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{{Short description|2010 Indian film by Anurag Basu}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Kites
| name = Kites
| image = Kites Movie Poster.jpg
| image = Kites Official Poster.jpg
| image_size = 250px
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| caption = Official Movie Poster
| director = [[Anurag Basu]]
| director = [[Anurag Basu]]
| screenplay = {{unbulleted list|Robin Bhatt|Akarsh Khurana|Anurag Basu<ref name=comingsoon>[https://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=65734 ''Kites''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140913193020/http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=65734 |date=13 September 2014 }} at ComingSoon.net</ref>}}
| producer = [[Rakesh Roshan]]
| story = [[Rakesh Roshan]]
| starring = [[Hrithik Roshan]]<br />[[Barbara Mori]]<br /> [[Kangana Ranaut]]<br /> Luce Rains
| producer = Rakesh Roshan (Hindi version)<br />[[Brett Ratner]] (English version)
| writer = [[Anurag Basu]]
| starring = {{unbulleted list|[[Hrithik Roshan]]|[[Bárbara Mori]]|[[Kangana Ranaut]]|[[Kabir Bedi]]|[[Nicholas Brown (actor)|Nicholas Brown]]}}
| Screenplay = [[Anurag Basu]]
| cinematography = [[Ayananka Bose]]<ref name = "official site" />
| music = [[Rajesh Roshan]]
| editing = [[Akiv Ali]]<ref name=fandango>[http://www.fandango.com/kites:theremix_v516995/summary ''Kites''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100629035026/http://www.fandango.com/kites:theremix_v516995/summary |date=29 June 2010 }} at [[Fandango (ticket service)|Fandango.com]]</ref><br />[[Mark Helfrich (film editor)|Mark Helfrich]] (English version)
| lyrics =
| music = '''Songs:'''<br/>[[Rajesh Roshan]]<br/>'''Background Score:'''<br/>[[Salim–Sulaiman]]
| Music Label =
| studio = [[Rakesh Roshan|Filmkraft Productions Pvt. Ltd]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Reliance Big Pictures And Filmkraft'S Most Awaited Romantic Film Kites To Release on 21st May, 2010|url=http://www.kites-thefilm.com/site-low/pressrelease01.html|publisher=Official website|access-date=5 October 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100924010953/http://kites-thefilm.com/site-low/pressrelease01.html|archive-date=24 September 2010|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
| cinematography = Ayananka Bose
| distributor = [[Reliance Entertainment|Reliance BIG Pictures]]
| editing =
| released = {{Film date|2010|5|21|df=y}}
| distributor = Big Pictures
| runtime = 130 minutes (Hindi version)<br />90 minutes (English version)
| released = 15 January 2010
| runtime =
| country = India
| country = {{IND}}
| language = {{unbulleted list|Hindi|English|Spanish}}
| budget = {{INR}}82 crore<ref name="boi">{{cite web|url=http://boxofficeindia.com/Movies/movie_detail/kites#.VbD76qSqqko |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723221135/http://boxofficeindia.com/Movies/movie_detail/kites |archive-date=23 July 2015 |title=Kites |work=[[Box Office India]] |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| awards =
| gross = {{INR}}65 crore<ref name="boi" />
| language = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
| budget =
}}
}}

'''''Kites''''' is a forthcoming [[Bollywood]] film to be directed by Anurag Basu, and produced by [[Rakesh Roshan]] that will star [[Hrithik Roshan]], [[Barbara Mori]], [[Kangana Ranaut]] and Luce Rains. The film is reportedly a high budget movie and has world rights valued at $25 million.<ref>[http://www.urdutech.net/360/2008/06/01/rakesh-roshan-gets-billion-rupee-deal-for-kites/ Rakesh Roshan gets 1 billion deal for "Kites"]</ref>
'''''Kites''''' is a 2010 Indian [[romantic thriller film]] directed by [[Anurag Basu]], with the story written and produced by [[Rakesh Roshan]], starring [[Hrithik Roshan]], [[Bárbara Mori]], [[Kangana Ranaut]], and [[Kabir Bedi]].<ref name="official site">{{cite web |url=http://www.kites-thefilm.com/ |title=Official Kites Website |publisher=Kites-thefilm.com |access-date=6 October 2011 |archive-date=26 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926060347/http://www.kites-thefilm.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Presented in English as '''''Kites: The Remix''''' by [[Brett Ratner]], the film was released in India and in North America on 21 May 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/positive-about-brett-s-cut/story-ucM0mtPEVihT4PXgCAp1MK.html|title='Positive about Brett's cut'|website=[[Hindustan Times]]|date=27 May 2010}}</ref> Its 208-theater opening in North America made it the largest Bollywood release up to that time.<ref name=subers /> It was also the first Bollywood film to reach the weekend top ten, though ''[[My Name is Khan]]'' had a larger first-weekend North American gross.<ref name=subers /> Despite a strong opening,<ref name="BOV">{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/Movies/movie_detail/kites |title=Kites |publisher=Boxofficeindia.com |access-date=6 October 2011 |archive-date=23 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223125058/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/Movies/movie_detail/kites |url-status=live }}</ref> the film only managed to collect {{INRConvert|47|c|year=2010|mode=historical}} net in its lifetime run following a critical loss. Domestically, one of the major criticisms aimed at the film was towards the multilingual narrative that featured the majority of dialogue in English and Spanish, while it was advertised as a Hindi-language film in India.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/media/entertainment/bollywood-film-kites-rises-abroad-falls-at-home/articleshow/5972657.cms|title=Bollywood film 'Kites' rises abroad, falls at home|website=[[The Economic Times]]}}</ref>


