Cast and Crew:
Movie Title: Kambakkht Ishq
Release date: July 03, 2009
Language: Hindi
Genre: Comedy
Cast: Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor, Amrita Arora, Aftab, Kirron Kher, Sylvester Stallone and Denise Richards
Cinematography: Vikas Shivraman
Music: Anu Malik
Produced by: Sajid Nadiadwala
Directed by: Sabbir Khan

The Movie:
Kambakkht Ishq is just another typical Akshay Kumar, playing his role as the chauvinist playboy after Garam Masala and Heyy Babyy.  film with enough lack of logic, silly situations and sexist humour. But, this movie lacks in ‘good’ comedy part as the film runs out of steam in the humour department. The more the level of gimmickry in a film, fewer are the chances of it being watchable. The movie has got nothing except  Hollywood stars as special casts, bikini scenes, or the location.

The Story:
Kambakkht Ishq is the story of Viraj (Akshay), a Hollywood stunt man who needs a hit after several debacles. Viraj doesn’t believe in marriage and lives by the belief that women are good for only two things. When he comes to know that his younger brother Lucky (Aftab) is getting married to Kamini (Amrita), he rushes to break it off. Also present there is Simrita (Kareena), Kamini’s best friend, who’s there to dissuade her from her from getting married to a ‘second hand’ person aka a stuntman. But then the couple have already made up their mind, leading to a war of words between the chauvinist Viraj and snooty Simrita. The reason why Simrita (who by the way is a medical student cum part time model) hates men is the examples she has seen in her own family. She therefore believes men are only interested in getting into a woman’s pants. Post this, fate has Viraj and Simrita bumping more into each other more often, doubling up their hate for each other. Meanwhile, Simrita’s stubbornness leads Lucky and Kamini to the brink of divorce. While Viraj tries to stop this divorce, Simrita is determined to see it happen. Things get more complicated when during Viraj’s operation, Simrita accidentally leaves her watch inside his stomach. What it all leads to forms the rest of the plot.

Performances:
Akshay Kumar , reprises his role as the chauvinist playboy after Garam Masala and Heyy Babyy and has done a terrific form as a stunt performer. He is simply superb in his award acceptance speech.

Kareena has never looked so hot before as she exposes her body with bikini fits. She manages to put up her own against Akshay but is saddled by poor characterization, especially in the second half. Almost 80 percent of the time her character has been burdened with a permanent growl on the face.

Aftab, Kirron Kher and Amrita Arora has done average parts. Aftab is passable. Boman Irani in a single scene appearance is hilarious but Javed Jaffrey gets on your nerves and its high time he realises that his ‘punny’ jokes don’t work every time. Vindoo Dara Singh as the dumb assist of Akshay is mirthful. Amongst the Hollywood stars, Sylvester Stallone commands great screen presence but Denise Richards looks sexy but too old in the film.

The Plus:
Kareena Kapoor is the only sparkler in the entire film.
Surprise entry of Sylvester Stallone and Denise Richards in bollywood

The Minus:
Comedy parts are not actually comedy, instead unbearable.
Weak story with pathetic scripts.

Verdict:
You will hate bollywood cinema once you watch this film..!

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