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  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • First Pond Entertainment
  • 1 h 33 m
  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • First Pond Entertainment
  • 1 h 33 m

Summary Kite weaves together the stories of six people transformed by the energy of India's largest kite festival. Every year a million kites fill the skies above Ahmedabad–dueling, soaring, tumbling and flying high. When a successful Delhi businessman takes his daughter on a surprise trip back to his childhood home for the festival, an entire ...

Directed By: Prashant Bhargava

Written By: Marina Budhos, Peter Chelkowski, Judith Frank, Vijay Mathew, Carlos McBride, James Townsend, Prashant Bhargava

  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • First Pond Entertainment
  • 1 h 33 m
  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • First Pond Entertainment
  • 1 h 33 m

Kite

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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Summary Kite weaves together the stories of six people transformed by the energy of India's largest kite festival. Every year a million kites fill the skies above Ahmedabad–dueling, soaring, tumbling and flying high. When a successful Delhi businessman takes his daughter on a surprise trip back to his childhood home for the festival, an entire ...

Directed By: Prashant Bhargava

Written By: Marina Budhos, Peter Chelkowski, Judith Frank, Vijay Mathew, Carlos McBride, James Townsend, Prashant Bhargava

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
67
63% Positive
5 Reviews
13% Mixed
1 Review
25% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
67
63% Positive
5 Reviews
13% Mixed
1 Review
25% Negative
2 Reviews

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100
Jun 13, 2012
This film is joyous, but more than that: It's lovely in its construction. The director, Prashant Bhargava, born and raised on Chicago's South Side, knows what his basic story line is, but reveals it subtly.
By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW
91
Jul 20, 2012
Above all, literally, are the kites. When a character says, "You fly these kites and feel the joy," we know just what he means.
By Peter Rainer FULL REVIEW
90
Jun 14, 2012
Patang ("The Kite"), Prashant Bhargava's first feature, has a lovely, unforced quality. That's because Mr. Bhargava lets his story, set during the annual kite festival in Ahmedabad, India, tell itself, unfolding slowly as he follows filmmaking's most basic and most sinned-against dictum: Show, don't tell.
By Rachel Saltz FULL REVIEW
70
Jul 19, 2012
Bhargava's naturalistic approach to capturing the sights and sounds of a city in full revelry on rooftops and in the streets is colorfully vivid - reminiscent of Wong Kar-Wai's silky urban baths - but it threatens to keep the human drama at arm's length.
By Robert Abele FULL REVIEW
40
Jun 12, 2012
As it is, this attempt at an Altmanesque ensemble piece feels a little dramatically flat even as it's dazzling your retinas.
By David Fear FULL REVIEW
38
Jun 11, 2012
Far more concerned with indulging a slightly less glossy Slumdog Millionaire-like aesthetic than dealing with the frayed relationships of its characters.
By Andrew Schenker FULL REVIEW
30
Jun 12, 2012
Less Bollywood than Generic Asian Family Drama Lite, when it's not a flat-out sunset-choked infomercial for Ahmedabad and its annual rooftop kite-flying festival.
By Michael Atkinson FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Khushi Films
Release Date Jun 15, 2012
Duration 1 h 33 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website http://www.patang.tv/
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Awards

Hawaii International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Tribeca Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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