==Plot==
==Plot==
{{More plot|date=November 2015}}
Kites is about an Indian boy’s romantic affair with a Latina girl and their predicament as they do not understand each other’s language. [[Hrithik Roshan]] plays a salsa teacher in "Kites". [[Kangana Ranaut]] plays a very rich girl and is shown as Hrithik’s dance student. The story is set in [[Las Vegas, Nevada|Las Vegas]]. In the course of learning [[Salsa]] from him, she falls madly in love with him. But then a twist in the tale takes place and the romantic story takes a thriller turn. [[Barbara Mori]] plays a Spanish girl who speaks only in Spanish which Hrithik can’t speak a word of. So he speaks to her in Hindi and yet the two communicate and fall madly in love. But then something happens that forces the two to split and that’s where [[Kangana Ranaut]] steps in.
Jay Ray ([[Hrithik Roshan]]) is a dance teacher in [[Las Vegas Valley|Las Vegas]], [[Nevada]]. As a sideline, he marries immigrant women to get them green cards in exchange for money. When Gina ([[Kangana Ranaut]]), the rich daughter of a powerful [[Anglo-Indian]] casino owner, Bob Grover ([[Kabir Bedi]]), falls for him, Jay goes along to marry into money. He discovers that his future brother-in-law, the vicious, homicidal Tony ([[Nicholas Brown (actor)|Nicholas Brown]]), is about to marry a Mexican woman named Natasha ([[Bárbara Mori]]), whom Jay knows as Linda, the last of the immigrant women he married. On the night before "Natasha" and Tony's wedding, Linda and Jay humorously agree to a "divorce" that night. A jealous, gun-wielding Tony arrives at her apartment while Jay is there. After he hits her, Linda impulsively knocks him out with a heavy object while he tussles with Jay. Linda and Jay go on the run toward Mexico, with Tony and the police in pursuit. They are helped by a friend of Jay, Robin ([[Anand Tiwari]]). Robin gives them fake passports and IDs so that they can go wherever they want.

In the following week, Jay and Linda get married in Mexico. On the day of their wedding, they come back to their house. There, Robin comes to give them the passports and is unexpectedly shot by Tony and his men. Linda and Jay escape, but Jay is shot in the process. In a car chase, Linda stops the car at a train, puts Jay aboard it, and drives off. Back to the present, Jay meets with Jamaal, one of Bob's employees, and is ambushed. Jamaal is killed, but not before telling Jay of Linda's whereabouts. Jay kills off all of Tony's men and then kills Tony by smashing his face into the car door. He is shot then by Gina. He drives off to the location where Jamaal said Linda was last seen. It is shown that after Jay was put aboard the train, Linda was ambushed on a cliff and sent Jay a text message saying, "I am going...Sorry, forget me." She drives off of the cliff, killing herself by drowning. Jay cries and then smiles, jumping off the cliff as well. Finally, he is reunited with Linda under the [[ocean]], and they embrace through death.

==Cast==
*[[Hrithik Roshan]] as Jay Ray
*[[Bárbara Mori]] as Linda/Natasha
*[[Kangana Ranaut]] as Gina Grover (credited as special appearance)
*[[Kabir Bedi]] as Bob Grover
*[[Nicholas Brown (actor)|Nicholas Brown]] as Tony Grover
*[[Anand Tiwari]] as Robin
*[[Yuri Suri]] as Jamaal, Bob's family [[chauffeur]]
*[[Madhuri Bhatia]] as Gina's mom
*[[Steven Michael Quezada]] as a cop
*Ronald Robert Hamilton as Railyard Worker
*Camme Tyla as News Reporter
*Ivan Brutsche as Border Patrol
*Luce Rains as Bounty Hunter


==Production==
==Production==
===Development & Casting===
The film will be Basu's seventh directorial venture in total. Some of his commercially successful films till date have been ''[[Murder]]'', ''[[Gangster]]'' and ''[[Life In A... Metro]]''.


===Casting===
In sharp contrast to Basu's earlier movies, Kites will be mounted on a huge canvas, and shot across Los Angeles, Las Vegas and New Mexico. To make it more glamorous Rakesh Roshan has even roped in Latin American actress [[Barbara Mori]] as Hrithik's heroine. Several names had been put forward for the leading lady’s role. Apparently, Rakesh Roshan, who is very close to [[Anil Kapoor]] and quite fond of Anil’s daughter Sonam, wanted to cast her. Sonam, who is conscious of her conservative image, excused herself because the role required the girl to get `seriously sexy’ with Hrithik. The film also stars Bollywood actress [[Kangana Ranaut]] who has previously worked with Basu in ''[[Gangster (film)|Gangster]]'' and ''[[Life In A... Metro]]''. <ref>[http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/entertainment/hrithik-to-team-up-with-latin-actress-barbara-in-kites_10024964.html Hrithik to team up with Latin actress Barbara in ‘Kites’]Retrieved on 2009-01-22</ref>
[[Deepika Padukone]] was approached to star opposite [[Hrithik Roshan]], although she also turned down the offer for the some reasons.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Deepika-said-no-to-Kites/articleshow/6158652.cms | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103154621/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-07-13/news-interviews/28282567_1_deepika-padukone-rakesh-roshan-krrish-sequel | url-status=live | archive-date=2013-01-03 | work=[[The Times of India]] | title=Deepika said no to Kites!}}</ref>


