Kisna

2005 "The Warrior Poet"
4.5| 2h50m| en
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The film is set in the India of the tumultuous 1930's when nationalists fighting for the country's independence rose up as one, urging the British to quit. At this time, a young Indian, Kisna befriends and then shields a British girl Katherine, from an enraged mob of nationalists including Kisna's own uncle and brother. Katherine is the young daughter of a ruthless British collector. Kisna takes it upon himself to escort Katherine to the safety of the British High Commission in New Delhi, who will arrange for her to board a ship home. A tender attraction develops between Kisna and Katherine during the journey, a love story that is torn between 'Karma' (the noble deed) and 'Dharma' (the duty). Laxmi, the Indian girl Kisna is engaged to, forms the third point in an emotional triangle involving the Indo-British romantic pair

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Scanialara You won't be disappointed!
PiraBit if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.
Hadrina The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful
Phillipa Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.
DesiBaba This was much better than what I expected it to be. Thankfully it did not have too much to do with the whole freedom fighters stories, which we have had way too many already. The direction was very good. The acting was okay. I felt the lead role was miscasted; Hritik would have been perfect as Kisna; he does the soft (poet) and hard (warrior) sides better than anyone in the industry right now. The lead actress Antonia is extremely beautiful (She looks a bit like Nicole Kidman and a bit like Naiomi Watts) and does very well as Catherine, her emotions come out pretty well considering she is not a native Indian and not that familiar with the Indian sensibilities. Good effort and some good direction. It was 30-40 minutes too long. The whole Raghuraj sequence was over-done and did not add any value at all. I also think the whole Indian culture is superior bit is over done. If the director wanted to go there the best thing would have been to let the viewers make their own conclusion rather than spelling everything out.
patrick-kelmer The Movie tells the story about an girl(Antonia Bernhardt) their grown up in Uttaranchal in the 1930's.Her Father sent her to London,and 1947 she come back to India. She falls in Love With her Childhout Friend Kisna(Vivek Oberoi).... The Story is about A love between an British Girl and an Indian Boy Around the 1947 Independence. Excellent Movie!!!!! *~*~*One of Best Movies Ever!!!!!!!!!!*~*~*~* The débutant's in the Movie are Antonia Bernhardt(Hindi Debut!!!) and Isha Sharvani(Film Debut). The Soundtrack is Very Nice.... The First song is Mujhme Shiv Hai(sung by Alka Yagnik and Sukhwinder Singh).The Song Hum Hai Is Pal is SO good,i love it!And the Mujra Song Chilman Uthegi Nahin(danced by Sushmita Sen).And the Last song is My Wish Comes True is so good.
kitman92 This is awful, awful , awful. A really bad film. I bought the soundtrack as I litsened to it on the radio it I thought the soundtrack was good and thus went out to see the movie, but i deeply regret that move. The acting in this was worse than Asoka, no screenplay, songs were OK but almost no context in the film!There was only one thing i liked about this movie. The shots of the Kashmir Landscape the got. It was truly Breathtaking, but that has nothing to do with the movie, i would give it zero if i could. They just put in some random Gymnast as a dancer and than bad acting by Vivek, topped with a stupid plot topped with no sense and than at the end Subash Ghai standing in the foreground staring out at the beautiful valley like he has made an Oscar Winning movie. I expected way more out of this. This was a letdown .A grotesque, lousy, motion picture.
anant_mathur My god!!! What a horrible film. One expects a lot better stuff from Mr. Subhash Ghai. Claiming to be a showman is only good if you can back it up with good films. But lately, Mr. Ghai has disappointed to say the least.I fail to understand what the point of Isha Shravani's character is in the film. Okay so the girl can do a rope dance, that doesn't mean you put that in the story. Her character doesn't belong in the story. It seems like Mr. Ghai used the First Draft of his film. Doesn't he think he should read his script over to make sure it makes sense? It seems like he wrote it, then forgot about it and then saw this girl who could do a rope dance and figured…Oh I should put her in the film, no one has ever seen a girl doing a rope dance. Mr. Ghai needs to re-read his scripts to make sure there are no loose ends, he seems like an amateur with this film. When I write a script I read it at least 50-60 times and keep changing things until it makes sense. That's what a good writer does. You can't be happy with the first thing you write that's just wrong.The story could have been so good without the Isha Shravani character. Her character totally screwed up the plot and the story. Mr. Ghai needs to stop making formula films, not every film needs to have a love triangle. Stories can be told without triangles. Mr. Ghai needs to take some pointers from the like of Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Mani Ratnam. Stop making the same story over and over and over again. What an idiot! If you're out of ideas, don't make films anymore; we don't need to be tortured like this.Mr. Ghai needs to go back to film school and learn the latest techniques of film-making and story telling. I feel sorry for anyone who's attending his film school. Doesn't he realize that the audience is getting smarter...People will no longer accept the crap they dished out 10-20 years ago. This film is actually worst than the worst films they made 10-20 years ago.Mr. Ghai did everything in the film from Direction to Writing to Producing to Editing. He seems to be very proud of that fact because its there in BIG letters in the film...perhaps he should concentrate on just one thing and leave the others to professionals. Okay...I don't want to talk about Mr. Ghai anymore…He's leaving a bad taste in my mouth.All the performances are average and I'm being generous here. The only one that stands out is a cameo by Sushmita Sen. Isha Shravani need to climb back up the rope she came down from. She can't act and the only reason it seems she's in this movie is because she can dance on a rope. That's the dumbest thing ever!! On the whole, I have never said this about a film, but...I WANT MY MONEY BACK...Don't waste your time or money on this one. Unless you want to see a girl spinning on a rope at 20 different parts of the film, for no reason what so ever, there is no reason to watch it. This is the by far the worst Subhash Ghai film ever. One expects more from him. DON"T WATCH IT AT ANY COST. Even if it's the last film left on earth, it's better not to see it. I'm so disappointed. I used to be a fan of Subhash Ghai films...Can you believe that!!!

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