Kites (2010/I)

Director:

Anurag Basu

Writers:

Rakesh Roshan (story)
Robin Bhatt (screenplay)
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Release Date:

21 May 2010 (India)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Romance | Thriller

Plot:

A wounded man searches for his sweetheart in the Mexican desert while on the run from the police, bounty hunters, and others.

Plot Keywords:

Desert | Love | Casino | One Word Title | Interracial Romance

Cast

Luce Rains	...	Bounty Hunter
Hrithik Roshan	...	Jay Ray
Bárbara Mori	...	Natasha
Steven Michael Quezada	...	Cop
Anand Tiwari	...	Robin
Kangana Ranaut	...	Gina B. Grover
Kabir Bedi	...	Bob Grover
Jamie Haqqani	...	Police officer
Nicholas Brown	...	Tony B. Grover
Ronald Robert Hamilton	...	Railyard Worker (as Ronald Hamilton)
Camme Tyla	...	News Reporter
Ivan Brutsche	...	Border Patrol
Madhuri Bhatia	...	Mrs. B. Grover
Clark Sanchez	...	Bounty Hunter
Dave Colon	...	Mexican Policia
Yuri Suri	...	Jamaal
Bob Brahmbhatt	...	Satpal (as Bob Brahamabhatt)
Shaun Webb	...	Officer Freeman
Avu	...	Wedding guest (uncredited)
John Macho	...	Passerby (uncredited)

Directed by
Anurag Basu

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Anurag Basu		screenplay
Robin Bhatt		screenplay
Sanjeev Dutta		dialogue
Akarsh Khurana		additional English dialogue
Akarsh Khurana		screenplay
Rakesh Roshan		story

Produced by
Gilley Grey	....	consulting producer
James Ordonez	....	executive producer (spanish version)
Rakesh Roshan	....	executive producer
Rakesh Roshan	....	producer
Sunaina Roshan	....	co-producer
Prashant Shah	....	line producer: USA

Original Music by
Rajesh Roshan

Cinematography by
Ayananka Bose

Film Editing by
Akiv Ali
Mark Helfrich		(english-language version)

Production Design by
David Baca

Costume Design by
Suneet Verma

Makeup Department
Christopher Trujillo	....	special makeup effects artist

Production Management
Bonne Bartron	....	production manager
Patrick Esposito	....	post-production supervisor: Los Angeles
Sunny Housen	....	production manager
Trilok Housen	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Gilley Grey	....	second assistant director
Sachin Sharma	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Jason Cronburg	....	leadman
Chris Pechin	....	storyboard artist

Sound Department
Bob Beemer	....	sound re-recording mixer
Vikram Biswas	....	sound editor
Sanjay Chaturvedi	....	dialogue editor: sound effects editor
Patrick Cyccone Jr.	....	sound re-recording mixer
Prashant Dcruz	....	sound effects editor
Christopher Flick	....	foley editor
Baylon Fonseca	....	sound designer
Nerses Gezalyan	....	sound mixer
Lee Gilmore	....	sound effects editor
Anuj Mathur	....	sound re-recording mixer
Bill Meadows	....	sound recordist
Michelle Pazer	....	dialogue editor
Derek Pippert	....	supervising foley editor
Paul Pirola	....	sound effects editor
Roy Seeger	....	first assistant sound editor
Mukhtar Shaikh	....	assistant sound recordist

Special Effects by
Robert Benavidez	....	special effects technician
Skip Burrows	....	special effects coordinator
Donnie Dean	....	special effects technician
Jonn Herzberger	....	special effects technician
Matt Kutcher	....	special effects supervisor
Caius Man	....	special effects foreman
Ian C. McArthur	....	special effects technician
Andrew Miller	....	shop foreman
Antonette J. Miller	....	special effects assistant
Robert G. Willard	....	special effects foreman

Visual Effects by
Abhishek Arya	....	lead match move artist
Badarinathchinimilli	....	digital compositor
Prakash Bhoir	....	team lead
Abhineet Christian	....	compositor
Murad Currawalla	....	compositor
Kinjal Gajera	....	render wrangler
Haresh Hingorani	....	visual effects supervisor
Manik Iratkar	....	digital matte painter
Narendra Joiya	....	3D artist
S. Satish Kanta	....	visual effects artist
Sagar Kudle	....	modeller
Prashant Mahashabde	....	visual effects artist
Arjun Mitra	....	visual effects supervisor
Udit Mohan	....	digital compositor
Siddhartha S. Mondal	....	digital compositor
Akash Pakhidde	....	digital compositor
Shambhu Nath Pandey	....	cg lighting artist
Rajiv Raghunathan	....	digital intermediate production head
Kudle Sagar	....	modeler
Amjad Shaikh	....	team lead
Krishna Somaiya	....	visual effects coordinator
Akshay Vichare	....	lighting artist
Keitan Yadav	....	visual effects producer
Keitan Yadav	....	visual effects supervisor

Stunts
Mark Brooks	....	stunts
Bobby Burns	....	stunts
Edward A. Duran	....	stunts
Gilley Grey	....	stunts
Dana Hee	....	stunt performer
Luca Ispirescu	....	stunt double
Angelique Midthunder	....	stunts
Rich Minga	....	stunt double
Denney Pierce	....	stunt coordinator
Spiro Razatos	....	stunt coordinator
Chester E. Tripp III	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Dante Cardone	....	gaffer
Saurabh Goswami	....	first assistant camera
Jacques Haitkin	....	director of photography: action unit
Jon Jung	....	focus puller
Steve Koster	....	aerial director of photography
Matthew Massie	....	best boy grip
Jon Myers	....	Steadicam operator
Onofrio Nino Pansini	....	camera operator
Karan Bahadur Rawat	....	first assistant camera
Akshay Singh	....	camera operator

