Film trade expert Girish Wankhede writes an exclusive column for Filmibeat , analysing the films released last week. The dismal performance of Hindi films continued in this week as well. This was the most anticipated week after the COVID-19 lockdowns. The Rakhi festival holiday boasted of a major clash of two big-ticket entertainers with an Independence Day extended weekend of 5 days. The stakes were high and both Laal Singh Chaddha and Raksha Bandhan had everything a potential blockbuster aims for - huge star quotient and a robust marketing budget to complement the creativity. Still, both fell short of the expectations of moviegoers and the result was disappointing. While Laal Singh Chaddha succumbed to its old school routine storytelling of uninspiring characters and patchy outdated screenplay, it's too-stretched length took a toll. Raksha Bandhan was a cliché badly redefined with a regressive tone. Both were old wine in a new or rather old bottle, which audiences … [Read more...] about Exclusive Weekly Box Office Report: South Films Rule Over Bollywood Yet Again