Half the time, double the fun: this was the logo with which Twenty-Twenty cricket was launched in England around two years ago. Well, that has now taken the shape of the first Twenty Twenty world cup and while there has been a lot of fun for all those who watched the matches, Bollywood is shedding tears.

Twenty-Twenty has taken the wind out of the sails of the new releases and the older ones that were poised to gain hit status.

Aggar and Nanhe Jaisalmer, both releases of the Friday gone by, were swept away in the tide of the shortest form of cricket. Everyone stayed home to watch the matches (like the conventional one day cricket you cannot catch upon a movie and come back home to watch the second innings, it's all over in a flash). So everyone preferred to watch Yuvraj smack six straight sixes rather than Thushar Kapoor smacking Shreyas Talpade. The result, a well-made Aggar has turned turtle (well, almost) while Nahne Jaisalmer was never in contention. From the previous weeks, the growth of Dhamaal has been severely cut short while Darling has got its killer blow.

With the cricket set to end pretty soon these films might look forward to a revival of sorts but that looks bleak with four new films releasing including Priyadarshan's comedy Dhol. Well, these days when Priyadarshan releases a comedy, a hit or at least an average grosser is taken for granted. Let's see if he can maintain his perfect record.