Kai Po Che! (also known as Kai Po Che: Brothers... for Life) is a 2013 Indian drama buddy film directed by Abhishek Kapoor based on Chetan Bhagat's novel The 3 Mistakes of My Life,
[2] with music by Amit Trivedi and lyrics by Swanand Kirkire. Sushant Singh Rajput, Rajkummar Rao and Amit Sadh star as the three main protagonists while Amrita Puri plays the female lead.
[4] The film title Kai Po Che! is originally a Gujarati phrase that means "I have cut" which refers to Makar Sankranti (known as Uttarayan in Gujarat) where one of the competitors uses his kite to cut off another competitors kite and yells "Kai Po Che!"
[5]The shooting started mid-April in Vadnagar and Ahmedabad.
Set in Ahmedabad, the story revolves around three friends, Ishaan (Sushant Singh Rajput), Omi (Amit Sadh) and Govind (Rajkummar Rao), who want to start their own sports shop and sports academy. The film tracks their deep friendship, and innocence tarnished by religious politics and communal hatred, which results in their fallout, and an eventual death. Kai Po Che! had a world premiere at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival on 13 February 2013 where it was the first ever Indian film to feature in the World Panorama section.
[7] Kai Po Che! released world wide on 22 February 2013 and met with critical acclaim among Indian reviewers, but negative reviews internationally.[11][12]
Cast
Sushant Singh Rajput as Ishaan Bhatt
Amit Sadh as Omkar Shastri aka Omi
Rajkummar Rao as Govind Patel
Amrita Puri as Vidya Bhatt
Digvijay Deshmukh as Ali
Asif Basra as Ali's father
Chitranjan Thakur as Vinay
Manav Kaul as Bittu Mama
Tahir Raj Bhasin as Ali (adult)
Bakul Syal as Ballu Balram
Rohit Bhatnagar as Tinku
Manish Chawla as Mannu
Ishaan (Chetan Bhagat's son) as Ishaan Patel[13]
Dinesh Kumar as John
Ashish Kakkad as Vishwas
Ajay Jadeja as cricket commentator (cameo role)
Gaurav Kapur as cricket commentator
Atheeq Samad & Jazeer as Guest Appearance
The music was composed by Amit Trivedi. Lyrics were penned by Swanand Kirkire and Shruti Pathak(Gujarati lyrics in Shubhaarambh), while the background score has been scored by Hitesh Sonik.
Marketing
The director had a four-city promotional strategy. There were plans of bonding with friends in four cities and hanging out with them.
Sushant Singh Rajput was to host a private screening of Kai Po Che! in his hometown of Patna for his childhood friends.
On 18 February 2013, a star-studded premiere was organised in Cinemax, Versova, Mumbai.
Actors like Aamir Khan, Hrithik Roshan, Huma Qureshi, Arshad Warsi praised the film
[2] with music by Amit Trivedi and lyrics by Swanand Kirkire. Sushant Singh Rajput, Rajkummar Rao and Amit Sadh star as the three main protagonists while Amrita Puri plays the female lead.
[4] The film title Kai Po Che! is originally a Gujarati phrase that means "I have cut" which refers to Makar Sankranti (known as Uttarayan in Gujarat) where one of the competitors uses his kite to cut off another competitors kite and yells "Kai Po Che!"
[5]The shooting started mid-April in Vadnagar and Ahmedabad.
Set in Ahmedabad, the story revolves around three friends, Ishaan (Sushant Singh Rajput), Omi (Amit Sadh) and Govind (Rajkummar Rao), who want to start their own sports shop and sports academy. The film tracks their deep friendship, and innocence tarnished by religious politics and communal hatred, which results in their fallout, and an eventual death. Kai Po Che! had a world premiere at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival on 13 February 2013 where it was the first ever Indian film to feature in the World Panorama section.
[7] Kai Po Che! released world wide on 22 February 2013 and met with critical acclaim among Indian reviewers, but negative reviews internationally.[11][12]
Cast
Sushant Singh Rajput as Ishaan Bhatt
Amit Sadh as Omkar Shastri aka Omi
Rajkummar Rao as Govind Patel
Amrita Puri as Vidya Bhatt
Digvijay Deshmukh as Ali
Asif Basra as Ali's father
Chitranjan Thakur as Vinay
Manav Kaul as Bittu Mama
Tahir Raj Bhasin as Ali (adult)
Bakul Syal as Ballu Balram
Rohit Bhatnagar as Tinku
Manish Chawla as Mannu
Ishaan (Chetan Bhagat's son) as Ishaan Patel[13]
Dinesh Kumar as John
Ashish Kakkad as Vishwas
Ajay Jadeja as cricket commentator (cameo role)
Gaurav Kapur as cricket commentator
Atheeq Samad & Jazeer as Guest Appearance
The music was composed by Amit Trivedi. Lyrics were penned by Swanand Kirkire and Shruti Pathak(Gujarati lyrics in Shubhaarambh), while the background score has been scored by Hitesh Sonik.
Marketing
The director had a four-city promotional strategy. There were plans of bonding with friends in four cities and hanging out with them.
Sushant Singh Rajput was to host a private screening of Kai Po Che! in his hometown of Patna for his childhood friends.
On 18 February 2013, a star-studded premiere was organised in Cinemax, Versova, Mumbai.
Actors like Aamir Khan, Hrithik Roshan, Huma Qureshi, Arshad Warsi praised the film
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