Predictions of Forthcoming films

SHOOTOUT AT WADALA: The film has got the buzz and the item songs have ensured that the hoi-polloi flocks to theater. The film can have around 9-10cr Day 1 and 30-32cr weekend which will be healthy enough. If accepted well, the film can have a very strong run as there is no hard-core Mass film releasing for next five weeks until YAMLA PAGLA DEEWANA. Lifetime Predictions
Day 1- 9-10cr
Weekend- 30-32cr
Lifetime-
If Good WOM: 80-85
If Mixed WOM: 67-72
If Bad WOM: 55-59cr

GO GOA GONE: The film has perfect recipe for youth crowd of multiplexes. It has something new in its kitty which hasn’t been exploited in Indian cinema before. But after the first promo, the film didn’t come up with anything exciting, thanks to non-pleasing songs! Still, the film can have a decent start multiplexes thanks to Saif Ali Khan’s presence and the novelty factor.

Day 1- 4-5cr
Weekend – 15-17cr
Lifetime-
If Good WOM: 44-48cr
If Mixed WOM: 37-40cr
If Bad WOM: 29-33

AURANGZEB: Shockingly disinteresting, Aurangzeb can be a debacle in terms of opening if the film doesn’t come out with eye-catching promos and songs! Nothing so far has clicked for the film and its just two weeks away from the release! Pull up the socks, team!

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Sanket’s review: “Saheb Biwi aur Gangster returns” isn’t exactly satisfying, though has a high share of positives.

Cast: Jimmy Shergill, Raj Babbar, Mahie Gill, Irrfan Khan, Soha Ali Khan.

Director: Tigmanshu Dhulia

Length: 2.20 hours approx.

Now the prequel to this film that released in September 2011, wasn’t exactly great film, but it had a strong story-line which kept the moments glued and the film engaging. What lacked there was the sort of performances which would have taken film much higher. Apart from Randeep Hooda, no one really managed a noteworthy performance. The sequel has different thing to say. The film has terrific performances but saddles down with the script and screenplay.

The film starts very well with each character being described smartly. But the film drags along a lot with few scenes. Despite of humorous dialogues imposed at most of the places, yet, the scenes in this half particularly look dull. The film goes on and on and on and at-east two times gives you chance to peep into your watch. At 85 minutes first half, there are scenes which could have been easily trimmed. Too much time is given to express Mahie Gill’s bold and seductive character. However, there are few scenes that will leave you in splits like the one when the Politician gets worked up at-least twice, once when he isn’t able to get the adjustment of the webcam and the next time when he is unable to exit while he is watching porn. Also the scene where Irrfan tries to extract a modicum amount of blood out of his finger, with abundance amount of fear gearing him.

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Sanket’s Review: “I me aur main” serves well as a sleeping pill.

Cast: John Abraham, Prachi Desai, Mini Mathur, Chitrangada Singh, Zarina Wahab, Raima Sen.

Director: Kapil Sharma

Length: 1.45 hours approximately

Even at just 105 minutes long, you feel like you have been made to sit through an endless saga called I ME AUR MAIN. Packed with trite idea and bromidic characters, it’s a film that serves well as a sleeping pill. In its cool, buoyant, urbane outlook, I ME AUR MAIN suffers from sluggish pace and dull moments. The major setback is that the director unfolds things too easily and the conflict or the dispute is never really felt.

The film starts off well but by the time it reaches the half mark, within just 45 minutes that is, it loses its spark. Focusing on the personality traits of a self-obsessed man, the film also sneaks into family bickering and office rivalries. And the love triangle is largely predictable with all the female characters plodded as stereotypes. Couple of moments however does strike chord. Like the one where John tries to flaunt his well toned exercised physique by jumping off from 10 feet, or the one in building corridor where Prachi Desai teaches John to say sorry! But, unfortunately moments like these only stays for evanescence, because what follows in second hour of the film fades away all little positives which the film built over the cost of first half.

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Sanket’s Review: “The attacks of 26/11” is well executed film.

