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Kai Po Che!
Critic reviews and ratings
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Abhishek wields the director's baton like a magician's wand to create something so real, so magical, so close to heart that in the end; you walk out in a daze.
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I wouldn’t call Kai Po Che an exact retelling of Chetan Bhagat [ Images ]’s The 3 Mistakes of My Life. Kapoor clearly recognises the strengths (and limitations) of this story as a motion picture and labours to compound an emotionality worth rooting for even if it means significant departure from the source. It’s a beautiful risk. And it totally works.
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...is brimming with solid content. Watch it for the spirit it is made in. Watch it because it's the kind of cinema that pushes the boundaries.
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Welcome to another sensitive and superlative friendship film.
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It is simple, colourful and vibrant but it doesn’t shirk from portraying the grey, the black and the complex. But most of all, Kai Po Che! doesn’t sit on the fence...
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It's only February, but one of the year's best films has arrived.
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...deeply satisfying.
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...will leave you choked and feeling good. It will leave you bittersweet. And breathless.
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Abhishek Kapoor’s vision and execution are in sync, which is the reason the film looks so cohesive and doesn’t jar.
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...a lovely, emotive film...
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...heart-warming tale about passion, friendship and forgiveness. It not only will entertain you, it might also strengthen your faith that good Hindi cinema isn’t dead yet.
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...is sketchy yet engaging. It is abrupt and half-baked but the performances and music alone make the film worth a watch.
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...seems to have been made with much passion and dedication, and its intentions override its shortcomings. Casting, cinematography and music – and not the boys – are the film’s three heroes.
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...uses its runtime well, regaling with a simple story of dreams even as it touches the complexity of modern India's most shameful socio-political chapter. The film is among Bollywood's best so far this year.
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...a competently crafted, well acted and consistently engaging drama that makes its point without sinking into preachy paroxysms.
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Abhishek Kapoor’s adaptation shows what fine acting, good direction, and a well-crafted screenplay can do with a novel that I cannot imagine having been well-written.
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...is certainly a great adaptation of Chetan Bhagat’s novel but it falls short of blowing your mind.
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A well-crafted mass entertainer about sweeping emotions rarely comes along. Kai Po Che is one of them.
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The minor negatives however, cannot take away from the fact that Kai Po Che never for once commercialises and stays true to its soul. Watch it to witness one of the most realistic coming of the age films in the recent times.
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Thanks to the three fast-rising actors, technical finesse and some engagingly directed vignettes, 'Kai Po Che' is a cut above the commonplace.
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...is interesting at many levels, deftly executed, and a film born out of conviction.
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...manages to find its own distinct voice beyond these general simplifications. Primarily, because it builds well on the relationship of its three lead characters.
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The film despite a refreshing aesthetic and energetic world is strung together with a loose screenplay.
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Just another ‘buddy’ film inhabited by colourless characters.
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