Midweek: ‘Ragini’ super-strong, ‘Stanley’ picks up rapidly, ‘Haunted’ solid

By Bollywood Hungama -

May 16, 2011 - 2:10 PM IST

Film	Cast	Plusses	Minusses	Verdict
Ragini Mms	Raj Kumar Yadav, Kainaz Motivala	Amalgamates components of horror, paranormal and sex seamlessly	Slackens slightly in the post-interval portions	Picked up dramatically from Friday evening onwards and maintained the momentum all through the weekend
Haunted - 3D	Mahaakshay, Tia Bajpai, Achint Kaur, Arif Zakaria, Sanjay Sharma, Prachee	Vikram Bhatt merges the deadly combo of horror with 3D effectively	A bit lengthy; second hour should'be been shorter	Maintained very well in its second weekend, despite flow of new releases. Collected approx Rs 3.54 cr from Friday to Sunday [second weekend]. Breakup:- Fri 92 lacs, Sat 1.22 cr, Sun 1.40 cr. Total so far: Rs 18.2 cr nett. Excellent
Stanley Ka Dabba	Partho, Divya Dutta, Divya Jagdale, Aditya Lakhia, Raj Zutshi, Rahul Singh, Amole Gupte	Amole Gupte deserves distinction marks for turning a superb script into a superb film	Writing could've been sharper in the post-interval portions	Had a slow start, but picked up with each passing day. The Saturday numbers were almost double of Friday, while the Sunday numbers were triple of Friday and double of Saturday. Breakup:- Fri 25 lacs, Sat 48 lacs, Sun 75 lacs. Total: Rs 1.48 cr nett
Shagird	Nana Patekar, Zakir Hussain, Mohit Ahlawat, Anurag Kashyap, Rimmi Sen, Vishwajeet Pradhan, Khan Jahangir Khan	Super-smart screenplay with top notch performances	Slackens in its second hour	Had a disappointing opening weekend. Collected approx Rs 1.22 cr in its first three days. Breakup:- Fri 34 lacs, Sat 42 lacs, Sun 46 lacs
Love Uâ€¦ Mr Kalakaar!	Tusshar, Amrita Rao, Ram Kapoor, Madhoo, Prem Chopra, Jai Kalra, Kiran Kumar, Snigdha Akolkar, Prashant Ranyal, Yateen Karyekar	Difficult to find	Too old-fashioned	Extremely poor opening weekend