Before giving my review on KAI PO CHE!, Let me share with you a very
interesting struggle story of Abhishek kapoor (Director of KAI PO CHE!) a man
who lived up his dream on his own terms. Like the main three protagonist of KAI
PO CHE!, Abhishek kapoor's career graph is also full of ups & downs making
it a memorable roller coaster ride. Abhishek (aka as gattu) was born with a
silver spoon in mouth. In his early childhood he got an opportunity to study in
posh schools sharing his academic career with some of the very well-known star
kids (farhan akhtar, Abhishek bachchan, twinkle khanna, tushar kapoor few
many). But the time never remains same, by the time gattu completed his
academic career, that silver spoon was turned to bronze now. It was a time for
gattu now to take the responsibilities of family on his shoulders. Living to
his dad’s dream of being an actor & using his Bollywood contacts (Abhishek
kapoor is the cousin of Ekta kapoor), Abhishek got his first break as a main
lead actor. But the real story starts now, Abhishek kapoor's debut movie UFF
YEH MOHABBAT against twinkle khanna (also his real life love interest than) got
released in 1996 and it bombed at box office so miserably that it was tagged as
the most disastrous movie of that year. Abhishek kapoor was panned by many critics’
as a hero with militarian looks and wooden expressions. A very bad launch of
his career has brought him under a trauma; he got parted away from twinkle
khanna. However there were some directors who dared to cast him in some of their
movies, but the result was the same, they all fall flat right on their face at
box office.
Abhishek cuts all his contacts from his friends and families; he was in
dark zone for almost a year. He was not in touch even with his wife. He was
jobless for more than 4 years. It was a tough time for him, and it was this
time which makes him realize that how much one has to rely on his own dreams
rather than trying to live up to others expectations. His Family was running
under financial crashes at last he tried his hand in assisting some of the very
well-known directors than, but nothing materialize well. It was this time which
inspires him to write his first script. A story about jobless wrestler who
despite all his social and financial problems achieves what he desires in his
life. Movie was titled ARYAN. But again it was a task to find the producers to
back the Abhishek's dream. After struggling for years he got Vipul anand on board
to back his project. Abhishek was back in the market but with a very tight
budget to prove his caliber now. His first debut movie ARYAN made on a very
tight budget with no star value was ready to release, but with not so well
known star cast (sohail khan & sneha ullal) ARYAN never found a buyers,
after hiatus of long 1 and half years, movie finally got released in some
theaters, and as expected it marked the lowest opening in box office that year.
Though a very well made film ARYAN was one of the biggest flops of 2006
commercially. However it was well received by the critics. Abhishek's ability
as a director was evident in every frame of the movie. Though flop in 2006,
nowadays ARYAN is considered as Sohail khan's careers best movie till date. In
2008 Crossword has reported that the demand of DVD’s for ARYAN has increased
phenomenally, & by the end of 2011 producers has earned a whopping 5 - 7
crore just by the sales of DVD's.
After the release of ARYAN, Abhishek
was well known by the insiders as a genuine director by now, however he was
looking for the real fame which can justify his talent. He started working on
his second script, a story about four friends and there second chance to live
there dreams. This time it was EXCEL ENTERTAINMENT headed by Abhishek's school
buddies (farhan akhtar & ritesh siddhwani) to support his friend to live up
his dream. It was a project of experiment called ROCK ON!! Made on a very
restrain budget and a strong premise, the first Promo of ROCK ON!! went on air
in the monsoons of 2008. And with the very first promo, it was visible that
farhan & Abhishek has winners in their hand. ROCK ON!! Released with
minimum expectations and was proved out as the biggest surprise hit of 2008. It
hits the nation and band lovers like a storm. With ROCK ON Abhishek has shown a
new angle of bromance to Bollywood, it was a breakthrough movie, a real
trendsetter. Farhan akhtar who till now was just known for his directorial
ability, has shown his talent and brilliancy as an actor and singer, a true rockstar.
ROCK ON met with the both critical and commercial success. And is now consider
as a cult movie in the genre of bromance. Abhishek was riding high with ROCK
ON!! As movie was rewarded with the most prestigious National and Fimfare
award. Finally Abhishek got what he desired in his life.
After the humongous success of ROCK ON, Abhishek got flooded with the
offers from well-known producers to direct their movies, but being a man of its
own terms Abhishek has rejected all the offers, he also refuses to direct his
cousin Ekta kapoor’s movie. Meanwhile Farhan who gave Abhishek his first dream
breakthrough was ready with the final draft for the sequel of ROCK ON!! script
was written by him own which he wanted to be directed by Abhishek. However Abhishek
who has already rejected many offers from the big production houses of
industry, has not shown much interest in Farhan’s project too, which eventually
turned up as a reason for tiff between best buddies farhan & Abhishek (Its rumored
that the basic premise of the draft written by farhan was afterwards used by
his sister Zoya and she made Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara out of it which was a big
hit).
Against the norms of film industry and rejecting offers of almost all
the big production houses, Abhishek was ready to write his own script, he
wanted to live up the bromance once again. He wanted to recreate the same
euphoria that was created at the time of ROCK ON!! Instead of going with a mega
budget and star studded venture, Abhishek opted to go for an average budget
movie with a very strong script & instead of casting big stars he chooses
to cast new talents. He spent his valuable 2 years in just writing the script
and finalizing the leads for his next venture which was based on very popular
Indian novel 3 mistakes of my life written by Chetan Bhagat. Finally he begin
the shooting & as per the demand of the script Abhishek shoots much part of
the movie in a very crowded pols of Ahmedabad for constant 4 months & that
too in a skin scratching summers of 2011. Movie was titled KAI PO CHE!! Again
with the very first promo launch of KAI PO CHE!! It was visible that Abhishek
has done no mistake in taking his own time to make this film. Promos and songs
of the movie (music: Amit trivedi) became a viral hit. And was buzzed as one of
the most awaited movies of 2013. And Abhishek has one more time proved that
it’s the premise of the movie which attracts the people and not the big budget.
However after creating an initial buzz it’s now to see that how much KAI PO
CHE!! Lives up to our expectations.
Will Abhishek be able to hit the home run again
with KAI PO CHE!!? Will he shuts the mouth of big production houses by
delivering a hit again in a very constraint budget? Will he be able to do the
complete justice to the talent of new cast?
Matter not with the results of Kai Po che!!
Abhishek has already won the hearts of many like me with his really inspiring
success story. His journey is very well depicted in one of the songs of Kai Po
Che!!
Roothe
khaabon ko mana lenge, Kati patango ko thaamenge
Haa haa hai jazba, Ho ho hai jazba
Suljha lenge uljhe rishton ka manjha
Haa haa hai jazba, Ho ho hai jazba
Suljha lenge uljhe rishton ka manjha
Soyi
taqdeere jaga denge, Kal ko ambar jhuka denge
Haa haa, hai jazba, Ho ho, hai jazba
Suljha lenge uljhe rishton ka manjha
Haa haa, hai jazba, Ho ho, hai jazba
Suljha lenge uljhe rishton ka manjha
TAKE A BOW SIR!!
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