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alright, so sounds like it may not be sooo bad... i'm not exactly happy with all those kissing scenes... but i'm hoping the jokes will make me laugh... let's see... although, i do get the feeling i may not like it as much... i never like cheap humour, so let's see...

Originally posted by: anaya.dewan

Was in a really really bad mood, had a fight with my boyfriend (well he refuses to watch bollywood cinema) and I desperately wanted to see Kambhakt Ishq. Anyway, I went with my friends, after a fight with him, but once in, I definitely forgot our nasty fight. I didn't laugh this much even in Garam Masala or Golmaal

Critics are giving bad reviews because they had huge expectation from this movie, Akshay and Kareena. Akshay is a talented actor, so it's obvious to have expectations. I don't know why good actors waste their talent on such movies. Ditto for Kareena. She is in a position, where she doesn't have to kiss so many times in a movie. But she is, that's a shame. Just my opinion.

Originally posted by: desigal90

Clearly they didnt see the finished product Enycedoll.

Akki didnt see it even till yesterday. They both only saw it on the trial. ANd its possible that a lot their sequences got deleted, coz they chopped the movie down quite a bit. THe sword fighting sequence wasnt in there, and neither was that cute scene at the end of one of ht edialogue promos where kareena flinches and makes a face when akki kisses her. Neither was the part where Kiron Kher goes, "Yahi hota hai jab theek time pe shaadi na ki jaye, hormones sir mein ghus jaatein hain"

Kambakkht Ishq: Punjabi family po*n

Kaveree Bamzai
July 3, 2009

Name: Kambakkht Ishq
Director: Sabbir Khan
Starring: Kareena Kapoor, Akshay Kumar
Rating: 2 stars

It started with Dostana. And with Kambakkht Ishq, it has reached its peak. It's called Punjabi family po*n, and it allows entire families to see vulgarity together and laugh. In the pursuit of that, we have Kareena Kapoor, playing a model training to be a surgeon (cue the eye rolling) and Akshay Kumar acting as a stuntman, or as Kareena calls him, a secondhand person living a secondhand life (yes, clench your teeth girls, he's a sexist pig). There is a ludicrous plot that involves Kareena leaving her watch inside Akshay's intestines (don't ask!) when she operates on him. The watch, you see, has the habit of breaking out into the wedding mantra every hour, and naturally Kareena needs to get it out. Hence an elaborate charade, where she pretends to love him, to get it back. What she doesn't know is that Akshay after calling her a litany of names-from frigid ***** to nosey cow-falls in love with her, but only after she wears a Valentino bikini and dives off a yacht with him.

But I am getting ahead of myself here. Kambakkht Ishq is meant to be in the rom com genre, where Katherine Heigl or Kate Hudson is usually playing the posh girl who will take a giant fall. So I suppose Kareena should regard it as a promotion that she is the star in a film where one of the industry's biggest actors is actually playing her sidekick. And how. He's a good Punjabi munda, so he thinks of his mother when he's in pain, touches Sylvester Stallone's feet when he receives an award from him, and doesn't sleep with the Bharatiya nari when she gets drunk (will Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge haunt every Punjabi-fed film till eternity?). He hates women (but loves the sex) and doesn't want his buddy to marry one, even though she's a lingerie model. Said lingerie model's best friend, Kareena, also hates the opposite sex because her father left her and her sister's divorced. Yes, welcome to the new dysfunctional Punjabi family where there's either a gay man in the closet or a divorce in the bedroom, or both.

We've got used to seeing potty jokes from Akshay by now. But this one falls to a new low, where he even manages to pass gas in Amrita Arora's face. He traumatizes Kareena, teases her, kisses her against her will, so of course we know she will eventually fall in love with him, even though Denise Richards is just dying to have golden babies with him. For some reason the CBFC did not find any of the rude comments offensive and have given it a U/A certificate-well done, this is exactly the sort of treatment of women we should be training our young men in.

The movie is goodlooking enough, as it should be given that most of the budget went into Kareena's wardrobe. There's even a portion shot in Venice just for insurance. But this is a highly unfunny, boorish and pig-like comedy, and I would not recommend it to anyone even on a Bollywood starvation diet.

What to watch out for:

1. Kareena's wonder lipgloss, which never wears off even Akshay kisses her thoroughly, which he does at least five times. Ok I admit I was counting.
2. Her clutches, which she clutches to her bosom. She has to, there's usually every little else covering it.
3. Akshay's Punjabi-fied English. Even when he's uttering cool stuff, as in why don't you meet me in the tub, I'll get us some champagne, it's a hoot.

What to ponder upon:

1. Which stuntman has such a life, I want to know. A sidekick who's always massaging his shoulders and drinking his discarded protein shakes, and a woman who is always fixing his feet.
2. How much money did they pay Denise Richards to kiss Akshay?
3. Why is Kareena not looking like a million bucks even though more than that has been spent on her costumes?
And most of all
4. Why was it made?

http://indiatoday.intoday.in/index.php?option=com_content&issueid=113&task=view&id=50040§ionid=67&Itemid=1

everything in this film is 🤡 . e.g. Even if he is in hollywood, which stuntman lives like a king?, in a palace like house???

after so many bad reviews, i definetely wanna watch the movie! lol

Guys its typical maslaa movies. I think the reason its being thrashed is the expectations, but its not a BAD movie by any regard. I was let down coz of my expectations. But overall, not a bad movie. You'll have fun, just go.

Originally posted by: Enycedoll

after so many bad reviews, i definetely wanna watch the movie! lol

Just watched it.. and hated every minute of it. I mean WTH were they thinking?!