Kites (2010)
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- Not Rated
- 2h 3min
- Action, Drama
- 21 May 2010 (Ireland)
- Movie
A wounded man searches for his sweetheart in the Mexican desert while on the run from the police, bounty hunters, and others.
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Awards:
- 5 nominations.
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Cast
| Hrithik Roshan | ... |
Jay Ray
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| Bárbara Mori | ... |
Natasha / Linda Ray
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| Nicholas Brown | ... |
Tony B. Grover
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| Kangana Ranaut | ... |
Gina B. Grover
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| Kabir Bedi | ... |
Bob Grover
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| Madhuri Bhatia | ... |
Mrs. B. Grover
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| Anand Tiwari | ... |
Robin
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| Yuri Suri | ... |
Jamaal
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| Steven Michael Quezada | ... |
Cop
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Bob Brahmbhatt | ... |
Satpal
(as Bob Brahamabhatt)
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Ivan Brutsche | ... |
Border Patrol
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| Dave Colon | ... |
Mexican Policia
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Tanya Dyce | ... |
Dancer
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Ronald Robert Hamilton | ... |
Railyard Worker
(as Ronald Hamilton)
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Jamie Haqqani | ... |
Police officer
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Cynthia Lee | ... |
Mexican Villager
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| Luce Rains | ... |
Bounty Hunter
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| Ron Ray | ... |
Satpal
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Clark Sanchez | ... |
Bounty Hunter
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| Camme Tyla | ... |
News Reporter
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Shaun Webb | ... |
Officer Freeman
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Avu | ... |
Wedding guest (uncredited)
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John Macho | ... |
Passerby (uncredited)
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Bruce Thompson | ... |
Paramedic (uncredited)
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Patricio Trujillo | ... |
Musician (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Anurag Basu | ||
Written by
| Anurag Basu | ... | (screenplay) |
| Robin Bhatt | ... | (screenplay) |
| Sanjeev Dutta | ... | (dialogue) |
| Akarsh Khurana | ... | (additional English dialogue) |
| Akarsh Khurana | ... | (screenplay) |
| Rakesh Roshan | ... | (story) |
Produced by
| Gilley Grey | ... | consulting producer |
| Gayatri Gulati | ... | International Distribution & Sales |
| James Ordonez | ... | executive producer |
| Rakesh Roshan | ... | executive producer / producer |
| Sunaina Roshan | ... | co-producer |
| Prashant Shah | ... | line producer: USA |
Music by
| Rajesh Roshan | ||
Cinematography by
| Ayananka Bose | ||
Editing by
| Akiv Ali | ||
| Mark Helfrich | ||
Editorial Department
| Steve Ansell | ... | additional editor |
| Dhiman Ghosh Chaudhury | ... | assistant editor |
| Zachary Dehm | ... | post-production assistant: Los Angeles crew |
| Vinod Durgavle | ... | on-line editor |
| Vasudevan Kothandath | ... | digital intermediate editor |
| Debakriti Kundu | ... | senior conformist: Reliance Mediaworks Ltd |
| Ken Metzker | ... | digital intermediate colorist |
| Nitin Minz | ... | conforming editor |
