Kismat Konnection
Kismat Konnection ("Fate Connection") is an Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film directed by Aziz Mirza who previously directed films including "Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman" (November 13th, 1992), "Yes Boss" (July 18th, 1997), "Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani" (January 21st, 2000) and "Chalte Chalte" (June 13th, 2003). The film stars Shahid Kapoor (Deewane Huye Paagal) and Vidya Balan (Heyy Babyy) in the lead roles with Juhi Chawla (One 2 Ka 4) 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 July  18th, 2008. The film was declared a "Semi-Hit" at the box office. "Kismat Konnection" is a remake of the Hollywood film, "Just My Luck" which stars Lindsay Lohan and Chris Pine. Plot. This is a story about an Architect Raj Malhotra. While he was a top student in his school and college days, he is not having much luck in finding work, clients or projects. All he does, seems to go wrong. Raj Malhotra goes to a Romani people named Haseena Bano Jaan. She advises him that his luck is not good and he needs a Good Luck Charm  or a person who can change his life. Afterwards, Raj Malhotra meets Priya Saluja, who is ready to help the citizens of a community by trying to save a Community centre. Although they do not get along at first, Raj Malhotra eventually realizes that Priya Saluja is his lucky charm. Priya Saluja ends up helping Raj Malhotra through sticky situations and Raj Malhotra eventually figures out that she is, in fact, changing his life. Knowing this, Raj Malhotra lies to Priya Saluja by telling her that he will help her save the community center, but instead, he is trying to  build a Shopping mall there so he can finally be recognized as an architect. He also falls in love with Priya Saluja and she too falls for him. However, when Priya Saluja finds out the truth about what Raj Malhotra is trying to do, she becomes sad. To make up for his lie, Raj Malhotra sells everything he has, not caring about his job. He proposes a plan to save the community center and ends up winning Priya's love and admiration. 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. Actress Juhi Chawla played the role of a gypsy fortune-teller dressed in typical colorful bright attire. Critical reception. The film received an average rating of 3 out of 5 from the critics. "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." 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 . In the US, it collected by the second night of  its release. Soundtrack. The music was composed by Pritam while lyrics had been written by Sayeed Quadri and Shabbir Ahmed. 'Soniye Ve' was composed by Sajid–Wajid. Remix songs were mixed by DJ Suketu and 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. And remixes are connected style from Dance Bowling 90s.