Kite

Name: Kite
Genre: Drama
Released: June 15, 2012
Rating: 67

2012

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Patang (The Kite)

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Khushi Films | Release Date: June 15, 2012 | Not Rated

Summary: Kite weaves together the stories of six people transformed by the energy of India's largest kite festival. Every year a million kites fill the skies above Ahmedabad–dueling, soaring, tumbling and flying high. When a successful Delhi businessman takes his daughter on a surprise trip back to his childhood home for the festival, an entireKite weaves together the stories of six people transformed by the energy of India's largest kite festival. Every year a million kites fill the skies above Ahmedabad–dueling, soaring, tumbling and flying high. When a successful Delhi businessman takes his daughter on a surprise trip back to his childhood home for the festival, an entire family has to confront its own fractured past and fragile dreams.
Music and fireworks, food and laughter, a kaleidoscope of color and light, the magic of the kite flying high – a traditional recipe of healing and renewal. (Khushi Films)… Expand

Director: Prashant Bhargava

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

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Roger Ebert

Jun 13, 2012

This film is joyous, but more than that: It's lovely in its construction. The director, Prashant Bhargava, born and raised on Chicago's South Side, knows what his basic story line is, but reveals it subtly. Read full review

Peter Rainer

Jul 20, 2012

Above all, literally, are the kites. When a character says, "You fly these kites and feel the joy," we know just what he means. Read full review

Rachel Saltz

Jun 14, 2012

Patang ("The Kite"), Prashant Bhargava's first feature, has a lovely, unforced quality. That's because Mr. Bhargava lets his story, set during the annual kite festival in Ahmedabad, India, tell itself, unfolding slowly as he follows filmmaking's most basic and most sinned-against dictum: Show, don't tell. Read full review

Robert Abele

Jul 19, 2012

Bhargava's naturalistic approach to capturing the sights and sounds of a city in full revelry on rooftops and in the streets is colorfully vivid - reminiscent of Wong Kar-Wai's silky urban baths - but it threatens to keep the human drama at arm's length. Read full review

David Fear

Jun 12, 2012

As it is, this attempt at an Altmanesque ensemble piece feels a little dramatically flat even as it's dazzling your retinas. Read full review

Andrew Schenker

Jun 11, 2012

Far more concerned with indulging a slightly less glossy Slumdog Millionaire-like aesthetic than dealing with the frayed relationships of its characters. Read full review

Michael Atkinson

Jun 12, 2012

Less Bollywood than Generic Asian Family Drama Lite, when it's not a flat-out sunset-choked infomercial for Ahmedabad and its annual rooftop kite-flying festival. Read full review

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