| Siddharth S Pande | ... | Visual Promotions |
| Karan Rawal | ... | assistant editor |
| Ashish Suryavanshi | ... | visual promotions |
Casting By
| Kathryn Brink | ||
Production Design by
| Rajat Poddar | ||
Art Direction by
| David Baca | ||
Costume Design by
| Roshan Ara | ||
| Ashish Dwyer | ||
| Suneet Verma | ||
Makeup Department
| Mahesh Gire | ... | key makeup artist: Kangana Ranaut |
| Ramesh Mohanty | ... | special makeup effects artist |
| Suresh Mohanty | ... | assistant makeup artist: makeup artist |
| Vijay Palande | ... | Hrithik Roshan |
| Christopher Trujillo | ... | special makeup effects artist |
Production Management
| Bonné Bartron | ... | production manager (as Bonne Bartron) |
| Patrick Esposito | ... | post-production supervisor: Los Angeles |
| Sunny Housen | ... | production manager |
| Trilok Housen | ... | production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Gautam Bhalla | ... | first assistant director |
| Ashima Chibber | ... | first assistant director |
| Gilley Grey | ... | second assistant director |
| Sachin Pilgaonkar | ... | first assistant director (as Sachin Sharma) |
| Sachin Sharma | ... | first assistant director |
| Sunil Subramani | ... | assistant director |
Art Department
| Zakir Ali | ... | props |
| Chanchal Bisht | ... | assistant art director (as Chanchal Bist) |
| Jason Cronburg | ... | leadman |
| Chris Pechin | ... | storyboard artist |
Sound Department
| Bob Beemer | ... | re-recording mixer |
| Vikram Biswas | ... | sound editor |
| Sanjay Chaturvedi | ... | dialogue editor |
| Patrick Cyccone Jr. | ... | re-recording mixer |
| Abhi Dave | ... | Boom Operator |
| Prashant Dcruz | ... | sound effects editor |
| Christopher Flick | ... | foley editor |
| Baylon Fonseca | ... | sound designer / supervising sound editor |
| Nerses Gezalyan | ... | sound mixer |
| Lee Gilmore | ... | sound effects editor |
| Gary A. Hecker | ... | foley artist |
| Scott Hecker | ... | supervising sound editor |
| Aftab Khan | ... | score mixer |
| Anuj Mathur | ... | re-recording mixer |
| Bill Meadows | ... | sound recordist |
| Michelle Pazer | ... | dialogue editor |
| Dhrubajyoti Phukan | ... | supervising mix editor |
| Derek Pippert | ... | supervising foley editor |
| Paul Pirola | ... | sound effects editor |
| Roy Seeger | ... | first assistant sound editor |
| Mukhtar Shaikh | ... | boom operator |
| Jitendra Vajpayee | ... | Foley recordist and Foley editor |
Special Effects by
| Robert Benavidez | ... | special effects technician |
| Skip Burrows | ... | special effects coordinator |
| Donnie Dean | ... | special effects technician |
| Jonn Herzberger | ... | special effects technician |
| Matt Kutcher | ... | special effects supervisor |
| Matthew James Kutcher | ... | special effects technician |
| Caius Man | ... | special effects foreman |
| Ian C. McArthur | ... | special effects technician |
| Andrew Miller | ... | shop foreman |
| Antonette J. Miller | ... | special effects assistant |
| Robert G. Willard | ... | special effects foreman |
Visual Effects by
| Abhishek Arya | ... | lead match move artist |
| Badarinathchinimilli | ... | digital compositor |
| Shidhyesh Bhogle | ... | lighting artist / visual effects artist |
| Prakash Bhoir | ... | team lead |
| Priyank Chaurasia | ... | team lead compositing |
| Abhineet Christian | ... | compositor |
| Murad Currawalla | ... | compositor |
| Kinjal Gajera | ... | render wrangler |
| Haresh Hingorani | ... | visual effects supervisor |
| Manik Iratkar | ... | digital matte painter |
| Narendra Joiya | ... | 3d artist |
| Hiral Kawa | ... | jr compositor (as Hiral Vyas) |
| Sagar Kudle | ... | modeller |
| Vinayak Mahadik | ... | digital artist / senior rigging artist |
| Prashant Mahashabde | ... | visual effects artist |
