Midweek: 'Phoonk' is a big hit; 'MMJ' picks up; 'MGMEA' fails

Midweek: ‘Phoonk’ is a big hit; ‘MMJ’ picks up; ‘MGMEA’ fails

Film	Cast	Plusses	Minusses	Verdict
Phoonk	Sudeep, Amruta Khanvilkar, Baby Ahsaas Channa, Ashwini Kalsekar, Zakir Hussain, Ganesh Yadav, K.K. Raina, Lilette Dubey	An interesting subject very well handled by RGV	Not much scary	Extra-ordinary weekend business across the country. Monday was steady as well. 1st weekend nett: approx. Rs. 5 cr
Bachna Ae Haseeno	Ranbir Kapoor, Bipasha Basu, Deepika Padukone, Minissha Lamba, Hiten Paintal	Ranbir and Bipasha's strong performances and emotional moments in the first hour	Script fails in the second hour, Vishal-Shekhar's ordinary music and poor climax	Above average in Mumbai and Delhi, average to below average elsewhere
Mumbai Meri Jaan	Madhavan, Soha Ali Khan, Paresh Rawal, Irrfan Khan, Kay Kay Menon, Vijay Maurya	A sensitive story well told by Nishikant Kamat. Plus, sterling performances by the entire cast	Tends to drag at times	Picked up over the weekend. Grossed Rs. 1.46 cr. on 95 prints in first 3 days, average per print being Rs. 1.54 lacs. Has fared very well in Mumbai, Pune, Delhi city and South. [Out of Rs. 1.46 cr., 45% to 50% revenue has come in from Mumbai and Pune, according to UTV
Singh Is Kinng	Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif, Ranvir Shorey, Kirron Kher, Om Puri, Sonu Sood, Javed Jaffrey, Neha Dhupia, Sudhanshu Pande, Yashpal Sharma, Manoj Pahwa	A complete entertainer	Film loses focus in second hour
Maan Gaye Mughall-E-Azam	Rahul Bose, Mallika Sherawat, Paresh Rawal, Kay Kay Menon	A few comic moments	Script doesn't hold	Poor weekend. Has crashed on Monday