Midweek: ‘Kaminey’ Rs. 16.5 cr., ‘Life Partner’ Rs. 6.25 cr. opening wknd.

By Bollywood Hungama -

August 18, 2009 - 8:17 AM IST

Film	Cast	Plusses	Minusses	Verdict
Kaminey	Shahid Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Amole Gupte, Tenzing Nima, Chandan Roy Sanyal, Shiv Subrahmanyam, Hrishikesh Joshi	A well-made film in all respects	Could've had a better culmination	The film collected an impressive Rs. 16.5 crores in its opening weekend [as per UTV]. The loss from Mumbai and Pune sectors, due to non-release on Friday, is approx. Rs. 5 crores. The film opened very well in Mumbai on Monday. Elsewhere, where it had opened earlier, the film held steady collections in several circuits on Monday
Life Partner	Govinda, Fardeen Khan, Tusshar Kapoor, Genelia D'Souza, Prachi Desai, Amrita Rao [sp. app.], Anupam Kher, Darshan Jariwala, Vikram Gokhale, Jagdeep	Entertains in most parts	Shoddy climax	Collected approx. Rs. 6.25 crores [as per Studio 18] in its opening weekend. Picked up on Saturday and remained steady on Sunday. Had the film opened in Mumbai and Pune on Friday, the film would've netted an additional Rs. 2 crores. Mumbai opened to a dull response on Monday
Love Aaj Kal	Saif Ali Khan, Deepika Padukone, Rishi Kapoor, Rahul Khanna	Super performances, lilting music, captivating second hour	First hour could've been far more interesting and captivating	Hit
Teree Sang	Ruslaan Mumtaz, Sheena Shahabadi, Rajat Kapoor, Satish Kaushik, Neena Gupta, Sushmita Mukherjee Bundela, Anupam Kher	Novel theme, well-handled first half	Second half follows the beaten path	Average, due to its low cost
Agyaat	Nitin Reddy, Priyanka Kothari, Gautam Rode, Howard Rosemeyer, Ishrat Ali, Ravi Kale, Kali Prasad Mukherjee, Joy Fernandes, Rasika Duggal, Ishteyak	Sound quality, effective background score, superb cinematography	Inconclusive culmination	Average, due to its low cost