Bollywood's BIGGEST FLOPS so far!

We had a look at the Top 10 hits in Hindi cinema so far. Now, it's
time to look at
the half-yearly flops.

Some films bombed expectedly while
there were a few surprises as well.

Media professional and industry observer Abhijit Mhamunkar lists the
top 10 flops in the last six months. The films are listed
according to their release dates.

1) INKAAR:-
Cast: Arjun Rampal, Chitrangda Singh, Deepti Naval
Director: Sudhir Mishra
Release date: January 18

Inkaar was touted as the first film to be
made on sexual harassment at the work
place but it didn't deliver. It targeted the
multiplex audience, which would have
easily connected to the subject.

Director Sudhir Mishra could not get his
views across well, and the solution he
offered was confusing as well. We've seen better films from Sudhir
Mishra; Inkaar was no where near them.


2) DAVID:-
Cast: Vikram, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Vinay Virmani, Tabu, Lara Dutta, Isha
Sharvani Director: Bejoy Nambiar
Release date: February 1

The film, which told three stories, tried to
do too many things at once. The binding
factor was also very weak. David had an interesting cast but badly-
written roles.

Out of the three stories, Neil Nitin
Mukesh's was the best. The film got bad word-of-mouth publicity
and the multiplex audience did not warm
up to it.


3) I ME AUR MAIN:-
Cast: John Abraham, Prachi Desai, Chitrangda Singh
Director: Kapil Sharma
Release date: March 1

Audiences were not ready to accept John
Abraham in a loser kind of a role.

Besides, his solo hero movies don't do
really well, with the exception of Force. I Me Aur Main was a badly written and
directed film. It did not have a plot.


4) THE ATTACKS OF 26/11
Cast: Nana Patekar, Atul Kulkarni, Sanjeev Jaiswal
Director: Ram Gopal Varma
Release date: March 1

Based on the 2008 Mumbai terror attack,
The Attacks of 26/11 was a good subject
and people expected it to do be good.

Ram Gopal Varma has lost his touch. It
was his kind of film but even then, he
couldn't do a good job of it. It was a tacky docu-drama.


5) 3G
Cast: Neil Nitin Mukesh, Sonal Chauhan, Ashish Kapoor, Mrinalini
Sharma Director: Sheershak Anand, Shantanu Ray Chhibber
Release date: March 15

3G had a new concept but the film
was absurd. There were too many unbelievable things
happening on screen and people could not
connect with it.

It was thriller but yet, audiences were
laughing in the theatres. Neil Nitin Mukesh is a good actor but he is
not a saleable star yet.


6) HIMMATWALA
Cast: Ajay Devgan, Tamannaah Bhatia, Paresh Rawal, Mahesh Manjrekar,
Adhyayan Suman, Zarina Wahab Director: Sajid Khan
Release date: March 29

Himmatwala did not work mostly because
of its director Sajid Khan and his style of
publicity. He claimed the film would make Rs 200
crores. It became embarrassing for the
actors involved with the movie too. The film was tacky even though its budget
was huge. It did not have any appeal.
Audiences felt cheated when they went
to the theatre. The original 1983 Himmatwala was not a
particularly well-made film but it was a
hit. Sajid Khan made a worse copy of it. Bad performances and bad action scenes
added to its failure.

7) AURANGZEB
Cast: Arjun Kapoor, Prithviraj Sukumaran, Sashaa Agha, Rishi Kapoor,
Jackie Shroff,
Swara Bhaskar, Deepti Naval
Director: Atul Sabharwal
Release date: May 17

Aurangzeb had potential but it was badly
marketed. Since it was a Yash Raj
product, it deserved better publicity than
what it got. Arjun Kapoor is a promising young actor.
Performances by Rishi Kapoor and
Prithviraj were very good. The film's plot and screenplay was weak.
The second half was a complete mess.
Distributors and exhibitors lost a lot of
money on this film.


8) ISHKQ IN PARIS
Cast: Preity Zinta, Rhehan Malliek, Isabelle Adjani
Director: Prem Raj
Release date: May 24

Ishkq in Paris is much-delayed and stale-
looking film. People had no expectations from the film,
especially from the hero. His real name is
Gaurav Chanana, but he changed it to
Rhehan Malliek. He has earlier worked in
duds like Woh Tera Naam Tha, Zinda and
Kajraare. The badly written script was loosely based
on the Hollywood film, Before Sunrise. Preity Zinta's attempt at a comeback
failed because it's time she started acting
her age instead of playing bubbly young
girls.


9) Yamla Pagla Deewana 2
Cast: Dharmendra, Sunny Deol, Bobby Deol, Neha Sharma, Kristina
Akheeva Director: Sangeeth Sivan
Release date: June 7

A badly conceived film, it was made
purely to make money on the goodwill of
the first film, Yamla Pagla Deewana,
which was a hit. It had no plot and was badly directed. Dharmendra,
Sunny and Bobby Deol were
clearly out of form, and didn't look as
involved as they did in the first film.


10) Shortcut Romeo
Cast: Neil Nitin Mukesh, Ameesha Patel, Puja Gupta Director: Susi Ganesh
Release date: June 21

The producer-director of the film Susi
Ganesh had limited funds to release the
film. That's why he couldn't give it a
proper release, and it did not release in
many multiplexes. In fact, the last few
promotions of the film was done on the expense of actress Ameesha
Patel. Even though it was a bad remake of Susi
Ganesh's Tamil film Thiruttu Payale, if it
had released on more screens, it would
have made more money.