Kites
Tags: romantic

Plot synopsis:
***The remix has a different soundtrack and less narration. Scenes cut from the "remix" are in brackets [ ... ] Contains full spoilers! ***Spanish-speaking workers find a wounded man on freight train. The man is Jay (Hrithik Roshan). After being patched up, he --with a full beard and covered in dust-- stumbles across the barren terrain..."Three months earlier." Flash-back. Jay leads a dance class in Las Vegas. He works a variety of jobs and cons, including a scam in which he marries illegal immigrants. [Back in his apartment, Jay is startled to find one of his dance students: Gina (Kangana Ranaut). "Happy Valentines," she says before revealing she had a copy of his keys made for herself. Jay accuses her of being crazy and throws her out. Outside, Jay tries to apologize for any misunderstanding and Gina says she won't bother him again. As a limo pulls up, Jay realizes he has missed a big opportunity. To reignite the flame, Jay invites Gina to be his partner in a dance competition. They win the contest, set to the song "Fire." ] After winning the dance competition, Jay meets his girlfriend Gina's (Ranaut) parents. Her father, Bob Grover (Kabir Bedi), owns a casino. He invites Jay for a weekend at their beach house.The Grovers live a fabulously wealthy lifestyle.Jay goes swimming and sees a beautiful Hispanic woman. At the Grover's home, he sees the same woman again. He is captivated. The mystery woman is Natasha (Bárbara Mori), the fiancee of Gina's brother Tony (Nicholas Brown). In a restaurant, Tony shares the story of how he met Natasha. The first thing he saw was her "hot sexy legs." Natasha is clearly uncomfortable.  [But despite her limited English, she seems to share a private joke with Jay, while Tony pays the bill.] Jay remembers the real first time he met Natasha. Her true name was Linda and she was the last of his eleven fake marriages. And the only one that left an impression. [Montage set to "Dil Kyun Yeh Mera" of Tony and Natasha's engagement party and the two couples laughing and smiling aboard a yacht. Jay appears more interested in Natasha than Gina.] Tony and Natasha are engaged. Later, Jay witnesses Tony shouting at Natasha, and pushing her around. Jay comforts Natasha by showing her how to make shadow puppets....Flash-forward again to the full-bearded Jay stumbling outside a train station. He searches the ground and finds a cell phone. He asks the station master to help him recharge the phone, before collapsing. The station master finds Jay's wallet; inside: a picture of Natasha and business card for the Plaza....Flash-back. Tony and Jay arrive at the Plaza casino.  [Bob greets them. He has blood on his hands. Inside, two men are being tortured for cheating. One is a man called David, and Jay spares his life.]  Bob shows Jay around his casino and gives him two gifts: a gun and a new car.The night before the wedding, Jay asks Natasha to meet him and "finalize their divorce." Jamaal (Yuri Suri) the Grover's watchful chauffeur cautions Jay not to mess with the family.Natasha meets with Jay for a night of celebration. He asks her if she really loves Tony. She is silent for a moment. [She admits, "I love Tony's money."]  Jay confirms that he has a similar lack of feeling towards Gina.  [They compare all the expensive gifts they have received, but underneath their shared love of money is a shared sadness and longing.]  Natasha says that she wishes their marriage was a real one. "Me too," Jay says.  [Montage set to "Kites in the Sky" They drink champagne and see the sights of Vegas.]  The rain makes Jay sad, but Natasha encourages him to play.Jay returns Natasha to her apartment. They kiss. Tony bursts into the apartment. He is drunk and doesn't catch Jay. Tony begins to abuse Natasha, questioning where she has been all night. Jay puts his gun to Tony's head and holds out his other hand to Natasha. While she hesitates, Tony knocks the gun from Jay's hand and pulls out his own gun. He aims it at Jay...Flash-forward again to the train station. Jay awakes as the station master informs him that his phone is charged and that he called his "friends" for him. Tony and a group of men pull up in vehicles. Jay escapes on a passing freight. He finds a text from Natasha: "I'm going... sorry. Forget me." ["Intermission"] Having escaped on the train, Jay returns to the Vegas strip.  [David supplies him with a gun and Jamaal's phone number.]  