Underplayed Gems

Kites (2010)

Kites poster
Directed by
Anurag Basu
Genre
drama film, action film, romantic thriller, thriller film
Country
Mexico, United States
Runtime
2h 03m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
7.2 of 10 from 224 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A man and a woman from different backgrounds fall in love in Las Vegas. Their romance is complicated by dangerous people and a planned wedding.

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What happens

Kites is a 2010 Indian romantic action film directed by Anurag Basu, with the story written and produced by Rakesh Roshan. The film stars Hrithik Roshan, Bárbara Mori, Kangana Ranaut, and Kabir Bedi. Presented in English as Kites: The Remix by Brett Ratner, the film was released in India and in North America on 21 May 2010. Its 208-theater opening in North America made it the largest Bollywood release up to that time. 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. Despite a strong opening, 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 Spanish and English, while it was advertised as a Hindi-language film in India. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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