| Arjun Mitra | ... | visual effects supervisor |
| Udit Mohan | ... | digital compositor |
| Siddhartha S. Mondal | ... | digital compositor |
| Akash Pakhidde | ... | digital compositor |
| Shambhu Nath Pandey | ... | cg lighting artist |
| Nishikanta Patra | ... | matchmove artist |
| Swanand Phadnis | ... | Compositor |
| Rajiv Raghunathan | ... | digital intermediate production head |
| Mandeep Singh Saini | ... | compositor |
| Ronak Sanghadia | ... | title animation |
| Amjad Shaikh | ... | team lead |
| Krishna Somaiya | ... | visual effects coordinator |
| Satish Kanta Sorensangbam | ... | visual effects artist (as S. Satish Kanta) |
| Akshay Vichare | ... | lighting artist |
| Keitan Yadav | ... | visual effects producer / visual effects supervisor |
Stunts
| Anees Adenwala | ... | safety supervisor: underwater work |
| Mark Brooks | ... | stunts |
| Bobby Burns | ... | stunts |
| Ed Duran | ... | stunts (as Edward A. Duran) |
| David M. Graves | ... | stunt performer |
| Gilley Grey | ... | stunts |
| Dana Hee | ... | stunt performer |
| Luca Ispirescu | ... | stunt double |
| Angelique Midthunder | ... | stunts |
| Rich Minga | ... | stunt double |
| Denney Pierce | ... | stunt coordinator |
| Spiro Razatos | ... | stunt coordinator |
| Chester E. Tripp III | ... | stunts |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Amol-Shinde | ... | gaffer |
| L.K. Keerthi Basu | ... | first assistant camera |
| Dante Cardone | ... | gaffer |
| Saurabh Goswami | ... | first assistant camera |
| Jacques Haitkin | ... | director of photography: action unit |
| Jon Jung | ... | focus puller |
| Steve Koster | ... | aerial director of photography |
| Suraj Kurade | ... | Underwater assistant |
| Matthew Massie | ... | best boy grip |
| Kerry Monteen | ... | still photographer |
| Jon Myers | ... | steadicam operator |
| Onofrio Nino Pansini | ... | camera operator |
| Ketan Rath | ... | publicity pictures |
| Karann B Rawat | ... | first assistant camera (as Karan Bahadur Rawat) |
| Akshay Singh | ... | camera operator |
| Soni Singh | ... | assistant camera |
| Ganesh Sud | ... | assistant camera |
Animation Department
| Yuvraj Singh Dodia | ... | lead animator |
Casting Department
| Hemanshu Dadbhawala | ... | casting coordinator |
| Rich Gill | ... | extras casting associate: New Mexico |
| Latrell Manuel | ... | extras casting |
| Sankeetaan Raravir | ... | extras casting (as Shree Rammy) |
Location Management
| Amy Murphy Anderson | ... | assistant location manager (as Amy R. Murphy) |
| Eddie Fickett | ... | location manager: Las Vegas |
| Yvette Long | ... | assistant location manager: las vegas |
| Wade Whitman | ... | location manager |
| Paul Zepeda | ... | location scout |
Music Department
| Deborpirya Banerjee | ... | playback singer |
| Asif Ali Beg | ... | lyrics |
| Aniruch Bhatia | ... | playback singer |
| Mohit Chauhan | ... | playback singer (as Mohit Chouhan) |
| Mark Curry | ... | scoring mixer |
| Suzanne D'Mello | ... | playback singer |
| Vishal Dadlani | ... | playback singer |
| John Stewart Eduri | ... | composer: additional music |
| Nasir Faraaz | ... | lyrics |
| Suraj Jagan | ... | playback singer |
| Aftab Khan | ... | music editor |
| Krishnakumar Kunnath | ... | playback singer (as Kay Kay) |
| Anushka Manchanda | ... | playback singer |
| Julian Mascarenhas | ... | mix engineer |
| Dhrubajyoti Phukan | ... | music producer/programmer |
| Ashley Revell | ... | music editor |
| Hrithik Roshan | ... | playback singer |
| Rajesh Roshan | ... | playback singer |
| Abhijit Vaghani | ... | composer: additional music, BGM |
| Jackie Vanjari | ... | music producer: produced by |
Transportation Department
| Brian Claywell | ... | production driver |
| Jim DePue | ... | transportation coordinator |
