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According to Box Office India, the film had a "humongous opening day" at the Indian box office, but it also said that the response to the film was "dull" primarily due to the lack of hindi used in the film, suggesting that this fact could hamper the future domestic collections of Kites, however Box office India clarified that Kites is set for a "big weekend" domestically due to heavy advance bookings. |
According to Box Office India, the film had a "humongous opening day" at the Indian box office, but it also said that the response to the film was "dull" primarily due to the lack of hindi used in the film, suggesting that this fact could hamper the future domestic collections of Kites, however Box office India clarified that Kites is set for a "big weekend" domestically due to heavy advance bookings.<ref name=boxofficeindia>Jain, Samta. [http://www.boxofficeindia.com/boxdetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=1699&nCat=box_office_report "TKites Bumper opening, dull reports"], boxofficeindia.com, May 22, 2010</ref> |
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| Kites (2010) | |
|---|---|
 Official movie poster | |
| Directed by | Anurag Basu |
| Produced by | Rakesh Roshan Sharan Kapoor |
| Starring | Hrithik Roshan Barbara Mori Kangana Ranaut Kabir Bedi Nick Brown |
| Cinematography | Ayananka Bose[1] |
| Edited by | Avik Ali[2] |
| Music by | Rajesh Roshan |
| Distributed by | Reliance BIG Pictures |
Release dates | 21 May 2010 (Hindi Version) 28 May 2010 (English Version) |
Running time | 130 minutes (Hindi version) 90 minutes (English version) |
| Country | India |
| Languages | Hindi English Spanish |
Kites is a Bollywood film directed by Anurag Basu, and produced by Rakesh Roshan that stars Hrithik Roshan, Barbara Mori, Kangana Ranaut, and Kabir Bedi.[1] The film has been released in India and in North America on 21 May 2010
Plot
J., played by Hrithik Roshan, is a Bollywood dance teacher in Las Vegas, Nevada. As a sideline, he marries immigrant women to get them green cards. When Gina (Kangana Ranaut), the rich daughter of a powerful casino owner (Kabir Bedi), falls for him, J. goes along in order to marry into money. He discovers that his future brother-in-law, the vicious, homicidal Tony (Nick Brown), is about to marry a beautiful Mexican woman named Natasha (Barbara Mori), whom J. knows as Linda, the last of the immigrant women he married. On the night before "Natasha" and Tony's wedding, Linda and J. spend a romantic but chaste night, humorously agreeing to a "divorce." A jealous, gun-wielding Tony, however, arrives at her apartment while J. is there, and after he hits her, Linda impulsively knocks him out with a heavy object while he tussles with J. Linda and J. go on the run toward Mexico, with Tony and police in pursuit.
Characters/Cast
- Hrithik Roshan as J.
- Barbara Mori as Natasha a.k.a. Linda
- Kangana Ranaut as Gina[4]
- Nick Brown as Tony[3]
- Kabir Bedi as Bob, Gina and Tony's father[4]
- Yuri Suri as Jamaal, Bob's family chauffeur[5]
Release
Promotion
To help the promote the film, mini "music videos" have been released online. Each video is about 1 minute in length and feature a song from the soundtrack, while the video itself contains different scenes from the film. The clothing brand Provogue, which features Hrithik Roshan as its brand ambassador, has launched a Kites clothing range.[citation needed] A photo shoot regarding this campaign was shot in the Maldives featuring Hrithik Roshan and Barbara Mori.[citation needed]
International version/Kites: The Remix
Kites will be released in its international English version as Kites: The Remix.[1] It has been edited by Mark Helfrich, with an additional background score by Graeme Revell.[1] The international version will be 90 minutes long, as opposed to the Hindi version, which is 130 minutes long. This version will delete all songs, except for "Fire" which has an alternative English version that will be heard during the end titles, and have alternative footage and added action scenes.[citation needed]