Cast: Nana Pathekar

Director: Ram Gopal Verma

Length : 1.55 hours approximately

Tapping on the real life events of Mumbai’s 26/11 mishap, this weeks new release THE ATTACKS OF 26/11 directed by Ram Gopal Verma is engaging, thrilling and emotionally grounded. It’s a film that’s far from perfect, thanks to countless irrelevant slo-mos that are depicted that brings down the momentum. Yet, it’s a pat on the back of RGV who successfully manages to give us a bird’s eye view on the whole terrorist attack. In just 115 minutes we are served with the entrance of terrorists to Mumbai till the execution of Ajmal Kasab. Narrated through the eyes of Nana Pathekar, the film enjoys a bumper advantage because its tracking the incidents which are real and thus very familiar to the audience. And thus, it won’t really take any extra effort to create tautness among the viewers.

The film straight away starts with the major portions. Although the scene at the ship is too dragged and stapled with loud background score, yet we are anticipating the next reel. Just when the first bullet is fired, this film goes on a new high. The episodes are thrilling and shocking. It might dismiss you the fact that there is very noisy bullet firing and might struck at your ears. But it definitely gives the authenticity constraint a boost that it required. The direction by RGV is very conventional and routine. His camera flocks around the people, just to derive emotional interludes, who are soon to be the victims of the attacks. Frankly, such gimmicks are too redundant to use in today’s films. The episode of attack at Taj Mahal Hotel is too long with too much of time wasted to make the film cinematically enthralling! However, the episode of firing at CST station

The second half is more engaging, especially when the terrorist is caught by the police officers. However, it’s the last 20 minutes where THE ATTACKS of 26/11 makes its mark. The scene where Nana Pathekar confronts the character of Kasab is highly nail-biting. Also the scene where Nana Pathekar in a horrific mood tries to give Kasab a lesson of religion and humanity will keep you numb. Its moments like these where RGV strikes gold and displays sheer amaze at helm of direction.

The background score is outstanding at times. The screenplay is sharp especially post-intermission, but there is large amount of benefit the writers take as its just research that would take them to make a riveting script. Yet, they never fail to inject cinematic conjunctions between one after the other scene. The dialogues are fabulous, especially towards the end. The dialogues mouthed by Nana Pathekar are clap-worthy and evokes sentimental affiliation.

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Sanket’s Review: “Kai Po Che” has unfeigned charm.

Cast: Sushant Singh Rajput, Amit Sadh, Raj Kumar yadav, Amrita Puri.

Director: Abhishek Kapoor

Length : 2 hrs approximately

Borrowed from the written material of Chetan Bhagat’s “3 Mistakes of my life”, director Abhishek Kapoor’s cinematic adaptation KAI PO CHE remains mostly faithful to the novel. The film traces various situations which draws wedge between the three friends with different ambition and different responsibility. What makes KAI PO CHE a must-watch are the beautiful and heartfelt moments that stays with you for an eternity.

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Sanket’s Review : “Jayantabhai Ki Luv Story” is a flawed fun.

Cast: Vivek Oberoi, Neha Sharma.

Director: Vinnil Markan

Length: 2.05 hours approximately.

It would be too unreasonable on the viewer’s part if they did expect JAYANTABHAI KI LUV STORY to have smart narration, or slow paced drama etc. I am sure no-one of us can do that, and therefore with whatever cinematic liberties that it utilizes, the film manages to entertain you. Yes, JBKLS works as comical romance although it gets heavily distracted to the plot involving bad looking gangsters.

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Box Office Predictions of MURDER 3

After the super success of MURDER 2 back in July 2011, this franchise hits theater on 15th February 2013, directed by debutant Vishesh Bhatt and fresh casting of Randeep Hooda, Sara Loren and Aditi Rao Hyadari. Unlike the last installment, … Read More

Sanket’s Review: “David” is perfect example of opportunity lost.

Cast: Neil Nitin Mukesh, Vikram, Tabu, Monika Dogra, Lara Dutta, Isha Sharvani, Vinay Virmani

Director: Bejoy Nambiar

Length: 2.30 hours approximately.

Bollywood isn’t really known for smart films, and not that I am complaining, but it really ails one seeing something as absurd as DAVID despite of having a very good plot. Lasting endlessly, DAVID fails to draw attention unless it comes into its finale which has to be one of the smartest of recent times. However, DAVID is perfect example of opportunity lost. SHAITAAN directed by same director was more fun, quirky and equally enthralling. DAVID lacks in almost every area.

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Sanket’s Review: “ABCD Any body can dance” is a fair attempt, but could have been something substantial.

Cast: Prabhudeva, Ganesh Acharya, Kay Kay Menon.

Director: Remo D’souza

Length: 2.20 hours approximately.

