Kismat Love Paisa Dilli Explained

Kismet Love Paisa Dilli
Director:Sanjay Khanduri
Producer:Amit Chandra
Reshma Chandrra
Krishan Chaudhery
Starring:Vivek Oberoi
Mallika Sherawat
Music:Amjad Nadeem
Santokh Singh
Cinematography:Savita Singh
Rituraj Narain
Editing:Dharmendra Sharma
Sandeep Francis
Runtime:129 minutes
Country:India
Language:Hindi
Budget: 16 crores[1]
Gross: 3.27 crores

Kismet Love Paisa Dilli is a 2012 Bollywood comedy thriller film directed by Sanjay Khanduri. The film features Vivek Oberoi and Malika Sherawat in lead roles.[2] It was released on 5 October 2012.

Plot

The film is set on a winter night in Delhi where a middle-class, Delhi university guy falls in love with a girl anchoring a fashion show. In the process of wooing her, someone plants a sting operation tape in his pocket. This sting operation has a minister talking of buying and selling MLAs and media heads from his Swiss bank accounts. Unknowing, he is chased by corrupt cops and good guys to get that tape back. Soon he gets to know of tape with him and its high relevance. How this university student who always talked against corruption like any layman, now gets bribed himself by the big offer thrown by Minster's man constitutes the edge of the seat climax of story.

Cast

Soundtrack

Kismat Love Paisa Dilli
Type:soundtrack
Artist:Amjad Nadeem, Santokh Singh
Released:2012
Genre:Feature film soundtrack
Language:Hindi

The soundtrack was composed by Amjad Nadeem and Santokh Singh, with lyrics written by Shabbir Ahmed and Santokh Singh.[5]

Reception

Critical reception

Rohit Khilnani of Rediff gave the film 1 out of 5, writing "KLPD is teeming with lame stereotypes. Homosexuals, especially, have been portrayed in an exaggerated manner. The jokes only get more stereotypical and distasteful. Girls are called Totta (a New Delhi slang for a hot chick), all the city cops are out to break every law, a young Sikh kid is asked, "Barah baj gaye kya?" and all middle class boys are a bunch of embarrassing skirt-chasers."[6] Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave the film 1.5 out of 5, writing "Vivek Oberoi has the boyish charm that makes him do outlandish and outrageous stuff. He does it all with sincerity. Mallika Sherawat enacts her part monotonously. Ashutosh Rana is wasted. Ditto for Neha Dhupia. The remaining actors just fill the bill. On the whole, KLPD - KISMET LOVE PAISA DILLI is a comedy that neither entertains nor tickles. In fact, this comedy is more of a tragedy!"[7] Rachit Gupta of Filmfare wrote "KLPD is unconvincing of what genre it’s trying to represent and it doesn’t help that the film is slavishly formulaic. Not to say all is bad. Ashutosh Rana and his Haryanvi gang of goons are fairly entertaining, so is Anshuman Jha in what looks like a cross between Bruce Lee and Jim Carrey."[8] Vinayak Chakravorty of India Today wrote "KLPD falls short of imagination and wit when it comes to setting up the thrills. Khanduri's last Metro just doesn't have the pace of his Last Local."[9]

Box office

Its nett gross was 3.27 crore.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kismet Love Paisa Dilli - Movie - Box Office India. www.boxofficeindia.com. 14 January 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20170517234547/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=1145%2F. 17 May 2017. live. dmy-all.
  2. Web site: Is 'KLPD’ a vulgar, double meaning title?. Vijay. Singh. The Economic Times - The Times of India. 22 August 2012. 13 April 2023. 13 April 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230413231533/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/is-klpd-a-vulgar-double-meaning-title/articleshow/15598866.cms. live.
  3. Web site: Kismet Love Paisa Dilli Mallika Sherawat's comeback film?. India Today. 12 October 2012. 13 April 2023. 13 April 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230413025315/https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/kismet-love-paisa-dilli-117742-2012-10-03. live.
  4. Web site: Mallika Sherawat is a "no-nonsense Delhi girl". NDTV. 5 October 2012. 13 April 2023. 13 April 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230413025315/https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/mallika-sherawat-is-a-no-nonsense-delhi-girl-628709. live.
  5. Web site: Kismet Love Paisa Dilli. https://web.archive.org/web/20200803160224/https://www.hungama.com/album/kismet-love-paisa-dilli/1560244/ . 3 August 2020.
  6. Web site: Review: KLPD is a ride best avoided. Rohit. Khilnani. Rediff. 13 April 2023. 13 April 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230413024945/https://www.rediff.com/movies/report/review-klpd-is-a-ride-best-avoided/20121005.htm. live.
  7. Web site: Kismet Love Paisa Dilli Movie Review: Set in Delhi, ‘Kismet Love Paisa Dilli’ is a one night madcap story of Lokesh and Lovina. Lokesh is a college going middle class guy and Lovina is the girl next door, who miss their last metro back home and a series of on the edge moments occur through the night where Lokesh and Lovina. Taran. Adarsh. Taran Adarsh. 5 October 2012. 13 April 2023. 13 April 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230413024945/https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/kismet-love-paisa-dilli/critic-review/kismet-love-paisa-dilli-movie-review/. live.
  8. Web site: Movie Review: Kismet Love Paisa Dilli. Filmfare. Rachit. Gupta. 7 October 2012. 13 April 2023. 13 April 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230413024946/https://www.filmfare.com/reviews/movie-review-kismet-love-paisa-dilli-1403.html. live.
  9. Web site: Movie review: Kismet Love Paisa Dilli. India Today. Vinayak. Chakravorty. 19 October 2012. 13 April 2023. 13 April 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230413024945/https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/reviews/story/movie-review-kismet-love-paisa-dilli-117922-2012-09-27. live.