Midweek Top 5: ‘Vivah’ picks up, ‘A.S.M.M.’ is steady!

Film	Cast	Plusses	Minusses	Verdict
Vivah	Shahid Kapoor, Amrita Rao, Anupam Kher, Alok Nath	Excellent performances, strong emotional appeal and gripping second half	Thin storyline, drab first hour and listless music	Has picked up everywhere
Apna Sapna Money Money	Ritesh Deshmukh, Koena Mitra, Celina Jaitley, Shreyas Talpade, Riya Sen, Anupam Kher, Chunkey Pandey, Rajpal Yadav, Jackie Shroff	Ritesh Deshmukh and several entertaining moments	Waferthin plot, jokes could've been better and tacky climax
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
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
Deadline - Sirf 24 Ghante	Irrfan Khan, Konkona Sen Sharma, Rajit Kapur, Sandhya Mridul, Zakir Hussain	First-rate performances and gripping script and execution	Caters to a niche audience