Kambakkht Ishq

After a lot of days, I was fortunate enough to catch a movie on the first day of release.

"Kambakkht Ishq" aka Incredible Love. Yes, that’s what IMDB has translated it into. Incredible Love if translated back becomes “Aviswasaniya Pyaar” [courtesy Google Translate]. Now I’m sure, those guys who run the IMDB site don’t respect our national language nor do they care for Bollywood. That explains why the master flicks like Gunda, Loha have been kept out of the IMDB all-time top 250 list despite of achieving cult status in our country.

Coming back to Kambakkht Ishq. I would translate it into something like “Damn Romance”. Suits it better I guess. I don’t want to post a spoiler. So I would rather give reasons for watching the movie and a few statutory warnings.

Here are the reasons why you should watch the movie.

Gay rights have been legalized in India. Gays Celebrated. But for the prudes, who still believe that men can only be charmed by skimpily clad beautiful women, this movie would give a chance to rejoice in these times of despair. There’s enough of bare skin.

Yeah, this movie is for those who were at some point or other driven into a state of insecurity and suffered from inferiority complex because of John Rambo and Rocky Balboa. Now dudes, if you ever had anything against Stallone, please drop it for the good. He has turned into a father figure who now is blessing the lesser known Indian stars with the same hands that once carried the missile launchers. He’s now learning Hindi and saving sexy Indian girls from rogues.

Above all, the most important reason for watching this movie is Akshay Kumar. The devil is back in action.

Now just a couple of words of caution: If you are carrying your brain along with you anytime anywhere you go, Please heed my words. Lock it safely in a case and leave it at home. Else you won’t get the real pinch of the movie.

One more thing, don’t confuse it as a Karan Johar movie because of the K in the beginning and the 2 KK in the middle. So don’t expect too much mush. All die-hard fans of emotional outbursts who cannot tolerate more than 15 minutes of a movie without either the hero or the heroin breaking down into loud sobs are hereby requested to refrain from watching the movie.