===Pre-release revenues===
Shooting started on 28 July 2008 and continued till 15 September 2008 across various parts of the [[USA]] for 3 months, after that the final schedule will be in India for 2 months, meaning filming should be complete by January 2009. There after the film will go in to post-production and is scheduled to be released in mid 2009. The Shooting was recently disrupted in New Mexico due to the onset of Hurricane lke and hence added on to the costs of the movie and disturbing the shooting schedules.<ref>[http://www.iwebie.com/kites-movie Shooting for Kites gets delayed]</ref>
''Kites''{{'}}s worldwide distribution rights were sold for {{INRConvert|1.5|b|year=2010|mode=historical}}<ref name="indiaglitz.com">{{Cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/hindi/article/57320.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100529194822/http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/hindi/article/57320.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 May 2010|title = Bollywood Cinema News &#124; Bollywood Movie Reviews &#124; Bollywood Movie Trailers - IndiaGlitz Bollywood}}</ref> acquired by Reliance big pictures in 2010 (except Mumbai). The satellite rights were bought by Sony TV group, while<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indiantelevision.com/aac/y2k9/nov59.php|title=Big Pictures bags 'Kites' worldwide marketing, distribution rights|date=2009-02-06|website=Indian Television Dot Com|language=en|access-date=2019-05-13}}</ref> the music rights were bought by T-series/Big music.<ref name="indiaglitz.com"/>
Reported was a controversy surrounding a lip-lock with Barbara in the film. this was the second time that Hrithik got into a controversy regarding a smooch, first was kissing [[Aishwarya Rai]] in ''[[Dhoom 2]]'' in 2006.<ref>[http://www.urdutech.net/360/2008/05/24/hrithik-lip-locked-controversy-about-kissing-barbara/ Hrithik Lip-Locked Controversy About Kissing Barbara]</ref>


==Release==
The movie portrays Hrithik in a sensuous role. According to sources, the scenes between Hrithik and Barbara were so intimate and sensuous that Rakesh Roshan was gently asked to leave the set. Cinematographer Bobby Singh opted out of “Kites”, but Hrithik claimed there was no ill-will involved in the changeover. He said “It was an amicable split. Now Ayananka Bose is doing it,”.<ref>[http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/entertainment/kites-brings-out-hrithiks-sensuous-side_100101679.html ‘Kites’ brings out Hrithik’s sensuous side]Retrieved on 2009-01-22</ref>
''Kites'' was on 3000 screens in India, and across 30 countries and 500 screens globally, according to distributor [[Reliance BIG Entertainment]].<ref name=PR5>[http://www.kites-thefilm.com/site-low/pressrelease05.html "Kites Grosses 21 Crores Opening Day in India Becoming the Second Highest Opening Ever"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100529173156/http://www.kites-thefilm.com/site-low/pressrelease05.html |date=29 May 2010 }}, Reliance BIG Pictures [[press release]]</ref> It opened on 208 screens in North America, making it the largest Bollywood release there to that time.<ref name=subers />


===Promotion===
On 23 November it was reported that Rakesh Roshan was facing lawsuit in a [[California]] court for alleged non-payment of wages to the people that his production company hired during the shooting of “Kites” at various locations in the US. In the law suit filed before the California Central District Court Oct 7, people hired by Filmcraft Production and its local agents alleged that they were not being paid their due wages. Sources familiar with the lawsuit, said that efforts were made for an out of court settlement on this issue by some well-known Bollywood celebrities. <ref>[http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/world-news/rakesh-roshan-faces-law-suit-in-the-us_100122509.html Rakesh Roshan faces law suit in the US]</ref>
To help promote the film, mini "music videos" were released online, each about one minute long and featuring a song from the soundtrack set against scenes from the film.<ref name="pinkvilla.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/event/hrithik-roshan-and-barbara-mori-kites-provogue-collection|title=Hrithik roshan and barbara mori kites provogue collection|website=PINKVILLA|date=May 2010|language=en|access-date=2020-03-15|archive-date=4 May 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100504135144/http://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/event/hrithik-roshan-and-barbara-mori-kites-provogue-collection|url-status=dead}}</ref> The clothing brand [[Provogue]], which features [[Hrithik Roshan]] as its brand ambassador, launched a ''Kites'' clothing range.<ref name="pinkvilla.com"/> A photo shoot regarding the campaign was shot in the Maldives, featuring Hrithik Roshan and Bárbara Mori.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hrithik, Barbara Mori in Maldives for ad shoot|url=http://movies.indiatimes.com/News-Gossip/News/Hrithik-Barbara-Mori-in-Maldives-for-ad-shoot/articleshow/5836351.cms|publisher=Indiatimes|access-date=14 August 2010|date=20 April 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100511020001/http://movies.indiatimes.com/News-Gossip/News/Hrithik-Barbara-Mori-in-Maldives-for-ad-shoot/articleshow/5836351.cms|archive-date=11 May 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>


