Kambakkht Ishq (2009)

A romantic comedy about an Indian stuntman who takes Hollywood by storm but cannot find true love.

Director:

Sabir Khan

Writers:

Sabir Khan (screenplay), Ishita Moitra (screenplay),

Stars:

Sylvester Stallone, Denise Richards, Brandon Routh

Cast

Credited cast:
Sylvester Stallone	...	Himself
Denise Richards
Brandon Routh	...	Himself
Whoopi Goldberg	...	Herself
Holly Valance	...	Herself
Kareena Kapoor	...	Simrita 'Sim' Rai
Akshay Kumar	...	Viraj Shergill
Boman Irani	...	Doctor
Diane Sellers	...	Judge
Aftab Shivdasani	...	Lucky Doshi
Amrita Arora	...	Kamini Sandhu / Kamini L. Doshi
Kiron Kher	...	Dolly (as Kirron Kher)
Javed Jaffrey	...	Keswani
Sophia Lin	...	Wedding Guest
Patrick Mölleken	...	Gangster 5 (voice)

Storyline

After Hollywood stuntman, Lucky Doshi, gets married to Kamini Sandhu, his Punjab-born friend and fellow Universal Studio's colleague, Viraj Shergill, chastises him, while Kamini's man-hating surgeon friend, Simrita Rai, coaches her to not be intimate with him. Simrita and Viraj clash verbally several times but things change after he ruptures his intestine while filming a movie and is hospitalized. His life will undergo many changes after he finds out - much to his amazement - that Simrita loves him, without realizes that her feelings for him are temporarily motivated.

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Plot Keywords:

stuntman | anger | doctor | title based on song | surgeon | 

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Romance

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Details

Official Sites:

Eros Entertainment Official site

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

3 July 2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

Incredible Love

Filming Locations:

Afghan Church, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Box Office

Budget:

$12,500,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£104,849 (UK) (10 July 2009)

Gross:

£681,134 (UK) (24 July 2009)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Eros International, Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

142 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This movie is a remake of 2002 Kamal Hassan starer Pammal K. Sambandam. This was not mentioned by the film makers anytime and Kamal Hassan was not credited for the original story.

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Goofs

When Akshay is presenting Kareena with a ring underwater, you can clearly see that the hand on which the ring is put on has short nails. In the very next shot Kareena Kapoor is shown with long nails and pink nail polish. All other scenes before and after she isn't wearing any paint on her nails.

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Quotes

Viraj Shergill: This is a cool neighborhood. Don't play bhajans!

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Connections

References Pineapple Express (2008)

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Soundtracks

"Lakh Lakh - Remix"
Lyrics by Anvita Dutt Guptan
Music by Anu Malik
Performed by Eric Pillai
Courtesy of Eros Music

User Reviews

Lower your expectation and presto - its total time-pass!

Well, with the media taking its toll on Kambakkht Ishq & Akshay Kumar - the expectations runs low and the movie turns out better than expected. Akshay Kumar must be kicking himself not having exercised caution (read that "choose wisely") when he was just between the cup-and-the-lip. Lightning doesn't strike twice my dear friend.

Anyways, the love-you & loathe you sequences start from the word go and until it reaches finale there is a fair share of story interlaced with emotion, drama, comedy, tragedy etc. Having said that, there was immense potential to improvise - but hey, who am I to say!

¤ Akshay Kumar:: Much before he struck gold I always carried an opinion that give him a nickel and Akshay delivers in dimes. Post success streak that became his style. And now - I am back to my original opinion.

¤ Kareena:: The "Poo" character return (albeit in size zero!).

¤ Javed Jaffery:: Seriously, what was he doing there?

¤ Aftab & Amrita:: Glorified junior-artistes. Reminds me of Rajendranath/ Shobha Khote of 60's.

¤ Vindu:: Good to see after a long hiatus. And trying a hand at comedy, eh?

¤ Boman Irani & Kiron Kher:: Under-utilisation at its best. Seriously - is money everything?

¤ Hollywood star-cast:: Beyond my comprehension as to why they were there in the first place. Too much of money to flaunt around I guess. The plot could have easily been based in India.

¤ Sabir Khan:: Obviously, the master doesn't teach everything to the disciple (ref. Mujhse Shaadi Karogi!)

¤ Nadiadwala:: Time to pull up your socks and ensure quality goods are delivered under your baton.

Finally, the movie is completely inspired (should I abstain from the word plagiarised?) by Pammal K. Sambandam. Had the project been executed legally involving the great thespian to overlook the proceedings - the results would have been far more superior. On that same note, yesterday I read the producers of Namaste London suing the Bengali filmmaker for copyright infringement. Hello Mr. Akshay Kumar... pot calling the kettle black eh?