Kai Po Che

GREAT MOVIES: Abhishek Kapoor's Kai Po Che (India, 2013) - A close-knit trio of young men determined to turn their passion for cricket into a viable business find their efforts derailed and their destinies altered by murderous religious violence in Abhishek Kapoor's 2002-set feature, "Kai po che!" The pic starts with the backslapping camaraderie typical of Indian comedies, but economic pressures and conflicting loyalties begin to unravel the friendships, which are only intermittently reanimated by love of the sport. While its approach to controversial subject matter is populist and uninspired, the competently constructed pic, based on a bestseller, could click among the Indian diaspora when it opens worldwide Feb. 22. 2013BERp. RATING: 9