling Karthik	Farhan Akhtar, Deepika Padukone, Ram Kapoor, Shifaali Shah, Vivan Bhatena, Tarana, Vipin Sharma, Yatin Karyekar	Interesting concept and Farhan's excellent performance	Climax is a downer	Dropped heavily in its second weekend. Will struggle to recover costs
Road, Movie	Abhay Deol, Satish Kaushik, Mohammed Faizal Usmani, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Yashpal Sharma, Virendra Saxena	Natural performances and striking visuals	Waferthin plot and poor screenplay	Remained on the lower side all through the weekend. The film collected close to Rs. 1 cr. [nett] in its first 3 days on 140 prints in India
Rokkk	Tanushree Dutta, Udita Goswami, Shaad Randhawa, Sachin Khedekar, Ashwini Kalsekar, Murli Sharma, Nishigandha Wad, Arif Zakaria	A few eerie moments in the second half	Climax	Was slightly better at single screens, while plexes were dull