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Kites Movie Review

By Siddhartha
A movie that took over two years to make with an international star cast to bring in the hype it required and directed by Anurag Basu who had made brilliant films like "Gangster" and "Life in a Metro" to his credit. The story of the film was written by the man with a midas touch of Bollywood Rakesh Roshan who wanted his son Hrithik to be back in the box-office steam but in the end the effort put in by every individual has provided futile.

The movie is not too lengthy as it has a running time of less than 2hrs and 10mins which meant that the screenplay needed to be absolutely crisp but one couldn't articulate what the makers had in their mind when they sat down to write the screenplay.

Jai (Hrithik Roshan) is a salsa dance trainer in Las Vegas and also simultaneously involves himself in the American Green Card scam by marrying the illegal immigrants for a sum so that they are awarded US citizenship. In the school where he teaches salsa there is Gina (Kangana Ranaut) who is madly in love with Jai. Jai refusing to acknowledge her love finally falls for her when he comes to know that she is the daughter of Bob (Kabir Bedi) who owns own of the richest casino in Vegas.

When Gina invites Jai to her house for the engagement of her brother Tony (Nicholas Brown) he comes across Tony's fiancée Natasha (Barbara Mori) and the irony is that Natasha's real name is Linda for whom Jai had posed as husband to help her get the green card. Jai and Natasha fall in love and elope which irritates Tony and he decides to take revenge on them.

At this point of time the film is poised for an interesting ride but somehow the sequences that follow proves to be a dampener. It is no doubt the movie is a visual treat thanks to cinematographer Ayanaka Bose who has shown his class in capturing the exotic locales but the pace at which the film marches on is unexplainable.

In terms of acting Hrithik and Barbara have done nothing significant. The irony is that Kangana who is credited with a guest appearance role looks stunning in the few minutes she appears on screen. Music by Rajesh Roshan is apt for the mood of the film. Story by Rakesh Roshan had all the elements of being made into a good film which has been squandered by Anurag Basu and Team.

In the end "Kites" fails to mesmerize the audience.
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