Believe
it
or
not
but
a
couple
of
upcoming
actors
along
with
Jimmy
Shergill,
have
crushed
Sanjay
Dutt"s
Lamhaa
at
the
box
office.
Along
with
star
studded
Lamhaa,
three
small
films
–
Tere
Bin
Laden,
Udaan
and
Mel
Karade
Rabba
(in
Punjabi)
clashed
with
each
other
at
the
box
office.
However,
the
unthinkable
happened
with
each
of
the
three
films
succeeding
at
the
box
office
(in
varied
degree,
of
course)
with
an
exception
of
Lamhaa
that
got
totally
whitewashed.
While
Tere
Bin
Laden,
a
small
budget
comedy,
ended
up
garnering
more
than
5
crores
in
the
first
week,
hence
instantly
turning
out
to
be
a
successful
venture,
Udaan
too
fared
decently
by
netting
over
2
crores.
In
fact,
the
promotion
of
both
the
films
was
quite
varied
with
Tere
Bin
Laden
keeping
it
all
aggressive
and
Udaan
being
subtle.
However,
in
their
own
small
ways,
Tere
Bin
Laden
and
Udaan
have
turned
out
to
be
average
affairs.
Also,
they
are
continuing
to
be
played
in
few
shows
at
the
least
which
means
added
moolah
on
a
consistent
note
for
some
more
days
to
come.
The
biggest
surprise
though
has
come
from
the
Punjabi
film
Mel
Karade
Rabba
which
has
taken
the
Punjabi
circuits
by
storm.
Whether
it
is
India
(Punjab,
Haryana)
or
overseas
(Canada,
Australia,
UK,
and
US),
the
film
is
creating
new
records
by
being
spoken
about
in
the
same
vein
as
Gadar,
Singh
Is
Kinng
and
believe
it
or
faint,
even
3
Idiots.
Also,
it
is
not
the
matter
of
print
average
which
is
doing
the
talking
here.
In
fact,
sheer
gross
collections
are
so
high
that
the
film
has
now
fetched
a
blockbuster
status
for
itself
in
one
week
flat.
All
this
means
that
Lamhaa
was
pretty
much
ignored
as
audience
didn"t
care
for
a
film
that
was
sold
as
an
'issue
based" outing.
Mixed
reviews
followed
minimal
word
of
mouth
from
audience
as
well
since
not
many
were
even
aware
about
the
film
being
released;
let
aside
talking
positively
or
negatively
about
it.
An
8-crore
first
week
means
that
the
film
turned
out
to
be
an
out
and
out
disappointing
fare
for
its
makers.
A
disaster
at
the
box
office,
it
is
not
expected
to
find
much
patronage
on
home
video
and
satellite
circuits
as
well.