===International versions===
The production faced much problem with Hrithik meeting with an accident and hurting his knee, while doing a dangerous car stunt for the film. He was however able to recover.<ref>[http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/entertainment/hrithik-roshans-miraculous-recovery-after-a-bad-fall-in-vegas_100106300.html Hrithik Roshan’s miraculous recovery after a bad fall in Vegas]</ref>
While the Hindi version of ''Kites'' was released on 21 May 2010 in India, the international version was released one week later, on 28 May 2010. The film was scheduled to be released in over 60 countries.<ref name="official site" />


''Kites'' was released in a second international English-language version as ''Kites: The Remix'',<ref name="official site" /> "Presented By" [[Brett Ratner]], recut by his regular editor, [[Mark Helfrich (film editor)|Mark Helfrich]], with new music by [[Graeme Revell]]<ref name=fji /> using remix techniques developed in the series ''[[Kung Faux]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sawfnews.com/Bollywood/63901.aspx |title=Brett Ratner Wants Hrithik Roshan in Hollywood |date=17 May 2010 |publisher= Sawf News |access-date=14 August 2012 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100620030156/http://www.sawfnews.com/Bollywood/63901.aspx |archive-date=20 June 2010}}</ref>
==Release==

The movie will be released on 15th January 2010 to mark Hrithik's 10th year of acting.<ref>[http://www.moviewood.net/blog/bollywood/hrithiks-10th-year-of-acting-to-be-celebrated-with-kites/ "Hrithik’s 10th year of acting to be celebrated with ‘Kites’"]</ref> The distribution rights of Kites have been sold to Reliance Big Pictures for a large amount of Rs 150 crores. It is a record till date for Bollywood.<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Mumbai/Kites_flying_high_with_record_Rs_150cr_deal/articleshow/4084178.cms Kites flying high with record Rs 150cr deal]</ref>
==Reception==

===Critical reception===
The film received an 72% positive rating on the film critics aggregate site [[Rotten Tomatoes]] from 29 reviews, with the consensus being, "Thoroughly overwrought in true Bollywood fashion, ''Kites'' is deeply flawed —and too effervescently charming to resist."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/kites | title=Kites (2010) | website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] | access-date=9 February 2017 | archive-date=11 February 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211075128/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/kites | url-status=live }}</ref> The movie generally received mixed reviews in India. The chemistry of the lead actors and the cinematography were specifically praised by Indian critics Anupama Chopra and Raja Sen.<ref name="ndtv">Anupama Chopra. [https://web.archive.org/web/20100525115416/http://movies.ndtv.com/movie_review.aspx?lang=hindi&id=516&moviename=Review:+Kites+ ''Kites'' review], NDTV.com</ref><ref>Raja Sen. [http://movies.rediff.com/report/2010/may/21/review-kites-is-a-trainwreck.htm ''Kites'' review] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240719064713/http://movies.rediff.com/report/2010/may/21/review-kites-is-a-trainwreck.htm |date=19 July 2024 }}, Rediff.com</ref> [[Rajeev Masand]] of [[CNN-IBN|IBN]] said "Thrilling action set-pieces, a super-fluid dance number to show off Hrithik's killer moves, and repeated glimpses at the toned bodies of both lead stars. It's almost enough to forgive the uniformly bad acting of all supporting cast".<ref>Rajeev Masand [https://web.archive.org/web/20100524043727/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/masand-kites-is-an-ambitious-brave-experiment/115914-47-84.html IBN]</ref> [[Anupama Chopra]] of [[NDTV]] said "the film doesn't become more than the sum of its parts because the second half is flat and in places, outright foolish".<ref name="ndtv"/> Noyon Jyoti Parasara of AOL India stated, "It fails in the primary promise of a love story which surpasses language barriers,"<ref>{{cite web|last=Parasara |first=Noyon Jyoti |title=Kites Review |url=http://www.aol.in/bollywood-story/kites-review/918287 |publisher=AOL India |access-date=21 May 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100604193754/http://www.aol.in/bollywood-story/kites-review/918287 |archive-date= 4 June 2010 }}</ref> while Shubhra Gupta of ''[[Indian Express]]'' calls it "really old wine in a sort-of new bottle".<ref>Shubhra Gupta [http://www.indianexpress.com/news/kites/621928/ ''Kites'' (review)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240719065417/https://indianexpress.com/article/news-archive/web/kites/ |date=19 July 2024 }} at ''Indian Express''</ref>

