Midweek: 'Rock On' still leads, 'Hijack' fails, 'Wednesday' picks up

Midweek: ‘Rock On’ still leads, ‘Hijack’ fails, ‘Wednesday’ picks up

Film	Cast	Plusses	Minusses	Verdict
Rock On!!	Farhan Akhtar, Arjun Rampal, Purab Kohli, Luke Kenny, Prachi Desai, Shahana Goswami, Koel Purie	Excellent film in all respects	Pace slackens in the second hour
A Wednesday	Naseeruddin Shah, Anupam Kher, Jimmy Sheirgill, Aamir Bashir, Deepal Shaw. Plusses: Outstanding film in all respects	Outstanding film in all respects	Difficult to find	Picked up from Friday evening onwards. Is very strong in Mumbai, Pune, Baroda, Delhi, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Chennai. 1st weekend nett: approx. Rs. 2.4 crores nett [as per UTV].
Hijack	Shiney Ahuja, Esha Deol, Kaveri Jha	An interesting second hour	Script could've been tighter	Friday and Saturday [20% to 25%] were dull, but Sunday [40% to 60%] was better. However, business fell sharply on Monday. 1st weekend nett: approx. Rs. 1.6 crores.
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
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