Kal Kissne Dekha Explained

Kal Kissne Dekha
Director:Vivek Sharma
Producer:Vashu Bhagnani
Starring:
Music:Sajid–Wajid
Studio:Pooja Entertainment
Distributor:BIG Pictures
Runtime:134 minutes
Country:India
Language:Hindi
Gross:USD $54,048[1]

Kal Kissne Dekha (; contextually: Who knows what will happen tomorrow?) is an Indian Hindi-language romantic science fiction film directed by Vivek Sharma, who earlier directed Bhootnath. The film introduces debutantes Jackky Bhagnani and Vaishali Desai.[2] It has been reported to have similarities with the 2007 Hollywood film Next, starring Nicolas Cage.[3] Kal Kissne Dekha released on 12 June 2009. Upon release it received negative reviews.[4] [5] [6]

Plot

Nihal Singh is a teen from Chandigarh who loves to build complicated gadgets to learn what is behind science. He has a brilliant mind and dreams of studying at an elite science institute. When he is accepted into his dream college in Mumbai, he discovers college is a whole new world, new people and new challenges. At college Nihal is attracted to Meesha, a proud rude brat. She cannot accept that Nihal is managing to charm everyone his way including Professor Siddharth Verma, the warden of the college.

Nihal starts to get visions of Meesha being in danger. He saves her life and his secret is revealed that he can see the future. After this incident, love blossoms between Nihal and Meesha. Meanwhile, media exposure results in attention from anti-social elements, including an explosion at a mall. Nihal sees the explosion before it takes place and manages to rescue most people. It turns out one of Nihal's friend is behind the attack. Despite seeing the bomber, he keeps quiet and doesn't tell the police department. He strengthens up and decides to fight the attacker himself. At the end it was found that the attacker was none other than professor Siddharth Verma. He reached his house and after leaving from there he took car from there and ran to hotel where many people were residing. At last he got to know that bomb was planted in the car he took from professor house. In the end he saved the people from bomb blast and rather professor was killed in his own blast. The movie ends by nihal and meesha marriage, where media was interrupting them by asking whether they will have a boy or girl.

Cast

Music

Kal Kissne Dekha
Type:Soundtrack
Released:

17 March 2009 (India)

Genre:Feature film soundtrack
Length:42:33
Label:Big Music

The music was composed by Sajid–Wajid, with lyrics by Sameer. The music has gotten good reviews.

Production

The film commenced shooting on 18 June 2008 in the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. Durban, Cape Town, Stellenbosch (a town near Cape Town) and the University of Stellenbosch were the other locations. The prominent oaks in Stellenbosch can be clearly seen in many of the scenes. One of the dance numbers was shot in the university's library.

In March 2009, it was announced that Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail and Rubina Ali, two of the child stars of Slumdog Millionaire (2008), were cast in Kal Kissne Dekha.[7] [8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kal Kissne Dekha (2009) . Box Office Mojo . 2012-08-04.
  2. News: Manmohan Desai's niece to star opposite Jackky Bhagnani . 2008-02-12 . Bollywood Hungama.
  3. Web site: 'Do Knot Disturb'& 'Kal Kissney Dekha' starts rolling . https://web.archive.org/web/20080702030128/http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/hindi/article/39651.html . dead . 2 July 2008 . 2008-06-30 . IndiaGlitz.
  4. Web site: Kal Kissne Dekha. https://web.archive.org/web/20120512042824/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/moviemicro/criticreview/id/201763. dead. 12 May 2012. 12 June 2009. Bollywood Hungama. 2017-01-01.
  5. Web site: Kal Kissne Dekha : A truly dismal tomorrow. 12 June 2009. Rediff.com.
  6. News: Kal Kissne Dekha Movie Review. The Times of India.
  7. Web site: Azhar and Rubina shoot for movie where Shah Rukh has a cameo . . 5 March 2009 . 2009-03-05 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090312233243/http://www.siasat.com/english/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=329133&Itemid=55&cattitle=Entertainment . 12 March 2009 .
  8. News: From Slumdog to Bollywood. . 5 March 2009. 2009-03-05. Afsana. Ahmed. Smrity. Sharma.