| Kismat
Konnection Movie
Review |
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Music :
Pritam |
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Lyrics :
Shabbir Ahmed, Sayeed Quadri |
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Direction : Aziz Mirza |
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Producer :
Kumar
S.Taurani, Ramesh S.Taurani |
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Leading Cast :
Vidya
Balan, Vishal Malhotra, Shahid Kapur, Om Puri, Juhi Chawla |
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It is the onscreen konnection between Shahid Kapur
and Vidya Balan that saves this film from a doomed
kismat.
Imagine a funny farce where the out-of-luck
protagonist battles one misfortune after another
until a girl enters his life as a lucky charm! Aziz
Mirza’s film Kismat Konnection tells such a tale
that is enjoyable in parts but has several dragging
disconnections in between. |
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Set in Toronto, the flick has Shahid Kapur playing a
struggling architect whose own life is out of
structure because of his phooti kismat. The poor lad
has to brave a barrage of misfortunes in doing even
as mundane a thing as using an ATM card or rushing
to office in his car. A defeated victim of endless
misfortunes, he is told by a hamming crystal ball
reader ( Juhi Chawla ) that a lucky charm is about
to enter his life.
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Enters Vidya Balan, a goodie-goodie gorgeous girl
who makes things go right for our hero whenever she is
around. The luckless architect feels he has found his lucky
charm. But unlike other charms, he can’t keep her wrapped
around his finger. He loves her. But then, he’s also
ambitious.
Thereby begins that legendary divide between ambition and
love that has spawned tomes of romantic stories both on
paper and celluloid. The protagonist follows his ambition
and manipulates love with a sweet lie. And when the lie is
exposed, there’s heartache and that customary late
realization that success is where love is. So is kismat. |
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‘Kismat Konnection’ begins quite well – funnily
highlighting the blows of fate the hero has to survive in
daily life. It plods when Juhi Chawla enters the scene and
hams with no holds barred. It almost comes to a grinding
halt when the subplots (like the passionless romantic track
between Vidya and her cheating fiancé, or the track
surrounding a couple of geriatrics fighting to keep their
community home intact) swell out of proportion and
overshadow the main plot, which is the bonding between
Shahid and Vidya that begins with fighting, turns to
friendship and blooms to love before being torn asunder when
his hidden lies are exposed. |
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The plot-holes are far too many to overlook. The end
of the movie has Shahid giving a preachy speech
about global warming and selfishly profiteering
business corporations to convince the board of
directors that it is wise to let the old folks keep
their community home where a mall is to be built.
Sounds ludicrous? Wait, there’s more. In the end,
the final twist of fate plays out when Boman Irani
(in a guest appearance) takes the dais and set
things right for our hero. |
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If the movie becomes watchable it’s because its humour works
to an extent and also because of sparkling chemistry between
Shahid and Vidya.
The two actors not just look good with each other but also
play their parts wonderfully well. Shahid is particularly
funny as the hapless, luckless, jobless and chickless guy
trying hard to turn his bad kismat around. Vidya wins you
over with her incredibly believable expressions of a girl
falling in love with someone she didn’t expect to.
Om Puri is given a poorly etched role but the actor even
breathes life into it, playing the character of a business
tycoon and a henpecked husband. Juhi Chawla is simply over
the top. Vishal Malhotra, as Shahid’s sidekick, is just
about tolerable.
Thankfully, the film doesn’t have many songs and they come
after long intervals. The cinematography is pretty average.
Aziz Mirza has the right story idea but he gets trapped and
tangled in its telling. Too many subplots keep veering the
movie off its main course. And whenever it happens, a viewer
feels diskonnected. |
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Rating: 2.5/5 |
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