For the love of Akshay Kumar, I hope Kambakkth Ishq works. I mean, bring in the hottest size Zero and the hottest smile (aka Mr Kumar) with the hottest FASHION and the hottest Hollywood Z listers (check out the Engless translation on Perez) who play around at the Hottest locations Stateside and in Europe…and what do you get? I’m hoping the answer is not “the Hottest Mess”…

But whatever it may be, one thing IS obvious : This movie is catering SOLELY to the NRI audience in LA, Milan, London, Sydney, NYC and Paris… The fashion is so UBER CHIC…Totally HIGH-END…and it seems like the producers  must have gone BANKRUPT…In fact I’m sure of it….AND I luuuuuv it…. LOL….

Here’s a very obvious observation: The thing with a sleek woman is that she could potentially carry off any look… Ever seen Victoria Beckham ?? … If there is something that Kareena does well… it is copying her idol, the very POSH Mrs Beckham….

Victoria Beckham does, among other things, very high end fashion. Shes seen sporting the hottest trends around the world and is a perm fixture at front rows…. Unfortunately, Frieda Pinto got to sit front row at Chanel and Dolce and Gabbana like Vickky B and not Kareena but you see there are some things the size zero doesn’t guarantee….

Frieda Pinto at Dolce G's front row

Victoria Beckham, front row

However I am quite impressed with stylists … The buzz is that most of Kareena’s looks have been styled by a very famous Hollywood A-listers personal assistant…AND…the desi Akki Narula….AND then there is Ashley Robello (AND I’m sure many more will come to claim their steak…lol)

How awesome is the fact that they are no longer catering to the Kitty-Party-Aunties …  Let me elaborate: Women who may be classified as India’s Desperate Housewives, who lunch at the poshest restaurants, who gossip and who wear only GUCCI and LV because They CAN (and really, those are probably the ONLY 2 brands they know)…. Who have kids competing with their friend’s kids and who call themselves “Ladies who Lunch”…. For a reason… coz what else would they do??

Kitty Party Aunties :)

Kitty Party Aunties :)

So these stylists have now transcended from using the usual labels like the ones used in Kal ho na ho and Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Ghum (and God knows what other K-jo Movies) to… using LABELS that are totally unknown to the common (wo) man in India …I.E. Stella McCartney, Issey Miyake, Micheal Kors, Valentino, Emilio Pucci, YSL Rive Gauche, Just Cavalli, Roberto Cavalli, Marc Jacobs, and ofcorse Diane von Furstenberg… Paris Hilton wore it first!!

Paris Hilton in DVF

And here is the PRADA clutch (a different version) that you see Akshay clutching so mercilessly from Kareena… And I forgive him (see video at 35 seconds)

I know you & I know these brands…but think of that uncle who spends about Rs 200 to buy a ticket to the movie, sitting in Galaxy theatres in Bandra, with his Bata shoes and Tommy Hilfiger Shirt….Does he know what Kareena is wearing? Does his wife who is probably a regular housewife who dreams of maybe… i dunno know… lemme see…. Manish Malhotra, does she know of Stella?

The point is that Kambakkth Ishq is probably their Rs 200 trip to Venice, since a few scenes look great in that song Lakh Lakh… and thats pretty much it…. while Kareena and Best-Tag-along-for-free-friend Amrita Arora get to live their dream lives as young fashionistas and probably even KEEP the goodies!!

I mean we all know Kareena takes her work seriously i.e. copying every look that Victoria Beckham has…. And young indian girls like me in NYC absolutely applaud the effort….1) for totally wanting to be Mrs B and 2) for making Kambakkth Ishq her opportunity to do just THAT !!

So…. there you have it….Kambakkth Ishq - Bollyland Fantasy for young & the fashionably advanced… xoxo…