Krrish (2006)

Krishna is forced by circumstances to use his superpowers and become the masked superhero Krrish, before getting drawn towards his lost legacy.

Director:

Rakesh Roshan

Writers:

Robin Bhatt (screenplay), Sachin Bhowmick (screenplay)

Stars:

Hrithik Roshan, Priyanka Chopra, Rekha

16 wins & 13 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Hrithik Roshan	...	Krishna Mehra / Krrish / Rohit Mehra
Priyanka Chopra	...	Priya
Rekha	...	Sonia Mehra
Naseeruddin Shah	...	Dr. Siddhant Arya
Sharat Saxena	...	Vikram Sinha
Manini M. Mishra	...	Honey
Puneet Issar	...	Komal
Hemant Pandey	...	Bahadur
Akash Khurana	...	Catholic School Principal
Ahmed Khan
Xia Bin	...	Kristian 'Assumed Krrish'
Edgar Noordanus
Mithilesh Chaturvedi
Zain Khan	...	Child artist
Fardeen Hussaini	...	Child artist

Storyline

Singapore-based Dr. Siddhant Arya recruits a superhumanly powerful Indian-born man named Rohit Mehra, who was given special powers by a blue-skinned alien named Jadoo, to build a computer that can forecast the future, which results in an accident that kills Rohit. When this news reaches Rohit's mother, Sonia, in India, she passes this on to Rohit's wife, Nisha, who has just given birth to a son named Krishna. However, Nisha, unable to handle this devastating news, passes away, leaving Krishna to be brought up by Sonia. When Krishna is enrolled in school, she notices that he has the same intellectual and physical powers that his father possessed, so in order to shield him from any harm, she moves to a secluded and remote area in a mountainous region of the country, where he grows up. Years later, Krishna has matured, has acquired the same special powers that his father had, and is also able to communicate with animals. He meets with a camper named Priya and is attracted to her. When ...

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Plot Keywords:

breaking the fourth wall by talking to the audience | breaking the fourth wall | supernatural power | non comic book superhero | character name as title | 

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Taglines:

This June his era begins

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Genres:

Action | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

PG

Did You Know?

Trivia

Salim-Sulaiman provided the background score.

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Goofs

Honey says she was away for 2 seconds after the scene where Krishna fixes Priya's foot, but the scene itself lasts more than 10 seconds.

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Quotes

[Priya starts to scream as Krishna sneaks into her tent]
Krishna: You're always screaming. Doesn't your throat hurt?
[Priya's eyes widen in shock]
Krishna: [smiling] Your eyes are widening again.
[Priya closes her eyes. When she opens them, Krishna is gone]

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Connections

Referenced in Sunaina: Principal Shastri's Hairstyle (2008)

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Soundtracks

Main Hoon Woh Aasman
Written by Sayeed Nasir Faaraz
Composed by Rajesh Roshan
Performed by Rafaqat Ali Khan and Alka Yagnik
Courtesy of Super Cassettes Industries Limited (T-Series)

User Reviews

The best sci fi bollywood can offer till date

Well Krrish is the highly awaited sequel to "Koi mil gaya". The wait is finely over.so how does it fare?Does it live up to the hype? well there could be mixed answers to this question.

Its definitely better than the first part. But on the acting point of view it definitely disappoints. the film solely relies on Hrithik Roshan's shoulders and he delivers but this is certainly not his best as an actor though as krrish i cannot think of anybody else but him playing the role , all the other characters are just passable which include the highly talented "Rekha" who looks uncomfortable in the role of a grand mother.Priyanka Chopra looks good and is camera friendly though not much of the histrionics on her part.

The story is quite predictable with hardly any twists.The first half of the film is a mediocre boy meet girl romance with tracing the origins of krishna aka krrish. the music is alright though not as good as rajesh roshan's previous attempts. its only in the second half that film picks up and the special effects come into play.These special effects are good according to bollywood standards. Like any other superhero movie it does have a villain in Naseeruddin Shah.he has played roles as a villain like in "Mohra" before but this time hes strictly okay.

The film has high production values the director has handled the product well.But overall he's confused whether to churn out an out and out sci fi flick or a mix of all genres.The film was Promoted as a Super hero movie though its more of a romantic-super hero type. That thing could be due to the budget constraints it was not made as solely as a science fiction/super hero movie. The special effects look a mix of "matrix" ,"crouching tiger hidden dragon" and other action flicks . On the whole krrish traces the origins of our very own desi super hero. it could be the first in the series with more to come. I hope the sequel will be more of a super hero type with more CGI and special effects romped in.

Go see krrish if you are a Hrithik Fan. you will not be disappointed.

all an all a popcorn flick with a difference.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi English Cantonese Tamil

Release Date:

23 June 2006 (India)

Also Known As:

Koi... Mil Gaya 2: Krrish

Filming Locations:

Hotel Holiday Inn, Juhu, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Box Office

Budget:

$10,200,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$370,266, 2 July 2006

Gross USA:

$1,430,721

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$18,041,250

Company Credits

Production Co:

Film Kraft

Technical Specs

Runtime:

185 min 168 min (DVD)

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital EX

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1