''Kismat Konnection'' (''Fate Connection'') is an Indian

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-language

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film directed by

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who previously directed films including ''

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'' (1992), '' Yes Boss'' (1997), ''

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'' (2000) and '' Chalte Chalte'' (2003). The film stars

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and

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in the lead roles with

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in a guest appearance.

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is the narrator. Produced by Ramesh S. Taurani under the banner of

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, ''Kismat Konnection'' was released on July 18th, 2008. The film was declared a "Semi-Hit" at the box office. ''Kismat Konnection'' is a remake of the Hollywood film, '' Just My Luck'' which stars

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and

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Plot

This is a story about an

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Raj Malhotra. While he was a top student in his school and college days, he is not having much luck in finding work, clients or projects. All he does, seems to go wrong. Raj Malhotra goes to a

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named Haseena Bano Jaan. She advises him that his luck is not good and he needs a

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or a person who can change his life. Afterwards, Raj Malhotra meets Priya Saluja, who is ready to help the citizens of a community by trying to save a

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. Although they do not get along at first, Raj Malhotra eventually realizes that Priya Saluja is his lucky charm. Priya Saluja ends up helping Raj Malhotra through sticky situations and Raj Malhotra eventually figures out that she is, in fact, changing his life. Knowing this, Raj Malhotra lies to Priya Saluja by telling her that he will help her save the community center, but instead, he is trying to build a

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there so he can finally be recognized as an architect. He also falls in love with Priya Saluja and she too falls for him. However, when Priya Saluja finds out the truth about what Raj Malhotra is trying to do, she becomes sad. To make up for his lie, Raj Malhotra sells everything he has, not caring about his job. He proposes a plan to save the community center and ends up winning Priya's love and admiration.

Cast

as Raj Malhotra *

as Priya Saluja (Few lines as

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) *

as Haseena Bano Jaan (Guest Appearance) *

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as Sanjeev "Harry" Gill *

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as Rajiv Batra (Priya's Waving Friend) *

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as Hiten Patel *

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as Mrs. Manpreet Gill *

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as Dave Kataria * Dimple Sharma as Aditi Rao * Amit Varma as Karan Bahl (Priya's Fiancé) * Satyanand Gaitonde as Mr. Kabir Talpade * Gunjan Bakshi as Rita Ghatge *

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as Mr. Rahul Bakshi *

as a Narrator

Production

''Kismat Konnection'' (in other words "Connection of Fate") was previously titled ''Lucky Charm''. Kapoor and Balan began shooting for the film in

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and later continued in

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. Actress Juhi Chawla played the role of a gypsy fortune-teller dressed in typical colorful bright attire.

Reception

The film received an average rating of 3 out of 5 from the critics. "A simple romantic ''Kismat Konnection''", "which could have been a good romantic comedy, but lack of good one liners, a bit lengthy second half, typical climax makes it fairly average." However Taran Adarsh gave the movie 3 out of 5 calling it a simple and sweet film. He also said the performances by Shahid and Vidya are done very neatly. Noyon Jyoti Parasara of AOL.in also rated it 3.5 out of 5 and said, "Overall, ''Kismat Konnection'' bears the stamp of typical Aziz Mirza film. It's not a great story or an extraordinary film. But it's a nice, cute and emotional movie."

Box office

The film registered a very good opening at the box office. The film was released in more than 600 screens worldwide including US, UK, Australia and the Middle East. In the Middle East, the film did a business of . In the US, it collected by the second night of its release.

Release

This film was released worldwide on Friday, July 18th, 2008.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

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while lyrics had been written by

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and Shabbir Ahmed. 'Soniye Ve' was composed by

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. Remix songs were mixed by

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and Aks. According to the Indian trade website

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, with around 10,00,000 units sold, this film's soundtrack album was the year's fifteenth highest-selling. And remixes are connected style from Dance Bowling 90s.

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2008 films 2000s Hindi-language films Films featuring songs by Pritam UTV Motion Pictures films