A UTV Motion Pictures release of a Tips Industries presentation and production. Produced by Kumar S. Taurani, Ramesh S. Taurani. Directed by Aziz Mirza. Screenplay, Sanjay Chel.

With: Shahid Kapoor, Vidya Balan, Juhi Chawla, Om Puri, Vishal Malhotra, Himani Shivpuri. (Hindi, English dialogue)

It's difficult for a featherweight musical romance to remain light and breezy for 151 minutes, but the disarmingly charming "Kismat Konnection" rarely dawdles long enough for auds to note the passing of time or the padding of plot. One of a handful of recent Bollywood confections to get relatively wide North American release day-and-date with first runs in India, pic could generate word of mouth sufficiently favorable to attract ticketbuyers heretofore unexposed to such fare. Sweetly sincere love story, engaging performances by attractive leads and spirited presentations of peppy production numbers will be major selling points. Read More...

The Shahid Kapur-Vidya Balan starrer Kismat Konnection seems to have connected with the audience as it had a encouraging opening collection all over.

The film budgeted at nearly Rs 200 million collected Rs 270 million worldwide till Sunday.

The movie collected a revenue of Rs 207.6 million at the domestic box-office, averaging Rs 375,000 per print. The movie was released across 720 screens in India. Read More...

The actor went to see her latest movie in a Bandra theatre wearing a burqa, reports Prithwish Ganguly

Vidya Balan was so eager to experience the audience reaction to her latest release Kismat Konnection that she decided to go and see the film at a Bandra theatre wearing a burqa.

Says a source close to the actress, “Vidya was in Delhi for the premiere of the film on Friday. But she appeared desperate to see how the audience is reacting to the film. When she landed in Mumbai the next day, she went straight to Getty theatre to see the show. She had to wear a burqa or else she would have got mobbed.” Read More...

July 21, 2008 (Sawf News) - As Shahid Kapoor floundered through a largely clichéd script and Aziz Mirza's desultory direction of Kismat Konnection, Vidya Balan succeeded in infusing the film with some life, despite delivering an uninspired performance herself; a tribute to her awesome talent.

Kismat Konnection has had a disappointing opening and is likely to be counted as a flop against Balan's name. Someone was not interested in the film but it is difficult to say who because along the way the contagion must have spread to the entire cast, all of whom looked disinterested. Read More...

MUMBAI: Shahid Kapur - Vidya Balan starrer Kismat Konnection has grossed Rs 270+ million worldwide in its opening weekend.

The movie has been produced by Tips Films and released by UTV Motion Pictures. Kismat Konnection was released in more than 900 screens worldwide, including the US, UK, Australia, Pakistan and the Middle East amongst other countries.

As per figures provided by UTV, this is the highest opening ever for a Shahid Kapur film. The movie grossed Rs 20.76 crores with an average per print of Rs 3.75 lakhs in India. Read More...

In one of the gloriously gossamer moments in the film, the 'hero', a harassed working-class entity and the kind of bereft soul you would immediately recognize if you've grown up watching Aziz Mirza's working-class romances, with one of his shoes in hand looks up in the sky and says with a stifled sob, "I give up."

Fortunately God isn't listening when Raj Malhotra wants out. Imagine what we would do if the working-class hero stumbled and fell. Kismat Konnection is one of the sweetest and most endearing romantic comedies in recent times. Read More...

Her 10th film Kismat Konnection is special for many reasons - it realistic, youthful and with memories galore- Vidya Balan found it a “liberating experience”. Excerpts from an interview with the eloquent beauty

Were you attracted to Kismat Konnection because of its youthful theme? Read More...