In the U.S., Jeannette Catsoulis of ''[[The New York Times]]'' called it "a lovers-on-the-lam blast of pure pulp escapism" that "caroms from car chase to shootout, from rain dancing to bank robbing with unflagging energy. It's all completely loony, but the stunts are impressive, the photography crisp and the leads so adorably besotted that audiences might as well check their cynicism at the door."<ref>Catsoulis, Jeannette. [https://movies.nytimes.com/2010/05/21/movies/21kites.html "Bollywood Does Vegas"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240719064714/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/21/movies/21kites.html |date=19 July 2024 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', 21 May 2010</ref> [[Frank Lovece]] of ''[[Film Journal International]]'' said, "Bollywood enters [[telenovela]] territory in a hybrid film that takes the heightened emotions, wild tonal ranges and impeccably crisp technique of modern Hindi cinema and puts all that in the service of a tragic love story straight out of Mexican TV. ... As an old-style Hollywood romance in modern dress, it delivers what people say they want when they say, 'They don't make pictures like that anymore.'"<ref name=fji>[[Frank Lovece|Lovece, Frank]]. [http://www.filmjournal.com/filmjournal/content_display/reviews/specialty-releases/e3i424ad23a01d5797de45374f418a0683d "Film Review: ''Kites''"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029204444/http://www.filmjournal.com/filmjournal/content_display/reviews/specialty-releases/e3i424ad23a01d5797de45374f418a0683d |date=29 October 2013 }}, ''[[Film Journal International]]'', 19 May 2010</ref> [[Kevin Thomas (film critic)|Kevin Thomas]] of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' said the film "draws from [[Western fiction|westerns]], [[Musical theatre|musicals]], [[film noir]] [and] chase thrillers with stunts so preposterous they verge on parody – and it gets away with everything because of [director] Basu's visual bravura and unstinting passion and energy."<ref>[[Kevin Thomas (film critic)|Thomas, Kevin]]. [https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/movies/la-et-capsules-kites-20100521,0,6572141.story "Movie Review: 'Kites' flies on energy, passion"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240719065418/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-may-21-la-et-capsules-kites-20100521-story.html |date=19 July 2024 }}, ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', 21 May 2010</ref>

===Box office===
====India====
''[[Box Office India]]'' said the film "opened to a bumper response at most places" in India, but noted "reports are not encouraging, the biggest reason for failure are being the film has a lot of English and Spanish dialogue."<ref name=boxofficeindia>[http://www.boxofficeindia.com/boxdetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=1699&nCat=box_office_report "Kites Bumper opening, dull reports"], BoxOfficeIndia.com, 22 May 2010. [https://web.archive.org/web/20100525102542/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/boxdetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=1699&nCat=box_office_report WebCitation archive].</ref> The film collected {{INRConvert|49.27|c|year=2010|mode=historical}} net in its lifetime run in India.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/moviemicro/boxoffice/id/502808|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819085513/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/moviemicro/boxoffice/id/502808|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 August 2014|title=Kites (2010) - Box Office Earnings|work=Bollywood Hungama|access-date=27 May 2010}}</ref>

====Overseas====
On its first weekend in the North America, the film opened in 208 theaters and ranked No. 10 in the box office, grossing $958,673.<ref name=subers>Subers, Ray. [https://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2789&p=.htm "Arthouse Audit: 'Kites' Flies, 'Babies' Maintains Grip"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160531135712/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2789&p=.htm |date=31 May 2016 }}, BoxOfficeMojo.com, 25 May 2010</ref> It was the first Bollywood movie to reach the weekend top ten, though ''[[My Name is Khan]]'' had a larger first-weekend North American gross, with $1.9 million at 120 theaters, reaching #13.<ref name=subers /> ''Kites'' debuted at No. 10 in the UK, with an opening of £174,000 from 70 screens.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2010/may/25/streetdance-3d-box-office|title=StreetDance 3D shimmies into first place at UK box office|work=Guardian|access-date=27 May 2010|location=London|first=Charles|last=Gant|date=25 May 2010|archive-date=19 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240719064745/https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2010/may/25/streetdance-3d-box-office|url-status=live}}</ref> Overall, the film was rated as a flop by ''Box Office India''.<ref name="BOV" />

The film fared very poorly in the United Kingdom and earned £9,110 on 31 screens, with the per-screen average working out to £294.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/trade/overseas_boxoffice/317.html |title=Overseas Box Office :2010-06-02 09:23:07 |website=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |access-date=2011-08-24 }}{{dead link|date=July 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> In the first week that both films were out together in the United States, ''Kites: The Remix'' did only one tenth of the business that the original ''Kites'' did, and less than half on a per-screen basis.<ref name=we22>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2010&wknd=22a&p=.htm |title=Weekend Box Office Results for May 28-31, 2010 |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=2011-08-24}}</ref> Box Office Mojo shows that while the original ''Kites'' film was able to become the first ever original Bollywood created film to score in the "Top Ten" of the overall Hollywood Box office tally on its opening weekend, the ''Kites: The Remix'' hybrid version only managed to place 51st on its first weekend.<ref name=we22/><ref name=we21>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2010&wknd=21&p=.htm |title=Weekend Box Office Results for May 21-23, 2010 |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=2011-08-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2789&p=.htm |title=Arthouse Audit: 'Kites' Flies, 'Babies' Maintains Grip |website=Box Office Mojo |date=2010-05-25 |access-date=2011-08-24 |archive-date=31 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160531135712/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2789&p=.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Awards and nominations===
;[[Zee Cine Awards|2011 Zee Cine Awards]]

