Kites (2010)

Whats it about

J, a superb dancer is looking to make it big in Las Vegas. He does all sorts of things to earn a quick buck including fake marriages. A rich & powerful casino owner’s daughter Gina is madly in love with J. J acts as if he is in love, just for the money. Gina’s brother Tony is in love with Natasha, an illegal Mexican immigrant. Natasha is also after the money. J and Natasha had in fact a fake marriage

        When J and Natasha meet again, sparks fly, they fall madly in love, they elope, ditch their respective fiancées, start robbing for money and really irk Tony. They keep evading the police, the bounty hunters and of course Tony. Finally when they marry, Tony and his gang catch up with them and their union is abruptly and violently cut short. J comes to know that his lady love is no more and he also eliminates the baddies and ends his life at the very same spot as Natasha had. The screenplay is non-linear. 

                                                                           

Hits

• Greek God Hrithik. Dances like a dream and looks a billion bucks. STYLE. His first dance sequence in particular is awe-inspiring.
• Barbara Mori. What a sexy, divine looking beauty. Emotes ok too. A great Monica Bellucci look-alike.
• The making is truly international. Cinematography is a major plus.
• The action sequences are no way short of Hollywood standards
• Nice songs and BGM.

Misses

• For a movie with such a classy making, the story could have been deeper than just being a love story with familiar opposition.
• The action sequences though spectacular stand out sorely in an otherwise romantic movie. The effort to make it look grand, I guess.
• A bomb like Kangana Ranaut is wasted. She looks absolutely sexy but appears just in the start and towards the end in a couple of scenes.

VERDICT

A nice attempt at going international. A better story could have made this a classic given that it has the best on screen pair in recent times.