Naina grabs eyeballs
All eyes were on Urmila Matondkar this week.
Even as Jo Bole So Nihaal stoked controversy and Kya Kool Hai Hum continued to make merry at the cash registers, horror buffs rubbed their hands in anticipation as two films, liberally borrowing from the Chinese fear flick The Eye, made their way to theatres.

Naina opened to nearly 100 percent collections in metros. Nazar floundered.

Note: Films are ranked according to their release dates.








Naina

Cast: Urmila Matondkar, Anuj Sawhney.
Director: Shripal Morakhia.
Urmila; slick production.

Uninspired remake; not well-paced.

Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: Good opening.
The review







Nazar

Cast: Meera, Ashmit Patel, Koel Purie, Aly Khan.
Director: Soni Razdan.
Meera acts well; film chills in the beginning.

Ridiculous plot; Ashmit Patel.

Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: Weak opening.
The review







Shabnam Mausi

Cast: Ashutosh Rana, Vijay Raaz, Vishwajeet Pradhan.
Director: Yogesh Bhardwaj.
Very different real-life concept, great performances.

Painful dialoues, the film drags after the initial 30 minutes.

Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: Flop.
The review







Bose - The Forgotten Hero

Cast: Sachin Khedekar, Rajeshwari Sachdev.
Director: Shyam Benegal.
Great music, fantastic locales, tight film.

One dimensional, does not throw real light on Netaji.

Number of weeks: 1.
BO Verdict: Flop.
The review







Jo Bole So Nihaal

Cast: Sunny Deol, Kamal Khan.
Director: Rahul Rawail.
Masala film aimed at frontbenchers.

Loud performances, poor music.

Number of weeks: 2.
BO Verdict: Below average.
The review







Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge

Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Amrish Puri.
Director: Aditya Chopra.
The film has become a classic.

Tough!

Number of weeks: 1.
BO Verdict: Opens well.
The review







Main Aisa Hi Hoon

Cast: Ajay Devgan, Sushmita Sen, Esha Deol.
Director: Harry Baweja.
Great performance from Sushmita, film begins well.

Ajay Devgan is awful, film has no subtlety.

Number of weeks: 2.
BO Verdict: Flop.
The review







Kya Kool Hai Hum

Cast: Tusshar Kapoor, Ritesh Deshmukh, Isha Koppikar, Neha Dhupia.
Director: Sangeeth Sivan.
Ritesh Deshmukh is excellent, some well-written jokes.

Too many characters, film tries too hard.

Number of weeks: 2.
BO Verdict: Hit.
The review







Kaal

Cast: Ajay Devgan, John Abraham, Esha Deol, Vivek Oberoi, Lara Dutta.
Director: Soham.
Good sound effects.

Mindless thriller, Bollywood cliches, weak ending.

Number of weeks: 3.
BO Verdict: Hit.
The review







Waqt

Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Priyanka Chopra, Shefali Shah, Boman Irani.
Director: Vipul Shah.
Complete family entertainer.

No novelty in the story, too many jarring songs.

Number of weeks: 4.
BO Verdict: Hit.
The review




Design: Uday Kuckian

'Naina' - Not in Overseas yet

http://www.indiafm.com/scoop/05/may/250 ... eadline=-~ 'Naina'~-~Not~in~Overseas~yet

More on NAINA. It's a practice to release every Hindi film worldwide simultaneously, but NAINA is an exception!

iDream, the producers of NAINA, did release the film in India on May 20, but haven't released it anywhere in Overseas. Why? “There's a reason behind it,” Ashish Bhatnagar of iDream divulges, “Well-made horror films have a lucrative market in the U.S. and we plan to tap that area. Besides, we are in negotiations with some foreign distributors and hopefully, we should clinch the deal in a month from now.”

Bhatnagar continues in the same breath, “Had we released the film anywhere in Overseas in the conventional way, what we would've got is mere peanuts, but with foreign distributors showing a keen interest in the film, we hope to explore new horizons.” If all goes well, NAINA would be released by a leading studio in U.S. and would be dubbed/sub-titled for the remaining markets.
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Is this i-dream same that give us excellent Telugu DVDs??

Looks like, it'll be a while before we see its official DVD??

I doubt they paid for the remake-rights , so I wonder how they can circumvent lawsuits ?? - I just hope Tom Cruise sues the crap out of distributors

I really hope they get sued!

More like they don't want to release it overseas yet, because they have to think of a damn good excuse when people see it is a copy of The Eye. I tell you, these filmmakers are shameless!