Midweek: 'HF2' superb, 'BB' poor

Midweek: ‘HF2’ superb, ‘BB’ poor

Film	Cast	Plusses	Minusses	Verdict
Housefull 2	Akshay Kumar, John Abraham, Riteish Deshmukh, Shreyas Talpade, Asin, Jacqueline Fernandez, Shazahn Padamsee, Zarine Khan, Randhir Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor, Mithun Chakraborty, Boman Irani, Chunky Pandey, Johny Lever, Ranjeet, Malaika Arora Khan	Crazy, over-the-top humor	Writing could've been tighter	Remained the first choice of moviegoers. Accumulated Rs 20 cr in its second weekend, taking the 10-day total to approx Rs 84 cr nett. The film is fast heading towards Rs 100 cr status. Breakup [Weekend 2]: Fri 4.5 cr, Sat 6.75 cr, Sun 8.75 cr. Superb!
Bittoo Boss	Pulkit Samrat, Amita Pathak, Mohan Kapur, Rajinder Sethi	Fascinating premise. Pulkit Samrat's confident performance	Half-baked screenplay	Failed to embark on a respectable initial and showed no major growth in business over the weekend, despite excellent promotion. Collected a paltry Rs 1.3 cr nett in its opening weekend. Breakup: Fri 40 lacs, Sat 45 lacs, Sun 45 lacs. Very poor!
Kahaani	Vidya Balan, Parambrata Chattopadhyay, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Dhritiman Chatterjee, Saswata Chatterjee, Darshan Jariwala, Indraneil Sengupta	Taut script, brilliant execution and super performances	Difficult to find	Super Hit
Blood Money	Kunal Kemmu, Amrita Puri, Manish Chaudhuri, Sandiip Sikcand, Mia Uyeda, Karan Mehra, Teeshay	Absorbing first hour coupled with soulful music	Humdrum post-interval portions	Average
Agent Vinod	Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Prem Chopra, Dhritiman Chatterjee, Adil Hussain, Gulshan Grover, Zakir Hussain, Shahbaaz Khan, Ram Kapoor, Ravi Kishen, Anshuman	Slick and stylish fare with interesting twists-n-turns in the plot	Slackens in its second hour	Flop