Midweek: 'Kidnap' is a failure, 'Drona' disaster!

Midweek: ‘Kidnap’ is a failure, ‘Drona’ disaster!

Film	Cast	Plusses	Minusses	Verdict
Kidnap	Sanjay Dutt, Imran Khan, Minissha Lamba, Vidya Malvade	Imran Khan	Shoddy script, Pritam's poor music and mediocre direction	Collects approx. Rs. 15 cr. + in its opening 4-day weekend, which is below the mark. Which means, the distributors' share is approx. Rs. 7 cr. After a 70% + start on Thursday, the collections fell drastically on subsequent days. Recovering its Rs. 40 cr. cost [Rs. 36 cr. price paid by Indian Films to Ashtavinayak + Rs. 4 cr. print and promotion] seems impossible. Distributors might end up losing money. The film has crashed on Monday
Drona	Jaya Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Priyanka Chopra, Kay Kay Menon	Not much	Too many	Started with a bang in U.P., but elsewhere, was not as strong on Thursday. Fell all over from Friday itself. Collections have hit rock-bottom. Monday is very, very poor. Debacle
Welcome To Sajjanpur	Shreyas Talpade, Amrita Rao, Yashpal Sharma, Ila Arun, Divya Dutta, Ravi Kissen, Rajeshwari, Ravi Jhankal, Kunal Kapoor [sp. app.]	A simple story told effectively, with superior performances	Songs are a deterrent	Total so far [till Sunday]: approx. Rs. 10.75 cr. nett
A Wednesday	Naseeruddin Shah, Anupam Kher, Jimmy Sheirgill, Aamir Bashir, Deepal Shaw.	Outstanding film in all respects	Difficult to find	Total so far [till Sunday]: approx. Rs. 10.90 cr. nett
Rock On!!	Farhan Akhtar, Arjun Rampal, Purab Kohli, Luke Kenny, Prachi Desai, Shahana Goswami, Koel Purie	Excellent film in all respects	Pace slackens in the second hour