Casting Department
Rich Gill	....	extras casting associate: New Mexico
Latrell Manuel	....	extras casting

Editorial Department
Steve Ansell	....	additional editor
Dhiman Ghosh Chaudhury	....	assistant editor
Zachary Dehm	....	post-production assistant: Los Angeles crew
Ken Metzker	....	digital intermediate colorist

Music Department
Deborpirya Banerjee	....	playback singer
Asif Ali Beg	....	lyrics
Aniruch Bhatia	....	playback singer
Mohit Chauhan	....	playback singer (as Mohit Chouhan)
Mark Curry	....	scoring mixer
Suzanne D'Mello	....	playback singer
Vishal Dadlani	....	playback singer
Nasir Faraaz	....	lyrics
Suraj Jagan	....	playback singer
Kay Kay	....	playback singer
Anushka Manchandani	....	playback singer (as Anushka Manchanda)
Hrithik Roshan	....	playback singer
Rajesh Roshan	....	playback singer

Transportation Department
Brian Claywell	....	production driver
Jim DePue	....	transportation coordinator
Michael DePue	....	driver: production van
Vikas Dutta	....	transportation coordinator
Pete Meda	....	transportation captain
Miguel Pabon	....	transportation
John Proctor	....	driver
Patrick D Baker	....	driver (uncredited)

Other crew
Jeanette Aguilar	....	production coordinator
Eddie Fickett	....	location manager: Las Vegas
Joe Freeman	....	armorer
Yvette Long	....	assistant location manager: las vegas
Colette Longo	....	medic
Dimitri Molimis	....	production accountant: Las Vegas/Los Angeles
Amy R. Murphy	....	assistant location manager
Kasia Nabialczyk	....	assistant: Brett Ratner
James Ordonez	....	production liaison
Aaron Speiser	....	acting coach: Hrithik Roshan
Charles A. Tamburro	....	aerial coordinator / helicopter pilot
Weekdays	....	catering & craft services
Wade Whitman	....	location manager
Paul Zepeda	....	location scout
Nikhil Jassawalla	....	consultant (uncredited)

Thanks
Elizabeth Shah	....	the producers wish to thank

Production Companies

• Bollywood Hollywood Production
• Film Kraft (as Filmkraft Productions Pvt. Ltd.)
• Reliance Big Pictures

Distributors

• Icon Film Distribution (2010) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Tayrona Entertainment Group (2010) (Mexico) (theatrical) (all Latin America)
• Antenna Entertainment (2010) (Malaysia) (all media)
• Cinemax (2010) (Russia) (all media)
• Forum (2010) (Israel) (all media)
• Icon Film Distribution (2010) (New Zealand) (all media)
• Impulse (2010) (Switzerland) (all media)
• MediaPro Distribution (2010) (Romania) (all media)
• NDTV Imagine (2010) (India) (TV)
• Nu Metro Productions (2010) (South Africa) (all media)
• Pathé (2010) (Belgium) (all media)
• Swen Entertainment (2010) (Brazil) (all media)

Special Effects

• Redchillies.VFX
• Spectrum Effects

Other Companies

• Alpha Dog Locations  location coordinators
• Asal Masomi Public Relations  publicity
• Dolby Laboratories  sound mix
• Lotus Entertainment Group  production consultant
• No Stone Unturned Security & Investigative Services  set security
• Rockbottom Rentals  walkie rentals
• Spacecam Systems  aerial cameras provided by
• Tayrona Entertainment Group  casting
• Tayrona Entertainment Group  funding (P&A)

Also Known As:

"Brett Ratner Presents Kites: The Remix" - International (English title) (recut version)

Runtime:

123 min | 90 min (remix version)

Country:

India

Language:

English | Hindi | Spanish

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Ireland:15A | Canada:14A (Alberta/Manitoba) | Australia:M | Singapore:PG | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (Alberta) (cut) | Canada:PG (British Columbia/Ontario) | Canada:PG (British Columbia/Ontario) (cut) | South Korea:18 | UK:12A (cut) | UK:15 (uncut)

Filming Locations:

Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Company:

Bollywood Hollywood Production

Trivia:

Brett Ratner got the idea of remixing the movie originally from Hong Kong produced action films which were re-cut, and re-scored for U.S audience.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "The Rotten Tomatoes Show: Toy Story 3/Cyrus/Jonah Hex (#2.21)" (2010)

Soundtrack:

Fire

Lifeless...

'Kites' is everywhere... it's created a tremendous hype! Does it meet those gargantuan expectations? Is it worth it? The answer is finally here: Sadly, the answer isn't anything great. 'Kites' belies those huge expectations.

'Kites 'suffers from poor writing, thus it destroys its chances. It's a letdown. Coming directly to the acting, Hrithik is the life of this lifeless venture. The superstar is in top form, leaving you awe-struck with perfection. Barbara Mori looks maddening, and acts well. Kangna is wasted. Kabir Bedi has nothing to do. Nicolas Brown is quite good.

In short, 'Kites' didn't fly, they've crashed!