Barbara Mori in GQ Magazine Cover

Check out Barbara Mori in the cover of GQs, where she opens her heart out and speaks about the men in her life, her cancer, her equation with Hrithik Roshan and the pride of being a mom. Love you Barbara

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Barbara wants to work with SRK

After romancing Bollywood heartthrob Hrithik Roshan onscreen, Mexican beauty Barbara Mori is now eying to work with superstar Shah Rukh Khan.

The 32-year-old actress has been praised for her sizzling chemistry with Hrithik in Anurag Basu directed ‘Kites’.

But before she can foray into Bollywood, the model-turned actress needs to brush up her linguistic skills and learn Hindi.

Barbara, who was here with Hrithik and producer Rakesh Roshan for the promotion of their film, sought help from the father-son duo to translate questions thrown at her by the audience.

When asked if she has signed any new projects the actress replied in negative but added, “I want to work with Shah Rukh Khan.”

Barbara and Hrithik were all praise for each other forming a mutual admiration society. The 36-year-old actor said that he has learnt alot from his Mexican co-star.

The onscreen couple seemed unfazed toward the lukewarm response of the critic and audience to their film.

While the actress, who has has worked in Mexican TV soaps and films like ‘Inspiracion’ and ‘La Mujer De Mi Hermano’, said ‘Kites’ was the best movie of her career.

Hrithik said that the 140-crore film is his labour of love straight from the heart which has garnered good reviews outside India.

“To each his own. I don’t really trust them (critics). When I debuted in Bollywood they referred me as god and then after two years they said I am finished. So I would rather follow my heart and do what I like than try to please the critics,” Hrithik said.

The film’s international version ‘Kites – The Remix’ has been edited by Hollywood director Brett Ratner of ‘Rush Hour’ and ‘X-Men: The Last Stand’ fame, which will hit the theaters on May 28.

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Kites Movie Review by Taran Adarsh

Everyone gathered to make a fun movie, but no one had a plan to do it or any interest in figuring out how. That, unfortunately, is what a viewing of Anurag Basu's 'Kites' feels like. It feels like the kind of movie that might have been designed by a marketing software program for MBA studio executives. And it seems more like a product than an attempt to tell a story.

There's no way around it - 'Kites' is repetitive, flat and completely forgettable. Its fitfully unfunny, never exciting or engaging, modestly entertaining, excessively dimwitted, and finally just too darn long - in a nutshell, its relentlessly average. The film leaves a bad taste, not only because of its bad-luck timing, but also the staleness of its achingly inept script.

Rakesh Roshan has doled out one of the most moronic screenplays of the year, full of holes that will be obvious even to those who aren't looking for them. And despite the presence of the talented modern age Ed Wood Mr Brett Ratner, 'Kites' doesn't even come close to matching the somewhat sketchy Rush Hour films for thrills or laughs. Anurag Basu had a tiff with the Roshans and was not involved with the editing; but this formulaic countdown-to-oblivion Bollywood flick is so sluggish and impersonal, it could very well have been directed from two continents away by a remote-controlled robot.

But of course there's the stunning, gorgeous, eye popping cinematography by Ayananka Bose, who captures Hrithik at his magazine-cover-best in every frame. Regrettably the DOP's hard work is shabbily complimented by the set pieces which are painfully predictable right down to the inevitable finale. And it doesn't help that Hrithik phones in another money-grubbing performance as a nameless ABCD, who never moves any part of his face until the climax, when he smiles with relief that the movie's over. The surgically enhanced Barbara Mori doesn't impress either - the Roshans expect the audience to find something intrinsically funny about Mori mouthing 'Mai ullu ki paththi hu', but the Wonderbra-flaunting bombshell has little else to offer. The chemistry between the leads is as hot as the harmony shared by Amrita Arora and Isha Koppikar in 'Girlfriend'. Its a shame, since the 'fake' Hrithik-Barbara off-screen romance was used to publicize the flick. There is nothing remotely steamy about the waterfall sequence, unless you're 12 and are in a boys' school. And as a result of a plot device gone awry, a blasé Kangana Ranaut comes and goes in the twinkling of the eye.

'Kites' really is producer Rakesh Roshan's film more than Anurag Basu's, and Roshan reverts to his usual Modus Operandi. Its all terribly uninteresting as it plays like somebody spliced random moments of a rejected Yash Raj idea into a cliche-riddled but self-serious love story. Roshan and Co. would have saved millions and millions of rupees had they just used footage from the films they ripped off to make this film - while one key scene is frustratingly reminiscent of the French comedy 'Priceless', the big action sequence gallingly features stunts of Yuen Woo-ping's classics.

Final verdict? 'Kites' fails as a comedy. It fails as an action thriller. It fails as a romantic dramedy. In fact, the only category I would put it into is that of a failure.

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Movie Review - ‘Kites’ fails to meet its hype and expectations

The much-hyped and perhaps the most awaited summer release ‘Kites’ opened in theatres yesterday and evoked mixed response from the viewers. The major drawback of the movie was its failure to live up to the promises and hype which had been built up with the much hullaboo about sizzling chemistry and passionate romance between Hrithik Roshan and Barbara Mori.

The storyline of the film is sheer romance but lacks the smoldering and passionate sexual chemistry between the two stars which was what the fans expected. The story of the film is simple and predictable with no new twists. Jai aka J (Hrithik) is a street-smart Las Vegas guy who romances with a rich girl Gina (Kangna Ranaut) for her wealth. When he meets Gina’s brother Tony’s (Nick Brown) fiancee Natasha (Barbara), he falls in love with her. Natasha too falls for him and the lovers elope and then the chase begins.

Set aside the negative aspects of the movie and you have two great looking sexy people with some interesting moments, gripping action sequences in the second half of the film, international look and appeal and best of all, melodious scores by Rajesh Roshan.

The international version seems to be more impressive than the Hindi version considering the global appeal. To sum it all, a one time watch and an average turnout for an over hyped movie!!!

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Barbara Mori to promote ‘Kites’ in India.

Barbara Mori to promote ‘Kites’ in India.Barbara Mori, who is playing the lead opposite Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan in his much-awaited Bollywood Movie ‘Kites‘, arrived in New Delhi on Monday for promotion of the film.

Directed by Anurag Basu, ‘Kites‘ is a love story that crosses borders and linguistic barriers. It’s a tale of romance between an Indian man and a Mexican beauty.

Bollywood Actress Kangana Ranaut plays a pivotal role in this film. Hrithik Roshan also makes his debut as a singer in the ‘Kites‘ album. Kites has been produced by Hrithik’s father Rakesh Roshan and has been distributed by Reliance Big Pictures. ‘Kites’ will be released worldwide in Hindi and English May 21 in over 60 countries.

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