This Article is From Jul 25, 2014

Today's Big Release: Salman Khan's Kick

Today's Big Release: Salman Khan's Kick

Salman Khan in a still from the movie Kick

Highlights

  • Eid has always proved a box office good luck charm for Salman Khan so it’s not just the superstar’s fans who are looking forward to Kick, releasing today, but also industry insiders and trade analysts.
  • Besides Salman, the movie which is the directing debut of producer Sajid Nadiadwala, also features Jacqueline Fernandez and Randeep Hooda in the lead roles. The plot reportedly revolves around a thief named Devil (played by Salman) who has a devil-may-care attitude towards life and lives only for his ‘kick’. Jacqueline plays his love interest while Randeep Hooda is the cop who Devil always manages to outwit.
  • Kick is a remake of the 2009 Telugu blockbuster of the same name starring Ravi Teja and Ileana D’Cruz. Notably, the soundtrack of the new film includes a song sung by Salman, and author Chetan Bhagat has writing and additional screenplay credits.
  • To say that expectations of Kick are high is an understatement.
  • Also up for release today, is the Hollywood comic film The Grand Budapest Hotel directed by Wes Anderson and starring an ensemble cast of noteworthies such as Ralph Fiennes, Jude Law, Bill Murray, Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum, Tilda Swinton, Owen Wilson and Jason Schwartzmann. The plot revolves around a hotel concierge in a fictional country who is accidentally implicated in the murder of a wealthy client and his subsequent adventures in an effort to prove his innocence.
New Delhi: Eid has always proved a box office good luck charm for Salman Khan so it's not just the superstar's fans who are looking forward to Kick, releasing today, but also industry insiders and trade analysts.

Besides Salman, the movie which is the directing debut of producer Sajid Nadiadwala, also features Jacqueline Fernandez and Randeep Hooda in the lead roles. The plot reportedly revolves around a thief named Devil (played by Salman) who has a devil-may-care attitude towards life and lives only for his 'kick'. Jacqueline plays his love interest while Randeep Hooda is the cop who Devil always manages to outwit.

Kick is a remake of the 2009 Telugu blockbuster of the same name starring Ravi Teja and Ileana D'Cruz. Notably, the soundtrack of the new film includes a song sung by Salman, and author Chetan Bhagat has writing and additional screenplay credits.

To say that expectations of Kick are high is an understatement.

Also up for release today, is the Hollywood comic film The Grand Budapest Hotel directed by Wes Anderson and starring an ensemble cast of noteworthies such as Ralph Fiennes, Jude Law, Bill Murray, Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum, Tilda Swinton, Owen Wilson and Jason Schwartzmann. The plot revolves around a hotel concierge in a fictional country who is accidentally implicated in the murder of a wealthy client and his subsequent adventures in an effort to prove his innocence.

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