Midweek B.O.: ‘Rocket Singh – SOTY’ is amongst lowest openers!

By Bollywood Hungama -

December 14, 2009 - 11:44 AM IST

Film	Cast	Plusses	Minusses	Verdict
Rocket Singh - Salesman Of The Year	Ranbir Kapoor, Prem Chopra, Mukesh Bhatt, D. Santosh, Gauhar Khan, Naveen Kaushik, Manish Chaudhari, Shazahn Padamsee	Excellent performances	Caters to a niche audience. Plus, devoid of entertainment	Is one of the lowest openers of the year. The film hasn't picked up like YRF's last two biggies, CHAK DE INDIA and RAB NE BANA DI JODI. The business was low throughout, except for a handful of plexes of big cities. There too, the numbers weren't in sync with the stature of the film. Beyond metros, the numbers, generally, are pathetic
Paa	Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Vidya Balan, Paresh Rawal, Arundhati Naag	Performances by every member of its cast, especially Amitabh Bachchan as Auro, plus R. Balki's sensitive direction	Script could've been tighter [the political track doesn't work]	Held well at plexes of big centres. Profitable venture, due to its reasonable costs
De Dana Dan	Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif, Suniel Shetty, Paresh Rawal, Sameera Reddy, Neha Dhupia, Archana Puransingh, Aditi Gowitrikar, Asrani, Chunky Pandey, Johny Lever, Rajpal Yadav, Manoj Joshi, Tinnu Anand, Vikram Gokhale, Sharat Saxena, Shakti Kapoor, Supriya Karnik	Terrific comic moments	Lengthy second hour and a stretched climax	Average, due to its high costs
Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani	Ranbir Kapoor, Katrina Kaif, Darshan Jariwala, Smita Jaykar, Upen Patel, Govind Namdeo, Zakir Hussain, Navneet Nishan	Ranbir - Katrina chemistry, Pritam's music, terrific comic moments. Plus, Rajkumar Santoshi's handling of the subject has come in for praise. Also, terrific promotion by producer Ramesh Taurani	Second hour could've been better, writing-wise	Super Hit
Kurbaan	Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Vivek Oberoi, Om Puri, Kirron Kher, Dia Mirza [sp. app.], Nauheed Cyrusi [sp. app.]	Captivating script with power-packed performances	Too serious and slow-paced	Flop