| Film | Cast | Plusses | Minusses | Verdict |
Jhootha Hi Sahi | John Abraham, Pakhi, Raghu Ram, Manasi Scott, Anaitha Nair, R. Madhavan [sp. app.], Nandana Sen [sp. app.] | Difficult to find | Poor writing, uninspiring music and excessive length | While the plexes of some cities were slightly better, the single screens were extremely poor. Will entail heavy losses to its investors due to the heavy costs |
Rakht Charitra | Vivek Oberoi, Shatrughan Sinha, Abhimanyu Singh, Radhika Apte, Zarina Wahab, Ashwini Kalsekar, Ashish Vidyarthi, Rajendra Gupta, Anupam Shyam, Sushmita Mukherjee, Vishwajeet Pradhan, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Darshan Jariwala, Sudeep [sp. app.] | Terrific performances and a gripping narrative | Excessive violence, blood and gore | Was slightly better at some single screens, but the decent appreciation didn’t translate into good returns at the ticket window. The Telugu version has done fantastic business |
Hisss | Irrfan Khan, Mallika Sherawat, Divya Dutta, Raman Trikha, Jeff Doucette | None | Almost everything | Was better at single screens of some circuits. Multiplexes remained poor |
Aakrosh | Ajay Devgn, Akshaye Khanna, Bipasha Basu, Paresh Rawal, Reema Sen, Amita Pathak, Jaideep Ahlawat, Pankaj Tripathi | Well-made issue-based cinema | Screenplay vacillates between engaging and not-too-engaging moments | Flop |
Do Dooni Chaar | Rishi Kapoor, Neetu Kapoor, Archit, Aditi, Akhilendra Mishra, Supriya Shukla | A well-made film in all respects with powerhouse performances | Second half could’ve been tighter | Better in North India. Below par elsewhere |
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