Midweek B.O.: 'Raajneeti' has 16.5 cr. weekend, total 72.5 cr. nett

Midweek B.O.: ‘Raajneeti’ has 16.5 cr. weekend, total 72.5 cr. nett

Film	Cast	Plusses	Minusses	Verdict
Raajneeti	Ajay Devgn, Ranbir Kapoor, Katrina Kaif, Arjun Rampal, Manoj Bajpayee, Sarah Thompson, Naseeruddin Shah, Nana Patekar, Dayashanker Pandey, Chetan Pandit, Darshan Jariwala, Shruti Seth, Kiran Karmarkar, Vinay Apte, Nikhila Trikha	An excellent film in all respects	Difficult to find	Collected approx. Rs. 16.5 cr. nett in its second weekend. The 10-day total now stands at approx. Rs. 72.5 cr. nett. Extra-ordinary
Kites	Hrithik Roshan, Barbara Mori, Kangna Ranaut, Kabir Bedi, Nicholas Brown	Hrithik Roshan	Predictable and cliche'd screenplay	Disaster
Badmaash Company	Shahid Kapoor, Anushka Sharma, Vir Das, Meiyang Chang, Anupam Kher, Kiran Juneja, Pawan Malhotra	Interesting premise, wonderful performances, tuneful music and fine direction	Penultimate 25-odd minutes	Will recover costs and make profits from theatrical and non-theatrical revenues
Housefull	Akshay Kumar, Riteish Deshmukh, Arjun Rampal, Deepika Padukone, Lara Dutta, Jiah Khan, Randhir Kapoor, Boman Irani, Chunkey Pandey, Lilette Dubey, Malaika Arora Khan	Gripping second half and skilled performances by each and every member of its cast	Inconsistent screenplay at places	Hit
Ek Second... Jo Zindagi Badal De?	Manisha Koirala, Jackie Shroff, Moammar Rana, Nikita Anand, Roza, Suniel Singh	Difficult to find	Poor screenplay and outdated direction	Poor Weekend 1