Bobby Deol's luck (Kismat) is on a bet with Guddu Dhanoa's 'Kismat'. His father Dharamendra faced 'Kahani Kismat Ki' way back in 1973 when Arjun Hingorani made that film. It was a runaway hit as it hit the box office with a bang. Not many know that Bollywood's first blockbuster was 'Kismat' made in 1942 with Gyan Mukherjee directing Ashok Kumar for the first time in a role in which he had gray shades. Ashok Kumar played a con man. He was running away from the police and that trend was revived in Amitabh Bachchan's film again in the 70's and 80's. Apart from this there have been four more films made with the same title. In 1956, director Nanubhai Bhatt, in 1969 director Manmohan Desai, in 1980 director Bhisham Kohli and in 1995 director Harmesh Malhotra made 'Kismat'.
And now it is the turn of sada praa (our brother) Guddu Dhanoa to try his luck in this Bobby Deol and Priyanka Chopra starrer. Made by "Time Magnetics", which suffered losses in many territories in 'The Hero-Love Story of A Spy' starring Bobby's big brother Sunny and same lady Priyanka, this film could make or break career of Bobby Deol. There have not been many films for this younger Deol and the last film that he did with Guddu was '23rd March 1931: Shaheed', which was a big disaster at the box office. Guddu is heavily relying on this project because his last few films post 'Bichchoo' have flopped whether it was 'Jaal' or 'Hawa'. So it is predictable for all associated with this film to keep their flags flying. Incidentally, this is also Priyanka Chopra's first solo film. Tony (Bobby Deol) is a happy- go- lucky kind of man. Generally in masala films like this he too is orphan and has learnt harsh realities of life through struggles.
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Streets of Mumbai have been his learning and playing ground and he loves to play each and every game of life that comes his way. So he is part badmash extracting money from those who have not turned up to pay their loans. He also takes Supari and when he gets time from all this he also plays love game. On such a night where Tony is freaking in a nightclub he happens to meet a shining and sexy Sapna (Priyanka Chopra). Sapna steals not only the show but also apna Tony's dil too. Tony now has no other sapna than to make this Sapna his apna. Life takes turn here too and Tony has given Supari to threaten an officer not to create hurdles in releasing the papers for sale of some spurious drugs. Tony did not know even in his dreams that this officer is none other than Sapna's father. The spurious drugs claim many lives. Sapna's father is put behind the bars and her mother commits suicide. Sapna wants Tony's support but how could he disclose that he himself has ruined not only Sapna's life but also his own sapna. What would Tony do now? Will he be able to arrange evidence to prove innocence of Sapna's father? Or Sapna will come to know the real Tony? All this and more make 'Kismat' a typical masala fare that you can watch with a big popcorn pack and some coffee and also keep on chatting with your gang of friends in cinema hall.
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Apart from Bobby and Priyanka, 'Kismat' also boasts of some senior players. Kabir Bedi is the medico mughal and plays the corporate kingpin Raj Mallaya. There are also likes of Ashish Vidyarthi, Sanjay Narvekar, Shahbaaz Khan and Mohan Joshi who have aptly supported the film's pace. 'Kismat' is that helluava kind of movie where you know the flow of the story right from the word go and most of the sequences that are shown on the screen have been imbibed earlier also in many masala flicks. So what's new in 'Kismat'? To be very frank there is nothing that can be termed as the USP of this Guddu-Bobby film, but that does not make the reason to totally write off the film. Being a Time movies, production values of the film are very high. Songs like "Mahi Mere Mahi" have been picturised on lavish sets and there is much grandeur and style in filming the scenes too. Not only "Mahi Mahi" but other songs too are catchy and hummable. Anand Raj Anand has been successful in creating some songs of the season and the songs have added to the face value of the film.
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Bobby Deol once again is seen as an angry young boy that has lived up to his image. The tag of 'Angry Young Boy' was stuck to him in a film like 'Humraaz' where he was always at the apex of the all the happenings around all characters. Bobby as Tony fits the bill like glove. Moreover he has improved a lot in delivering emotional scenes. His capabilities to carry on action scenes with ease has been an added advantage and Guddu a master of action flicks once again has utilized these capabilities of the boy to the full. Priyanka Chopra too comes up well this time. Having done two heroines' films so far both in 'Andaaz' where she shared the limelight with Lara Dutta and in 'The Hero' with Preity Zinta, this first solo film of her gives immense opportunities to showcase her talent without getting overshadowed by the other actress. The chemistry between Bobby and Priyanka looks real and the pair can work wonders in terms of pairing on the screen if given some good scripted roles. On the whole, 'Kismat' may not be a runaway hit but it will sustain due to its music numbers and action fares. The film will get better response in the Hindi belt and given the way the film has been treated in street style there are chances that it may click in metros too. But, multiplexes will have to bear its burden.
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