Won<ref>{{cite news|title=Winners of Zee Cine Awards 2011 |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/features/2011/01/14/7016/index.html |work=Bollywood Hungama |access-date=14 January 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111022195528/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/features/2011/01/14/7016/index.html |archive-date=22 October 2011 }}</ref>
*[[Zee Cine Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]] - [[Ayananka Bose]]

Nominated<ref>{{cite web|title=Nominations for Zee Cine Awards 2011|url=http://www.zorsebol.com/videos/bollywood-parties-events/zee-cine-awards-2010-2011-nominations-winners-list-vote-your-favorite-zee-tv/|publisher=zorsebol.com|access-date=7 April 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110222214457/http://www.zorsebol.com/videos/bollywood-parties-events/zee-cine-awards-2010-2011-nominations-winners-list-vote-your-favorite-zee-tv/|archive-date=22 February 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
*[[Zee Cine Award for Best Female Debut|Best Female Debut]] - Bárbara Mori
*[[Zee Cine Award for Best Playback Singer – Male|Best Playback singer male]] — [[KK (singer)|KK]] for "Zindagi Do Pal Ki"

;[[BIG Star Entertainment Awards|2011 BIG Star Entertainment Awards]]

Nominated
*[[BIG Star Entertainment Awards|Best Playback singer male]] — [[KK (singer)|KK]] for "Zindagi Do Pal Ki"

;2011 GIMA Awards

Nominated
*Best Playback singer male — [[KK (singer)|KK]] for "Zindagi Do Pal Ki"<ref name="Gima 2011">{{cite news |title=Asha Bhosle, Sonu Nigam and Shaan at the Chevrolet GIMA Awards 2011 Conference |url=https://www.missmalini.com/2011/09/01/chevrolet-gima-awards-2011-unites-the-music-industry |access-date=1 June 2022 |work=MissMalini {{!}} Latest Bollywood, Fashion, Beauty & Lifestyle News |date=1 September 2011 |language=en}}</ref>


==Music==
==Music==

The music of the film is reportedly being directed by music director and brother of [[Rakesh Roshan]], [[Rajesh Roshan]].<ref>[http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/entertainment/rakeshs-best-films-are-for-me-composer-rajesh-roshan_10030033.html Rakesh’s best films are for me: composer Rajesh Roshan]</ref>
''Kites'' music album was composed by [[Rajesh Roshan]], with lyrics penned by [[Nasir Faraaz]] and Asif Ali Beg. The songs "Dil Kyon Yeh Mera" and "Zindagi Do Pal Ki" (both sung by [[KK (singer)|KK]]) became a rage while other songs were also successful. Variety Magazine said the music "ranges from hip-hop to Enya-esque ululating."<ref>[https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117942820.html?categoryId=31&cs=1 ''Kites Review''] at [[Variety (magazine)]]</ref> The movie's main romantic theme has been described as "identical in melody, key, and instrumentation to "[[Aníron]]" (Theme for Aragorn and Arwen), written by [[Enya]] for ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]''", though Enya is not given any composer's credit for the music in Kites.<ref>[http://accessbollywood.wordpress.com/2010/05/22/kites-swipes-song-from-lord-of-the-rings/ ''Kites Swipes Song from Lord of the Rings''] at AccessBollywood.net</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://kites-thefilm.com/ Official website]
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*[http://www.rajasthantalkies.com/2009/05/kites-movie-release-date-and-review.html Kites release date and Review]
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*[http://www.filmicafe.com/photo_event_images.php?cat_id=1&subcat_id=2&event_id=2364&sort=view Hrithik & Barbara Mori on the sets of "Kites"]
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Kites
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAnurag Basu
Screenplay by
  • Robin Bhatt
  • Akarsh Khurana
  • Anurag Basu[1]
Story byRakesh Roshan
Produced byRakesh Roshan (Hindi version)
Brett Ratner (English version)
Starring
CinematographyAyananka Bose[2]
Edited byAkiv Ali[3]
Mark Helfrich (English version)
Music bySongs:
Rajesh Roshan
Background Score:
Salim–Sulaiman
Production
company
Distributed byReliance BIG Pictures
Release date
  • 21 May 2010 (2010-05-21)
Running time
130 minutes (Hindi version)
90 minutes (English version)
CountryIndia
Languages
  • Hindi
  • English
  • Spanish
Budget₹82 crore[5]
Box office₹65 crore[5]

Kites is a 2010 Indian romantic thriller film directed by Anurag Basu, with the story written and produced by Rakesh Roshan, starring Hrithik Roshan, Bárbara Mori, Kangana Ranaut, and Kabir Bedi.[2]

Presented in English as Kites: The Remix by Brett Ratner, the film was released in India and in North America on 21 May 2010.[6] Its 208-theater opening in North America made it the largest Bollywood release up to that time.[7] It was also the first Bollywood film to reach the weekend top ten, though My Name is Khan had a larger first-weekend North American gross.[7] Despite a strong opening,[8] the film only managed to collect ₹47 crore (US$10.28 million) net in its lifetime run following a critical loss. Domestically, one of the major criticisms aimed at the film was towards the multilingual narrative that featured the majority of dialogue in English and Spanish, while it was advertised as a Hindi-language film in India.[9]