| Michael DePue | ... | driver: production van |
| Vikas Dutta | ... | transportation coordinator |
| Pete Meda | ... | transportation captain |
| Miguel Pabon | ... | transportation |
| John Proctor | ... | driver |
| Patrick D Baker | ... | driver (uncredited) |
Additional Crew
| Jeanette Aguilar | ... | production coordinator |
| Devender Anand | ... | production executive |
| Rohini Bhandari | ... | PR & Marketing Team |
| Joe Freeman | ... | armorer |
| Shashank Jare | ... | Chief Executive Officer |
| Colette Longo | ... | medic |
| Dimitri Molimis | ... | production accountant: Las Vegas/Los Angeles |
| Rahul Nanda | ... | Campaign Designer |
| Kasia Neiman | ... | assistant: Brett Ratner (as Kasia Nabialczyk) |
| James Ordonez | ... | production liaison |
| Siddharth S Pande | ... | visual promotions (as Siddharth Pande) |
| Mahesh Ramanathan | ... | management team: reliance entertainment |
| Shree Rammy | ... | Head of Department: Shree Rammy |
| Sankeetaan Raravir | ... | In-charge supervisor (as Shree Rammy Pandey) |
| Sandip Soparrkar | ... | choreographer |
| Aaron Speiser | ... | acting coach: Hrithik Roshan |
| Charles A. Tamburro | ... | aerial coordinator / helicopter pilot |
| Ashley A. Valdez | ... | personal assistant |
| Nideesh Vasu | ... | subtitles |
| Weekdays | ... | catering & craft services |
| Nikhil Jassawalla | ... | consultant (uncredited) |
Thanks
| Elizabeth Shah | ... | the producers wish to thank |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Icon Film Distribution (2010) (Australia) (theatrical)
- Reliance Big Pictures (2010) (India) (theatrical) (Distributors)
- Tayrona Entertainment Group (2010) (Mexico) (theatrical) (all Latin America)
- Antenna Entertainment (2010) (Malaysia)
- Cinemax (2010) (Russia)
- Forum (2010) (Israel)
- Icon Film Distribution (2010) (New Zealand)
- MediaPro Distribution (2010) (Romania)
- NDTV Imagine (2010) (India) (tv)
- Nu Metro Productions (2010) (South Africa)
- Pathé (2010) (Belgium)
- Rapid Eye Movies (2010) (Germany) (DVD)
- Swen Group (2010) (Brazil)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Alpha Dog Locations (location coordinators)
- Aquila Travel (travel agency)
- Asal Masomi Public Relations (publicity)
- Dolby Laboratories (sound mix)
- Fresh Television (Subtitles)
- Lotus Entertainment Group (production consultant)
- No Stone Unturned Security & Investigative Services (set security)
- Rockbottom Rentals (walkie rentals)
- Spacecam Systems (aerial cameras provided by)
- Tayrona Entertainment Group (casting)
- Tayrona Entertainment Group (funding) (P&A)
Storyline
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In the harsh terrain of the Mexican desert, a mortally wounded man is left for dead in the heat of the desert sun. This is J. Once a street smart, carefree young guy. Now, a wanted man. As death looms, the only thing that keeps him alive is the quest to find the love of his life, Natasha. A woman betrothed to another man, but surely destined for J. A woman who comes into his life like a bolt of lightning and changes it forever. Written by DDA PR |
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Box Office
| Budget | INR600,000,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
| Trivia | Two versions were shot simultaneously - one predominantly in Hindi and an "international" version in English. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in Episode dated 6 June 2010 (2010). See more » |
| Soundtracks | Dil Kyun Yeh Mera See more » |
| Quotes |
Jay Ray:
Kites... flying high in the sky... free... dancing in the wind... with no worries... like two lovers... they meet, they fight... .they embrace... they almost become one... but it is not the will of the kites that makes them dance; because someone else... always holds the strings... See more » |