Midweek: ‘PST’ eclipses all releases, emerges winner!

By Bollywood Hungama -

March 5, 2012 - 1:07 PM IST

Film	Cast	Plusses	Minusses	Verdict
Paan Singh Tomar	Irrfan, Mahie Gill, Vipin Sharma, Rajendra Gupta, Zakir Hussain, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Imran Hasnee, Brijendra Kala	A captivating film with an award-worthy performance by Irrfan	Screenplay totters slightly in the second hour	Witnessed a spectacular increase in its opening weekend. Starting on a slow note on Friday, the film gathered steam from Friday evening onwards. Saturday and Sunday have witnessed unimaginable growth in business on limited screens/shows. Collected Rs 4.25 cr nett in its opening weekend. Breakup:- Fri 85 lacs, Sat 1.4 cr, Sun 2 cr. Superb!
London Paris New York	Ali Zafar, Aditi Rao Hydari, Dalip Tahil, Mantra	A refreshing take on a present-day love story	Gets verbose and talk-heavy at times	Has performed well at multiplexes of urban centres, but remained dull beyond the metros. The film has struck a chord with its target audience -- the youth. However, the business got eclipsed by the PAAN SINGH TOMAR wave. Collected Rs 4.07 cr nett in its opening weekend. Breakup:- Fri 1.06 cr, Sat 1.41 cr, Sun 1.6 cr
Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya	Riteish Deshmukh, Genelia Deshmukh, Om Puri, Tinnu Anand, Smita Jaykar	A well-made entertainer with several enjoyable moments. Plus, the wonderful performances by its lead pair	Mediocre script	Maintained well, despite the reduction in screens/shows, due to multiple new releases. Collected Rs 3.77 cr nett in its Weekend 2, taking the 10-day total to Rs 16.77 cr nett. Breakup:- Fri 87 lacs, Sat 1.2 cr, Sun 1.7 cr. Rock-steady!
Jodi Breakers	Madhavan, Bipasha Basu, Milind Soman, Dipannita Sharma, Mrinalini Sharma, Omi Vaidya, Tarana Raja, Helen	Novel concept, trendy music and able performances by the main cast	Writing could've been tighter	Had a drastic fall in Weekend 2. Flop
Will You Marry Me?	Shreyas Talpade, Rajeev Khandelwal, Muzammil, Mugdha Godse, Celina Jaitly, Tripta Parashar, Manoj Joshi, Paresh Rawal	The Tom and Jerry kind of situations	Banks heavily on standard cliches	Extremely poor opening weekend