November 26, 2019 09:00 IST

Anees Bazmee's Pagalpanti saw a poor opening at the box office, and failed to show any improvement over the weekend.

Vinod Mirani gives us his weekly verdict.

Pagalpanti

Cast: Anil Kapoor, John Abraham, Arshad Warsi, Saurabh Shukla, Pulkit Samrat, Kriti Kharbanda, Ileana D'Cruz, Urvashi Rautela.

Director: Anees Bazmee.

What works: Nothing!

What doesn't: Very low standard of comedy.

Number of weeks: New.

Box Office verdict: Flop.

Marjaavaan

Cast: Sidharth Malhotra, Riteish Deshmukh, Tara Sutaria, Rakul Preet Singh.

Director: Milap Zaveri.

What works: Full-on masala movie.

What doesn't: Outdated film-making, stale imagination, hysterically hamming actors.

Number of weeks: 1.

Box Office verdict: Average.

Motichoor Chaknachoor

Cast: Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Athiya Shetty.

Director: Debamitra Biswal.

What works: Strong performances.

What doesn't: Tame romance.

Number of weeks: 1.

Box Office verdict: Flop.

Bala

Cast: Ayushmann Khurrana, Yami Gautam and Bhumi Pednekar.

Director: Amar Kaushik.

What works: The cast, the story, the screenplay.

What doesn't: Bhumi Pednekar's tacky make-up.

Number of weeks: 2.

Box Office verdict: Superhit.

Satellite Shankar

Cast: Sooraj Pancholi and Megha Akash.

Director: Irfan Kamal.

What works: Megha Akash, the second half of the film.

What doesn't: The first half is slow.

Number of weeks: 2.

Box Office verdict: Flop.

The Bypass Road

Cast: Neil Nitin Mukesh, Adah Sharma and Shama Sikander.

Director: Naman Nitin Mukesh.

What works: Neil Nitin Mukesh's dapper looks.

What doesn't: Shoddy and insensitive writing.

Number of weeks: 2.

Box Office verdict: Flop.

Ujda Chaman

Cast: Sunny Singh, Maanvi Gagroo, Saurabh Shukla, Karishma Sharma.

Director: Abhishek Pathak.

What works: Maanvi Gagroo is the saving grace.

What doesn't: Dull and insensitive film.

Number of weeks: 3.

Box Office verdict: Average.

Housefull 4

Cast: Akshay Kumar, Kriti Sanon, Riteish Deshmukh, Pooja Hegde, Bobby Deol, Kriti Kharbanda, Chunky Pandey, Boman Irani, Johnny Lever, Rana Daggubati.

Director: Farhad Samji.

What works: Good music.

What doesn't: Done-to-death story, crass comedy.

Number of weeks: 4.

Box Office verdict: Hit.

Saand Ki Aankh

Cast: Taapsee Pannu, Bhumi Pednekar, Prakash Jha, Vineet Kumar, Shaad Randhawa.

Director: Tushar Hiranandani.

What works: Good performances from Taapsee and Bhumi, an interesting first half.

What doesn't: The second half flounders. Except for the two leads, the other characters are all one-note. The film is made to appeal to our basic liberal goodness.

Number of weeks: 4.

Box Office verdict: Average.

Made in China

Cast: Rajkummar Rao, Mouni Roy, Boman Irani, Gajraj Rao, Paresh Rawal.

Director: Mikhil Musale.

What works: Good performances.

What doesn't: Pedestal comedy, too much drama, filmsy film-making.

Number of weeks: 4.

Box Office verdict: Average.