Midweek Top 5: 'Don' sprints, 'Jaan-E-Mann' strolls!

Midweek Top 5: ‘Don’ sprints, ‘Jaan-E-Mann’ strolls!

Film	Cast	Plusses	Minusses	Verdict
Don	Shah Rukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Arjun Rampal, Isha Koppikar, Boman Irani, Om Puri, Kareena Kapoor [sp. app.]	Glossy look and brilliant visuals	Soul [script] is missing	Good start
Jaan-e-Mann	Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar, Preity Zinta, Anupam Kher	Salman Khan, novel style of narrating a story and brilliant visuals	Caters to an elite audience and tends to get very lengthy	Dull start
Lage Raho Munnabhai	Sanjay Dutt, Arshad Warsi, Vidya Balan, Boman Irani, Dia Mirza, Abhishek Bachchan [s.a.]	Almost everything	Minor blemishes in screenplay	[Blockbuster]
Khosla Ka Ghosla	Anupam Kher, Boman Irani, Parvin Dabas, Tara Sharma, Ranveer Shorey, Kiran Juneja	Simple story well told, excellent performances, solid writing and able direction	Gets formulaic in second half	[multiplexes]
Pyaar Ke Side Effects	Rahul Bose, Mallika Sherawat, Ranveer Shorey, Jas Arora, Sophie Chaudhary, Sharat Saxena	Interesting concept, Rahul-Mallika chemistry and good humor	Post-interval portions could be tighter	[multiplexes]