Kites ki kyo patang kat gayi?

Well, I never liked the promos of Kites (Infact I never like promos of any Hrithik movie but end up liking most of movies). Then, i heard the reviews of the movie from different people who had watched the movie and the reviews ranged from "Boring" to "pathetic" to "complete non sense" and I wondered if Kites is another Sawariya! But then yesterday nite, I reluctantly went to watch the movie and to be honest "I found the movie to be quiet decent" Definitely the movie had its drawbacks - some unbelievable chases, weak screenplay at time and slightly slow in some portions but it had a number of positives - Hrithik Roshan was superb, Barbara was excellent and their chemistry was really good, the visualization of the movie was spectecular! So, in the end if you have all these positives and little bit of irritants here an there overall the movie should be rated decent/one time watch right? No, our Indian viewers and critics seem to think otherwise. For them it is perfectly alrite to watch a movie like Houseful or Om Shanti Om and say that "its silly but watchable" but they just outrightly reject movies such as Kites. Its no secret that I am a huge movie buff and I enjoy watching all kinds of movies. I recently watched Shrek and found it really enjoyable. And the reason I enjoy a lot of movies is because I treat each movie for what it is...For me, Housefull is a non sense comedy and should be enjoyed like that, Delhi 6 is like a docu drama on Delhi and it should be enjoyed like that, My Name is Khan is a movie where an indian filmmaker is trying to make a Forest Gump and the leading actor has given his best performance to date and thats why it is enjoyable! Once in a while you do get a movie like 3 Idiots which is enjoyed by almost everyone (Please note almost everyone - I have already talked about this in one of the earlier blogs)
Similarly, Kites needs to be enjoyed for the excellent chemistry between the lead pair and a story filmed in breathtaking locations which is a visual delight!
But I guess when media doesnt like a movie it doesnt like a movie - be it Rann or Kites! and to top it all, people prefer to watch Housefuls and Singh is Kings then a Kites so Kites fate is decided!
Just one last point - The climax of Kaminay was appreciated by critics and audiences alike and was compared to QT movies but i doubt if the climax of Kites where Hrithik goes berserk has got the same response from the same people :) BTW, I believe that Kaminay was just an average movie with too much violence for my liking but I guess thats only me!