Break Ke Baad bombs; Guzaarish nets Rs 144 mn in first week

MUMBAI: This week’s release, Break Ke Baad, fares poor in all respects. A poor story with poorer execution, it has no back up from music either with mostly background songs. There is no chemistry between leads Imran and Deepika.

The whole effort looks very juvenile. The first weekend collections reflect this with a below par Rs 125 million in kitty. While it sustained in Metros, in interiors it could not and there was no audience to conduct shows.

‘Allah Ke Bande went generally unnoticed with shows being cancelled for lack of audience almost all over.

The story of a quadriplegic Hrithik Roshan consigned to bed for 14 years, Guzaarish was a subject unpalatable to moviegoers and the rejection was from day one; it did not matter if it was the Hrithik Roshan-Sanjay Leela Bhansali team. With a very, very poor opening and no improvement thereafter, the film completed its first week with a lowly Rs 144 million. Considering its budget, the film will prove to be a major blow to its backers.

The trade, on its part, had no hopes on either Break Ke Baad or Guzaarish and, hence, had little to say on the outcome.