'Thodi
Hope
Thoda
Failure'
-
No,
we
are
not
talking
about
Thoda
Pyaar
Thoda
Magic
here
which
is
less
than
a
month
away
from
it's
release.
We
are
talking
about
the
films
that
released
on
the
weekend
gone
by
and
their
subsequent
fate
at
the
box
office.
As
is
pretty
obvious
in
the
middle
of
the
first
week,
Hastey
Hastey
has
bombed
badly
at
the
box
office
and
doesn't
have
anything
working
in
its
favour
to
show
an
improvement.
Everything
about
it
was
poor
-
it's
opening,
subsequent
reviews,
word
of
mouth
and
post
release
buzz.
And
to
think
of
it,
this
was
one
of
the
better
promoted
films
of
Jimmy
Shergill
who
came
up
with
a
decent
act
but
still
couldn't
see
it
translating
into
box
office
success.
As
of
now,
it
seems
highly
doubtful
that
Hastey
Hastey
would
see
a
second
week
running,
especially
with
Sarkar
Raj
attacking
the
box
office
in
a
big
way
in
the
coming
weekend.
On
the
other
hand
Woodstock
Villa
still
has
some
hopes,
faint
though,
with
decent
reviews
and
word
of
mouth
helping
its
cause.
The
opening
was
poor
in
this
case
as
well
but
the
thriller
has
been
liked
by
those
who
have
seen
it
while
Sikandar
too
has
got
decent
appreciation.
Even
though
IPL
did
eat
away
the
entire
first
weekend
of
the
film,
Woodstock
Villa
may
just
about
manage
to
gain
some
face
saving
collections
if
exhibitors
show
faith
in
this
Hansal
Mehta
directed
film
and
retain
it
for
another
fortnight
to
come.
Meanwhile
Sarkar
Raj
is
carrying
excellent
reports
and
has
taken
a
heartening
advance
booking
wherever
it
has
opened.
All
set
to
take
a
very
good
opening,
the
film
promises
to
mark
a
huge
comeback
for
Ram
Gopal
Varma.
Story first published: Wednesday, June 4, 2008, 11:11 [IST]