Midweek B.O.: 'Peepli Live' has an excellent Rs. 16 cr. weekend

Midweek B.O.: ‘Peepli Live’ has an excellent Rs. 16 cr. weekend

Film	Cast	Plusses	Minusses	Verdict
PEEPLI [Live]	Omkar Das Manikpuri, Raghubir Yadav, Malaika Shenoy, Shalini Vatsa, Farrukh Jaffer, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Vishal Sharma, Naseeruddin Shah	An outstanding satire	Difficult to find	Had an excellent opening weekend of approx. Rs. 16 cr. nett. The film grew from strength to strength with each passing day. Saturday was better than Friday, while Sunday was better than Saturday. Monday was rock-steady as well
Help	Bobby Deol, Mugdha Godse, Shreyas Talpade, Jyoti Dogra	Interesting story and deft execution	Erratic screenplay	Below the mark weekend
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	Dropped in its second weekend. However, should ensure profits from all collective avenues. The low cost [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	Hit
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