Kismat Konnection

After a hiatus, I am back. KK has definitely inspired me enough to write again!

 

Well, actually I couldn’t have allowed this movie to die a peaceful death – I am perverse enough to give it a painful farewell. As always, the quality of a movie is inversely proportional to the temptation of reviewing it!

 

Kismat Konnection – Seems like Aziz Mirza has been watching a lot of “K-soaps” of late. What else could have prompted him to replace the ‘C’ with ‘K’? He must be under the impression that “success” must have that mandatory ‘K’ in it – only this time it totally “sucks us”!

 

Okay Mr.Director, so why on earth is the story set in Toronto, Canada? It could have well been our very own Mumbai or NCR; at least you could have cut down on the production costs (and losses). And why did you choose to pair Shahid Kapoor and Vidya Balan? When the promos were aired, it gave me an impression that it’s a “mature” love story – remember the Akshaye Khanne-Dimple Kapadia bit in Dil Chahta Hai (ouch!) Anyways, its beyond the scope of this review to discuss the story (don’t want things to get ugly here) but one thing’s for sure – such a story in the 80’s would have made a blockbuster. You know what I am talking about – the neglected dada-dadis in old age homes, loud fortune-tellers, rich corporates v/s the poor, morality over materialism, overweight and badly dressed heroine … oops! Mr. Director, the times, they sure are changing.

 

Your heart bleeds for Shahid Kapoor; he was brilliant in Jab We Met and this movie was supposed to take him even higher from where he left off. Sadly it seems he is back to the Fool And Final days! I have nothing against Vidya Balan, she gets the expressions right almost everytime (check out the Airtel ads) but with a body and fashion sense like that, she tends to shower motherly love on her co-star. She will have to put her act together, fast. The dudes are getting leaner, meaner and fitter each day. And Suniel Shetty is out of business!

 

 

To sum up, KK has turned out to be one of the most boring movies of this year so far. There is nothing in the movie to lift it up even momentarily – the music is a big let down, the songs keep cropping up every now and then giving you enough time to pick and choose that combo meal at leisure. While leaving the movie hall, all one can think of is dedicating the title track to the director – “Aye paapi, aye paapi oye…”

 

-Arun