'Leaked Kites climax is wrong'

Claims Anurag Basu, saying he is offended by the reports

Claims Anurag Basu, saying he is offended by the reports

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Anurag Basu, who has directed Kites, says he is offended and disturbed by the reported leak of the climax of his Kites even though that is not how the film ends. He also believes the movie should not get an A certificate by the censors as it has "no such intimate scenes".

"The climax that got leaked was thankfully wrong," Basu said, reacting to reports that the lead pair, played by Hrithik Roshan and Barbara Mori, die in the end. "That is not the climax of the film, but it clearly offended me because many sections of the audience would believe it to be the actual end," he said.

"They will go inside the hall with that perception which is very disturbing. It is very unethical. A film has growth only till the climax and if the audience has any perception about the same, there is no fun watching it then. It is really disturbing," he added.

Basu, who has to his credit films like Life in a...Metro, Gangster and Murder, also put rumour mills to rest regarding the yet to be announced censorship certificate for the movie.

"Kites is not an A film. It (censor certificate) can be U or U/A but not A. That is 100 per cent... There are no intimate scenes in the film as such that will require an A certificate," he said.

The film also stars Kangna Ranaut, who has been visibly absent from promotions of the movie. Asked if she had been sidelined, Basu said: "She has not been sidelined from the promotions. We don't want to include Kangana very much in the promotions and give a wrong perception of the film. If we include more of Kangana in the promotion, it will give the perception of a love triangle between Kangana, Hrithik and Barbara, which it is not. It's a love story between Barbara and Hrithik. She has a special appearance in the film and that's what her role is in the promotions too."

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Earlier rumoured to release in 2009 and then in January 2010, Kites has seen a constant delay in coming to the box office. "The perception of delay happened because people thought the film was ready and was shown in Cannes last year which is not the case. Actually what we had shown there was just the working tape," said Basu.

"We were ready only by winter (last year), but because it's a huge film and we have both the Hindi and English versions releasing together, to meet all the logistics, we decided the final date as only May 21," he added.

Basu's future projects include a "romantic movie with Ranbir Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra and a biopic on Kishore Kumar".
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Kites releases simultaneously in Hindi and English on May 21 in over 60 countries.