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After weeks of disappointing releases, this week’s new releases both opened to above average reviews.

First off was Samir Karnik’s latest film Heroes, starring Salman Khan, Sunny Deol, Bobby Deol, Mithun Chakraborty and Preity Zinta. Karnik’s last film, Nanhe Jaisalmer (C-, 45%), failed to score at the box office so this time Karnik went with an all-star cast and big budget. The result has been decent, with the film scoring a C+ (57%) (click here to see our grading scale). With 24 reviews counted for the grade of the film, 10 have been positive, 9 have been average and the remaining 5 have been negative. If you include reviews that aren’t counted for the grade, there are 28 reviews total with 10 being positive, 11 average and 7 being negative.

Subhash Jha was very impressed with the film, giving it four stars. In his review here at AllBollywood.com, he wrote that “Not since Rakeysh Mehra’s Rang De Basanti (A-, 74%) have we seen a film so inspiring. Portions of Heroes are pure genius, sparkling with the unshed tears of a mother whose child dies before she can hold it in her arms and nurture it”. For his full review of the film, click here. For all news and reviews for Heroes, click here.

The other film releasing this past Friday was Yash Raj’s foray into animation with Roadside Romeo. The results have been decent, with the general consensus being that the animation is impressive but the film is riddled with a thin screenplay with the usual Yash Raj cliches. The film is currently at a C+ (55%) with 17 reviews counted for the grade of the film, of which 9 have been positive, 4 have been average and the remaining 4 have been negative. If you include reviews that aren’t counted for the grade, there are 23 reviews total with 10 being positive, 5 being average and 8 being negative. For all news and reviews for Roadside Romeo, click here.

Of the other recent releases, Karzzzz has settled in at a D+ (41%), Cheenti Cheenti Bang Bang is at a D+ (43%), Shoot On Sight finished with a C (51%) and Hello finished with a D (35%).

This weekend sees the releases of Golmaal Returns and Fashion. Be sure to keep glued to AllBollywood.com as reviews for these films begin to come in.