Midweek: 'Heroine' 25 cr, 'Barfi' 75.7 cr

Midweek: ‘Heroine’ 25 cr, ‘Barfi’ 75.7 cr

Film	Cast	Plusses	Minusses	Verdict
Heroine	Kareena Kapoor, Arjun Rampal, Randeep Hooda, Divya Dutta, Shahana Goswami, Sanjay Suri, Mugdha Godse, Govind Namdev, Delnaaz Irani, Helen	Kareena's bravura performance, Salim-Sulaiman's musical score and some well executed sequences.	Second half drags. Writing could've been tighter. Slow pacing	Had a healthy weekend, but the jump in the business was missing. Yet, as a standalone film, the numbers can be termed good. Collected approx Rs 25 cr nett in its opening weekend. Breakup:- Fri 7.5 cr, Sat 8.5 cr, Sun 9 cr.
Barfi!	Ranbir Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Ileana D'Cruz, Saurabh Shukla, Akash Khurana, Ashish Vidyarthi, Rupa Ganguly, Jishu Sengupta, Sumona Chakravarti, Haradhan Bandopadhyay	A brilliant film in all respects	Pacing slackens intermittently in the first hour	Had a super-strong Weekend 2. The film got affected, albeit slightly, on Friday with the arrival of HEROINE, but gathered steam once again on Saturday and Sunday. The share from plexes of urban centres will be humungous. Collected Rs 17.1 cr nett in Weekend 2, taking the 10-day total to Rs 75.7 cr nett. Breakup:- Fri 4.1 cr, Sat 6 cr, Sun 7 cr. Extraordinary!
Raaz 3	Bipasha Basu, Emraan Hashmi, Esha Gupta, Manish Chaudhuri, Mohan Kapur	Lethal combo of sex and horror in 3D, competent performances, an engaging human drama	Lack of hit music	Blockbuster, in view of the nominal costs on one hand and the revenue generated from India theatrical + Satellite + Music + Overseas biz on the other
Ek Tha Tiger	Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif, Girish Karnad, Ranvir Shorey, Roshan Seth	Salman and Katrina's chemistry, gripping second hour, dazzling action, stunning international locales and stylish execution	First half could've been tighter	All Time Blockbuster