Kambakkht Ishq Movie Review

How much you enjoy Kambakkht Ishq is directly proportionate to just how low your standards have fallen. This battle-of-the-sexes saga starring Akshay Kumar and Kareena Kapoor is a loud, vulgar and seriously offensive film that has reportedly been made at a price of Rs 60 crore. In that much money, you could feed an entire starving nation. And you'd be blessed for it.


Indeed if the supreme silliness of the plot in "Kambakkht Ishq" works it's because of Akshay and Kareena's glorious goofiness. The lead pair, never in better form, gets into the grandly caricaturish groove effortlessly and convincingly.

Watching Kambakkht Ishq, you know you can't apply logic to a film like this. There are dozens of questions that have no answers

The film is a no-holds-barred gender war - tangy, spicy and supremely smug in its silliness. And Akshay's character slowly realises that there's more to love than scoring.

The farce fest miraculously manages to sustain the mood of zany fun most of the way. But some episodes like Boman Irani's cameo appearance as a shrink fall flat.

In more scenes than one, Akshay Kumar physically abuses female characters - including one in which he slaps Amrita Arora across her face four times. I don't care that Amrita Arora probably deserves some kind of punishment for her lousy acting, but I'm sorry Akshay, real men don't raise their hands on women. Even as a joke.

Applaud this film for its audacity, vivacity and energy. And please don't look for a reason behind the comic chaos. Some things are not meant to mean anything beyond what they seem. This film is a marvel of packaging.

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