While the Hindi version of Kites has been released on May 21, 2010 in India, the international version will be released one week later on May 28, 2010. [6] The movie will be released in over 60 countries.[1]
The trailer for Kites: The Remix was released on 4 May 2010.[citation needed]
Box Office
According to Box Office India, the film had a "humongous opening day" at the Indian box office, but it also said that the response to the film was "dull" primarily due to the lack of hindi used in the film, suggesting that this fact could hamper the future domestic collections of Kites, however Box office India clarified that Kites is set for a "big weekend" domestically due to heavy advance bookings.[7]
Critical Reception
The film received an 85 percent positive rating on the film critics aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes.[8] and 5/10 on the critic reviews aggregate site ReviewGang.[9] The chemistry of the lead actors and the cinematography was specifically praised by Indian critics Anupama Chopra and Raja Sen.[10][11]. Rajeev Masand of IBN said "Thrilling action set-pieces, a super-fluid dance number to show off Hrithik's killer moves, and repeated glimpses at the toned bodies of both lead stars. It's almost enough to forgive the uniformly bad acting of all supporting cast" [12] Anupama Chopra of NDTV said "the film doesn’t become more than the sum of its parts because the second half is flat and in places, outright foolish". [10]. Shubhra Gupta of Indian Express calls it "really old wine in a sort-of new bottle"[13] Jeannette Catsoulis of The New York Times called it 'a lovers-on-the-lam blast of pure pulp escapism" that "caroms from car chase to shootout, from rain dancing to bank robbing with unflagging energy. It's all completely loony, but the stunts are impressive, the photography crisp and the leads so adorably besotted that audiences might as well check their cynicism at the door.[14] Frank Lovece of Film Journal International said, "Bollywood enters telenovela territory in a hybrid film that takes the heightened emotions, wild tonal ranges and impeccably crisp technique of modern Hindi cinema and puts all that in the service of a tragic love story straight out of Mexican TV. ... As an old-style Hollywood romance in modern dress, it delivers what people say they want when they say, 'They don't make pictures like that anymore.'"[15] Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times said the film "draws from westerns, musicals, film noir [and] chase thrillers with stunts so preposterous they verge on parody — and it gets away with everything because of [director] Basu's visual bravura and unstinting passion and energy."[16]
Music
Kites' original music is by Rajesh Roshan and the lyrics are by Nasir Faraaz and Asif Ali Beg.[1]
Kites: The Remix was almost completely re-scored with new music by Graeme Revell.
Track listing
| Track # | Song | Artist(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zindagi Do Pal Ki | KK |
| 2 | Dil Kyun Yeh Mera | KK |
| 3 | Tum Bhi Ho Wahi | Vishal Dadlani, Suraj Jagan |
| 4 | Kites In The Sky | Hrithik Roshan, Javed Dayma, Suzanne DMello |
| 5 | Fire | Rajesh Roshan, Vishal Dadlani, Anirudh, Anushka Manchanda |
| 6 | Fire English Version | Rajesh Roshan, Vishal Dadlani, Anushka |
References
- ^ a b c d e f Official Kites Website
- ^ Kites at Fandango.com
- ^ a b Kites at ComingSoon.net
- ^ a b Jain, Samta. "The Latest about 'Kites'", FreshNews.in, May 17, 2010
- ^ "Kites Movie (2010) - First Look, Movie Preview", BollywoodTopStories.com, May 3, 2010
- ^ Trailer, Preview of Kites
- ^ Jain, Samta. "TKites Bumper opening, dull reports", boxofficeindia.com, May 22, 2010
- ^ Kites at RottenTomatoes.com
- ^ "Kites" at ReviewGang
- ^ a b Anupama Chopra. Kites review, NDTV.com
- ^ Raja Sen. Kites review, Reiff.com
- ^ Rajeev Masand IBN
- ^ Shubhra Gupta Kites Review - IndianExpress
- ^ Catsoulis, Jeannette. "Bollywood Does Vegas", The New York Times, May 21, 2010
- ^ Lovece, Frank. "Film Review: Kites", Film Journal International, May 19, 2010
- ^ Thomas, Kevin. "Movie Review: 'Kites' flies on energy, passion", Los Angeles Times, May 21, 2010
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