"Kites" (or most of it, anyway)

[revdorothyl]

I saw the movie "Kites" starring Hrithik Roshan this afternoon, but in spite of the 2 hour 47 minute length listed in the paper, the version shown at my local multiplex was no more than 2 hours total in length. Considering that there were just a few minimal dance scenes in the beginning, I think I definitely saw the shortened-for-silly-American-audiences-who-don't-understand-production-numbers-in-dramas version that my sister warned me about.

However, Hrithik Roshan was gorgeous and his performance was very moving, and I was gripped by the story. Plus, I was fascinated by the fact that some of my fellow audience members were apparently native Spanish speakers, and some were native Hindi speakers, from what I overheard before the start of the movie and the different lines in Spanish and Hindi that they laughed at before the subtitles could let me in on the joke.

I consider "Kites" well worth my $7.50, even though I didn't get to see the WHOLE thing. Maybe someday I'll get to see the rest of it.

Comments

[sunshineali.livejournal.com]

I'll have to check that one out. Did you ever see "Monsoon Wedding?" It rocked!

[revdorothyl.livejournal.com]

Yes, I adored "Monsoon Wedding", even though it included no song-and-dance production numbers (but all those gorgeous yellow flowers more than made up for it, plus the powerful revelation of child-molesting and the father's decision to defend the children, no matter how much he felt he owed to the perpetrator).