On the phone, Jamaal confirms that he knows Natasha's whereabouts and makes plans to meet Jay later that night. Jay breaks into Natasha's abandoned apartment and holds a shattered frame with her photo...Flash-back to the earlier confrontation at the apartment. .... Tony points the gun at Jay. Natasha knocks Tony unconscious. Jay and Natasha flee in the convertible. Using the car's GPS, the police -followed closely by Tony- track the car. But it has been abandoned; the pair has traded watches and jewelry for a different ride. High-speed car chase ensues, but the couple makes a surprising escape. On the news, Bob falsely reports that Jay has stolen 2 million from his casino.Natasha blames their desperate situation on Jay "seducing" her, but she remembers she has a $200 bank account under her "Mrs. Linda Rai" alias. However, the police are one step ahead of her. [A despondent, and possibly unhinged, Gina methodically taps a spoon against a glass, while her father talks to Tony on the phone. Tony wants Jay and Natasha killed.] At the bank, "Linda Rai" raises a red flag, and the pair pull guns on the tellers to get their $200. The pair hi-jack a car. They spend the night at a hotel. They share their dreams for a new life together.  [Jay delights Linda with a Charlie Chaplin impersonation.]  The police burst in and arrest them. Downstairs, others are waiting for the pair. They want the supposed millions that they are in possession of. In the ensuing gun battle between cops and bandits, Jay and Natasha once again escape while utilizing multiple modes of transportation. More high speed chases. They spend the night in the desert. [In the morning, Jay's friend and colleague in the marriage scams, Robin (Anand Tiwari), catches up with the pair. Jay wants Robin to take Natasha away, as it is too dangerous for them to be together. At first he convinces Natasha that they are only separating for an hour, but she soon catches his lie. She wants to spend whatever time they have left together. "Live together. Die together."] Tony receives an anonymous phone call about Jay and Natasha's whereabouts.  [He argues about the price.]  But it's a trap. He is met by Jay and his friend, Robin (Tiwari). Jay says he's sorry for hurting the Grover family, but he takes Tony's 2 million --the amount he was already accused of stealing. Tony predicts that soon Natasha will leave Jay and return to him. ["Zindagi Do Pal Ki" plays over the following (mostly same in both versions) scenes]  Jay, Natasha, and Robin take the money and happily drive away. Robin helps smuggle the pair into Mexico. They make arrangements for fake passports. They meet Linda's family, and bring them gifts. They buy a house of their own. (In a remix-only scene:  Natasha tells Jay a story about her family.) [A different version of a kissing scene is used in the original cut.]  The couple is wed in a Spanish ceremony.Returning to their house, they meet Robin who has their new passports. Robin is gunned down, as Tony and his men arrive. A silent Jamaal lets the couple pass by him. While getting in their truck, Jay is shot in the back. Natasha drives. Jay passes in and out of consciousness; Natasha is panicking. She pulls into the train station. Jay looses his phone, as Natasha dumps him in a freight car. He calls out to her, but she drives away in the truck....Flash forward again. Jamaal pulls up in a car. But before he and Jay can speak, Tony and his men arrive.  [David had betrayed him.]  Jay begs Tony to let him see Natasha one last time, so he can know why she left him. Jamaal hits Tony with the car. Under bullet fire, he and Jay escape for a few minutes. In a no-audio scene, Jamaal tells Jay where Natasha is, before succumbing to a bullet wound. Jay steps out of the car, and opens fire on Tony's men. He then proceeds to beat Tony senseless until a shot rings out. Jay is hit and a shaking and crying Gina holds the smoking gun. Jay gives up and walks away.He drives through the night, while thinking about what Jamaal told him. Flash-back to Natasha's story. Pursued by Tony and his men, she hides Jay in the freight car and then acts as a decoy. She leads Tony away and watches the train pull out, hopefully bringing her love to safety. Tony chases her to a cliff's edge. Not wanting to return with her sadistic pursuer, Natasha sends her last text to Jay, "I'm going... sorry. Forget me," and drives over the cliff.Now standing on the same cliff, a heartbroken, wounded, and exhausted Jay steps over the edge and into the sea. Underwater, the spirits of Jay and Natasha meet --finally together again in the afterlife.

Review: Surely, the movie doesn't tell a completely unique or 'not seen/heard before' kind of love story; but the direction, great acting and the composing elements like scenes, landscapes, cinematography and music does make it worth watching for a great experience, when you are completely free and in a blue/romantic mood.
I am not into dumb Musical movies, especially Bollywood ones and when I got the Chance for Special screening of Kites, I simply turned down.
But I decided to give a try for it's International Version crafted by the XMEN 3 LAST STAND director Brett Ratner.I expected a mediocre typical Bollywood Stupid Musical Dance movie, but this one broke the mold.
I don't want to spoil all the story but it reminds me some of the movies like Stallone/Sharon Stone's Specialist, Mr & Mrs Smith, Bonnie & Clyde, even a Hindi film Daud, but all those stands down in-front of Kites.I don't know how the Hindi version would look like, how the conservative audience react to Kites.
