Midweek: 'Mere Baap Pehle Aap' belies expectations

Film	Cast	Plusses	Minusses	Verdict
Mere Baap Pehle Aap	Akshaye Khanna, Genelia, Paresh Rawal, Om Puri, Archana Puransingh, Rajpal Yadav, Shobhana, Naseeruddin Shah [sp. app.]	A few comic scenes in the first hour	Screenplay goes weak in the second hour. Plus, proceedings get too lengthy	First weekend has been below average. Collections picked up on Saturday and Sunday at some centres, but Monday again witnessed a fall
Sarkar Raj	Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan	A well-made film in all respects	Gets a bit slow in the second hour	[Mumbai-Maharashtra, South] [other circuits]
Jannat	Emraan Hashmi, Sonal Chauhan, Jawed Sheikh, Samir Kochar, Vishal Malhotra	Well penned, well directed venture with excellent music [Pritam] and skilled performances	Initial portions could've been more convincing
Aamir	Rajeev Khandelwal	Excellent direction, gripping script and topnotch performance	Caters to a niche audience	Producers/distributors [UTV] should recover its lost cost via theatrical business and sale of Satellite and Home Video rights
Summer 2007	Sikander, Arjan Bajwa, Alekh Sangal, Gul Panag, Uvika, Ashutosh Rana, Sachin Khedekar, Vikram Gokhale	An interesting first half	Too many sub-plots in the post-interval portions. Plus, the length goes haywire