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| Halla Bol |
Verdict: New |
| Weekly Earnings: - |
Total Earnings: - |
| PB Rating: 8.0 out of 10 |
Public Rating (by 411 unique users): 5.1 |
| Director: Rajkumar Santoshi |
Producer: Samee Siddiqui |
| Music: Sukhwinder Singh |
Lyrics: Mehboob Kotwal |
| Starring: Ajay Devgan, Vidya Balan and Pankaj Kapoor |
| Genre: Social |
Recommended Audience: Parental Guidance |
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The first major release of 2008 will be Rajkumar Santoshi`s Ajay Devgan, Vidya Balan and Pankaj Kapoor starrer, `Halla Bol`. The lavishly mounted and hard hitting film is expected to impress the critics and the audiences of intelligent cinema.
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| My Name is Anthony Gonsalves |
Verdict: New |
| Weekly Earnings: - |
Total Earnings: - |
| PB Rating: 4.0 out of 10 |
Public Rating (by 410 unique users): 5.11 |
| Director: E. Niwas |
Producer: Bhushan Kumar/Red Chilies Entertainment |
| Music: Pritam, Himesh Reshammiya |
Lyrics: Sameer |
| Starring: Amrita Rao, Anupam Kher, D. Santosh, Daya Shanker Pandey, Javed Shaikh, Lillete Dubey, Mithun Chakraborty, Mukesh Tiwari, Nikhil Dwivedi, Pawan Malhotra, Saurabh Shukla |
| Genre: Action |
Recommended Audience: Parental Guidance |
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Giving company to `Halla Bol` will be E. Niwas`s Mithun, Nikhil Dwivedi , Amrita Rao and Anupam Kher starrer, `My Name Is Anthony Gonsalves`. The interesting looking and innovatively publicised movie may just surprise at the ticket window, maybe in a small way!
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| Showbiz |
Verdict: Disaster |
| Weekly Earnings: India Rs 0.25 crores |
Total Earnings: India Rs 0.25 crores |
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The latest venture from the Bhatts` camp, Raju Khan`s Tushar Jalota, Mrinalini Sharma starrer `Showbiz` is a total loss-making film.
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| Return Of Hanuman |
Verdict: Flop |
| Weekly Earnings: India Rs. 1.35 crores |
Total Earnings: India Rs. 1.35 crores |
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Anurag Kashyap` animated `Return Of Hanuman` has poor collections to show in the opening week. However, it has fared much better than `Showbiz`.
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| Taare Zameen Par |
Verdict: Hit |
| Weekly Earnings: India Rs. 13 crores ; UK $68,719 ; US $102,347 |
Total Earnings: India Rs. 30 crores ; UK $503,255 ; US $1,104,337 |
| PB Rating: 7.5 out of 10 |
Public Rating (by 414 unique users): 5.11 |
| Director: Aamir Khan |
Producer: Aamir Khan |
| Music: Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy and Shailendra Barve (Guest) |
Lyrics: Prasoon Joshi and Amole Gupte (Guest) |
| Starring: Aamir Khan, Tanay Chheda, Darsheel Safary, and Tisca Chopra |
| Genre: Drama |
Recommended Audience: General |
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Coming to last year`s releases, Aamir Khan`s directorial debut venture, `Taare Zameen Par`, the movie is superb in the multiplexes. However, it continues to do ordinary in C.P. Berar, C.I. and Rajasthan. The movie has done very well in the US but has underperformed in the UK. Though the overall collections in the overseas circuit, makes it a hit there.
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| Welcome |
Verdict: Hit plus |
| Weekly Earnings: India Rs. 21 crores ; UK $98,787 |
Total Earnings: India Rs. 56 crores ; UK $1,667,087 |
| PB Rating: 6.0 out of 10 |
Public Rating (by 410 unique users): 5.11 |
| Director: Anees Bazmee |
Producer: Firoz A. Nadiadwala |
| Music: Sajid Wajid, Anand Raj Anand, Himesh Reshammiya |
Lyrics: Shabbir Ahmed, Ibrahim Ashq, Sameer, Anand Raj Anand, Anjaan Sagari |
| Starring: Akshay Kumar, Paresh Rawal, Nana Patekar, Anil Kapoor, Katrina Kaif, Mallika Sherawat, Feroz Khan |
| Genre: Comedy |
Recommended Audience: General |
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Meanwhile Anees Bazmee`s critically panned `Welcome` continues to rule the box-office and uniformly across all circuits, at both single screens and multiplexes. The collection fell by about 35-40 percent but it still manages fantastic shares. Trade attributes the fall to the big collections in the first week. The movie is also big sucess in the Overseas with Indian Rs. 18 crores so far.
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| Om Shanti Om |
Verdict: All time blockbuster |
| Weekly Earnings: India Rs. 0.20 crores |
Total Earnings: India Rs. 85.80 crores ; UK $2,622,627 ; US $3,597,372 |
| PB Rating: 7.5 out of 10 |
Public Rating (by 412 unique users): 5.11 |
| Director: Farah Khan |
Producer: Red Chillies Entertainment |
| Music: Vishal-Shekhar |
Lyrics: Javed Akhtar, Vishal Dadlani, and Kumaar |
| Starring: Shah Rukh Khan, Shreyas Talpade, Deepika Padukone, Arjun Rampal, and Malaika Arora Khan |
| Genre: Musical |
Recommended Audience: General |
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After completing 50 days and also becoming the biggest grosser in Bollywood history, Farah Khan`s `Om Shanti Om` movie marches on. The Shah Rukh Khan, Arjun Rampal, Shreyas Talpade and Deepika Padukone starrer is already a blockbuster in the Overseas, grossing more than 36 crores (equivalent Indian Rupees).
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