Kismat Konnection

Kismat Konnection (Fate Connection) is a 2008 Indian Hindi romantic drama film directed by Aziz Mirza who previously directed films including Yes Boss (1997), Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani (2000) and Chalte Chalte (2003). The film stars Shahid Kapoor and Vidya Balan in the lead roles with Juhi Chawla in a guest appearance. Shah Rukh Khan is the narrator. Produced by Ramesh S Taurani under the banner of Tips Industries, Kismat Konnection was released on 18 July 2008.[2] The Film was declared a "Hit" at the box office.

Kismat Konnection
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAziz Mirza
Produced byRamesh S. Taurani
Kumar S. Taurani
Screenplay bySanjay Chhel
Vibha Singh
Sai Kabir
Story byRahila Mirza
StarringShahid Kapoor
Vidya Balan
Juhi Chawla
Om Puri
Boman Irani
Karanvir Bohra
Vishal Malhotra
Satyanand Gaitonde
Narrated byShah Rukh Khan
Music byPritam
CinematographyBinod Pradhan
Edited byAmitabh Shukla
Distributed byTips Music Films
UTV Motion Pictures
Release date
  • 18 July 2008 (2008-07-18)
Running time
154 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹27 crore[1]
Box office₹38 crore[1]

Kismat Konnection is loosely based on the Hollywood film, Just My Luck which stars Lindsay Lohan and Chris Pine.[3][4]

Plot

Raj Malhotra (Shahid Kapoor) is an architect who hasn't made a great deal to prove his brilliance, which he thinks he has because he had been a great student in college and won many prizes during college time. He seems to be very unlucky for many times and his bad luck is always stopping him from gaining success. His college student Hiten Patel (Vishal Malhotra) is now his colleague.

One day he is supposed to have a meeting with a big company boss, whom he expect to sign a big deal with. His bad luck comes to him again: his alarm clock stops ticking one minute before it is supposed to alarm, making him having slept for 30 excessive minutes; the water supply in his house is interrupted when he is taking a morning bath after waking up late; his car can't start after he finally finishes his shower; he decides to take a taxi, but finds no money in his wallet; when he is withdrawing money from an ATM, the machine is not accepting his card; when he is carrying on, his car nearly hits Priya's (Vidya Balan), which however makes him miss a small accident that can have happened to him; and finally, he gets rejected by the boss.

In another try, Raj and Hiten meets Gill Patra's CEO Harry Gill (Om Puri) and they expect to sign a big deal with him. To their surprise, Mr. Gill has just had a meeting Dev Kataria (Karanvir Bohra) and his Manager who also look after Mr. Gill business Kabir (Satyanand Gaitonde), their proposal interests him a lot and whom happens to be colleague of Raj and Hiten. Mr. Gill is therefore not in mood of having meeting with Raj and Hiten, and excuses them to come at another day.

Again, when Raj is withdrawing money from an ATM, the machine is not accepting his card, where coincidentally Priya is waiting in queue. They meet and have a quarrel again, during which Priya throws Raj's name card away and it accidentally falls to the hand a business man who is eager for an architect. Raj gets the deal. The project is not big, and the contractee invites Raj and Hiten to the celebrating party of the project completion. After learning Mr. Gill will also attend the party, they agree.

However, Priya happens to meets Raj again, right in the party, during with Mr. Gill is playing billiards with his friend Sinha. With unintended help of Priya, Raj helps Mrs Gill with a critical shot, which impresses Mr. Gill and the latter agrees to meet him again to discuss with his proposal. Raj lies to Priya that Community Centre and Mall will happen in same place where all poor people are living but Kabir (Satyanand Gaitonde) goes and tell all people to vacate place hence Priya come to know that Raj has lied to her. Must watch after that how Climax unfolds in this blockbuster movie Kismat Konnection.

Cast

Production

Kismat Konnection (in other words "Connection of Fate") was previously titled Lucky Charm. Kapoor and Balan began shooting for the film in Toronto, Canada and later continued in Mumbai.[5] Actress Juhi Chawla played the role of a gypsy fortune-teller dressed in typical colorful bright attire.[5]

Critical reception

The film received an average rating of 3 out of 5 from the critics.[6] "A simple romantic Kismat Konnection", "which could have been a good romantic comedy, but lack of good one liners, a bit lengthy second half, typical climax makes it fairly average." However Taran Adarsh gave the movie 3 out of 5 calling it a simple and sweet film. He also said the performances by Shahid and Vidya are done very neatly. Noyon Jyoti Parasara of AOL.in also rated it 3.5 out of 5 and said, "Overall, Kismat Konnection bears the stamp of typical Aziz Mirza film. It's not a great story or an extraordinary film. But it's a nice, cute and emotional movie."[7]

Box office

The film registered a very good opening at the box office. The film was released in more than 600 screens worldwide including US, UK, Australia and the Middle East. In the Middle East, the film did a business of ₹10,120,000 (US$140,000). In the US, it collected ₹916,300 (US$13,000) by the second night of its release.

Soundtrack
Kismat Konnection
Soundtrack album by
Pritam
ReleasedMay 2008 (2008-05)
GenreFilm soundtrack
Length45:26
LabelTips Music
ProducerRamesh S. Taurani

The music was composed by Pritam. Remix songs were mixed by DJ Suketu & Aks. According to the Indian trade website Box Office India, with around 10,00,000 units sold, this film's soundtrack album was the year's fifteenth highest-selling.The "nanna na na " tune in the song "Aye pappi" has been lifted from the background music of a Thai film Fan Chan (2003).[8]

#SongSinger(s)Duration
1 "Move Your Body Now" Shaan, Akriti Kakkar & Hard Kaur 04:06
2 "Soniye Ve" (Dhak Dhak) Sonu Nigam & Sunidhi Chauhan 04:06
3 "Is This Love" Mohit Chauhan & Shreya Ghoshal 05:29
4 "Aye Paapi Aye" Neeraj Shridhar 04:20
5 "Bakhuda Tumhi Ho" Atif Aslam & Alka Yagnik 04:52
6 "Bakhuda Tumhi Ho" - Remix Atif Aslam & Alka Yagnik 05:46
7 "Aye Paapita Aye" - Remix Neeraj Shridhar 03:45
8 "Move Your Body Now" - Remix Shaan, Adeel Chaudhry, Suhail Kaul, Hard Kaur & Akriti Kakkar 03:35
9 "Kahin Na Lage Mann" - Remix Mohit Chauhan & Shreya Ghoshal 05:52
10 "Soniye Ve" - Remix Sonu Nigam & Sunidhi Chauhan 03:58

References
  1. https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=194
  2. "Authentic and Up to date Release Dates of Bollywood Movies". Kismet Konnection releases on 18 July. Archived from the original on 11 September 2007. Retrieved 3 April 2008.
  3. "Review: Kismat Konnection". hindustantimes.com/. 18 July 2008. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  4. "Plot pivots on luck, proves unlucky -- Kismat Konnection". The Hindu. 1 August 2008. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  5. "A gypsy role for Juhi Chalwa". Cast shoot for Kismet Konnection. Retrieved 3 April 2008.
  6. Aggregated reviews from different sources
  7. http://www.aol.in/bollywood-story/kismat-konnection-movie-review/2008071806529019000001
  8. "Music Hits 2000–2009 (Figures in Units)". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 24 June 2010.
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