Plot

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Jay Ray (Hrithik Roshan) is a dance teacher in Las Vegas, Nevada. As a sideline, he marries immigrant women to get them green cards in exchange for money. When Gina (Kangana Ranaut), the rich daughter of a powerful Anglo-Indian casino owner, Bob Grover (Kabir Bedi), falls for him, Jay goes along to marry into money. He discovers that his future brother-in-law, the vicious, homicidal Tony (Nicholas Brown), is about to marry a Mexican woman named Natasha (Bárbara Mori), whom Jay knows as Linda, the last of the immigrant women he married. On the night before "Natasha" and Tony's wedding, Linda and Jay humorously agree to a "divorce" that night. A jealous, gun-wielding Tony arrives at her apartment while Jay is there. After he hits her, Linda impulsively knocks him out with a heavy object while he tussles with Jay. Linda and Jay go on the run toward Mexico, with Tony and the police in pursuit. They are helped by a friend of Jay, Robin (Anand Tiwari). Robin gives them fake passports and IDs so that they can go wherever they want.

In the following week, Jay and Linda get married in Mexico. On the day of their wedding, they come back to their house. There, Robin comes to give them the passports and is unexpectedly shot by Tony and his men. Linda and Jay escape, but Jay is shot in the process. In a car chase, Linda stops the car at a train, puts Jay aboard it, and drives off. Back to the present, Jay meets with Jamaal, one of Bob's employees, and is ambushed. Jamaal is killed, but not before telling Jay of Linda's whereabouts. Jay kills off all of Tony's men and then kills Tony by smashing his face into the car door. He is shot then by Gina. He drives off to the location where Jamaal said Linda was last seen. It is shown that after Jay was put aboard the train, Linda was ambushed on a cliff and sent Jay a text message saying, "I am going...Sorry, forget me." She drives off of the cliff, killing herself by drowning. Jay cries and then smiles, jumping off the cliff as well. Finally, he is reunited with Linda under the ocean, and they embrace through death.

Cast

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Production

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Casting

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Deepika Padukone was approached to star opposite Hrithik Roshan, although she also turned down the offer for the some reasons.[10]

Pre-release revenues

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Kites's worldwide distribution rights were sold for ₹1.5 billion (US$32.8 million)[11] acquired by Reliance big pictures in 2010 (except Mumbai). The satellite rights were bought by Sony TV group, while[12] the music rights were bought by T-series/Big music.[11]

Release

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Kites was on 3000 screens in India, and across 30 countries and 500 screens globally, according to distributor Reliance BIG Entertainment.[13] It opened on 208 screens in North America, making it the largest Bollywood release there to that time.[7]

Promotion

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To help promote the film, mini "music videos" were released online, each about one minute long and featuring a song from the soundtrack set against scenes from the film.[14] The clothing brand Provogue, which features Hrithik Roshan as its brand ambassador, launched a Kites clothing range.[14] A photo shoot regarding the campaign was shot in the Maldives, featuring Hrithik Roshan and Bárbara Mori.[15]

International versions

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While the Hindi version of Kites was released on 21 May 2010 in India, the international version was released one week later, on 28 May 2010. The film was scheduled to be released in over 60 countries.[2]

Kites was released in a second international English-language version as Kites: The Remix,[2] "Presented By" Brett Ratner, recut by his regular editor, Mark Helfrich, with new music by Graeme Revell[16] using remix techniques developed in the series Kung Faux.[17]

Reception

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Critical reception

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The film received an 72% positive rating on the film critics aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes from 29 reviews, with the consensus being, "Thoroughly overwrought in true Bollywood fashion, Kites is deeply flawed —and too effervescently charming to resist."[18] The movie generally received mixed reviews in India. The chemistry of the lead actors and the cinematography were specifically praised by Indian critics Anupama Chopra and Raja Sen.[19][20] Rajeev Masand of IBN said "Thrilling action set-pieces, a super-fluid dance number to show off Hrithik's killer moves, and repeated glimpses at the toned bodies of both lead stars. It's almost enough to forgive the uniformly bad acting of all supporting cast".[21] Anupama Chopra of NDTV said "the film doesn't become more than the sum of its parts because the second half is flat and in places, outright foolish".[19] Noyon Jyoti Parasara of AOL India stated, "It fails in the primary promise of a love story which surpasses language barriers,"[22] while Shubhra Gupta of Indian Express calls it "really old wine in a sort-of new bottle".[23]

In the U.S., Jeannette Catsoulis of The New York Times called it "a lovers-on-the-lam blast of pure pulp escapism" that "caroms from car chase to shootout, from rain dancing to bank robbing with unflagging energy. It's all completely loony, but the stunts are impressive, the photography crisp and the leads so adorably besotted that audiences might as well check their cynicism at the door."[24] Frank Lovece of Film Journal International said, "Bollywood enters telenovela territory in a hybrid film that takes the heightened emotions, wild tonal ranges and impeccably crisp technique of modern Hindi cinema and puts all that in the service of a tragic love story straight out of Mexican TV. ... As an old-style Hollywood romance in modern dress, it delivers what people say they want when they say, 'They don't make pictures like that anymore.'"[16] Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times said the film "draws from westerns, musicals, film noir [and] chase thrillers with stunts so preposterous they verge on parody – and it gets away with everything because of [director] Basu's visual bravura and unstinting passion and energy."[25]

