Three
distinct
films
release
tomorrow
-
Lamhaa,
Tere
Bin
Laden
and
Udaan.
Incidentally,
none
of
the
three
films
are
true
blue
conventional
Bollywood
outings.
They
are
not
romantic
affairs,
they
don't
boast
the
kind
of
comedy
that
Bollywood
is
known
for
and
also
they
don't
quite
fit
into
the
category
of
family
films.
However,
at
least
a
couple
of
them
do
look
interesting
here
-
Lamhaa
and
Tere
Bin
Laden.
Lamhaa
boasts
of
the
star
power
of
Sanjay
Dutt
and
Bipasha
Basu
and
the
hard
hitting
promos
that
promise
a
quality
outing
seems
to
have
done
the
trick.
Of
course
a
quality
outing
doesn't
necessarily
mean
big
moolah
coming
in
because
the
issue
based
subject
(militancy
in
Kashmir)
means
that
a
full
house
is
ruled
out.
Also,
it
is
unlike
Mission
Kashmir
where
songs
and
dances
along
with
then-newly-found-sensation
Hrithik
Roshan
had
contributed
to
a
great
opening.
In
case
of
Lamhaa,
anything
over
50%-60%
occupancy
would
be
good
enough
to
qualify
as
a
positive
start.
An
expensive
affair
though,
Lamhaa
would
have
to
hold
on
really
well
to
ensure
a
good
recovery
and
a
tag
of
being
a
plus
outing.
With
Khatta
Meetha
arriving
a
week
later,
Lamhaa
would
have
to
rely
a
lot
on
its
positive
reviews,
extremely
strong
word
of
mouth
and
of
course
a
fair
deal
of
good
luck.
As
for
Tere
Bin
Laden,
even
a
decent
start
should
ensure
that
it
becomes
a
safe
outing
at
the
box
office
because
it
is
a
largely
inexpensive
affair
due
to
many
new
faces.
On
the
flipside,
a
largely
unknown
cast,
a
new
director
and
an
offbeat
theme
means
that
it
would
turn
out
to
be
a
gamble
after
all.
However,
one
has
to
compliment
the
makers
here
for
giving
the
film
a
good
enough
platform
to
at
the
least
make
its
presence
felt.
The
well
designed
promos
have
been
running
for
quite
some
time
now
and
if
this
fun
film
manages
to
catch
the
attention
of
the
youth,
it
could
well
be
the
surprise
winner
of
the
season.
A
film
which
doesn't
quite
seem
to
be
traversing
a
similar
happy
path
is
Udaan.
Though
backed
by
the
likes
of
Anurag
Kashyap
and
UTV,
the
film
hasn't
managed
to
excite
much.
The
reason
could
be
the
dark
theme,
an
unknown
cast
and
promos
that
don't
quite
give
a
happy
feel
to
the
entire
outing
but
the
fact
remains
that
Udaan
doesn't
quite
appear
to
be
flying.
Arriving
along
with
two
other
better
looking
films,
it
would
have
to
be
extra
special
to
make
its
presence
felt.