U.K. and U.S Box-Office (August 21 – 23 Weekend)

Issue dated Aug 30 – Sep 5, 2009

Review of Daddy Cool

On the whole, Daddy Cool has limited appeal for the class and multiplex audience in the cities. Given its dull start on the one hand and average app­reciation in limited centres on the other, it will find the going tough. Read more

Review of Kisaan

On the whole, Kisaan is a dull fare in which the soul is missing. Ex­cept for the small centres of U.P., Punjab and Bihar, where action rules, it will find few takers. What­ever little business it manages to do, will come mostly from single-screen cinemas as the multiplex audience would almost completely reject the film.
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Review of Yeh Mera India

On the whole, Yeh Mera India is a well-intentioned film but it will go largely unnoticed. Absence of sale­able names in its cast and lack of awareness about the film, among the audience will only add to its tale of woes.

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Review of Love Khichdi

On the whole, Love Khichdi is a poor and tedious show all the way, one that will translate into a disaster at the box-office.

Victoria Entertainment’s Love Khichdi (A) is the story of an incorrigible flirt, Vir Pratap Singh (Ran­deep Hooda). He works as an assis- tant chef in a five-star hotel and is very friendly to Sandhya Iyengar (Sada), a colleague of his.
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Review of Toss

On the whole, Toss is an ordinary fare which will get completely lost in the large number of releases this week and also due to limited face value.

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Review of Quick Gun Murugun (English)

On the whole, Quick Gun Muru­gun holds appeal for the class audience in a handful of cities. Phat Phish Motion Pictures’ Quick Gun Murugun (UA; English) is a spoof. Quick Gun Muru­gun (Dr. Rajendraprasad) is an un­likely superhero who is excellent with the gun.
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Review of Race to Witch Mountain (English)

On the whole, Andy Fickman’s friendly-aliens movie has a lot of unnecessary violence, which seems a little out of place in this genre. It won’t exactly do wonders at the cinemas, but today’s generation of kids will like it.
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Review of The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (English)

On the whole, John Travolta and Denzel Washington put up great performances in a gunmen-and-hostages drama that has a mediocre plot. Though this train does not jump on to any unexpected tracks, the sheer pace and action is enough to thrill a sizeable section of the audience.

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Not Ok Please, Says IDBI

The IDBI has never done it since it began funding films. However, two film projects financed by the Industrial Deve­lopment Bank of India have proved to be such painful ex­periences for the bank that it is left with no option but to sell the films.

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