Box office

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India

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Box Office India said the film "opened to a bumper response at most places" in India, but noted "reports are not encouraging, the biggest reason for failure are being the film has a lot of English and Spanish dialogue."[26] The film collected ₹49.27 crore (US$10.78 million) net in its lifetime run in India.[27]

Overseas

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On its first weekend in the North America, the film opened in 208 theaters and ranked No. 10 in the box office, grossing $958,673.[7] It was the first Bollywood movie to reach the weekend top ten, though My Name is Khan had a larger first-weekend North American gross, with $1.9 million at 120 theaters, reaching #13.[7] Kites debuted at No. 10 in the UK, with an opening of £174,000 from 70 screens.[28] Overall, the film was rated as a flop by Box Office India.[8]

The film fared very poorly in the United Kingdom and earned £9,110 on 31 screens, with the per-screen average working out to £294.[29] In the first week that both films were out together in the United States, Kites: The Remix did only one tenth of the business that the original Kites did, and less than half on a per-screen basis.[30] Box Office Mojo shows that while the original Kites film was able to become the first ever original Bollywood created film to score in the "Top Ten" of the overall Hollywood Box office tally on its opening weekend, the Kites: The Remix hybrid version only managed to place 51st on its first weekend.[30][31][32]

Awards and nominations

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2011 Zee Cine Awards

Won[33]

Nominated[34]

2011 BIG Star Entertainment Awards

Nominated

2011 GIMA Awards

Nominated

  • Best Playback singer male — KK for "Zindagi Do Pal Ki"[35]

Music

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Kites music album was composed by Rajesh Roshan, with lyrics penned by Nasir Faraaz and Asif Ali Beg. The songs "Dil Kyon Yeh Mera" and "Zindagi Do Pal Ki" (both sung by KK) became a rage while other songs were also successful. Variety Magazine said the music "ranges from hip-hop to Enya-esque ululating."[36] The movie's main romantic theme has been described as "identical in melody, key, and instrumentation to "Aníron" (Theme for Aragorn and Arwen), written by Enya for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring", though Enya is not given any composer's credit for the music in Kites.[37]

References

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  1. ^ Kites Archived 13 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine at ComingSoon.net
  2. ^ a b c d "Official Kites Website". Kites-thefilm.com. Archived from the original on 26 September 2018. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
  3. ^ Kites Archived 29 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine at Fandango.com
  4. ^ "Reliance Big Pictures And Filmkraft'S Most Awaited Romantic Film Kites To Release on 21st May, 2010". Official website. Archived from the original on 24 September 2010. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
  5. ^ a b "Kites". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 23 July 2015.
  6. ^ "'Positive about Brett's cut'". Hindustan Times. 27 May 2010.
  7. ^ a b c d e Subers, Ray. "Arthouse Audit: 'Kites' Flies, 'Babies' Maintains Grip" Archived 31 May 2016 at the Wayback Machine, BoxOfficeMojo.com, 25 May 2010
  8. ^ a b "Kites". Boxofficeindia.com. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
  9. ^ "Bollywood film 'Kites' rises abroad, falls at home". The Economic Times.
  10. ^ "Deepika said no to Kites!". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013.
  11. ^ a b "Bollywood Cinema News | Bollywood Movie Reviews | Bollywood Movie Trailers - IndiaGlitz Bollywood". Archived from the original on 29 May 2010.
  12. ^ "Big Pictures bags 'Kites' worldwide marketing, distribution rights". Indian Television Dot Com. 6 February 2009. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  13. ^ "Kites Grosses 21 Crores Opening Day in India Becoming the Second Highest Opening Ever" Archived 29 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine, Reliance BIG Pictures press release
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  15. ^ "Hrithik, Barbara Mori in Maldives for ad shoot". Indiatimes. 20 April 2010. Archived from the original on 11 May 2010. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
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  20. ^ Raja Sen. Kites review Archived 19 July 2024 at the Wayback Machine, Rediff.com
  21. ^ Rajeev Masand IBN
  22. ^ Parasara, Noyon Jyoti. "Kites Review". AOL India. Archived from the original on 4 June 2010. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
  23. ^ Shubhra Gupta Kites (review) Archived 19 July 2024 at the Wayback Machine at Indian Express
  24. ^ Catsoulis, Jeannette. "Bollywood Does Vegas" Archived 19 July 2024 at the Wayback Machine, The New York Times, 21 May 2010
  25. ^ Thomas, Kevin. "Movie Review: 'Kites' flies on energy, passion" Archived 19 July 2024 at the Wayback Machine, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2010
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  27. ^ "Kites (2010) - Box Office Earnings". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
  28. ^ Gant, Charles (25 May 2010). "StreetDance 3D shimmies into first place at UK box office". Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 19 July 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
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  34. ^ "Nominations for Zee Cine Awards 2011". zorsebol.com. Archived from the original on 22 February 2011. Retrieved 7 April 2011.
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  37. ^ Kites Swipes Song from Lord of the Rings at AccessBollywood.net
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