Also it got no Dumb Song dance numbers (except the last one, which was done brilliantly by lead actor Hrithik Roshan).Anyway I give this movie 9 out of 10.Kites = The Next Level.
I've watched hundreds of Indian Movies, honestly most of them too disappointing when it comes to action and visual effect, Kites bring new breeze, the plot maybe usual and classic ( people who fell in love would do anything ) but since this is an Indian version the story is quite melancholy but not excessive i'm enjoying this movie very much, to describe the movie in one word so kites is "beautiful" If you are a huge fan of some nut thrilling/action movie like Saw,Rambo,Texas chainsaw and so many kind of them then you should go far away from this movie, but if you love something like romantic but combined with action then this movie is a good choice for your weekend entertainment.
I have watched a movie with Hrithik Roshan not some long time ago, and he is a brilliant actor and dancer.n this movie, 2 people fell in love, and although they were both in seek for money, they realize love is more important than everything else and the fight for each other.Acting of both lead is so amazing, u can feel their emotion..he speaks Indian and English ,and she speaks Spanish, so thay cannot understand each other perfectly, but there is a language of love.This movie is worth watching every minute, u will be amazed by beautiful cinematography and beautiful story, not like other Indian movies..beautiful, beautiful movie....
Hrithik's dance was mind blasting and I never have seen such perfect acting, great choreography and superb on screen chemistry in a long long time 10 Cheers to Kites!!.
His role had to be creepier but he acted like a novice and was nowhere in the second half of the movie..Here goes the stupid plot:Dance Teacher Hrithik Roshan acts to be in love with Kangana Ranaut so he could use her wealth to live his life but his destiny turns his life upside down when he comes face to face with Kangana's Brother (Nicholas Brown)Tony's fiancée Barbara Mori.
In fact they should say sorry to all the people for creating such a big hype about the movie which is nothing but a below average mediocre bollywood masala..My Rating: 3/10; (I would have given 2 but being a huge Hrithik fan I felt pity and gave an extra point)Thanks & Regards.
For the first time I watched an "Indian" perform to the Hollywood standards, yet keeping its Indian viewers happy...It was like a 'gel' between a 3hr Hindi action flick and an 'good' Hollywood movie...Others have tried, 3 Idiots, Monsoon Wedding and many more, but this flick truly made it in my opinion...Barbara Mori, complimented Roshan's performance, and well it was Great Chemistry and just an enough dose of everything a action/love story flick has...Hats off to everyone who made this happen...
HI,I felt lucky to watch the sneak peek of this magnum opus....and felt privileged after that....this movie goes from a truly touching love story to comedy(which isn't loud as other bollywood stuff) and then amazing thriller ending...!!This movie fulfills all the expectations brought by the heavy anticipation and aura created by its makers since it was announced.
Flexy with Hrithik @ the end of the movie will make you think that this man is the Avatar of MJ in India...!All i can say @ the end is...."Kites" has it all,that a movie lover can expect from a movie...Feel the love and the creation of Anurag basu,one of the finest director in India now...a must go whether you like Hrithik or Bollywood or not..
So here I'm out of theatre watching this year's one of the keenly awaited film of the bollywood in Hindi version and predicting that neither the mass nor the class will like it and it would be surely box office disaster if mouth publicity will reach quite early to the audience.
Nobody care a damn for the ill fated pair of glamorous desi-international kites even in tragic end here The film don't have a single peppy Hrithik dance number (for which he's quite popular) nor fine action sequence (showing car chase isn't action sequence in my opinion esp.
Don't waste your money by going to theater.The movie don't have story.Waste of money and time.Public were expecting more from the movie,I gave 3 stars for the cast 1 for Barbara 1 for Hrithik and 1 for Kangana.The movie is full of confusion.Hrithik wants to be a rich man by doing nothing and same with the actress Barbara even she wants to be a rich women by doing nothing.Same old story nothing new.Direction of the movie is nice.Colour collection of the movie is nice.Songs are normal,not that good nor that bad.But the main problem of the movie is very bad story.No concept in the movie.If you want to watch this movie wait for 20 days it will be on your television and that also for free.If you like Barbara or Hrithik then you can go and watch this movie in theater.This movie is one time watchable but only on television..
If you are not coming in half an hour then please go home after interval because after that you need two tablets of some pain killer to watch this movie.Rating 4/10 (2 for Hrithik dance, 1 for Barbara and 1 for music) Lets hope Rajneeti and Raavan don't take the same route..
Indian audience and critics are way behind when it comes to reviewing a movie and whether its good or not...This is shown from the reactions to KITES...
