Ki & Ka

It isn't able to sustain itself and can't hold the viewer interest beyond a point. Eventually, the light-heartedness gives way to familiar emotional tropes as the predictable family drama sets in.

One of the enduring problems with Balki's films persists -- his crackling concept runs out of steam. It's almost as if he spends so much of his creative energy coming up with the high-wire idea that he has none left to flesh out the narrative around it.

Ki & Ka tried to be a beacon of feminist thought but ended up a mansplaining mess...

There is so much to be said about changing roles in today's India, and films would do well to reflect on this great churn. But R. Balki, like most of Bollywood, would rather not look outside and learn.

Ki and Ka is worth a ticket because it shows how there is nothing wrong with the man wearing the apron and the women wearing her ambition.

Apart from the writing, there are issues with the editing of Ki And Ka. The gaping holes in quality in these two departments can't be saved, even by the peppy music of Mithoon, Meet Bros. Anjjan and Ilaiyaraaja.

Just like a marriage that has seen better days, this film was potent with promise but doesn't cash in on its potential.

Too obvious and predictable.

In this movie's universe, a skill or a belief that cannot be marketed and monetised isn't worth having.

There was so much potential in the idea if the writer-director R Balki had allowed his characters to breathe and indulge in a little introspection.