Midweek: ‘Ready’ continues to dominate

By Bollywood Hungama -

June 20, 2011 - 5:56 PM IST

Film	Cast	Plusses	Minusses	Verdict
Ready	Salman Khan, Asin, Paresh Rawal, Sudesh Lehri, Akhilendra Mishra, Mahesh Manjrekar, Manoj Joshi, Manoj Pahwa, Anooradha Patel, Sharat Saxena, Sanjay Dutt [sp. app.], Ajay Devgn [sp. app.], Kangna [sp. app.], Zarine Khan [sp. app.], Chunky Pandey [sp. app.], Arbaaz Khan [sp. app.]	Salman Khan and two chartbusting songs - 'Character Dheela' and 'Dhinka Chika'	Rests on a thin plot	Collects approx. Rs. 8 cr nett in Weekend 3. Breakup:- Fri 1.75 cr, Sat 2.25 cr, Sun 4 cr. Total so far: Rs 108.5 cr nett. All Time Blockbuster
Bheja Fry 2	Vinay Pathak, Minissha Lamba, Kay Kay, Amole Gupte, Suresh Menon, Rahul Vohra, Aditi Gowitrikar, Rahul Singh, Virendra Saxena, Amit Behl, Kishwer Merchant	Performances by the lead actors	Rests on a weak screenplay. Also, hilarity quotient is lower than expected	Collected Rs 6.65 cr nett in its opening weekend. Breakup:- Fri 2.05 cr, Sat 2.25 cr, Sun 2.35 cr. Performed well at select properties of metros mainly
Bin Bulaye Baraati	Aftab Shivdasani, Priyanka Kothari, Gulshan Grover, Johny Lever, Rajpal Yadav, Sanjay Mishra, Mukesh Tiwari, Vijay Raaz, Hemant Pandey, Shakti Kapoor, Om Puri, Rati Agnihotri, Neeraj Vora	Some entertaining moments	Lacks a convincing plot	Fared well at single screens of North India mainly
Shaitan	Rajeev Khandelwal, Kalki, Neil Bhoopalam, Shiv Pandit, Kirti Kulhari, Gulshan Deviah, Rajat Barmecha, Pavan Malhotra, Rajit Kapur, Nikhil Chinnappa, Rukhsar, Rajkumar Yadav	A taut thriller. Well penned, well executed and well enacted	Screenplay could've been tighter at places	Slided downwards in its second weekend
Always Kabhi Kabhi	Giselle Monteiro, Satyajeet Dubey, Zoa Morani, Ali Fazal, Lillette Dubey, Navneet Nishan, Manoj Joshi, Mukesh Tiwari, Satish Shah, Vijay Raaz.	Natural act by the four newcomers	Amateurish and humdrum screenplay	Dismal opening weekend