I really loved d movie and found it so good that I feel like watching it again and again...and YES I have seen the movie 3 times..Hrithik is mind blowing as always..I just want to say that those who think that its a boring movie those people really have no idea how to rate a movie...If u believe in love and think it to b the ultimate imp aspect of your life then you should love the movie..and if u don't then sorry folks u r d most unluckiest people in this whole world...Currently I am waiting for 28th May when the KITES the Remix hits the theater...Will book the tickets in advance..I would like to add one thing nd this comes straight from the heart..I am really privileged and honored that I could see the magnificent movie in a theater and that too in my generation....
When you watch Hrithik movies you raise your expectations for the next venture.Hrithik's "Jodhaa Akbar" was a masterpiece.I expected this to be too a masterpiece but now I feel shattered.A story that can be told in less than an hour has been dragged to 130 minutes just to not let the theater empty.As every second passed I expected for a thriller but this is moronic.These types of movies were used to be built during 80's and 90's.Sensual scenes,boring story,illogical matter and blah blah blah.In short don't waste your money in this movie.Better go have a nice candle-night dinner with your GF/BF/family(not a candle-night dinner of course).Anurag Basu will get one more flop added to his career.I'm damn sure about this.Hrithik and Barbara can't give take this soul less film to get a hit ticket.When you go to see a bollywood movie you see the film in Hindi but this is the worst exception.Dialogues are mostly in English and Spanish.Most of the time you will have to read subtitles.Come on man I came here to be entertained not to get a Hindi class which Barbara deserves.I felt cheated.Kites need patches..
So sets the premise of star crossed lovers who have to jump through plenty of hoops just to get together, and given that romances usually tug at your heartstrings when they make you feel and shed a tear for the characters.But in true blue Bollywood fashion, there's always a little time for song and dance, since Jay is a drifter in Las Vegas trying to carve a living through 1001 jobs, with the one he loves most being a dance instructor which doesn't pay a lot, and supplementing his income through green-card schemes by marrying illegal immigrants in a scam set up by his friend Robin (Anand Tiwari).
As chance would have it, daddy's rich girl Gina (Kangana Ranaut who disappears to make way for Mori) has the hots for Jay, and the latter only reciprocating because of her money and legacy of her casino-owning father.Enter Natasha, the fiancé of Gina's brother Tony (Nicholas Brown), who also is set to marry the casino scion for the sake of money, never mind his constant ill-treatment and bad temper, and soon we have everything set up for the lovers Jay and Natasha, who go way back because of that green-card scam, to decide if they will risk everything, including their initial prime motivations of striking it rich the easy way, for true love, despite not being able to communicate directly except through broken, halting English phrases, since she's Mexican, and him Indian.Told in non-linear fashion separating two timelines present and past through a series of flashbacks, this technique actually managed to draw plenty of emotions at the last major sequence where all is revealed about a key character, which is delivered brilliantly so much so that you'll be hard pressed not to reach for a tissue.
I'm certain that most reviewers will find positivity from her performance even if they somehow adopt a lukewarm response to the hype surrounding the film which is basically a simple love story told in a roundabout manner.Even if it clocks in at 130 minutes which is short by Bollywood standards, Anurag Basu still managed to throw in so many sub plot and elements into the film, that it pretty much travels at breakneck speed from start to finish unfolding in quite an expected manner.
So enter director Brett Ratner who's re-editing it for a more "international" audience which promises no dance sequences and a lot more sensual scenes than what's shown here (where a simple kiss can raise eyebrows), while yet keeping true to the nature of the story, with Hrithik Roshan even moved by this version.
But after watching kites i think they were all wrong.The brilliance of Hrithik is adorable, even Barbara Mori gave a very impressive performance.The movie is a perfect blend of romance and thriller, with a perfect music making it better.To all those who are disappointed, guys if you expect a six and get four, four is still good.
Especially when sometimes main character (j) understands Spanish and other times he doesn't, sometimes Linda understands English and other times she doesn't and sometimes director assumes that we(Indian audience) know Spanish and no subtitles follow the dialogs.Lately I have watched a lot of movies which were bad for example houseful, pathshala, prince, kurbaan etc.
While I saw this movie in America, I am pretty sure that I saw the Hindi version, 130 minutes long, and complete with a census certificate, an "intermission," one dance number, and missing any scene in which Barbara Mori is topless.
I am reading some reviews of the international version which suggest that the movie is disjointed, and I wonder whether the charm and continuity which I find in the Hindi version, and delightful moments like the gentle but transformed nod to the traditional rain scene, and a brief interlude when Hrithik courts Barbara by making shadow puppets with her, were all left on the cutting room floor in an effort to produce a product which offers nothing more than an American action movie.