We know that the film is all about dance, we know that the film has almost all newcomers, but that doesn’t allow the film to be … Read More

Sanket’s Review: “Special 26”- The finale gives the boost.

Cast: Akshay Kumar, Anupam Kher, Manoj Bajpai, Jimmy Shergill, Kajal Aggarwal.

Director: Neeraj Pandey

Length : 2.20 hours approximately

One will surely have high hopes from the director who made A WEDNESDAY in past. Unlike that excellent thriller, SPECIAL 26 is far from excellence. That doesn’t imply it doesn’t work, in-fact S26 makes its mark, thanks to its unpredictable climax, but the director and writer could have done so much more. It doesn’t help the film adding lip sync songs and that puerile love story angle which only distracts you from the poignant moments of the film.

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Box Office Predictions of SPECIAL 26

Neeraj Pandey returns back to the directorial position with SPECIAL 26,after delivering the much acclaimed and a good Box Office success “A WEDNESDAY”. SPECIAL 26 stars Anupam Kher, Kajal Agarwal, Akshay Kumar, Jimmy Shergil and Manoj Bajpai. Slated to release … Read More

Sanket’s Review: “Vishwaroop” is shocking, thrilling and insightful.

Cast: Kamal Hasaan, Rahul Bose, Andrea Jeremiah, Pooja Kumar, Jaideep Ahlawat.

Director: Kamal Hasaan

Length: 2.25 hours approximately.

Easily the best film of 2013, VISHWAROOP is shocking, thrilling and insightful. Its far from perfect film, not even close to it, but it has lot more to serve. The plot of the film is interesting, although executed in very cinematic format, and the story is well penned. VISHWAROOP also taps heroism like many Hindi films based on terrorism, but with strong support of story.

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Sanket’s Review: “AkaashVani” often dodges between boredom and lovable.

Cast: Kartik Twiari, Nushrat Bharucha, Gautam Mehra, Sunny Singh, Sana Shaikh.

Director: Luv ranjan

Length : 2.30 hours approximately.

To tell a very simple message of simple people, Luv ranjan makes his protagonists go back and forth in their relationships and the story goes so haywire that at one point you realize that their problem could be solved with just one meeting where all can sit and have a talk! To drag the film to 2.30 hours when the story has plot holes from all sides, it becomes impossible to sit through! Thanks to the warm chemistry our lead pair shares, AKAASHVANI has moments packed up nicely, but in between the delightful moments there are scenes which are lazily shot. That particular scene on Railway station where the pair sits and cries on endlessly will help you laugh out loud!

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Sanket’s Review: “RACE 2” is thoroughly enjoyable despite its filmy clichés.

Cast: Saif Ali Khan, Deepika Padukone, Anil Kapoor, John Abraham, Jacqueline Fernandes, Amesha Patel.

Director: Abbas-Mastan

Length : 2.25 hours approximately

Spoon-Feeding in thrillers is something that plays major spoilsport, but keeping things unanswered doesn’t harm any less. In this week’s sequel to that excellent 2008 thriller, RACE 2, Abbas-Mustan serves you entertainment but with hurdles. RACE (2008) was interesting because it had many twists and turns thrown at regular interval making the pace brisk and keeping the audience guessing! RACE 2 also offers few twists, although few predictable, but the pattern of twists is mostly borrowed from the first installment. Anyhow, nitpickings aside, RACE 2 still has entertainment galore because of its grandeur, its bizarre and weird elements.

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Box Office Predictions of RACE 2

pReleased 5 years ago, RACE registered a record-breaking opening on its first day and went on to collect a handsome amount of 63cr in its entire run which was excellent back then! Looks like RACE 2 is all set to … Read More

Sanket’s Review: “Inkaar” is frustratingly poor film.

Cast: Arjun Rampal, Chitrangada Singh.

Director: Sudhir Mishra

Length : 2.05 hours approximately

Coming from Sudhir Mishra, its hard to believe INKAAR is such a frustratingly poor film. The director has made good to brilliant cinema in past like “Hazaaron … Read More

Sanket’s Review: “Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola” suffers from its over-ambitious director, though is saved by the performers.

Cast: Pankaj Kapoor, Imran Khan, Anushka Sharma, Shabana Azmi, Arya Babbar.

