A moment from Kaalpurush

Satyameva Jayate

Released on: April 11

Starring: Mithun Chakraborty, Puneet Issar, Priyadarshini, Seemran, Taniya

Directed by: Milan Bhowmick

What we liked: Mithun’s angry young man attitude.

What we didn’t like: The long and preachy dialogues, lack of punch in the script.

Distributorspeak: “The film would have done much better had it not been for the IPL. The footfalls are below our expectations,” says Krishna Daga.

Premer Kahini

Released on: April 11

Starring: Koel Mullick, Dev, Ranjit Mullick

Directed by: Ravi Kinnagi

What we liked: The peppy feel, the Dev-Koel chemistry, fresh locales of Karnataka and the music.

What we didn’t like: The slow second half, tedious dialogues and Koel in tears.

Directorspeak: “The film is on its fourth week. I think what people liked about Premer Kahini is the novelty of the script and the presentation.”

Kaalpurush

Released on: April 25

Starring: Rahul Bose, Sameera Reddy, Mithun, Sudipta, Laboni

Directed by: Buddhadeb Dasgupta

What we liked: Mithun’s soul-stirring performance, Sudip Chatterjee’s camerawork and Samir Chanda’s sets.

What we didn’t like: The fact that Sameera Reddy couldn’t get her Bangali bou act right.

Distributorspeak: “The opening has been average. But word of mouth publicity will help,” says Mahendra Soni of Shree Venkatesh Films.

Lovesongs: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

Released on: February 22

Starring: Jaya Bachchan, Om Puri, Mallika Sarabhai, Shahana Chatterjee

Directed by: Jayabrato Chatterjee

What we liked: Usha Uthup’s music and Shahana’s disturbed daughter act.

What we didn’t like: Jaya Bachchan, the crawling pace and the confusing flashbacks.

Directorspeak: “Lovesongs ran for two weeks but the film would have fared better had there been more publicity. The film did better in Pune and Bangalore than in Calcutta.”

Tollywood Focus

Released on: April 4

Starring: Swastika Mukherjee, Amitabha Bhattacharya

Directed by: Manas Basu

What went wrong: The film played catch-me-if-you-can with the viewers. It was out of the theatres in a week.

Directorspeak: “Lack of hype made Tollywood Focus a disaster. The distributor Pushpa Cine Arts failed to arrange a proper release. We had thought of re-releasing the film but it didn’t work out.”