Kismat Konnection

Kismat Konnection
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Aziz Mirza
Screenplay by	Sanjay Chhel Vibha Singh Sai Kabir
Story by	Rahila Mirza
Produced by	Ramesh S. Taurani Kumar S. Taurani
Starring	Shahid Kapoor Vidya Balan Vishal Malhotra Juhi Chawla Boman Irani Om Puri Karanvir Bohra Satyanand Gaitonde
Narrated by	Shah Rukh Khan
Cinematography	Binod Pradhan
Edited by	Amitabh Shukla
Music by	Songs: Pritam Sajid–Wajid Background Score: Sanjoy Chowdhury
Production company	Tips Industries
Distributed by	Disney·UTV
Release date	18 July 2008 (2008-07-18)
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Kismat Konnection (Fate Connection) is an Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film directed by Aziz Mirza who previously directed films including Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman (1992), Yes Boss (1997), Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani (2000) and Chalte Chalte (2003). The film stars Shahid Kapoor and Vidya Balan in the lead roles with Juhi Chawla in a guest appearance. Shah Rukh Khan is the narrator. Produced by Ramesh S. Taurani under the banner of Tips Industries, Kismat Konnection was released on 18 July 2008.^[1] The Film was declared a "Semi-Hit" at the box office.

Kismat Konnection is a remake of the Hollywood film, Just My Luck which stars Lindsay Lohan and Chris Pine.^[2][3]

Plot[]

This is a story about an Architect Raj Malhotra (Shahid Kapoor). While he was a top student in his school and college days, he is not having much luck in finding work, clients or projects. All he does, seems to go wrong. Raj goes to a Romani people named Haseena Bano Jaan (Juhi Chawla). She advises him that his luck is not good and he needs a Good luck charm or a person who can change his life. Afterwards, Raj meets Priya (Vidya Balan), who is ready to help the citizens of a community by trying to save a Community center. Although they do not get along at first, Raj eventually realizes that Priya is his lucky charm. Priya ends up helping Raj through sticky situations and Raj eventually figures out that she is, in fact, changing his life. Knowing this, Raj lies to Priya by telling her that he will help her save the community center, but instead, he is trying to build a Shopping mall there so he can finally be recognized as an architect. He also falls in love with Priya and she too falls for him. However, when Priya finds out the truth about what Raj is trying to do, she becomes sad. To make up for his lie, Raj sells everything he has, not caring about his job. He proposes a plan to save the community center and ends up winning Priya's love and admiration.

Cast[]

• Shahid Kapoor as Raj Malhotra
• Vidya Balan as Priya (Few lines as Mona Ghosh Shetty)
• Vishal Malhotra as Hiten Patel
• Juhi Chawla as Haseena Bano Jaan (Guest Appearance)
• Boman Irani as Priya's waving friend/Rajiv Batra
• Om Puri as Sanjeev “Harry” Gill
• Himani Shivpuri as Mrs. Manpreet Gill
• Karanvir Bohra as Dev Kataria
• Shehnaz Anand as Aditi
• Amit Varma as Karan Bahl
• Satyanand Gaitonde as Kabir
• Dimple Sharma as Rita
• Hyder Ali as Mr. Bakshi
• Shah Rukh Khan as Narrator

Production[]

Kismat Konnection (in other words "Connection of Fate") was previously titled Lucky Charm. Kapoor and Balan began shooting for the film in Toronto, Canada and later continued in Mumbai.^[4] Actress Juhi Chawla played the role of a gypsy fortune-teller dressed in typical colorful bright attire.^[4]

Critical reception[]

The film received an average rating of 3 out of 5 from the critics.^[5] "A simple romantic Kismat Konnection", "which could have been a good romantic comedy, but lack of good one liners, a bit lengthy second half, typical climax makes it fairly average." However Taran Adarsh gave the movie 3 out of 5 calling it a simple and sweet film. He also said the performances by Shahid and Vidya are done very neatly. Noyon Jyoti Parasara of AOL.in also rated it 3.5 out of 5 and said, "Overall, Kismat Konnection bears the stamp of typical Aziz Mirza film. It's not a great story or an extraordinary film. But it's a nice, cute and emotional movie."^[6]

Marketing[]

Broadcast rights[]

The broadcast rights of the movie were sold to Colors TV & Star Gold.

Online streaming[]

The movie has been made streaming available on Netflix.

Box office[]

The film registered a very good opening at the box office. The film was released in more than 600 screens worldwide including US, UK, Australia and the Middle East. In the Middle East, the film did a business of ₹10,120,000 (US$140,000).^{[citation needed]} In the US, it collected ₹916,300 (US$13,000)^{[citation needed]} by the second night of its release.

Soundtrack[]

The music was composed by Pritam while lyrics had been written by Sayeed Quadri & Shabbir Ahmed. 'Soniye Ve' was composed by Sajid–Wajid. Remix songs were mixed by DJ Suketu & Aks. According to the Indian trade website Box Office India, with around 10,00,000 units sold, this film's soundtrack album was the year's fifteenth highest-selling.^[7]

References[]

External links[]

• Kismat Konnection at IMDb