Director: Vishal Bhardwaj

Length: 2.30 hours approximately

Vishal Bhardwaj is known for making “out of the box” type of cinema. He has given us some gripping tales in past like “Omkara”, “Maqbool”, “Kaminey”, but sadly it seems the director is losing his hold over his films which reflected in “7 Khoon Maaf” and now “Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola”. Bhardwaj infuses so much of smart narration that it sidelines a well written script. What queers me is that he attempted pronounced humor in his film making a caricature out of Arya Babbar! Who would have thought of slapstick gags in a film directed by Bhardwaj!

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Box Office Predictions of MATRU KI BIJLEE KA MANDOLA

2013′s first biggie “Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola” is releasing on 11th January, though it has paid preview shows from Thursday evening. Starring Pankaj Kaporr, Imran Khan, Anushka Sharma, the film is directed by Vishal Bhardwaj. The music has been … Read More

Sanket’s Verdicts of 2012′s films.

The verdicts are given on the basis of Trending (Word of mouth) and The Business (Profit/loss) of the film.

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http://bollywoodism-bollywoodism.blogspot.in/2013/01/sankets-verdicts-of-2012s-films.html

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Sanket’s Review: “Table No. 21” has its heart in the right place, but it deserved better writing.

Cast: Paresh Rawal, Raajev Khandelwal, Teena Desae

Director: Aditya Datt

Length: 1.45 hours approximately.

To start of this New Year, we have this week’s “Table No.21” which has its heart in right place, but deserved better writing. The film makes … Read More

Worst films of 2012- My views.

10. EKK DEEWANA THA: Remake of a south film, “Ekk tha deewana” is painfully long even at modest run-time of 140 minutes. Even Rahman’s music score fails to inject life in the film. Not completely unbearable, thanks to few adorable … Read More

Best Male and Female performers of 2012- My views.

2012 has been a fascinating year. Few films had unprecedented box office success as well as audience’s acceptance, while few films did not really set the box office on fire but surely placed themselves in hearts of audience. Here are my bests of 2012 performances.

Male –

5. Sharman Joshi in Ferrari Ki Sawaari- In this small little heart warming film, Sharman Joshi plays a very adorable father and a martinet son. He packs an excellent performance and he has instant connect too!

4. Aamir Khan in Talaash- As a confused and depressed cop, Aamir Khan shines once again in a role which has its own oxymoronic rhythm. There are many layers to his characters and Aamir conveys his emotions through right blend of expressions and diction. He is not a perfectionist for nothing!

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Sanket’s Review: “Dabangg 2” reaffirms the thought that Salman can rise above the script in these roles.

Cast: Salman Khan, Sonakshi Sinha, Vinod Khanna, Prakash Raaj, Arbaaz Khan.

Director: Arbaaz Khan

Length: 2 hours approximately

I firmly believed that Salman’s DABANGG (2010) act was his best till date. Not anymore, because I have seen its extended installation. Arbaaz Khan’s directorial venture called DABANGG 2 is entertaining, courtesy Salman Khan. The film doesn’t boast of smart narrating, or gripping plot, but it surely gives you worth of every single penny, provided you can accept these mindless cinemas, today’s staple food, with open arms!

I firmly believed that Salman’s DABANGG (2010) act was his best till date. Not anymore, because I have seen its extended installation. Arbaaz Khan’s directorial venture called DABANGG 2 is entertaining, courtesy Salman Khan. The film doesn’t boast of smart narrating, or gripping plot, but it surely gives you worth of every single penny, provided you can accept these mindless cinemas, today’s staple food, with open arms!

The film begins with all the same route in which its prequel started. Yes, even the sidekick of goons remains same. Arbaaz Khan manages to tackle their personality traits and add comic moments. The film takes lot of its time to come upon its major conflict. The confrontation with the antagonist, played by Prakash Raaj, is well built up. The family drama also takes its high and the sugary moments between Chulbul and his family easily grows upon you. But, the first half is too long and some of the part could have been easily shifted to second half.

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Box Office predictions of DABANGG 2

Dabangg (2010) is considered as the comeback vehicle of Salman Khan who has reached unimaginable height of stardom. And on this favorable season of Christmas, (Bhaagam Bhaag, Welcome, Taare Zameen Par, Ghajini, 3 Idiots, Don2), what can one get a … Read More

A point Dabangg2 will most probably prove (about BO)-

Dabangg2′s opening will be like of never heard before. That 31cr figure looks untouchable though, but a 55cr weekend in on cards. Be it single screens or multiplexes, opening weekend will be unimaginable! The 5 screener multiplexes can accommodate as … Read More