No, I haven’t seen it. And no, I don’t have a burning desire to see it either.
What I was wondering about was this. The reviews (1, 2) of Kambakkht Ishq on rediff mention that the movie involves a bickering couple – a stuntman and a doctor. So does it borrow, by any chance, a reel or two for Pammal K Sambandham, that Kamalhassan starrer where he plays a stuntman and Simran plays a doc?If anyone who has seen PKS happens to see this one, please do let me know. I’ll even pay for your therapy sessions.
While on the top of not-so-promising Akshay Kumar movies, I happened to watch Chandni Chowk to China recently on TV. Aside from the fact that it mixes Manmohan Desai, Kung Fu movies, The Three Amigos and a few fish-out-of-water movies into some sort of diabolical chow mein, what struck me the most was how easily this could’ve been a good movie.
There are around 20 minutes in the middle when Akshay is going through the manddatory training sequence at the hands of a Chinese ex-cop who happens to be Deepika’s dad. It is wonderfully tongue-in-cheek, and Akshay’s comic timing is just spot on. Why the hell couldn’t the rest of the movie maintain that standard? <Sigh>
July 3, 2009 at 1:20 pm
I got the same doubts when I read the Rediff reviews. In fact Raja Sen mentions, “a stuntman who doesn’t need anaesthesia”. If you remember, there was a scene in PKS just before Kamal is operated for his stomach pain when he remains conscious despite having given some anaesthesia.
I am not going to help you, though! Even if you promise therapy sessions. But I admit, I immensely enjoyed PKS except for some melodramatic parts in between.
July 3, 2009 at 10:12 pm
I generally trust Raja Sen’s views. Sigh.
This is why I mainly stick to old ones. At least even if they suck you don’t have that sense that you could have fed a third world nation on what the garbage you just saw cost to make…
July 5, 2009 at 11:59 pm
I had similar thoughts on CC2C, which I watched on the plane (and felt bad for anybody who had also chosen it as their in-flight entertainment). I kept hoping they’d get to the good stuff, but when they finally did, it felt so redundant.
July 6, 2009 at 10:08 pm
i’ve not seen either of the movies, but a lot of other reviewers have mentioned the similarities between Kambakkht Ishq & Pammal K Sambandham. The producers of KI has apparently bought the rights of PKS to avoid any controversies. People who have seen both are saying though, that KI is essentially a trashy version of PKS