Kites is a movie with great action and fun.Hrithik steals the show despite the flaws.Surely this one delivers and is really an international hit of the year.As an Indian I always love different stories made in a different style.Kangana does a good job in the movie.Don't feel bad about too many English Dialogues in the movie.Everything is correct to the requirement and I am very satisfied.
The movie was postponed as it was feared that it would not be able to face competitions from 3 Idiots and My Name Is Khan and as it turns out papa Roshan did the right thing.Dhoom 2 bas bad too but it was Hrithik who carried it all the way, but Kites is worse..
And along with that it has the Greek God of Bollywood romancing a charming Spanish actress Barbara Mori who has also given some hot steamy scenes with Hrithik in the movie.
Hrithik's film was much waited release as his last release was 2 years back........Thought it would be different...........The movie depicts typical Indian Stereotyped love story(with action,comedy....) in US...........The action scenes were not that good as the cars that got destroyed in the movies were total crap..........the scene where he releases 3 cars and rides off with 1 car is the clear evidence.........3 crap cars with 1 stylish car..........even the ending was not that great...........Barbara Mori and Hrithik's Conversations sometimes felt like watching Dumb and Dumber(even though it cant be compared to latter ...........The film was made totally for advertisement.......you see hrithik using samsung.......then reliance gets boost from Hrithiks ad............the storyline goes for.5% of my rating...........Hrithik's&Mori's acting goes for 1%(Not that they don't know acting but 1/2% goes for Hrithik's acting and gorgeous Barbara) and .5% for visual clarity...............I don't suggest anything..............Except if you wanna watch it,watch it.......Else don't bother.
Lacks a concrete story, has poor acting, preposterous logic (like any Hindi movie) - what you get dished out to you is ABSOLUTE BULLS**T.The car chases are ridiculous, the action hilarious, the stitching stupid (guess Rambo inspired the Roshans a lot), the story patchy, the audience shocked (there was a lot of hype for this movie), the crying too much, the romance soppy, the balloon escape amazing, police corruption too much Keystone cop-ish (come on, things became largely better in the US only about 25-30 years ago), gangland sequences deplorable...Sorry, but everything could've been better..
There is nothing really new in this movie, and I hated totally.Hrithik was looking good as usual and so Barbara, she looks comfortable only in kissing scenes and smile, nothing much in acting.
NO WORTH watching, otherwise if you want to see a collection of old bollywood and Hollywood movies in new print or just want see two good looking persons on screen doing romance.
I think it is the best one.(I will watch whole film for that dance sequence), overall format of the dance sequence is new and fresh with excellent background score,we want few more...The film even doesn't falls in the category of mature love story like Love aaj Kal (though the characters wasn't) and Faana.Generally love stories has similar kind of endings except Notebook,Eternal sunshine of spotless mind (its holly-wood) and few more but in Kites script is so weak that even ending can't saves the film.so for all Hrithik fan go watch for dance sequence and don't expect more from the film it is just below than average film, Roshan ji,you should direct Krrish 2..
Good (what you'll like): * Dance in 'Fire' song * Action sequences, especially car chase and crashes (though one sequence looks like been picked from Bad Boys II) * Background score (in high action pace scene, and romantic scenes) * Hrithik and Barbara's chemistryBad (what you'll hate): * the end of the movie * goof ups.
Barbara is cute can't blame people who thought she couldn't act because we are fed on diet of melodrama.Felt bad for the distributor's who couldn't make money.The exhibitors may have felt the heat but I belong to a minority that loves cinema as an art more than business.Kites had good cinematography,the screenplay was good except the second last scene where Hrithik gets shot by Kangana.The songs were fine.As to whether the film had a concept well yes its the same romeo and Juliet story.So stop thinking about the concept.The only thing with the movie was that the audience couldn't empathize but i felt the same with revolutionary road too.So people we are in the transition phase of the Indian film industry....Enjoy the journey..We are heading towards a bright future!!!.
Barbara Mori is a discovery, I think this is the first time she has got such international exposure, now new doors will open up for her either in Hollywood or Bollywood, I would like to see her in more movies!
Its no surprise the movie is only 2 hours and even that feels dragged....Hrithik, Anurag and Rakesh were repeatedly saying in interviews, "Kites is a simple love story" but come on, THIS SIMPLE!
That's the story of the forbidden love between Hrithik Roshan and Barbara Mori.This was Bollywood's ticket to make Hollywood look up and notice our industry, but it falters big time.