Acensbart Excellent but underrated film

Invaderbank The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

Arianna Moses Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Anoushka Slater While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

MartinHafer The story begins sadly. Rahul's beloved wife, Tina, has given birth and dies soon thereafter*. But before dying, she writes a series of letters to be given to her daughter one at a time over the next 8 years. Anjali loves reading the letters and now that she is 8, she's about to receive her final letter from her deceased mother. In this letter, Anjali learns that before Tina, Rahul had a relationship with another woman...also called Anjali. But Rahul was pretty dense and didn't realize Anjali loved him so much and instead he fell for Tina and married. Now, through the letters, Tina is trying to enlist the help of her daughter to reunite Rahul with this Anjali from long ago, as Tina thinks they'd make a great couple and Anjali would make a great mother to young Anjali. There is just one problem...and I won't say more as I don't want to spoil the film.While not all Indian movies are love stories filled with singing, these are the most popular films in the country and we do get a lot of them exported here in the States. I generally like them but also realize that there is a certain sameness about them...a sameness accepted and embraced in India but a sameness not as likely to be adored abroad. In many ways this reminds me of romance novels. The readers realize there are clichés (I do NOT mean this in a negative way) and accept them as part of the genre...but to those who don't read romance, they might be rather critical of these plot devices.I mention all this because "Kuch Kuch Hota Hai" had many of these story elements....which will no doubt be accepted by lovers of the genre but which will not sit so well with others. It's a shame, as the first portion of the film is very good and engaged me. The next, the long flashback to college days, was one plot device after another after another...like they were shoving every Bollywood cliché into it. As a result, the college portion clearly was not the best part of the movie. Shah Rukh Khan was 33 but played a goofy 20 year-old...and he played him rather broadly. While this was far-fetched, his being so clueless about the girl who loves him is embarrassingly bad. So is much of his behavior...so much so that it's easy not to like him...or you might even hate him. This is a sharp contrast to the beginning of the film when SRK breaks your heart...and it made the college portion of the movie seem trivial.So is it worth sticking with the film and slogging through the college portion? Well, the main story line is quite good and definitely pulls at your heart...so have a few Kleenex nearby just in case. I suggest watching it but perhaps getting a snack or long bathroom break during the college section. And, for that matter, you take a break pretty much any time the camp counselor appears...he is very poorly written and more a distraction than anything else. In contrast, every time Salmon Khan appeared in the film, the movie lit up...he was magnificent as 'the other man'....and I was pulling for Anjali to get him in the end of the picture! Overall, a good film that could have been better. Worth seeing...but very uneven.*FYI--I have never seen a woman dying who looked this healthy and beautiful in all my years watching films!

ARUN KRISHNAN This is one of the greatest love stories I have ever watched in my life!. It tells us the great strength of pure love by portraying a lovely love triangle!. The film is highly entertaining and engaging in many ways. The technical aspects are also good along with one of the superb performances from all the lead and supporting actors/actresses in the film! . Go ahead and watch it!. I think this is a masterpiece!. This film is highly suitable for family viewing. It doesn't contain any kind of vulgarity or violence. It just shows pure love in a very decent manner. CBFC (Indian Film Censor Board) rating : U(unrestricted public exhibition).

silvan-desouza This was Karan Johar's debut as a director, we all know that The film went on to become a blockbuster The film is typical love triangle, some scenes are too corny though especially the college scenes where half the college is worried about Rahul and Anjali fighting, anywayz seems like KJO has never been to college anytime in his life. However they are some funny scenes, of course mostly clichéd. The twist is well handled however you have to leave your brain behind The film does have some good emotional scenes which are of course too melodramatic. Yet the film does move you at times. The climax is predictable but well handledDirection is decent Music is goodSrk is as usual, hamming in some scenes but doing well in some, KJO mostly makes him ham in films yet must say he carries his role well Kajol is superb though she does prance too much while playing the college kid, Rani is decent, this was one of her first films Anupam Kher is funny as the stupid college principal only found in KJO land, Archana Puran Singh is okay, Salman Khan is good in his cameo, Himani SHivpuri, Reema Lagoo and others are good, Sana Saeed is okay Johny Lever has some funny moments

JamalAD Actually I only saw this movie cause there was nothing else to watch, but hey I really liked it. Its so silly and colorfull that when you feel bad before you gonna feel good afterwards. Listening to the Hindi language and the Indish English accent just sounds great. The acting is good fitting fine with the movies story. Its about a friendship between a guy and girl which breaks after another girl comes up in Highschool. The guy and the new girl fall in love with each other and get married, the other girl leaves cause she is in love with the guy and cant take not getting him. After the wife dies, the daughter gets a letter from her (written before the mother died) that she is supposed to find that girl again. The father and her are supposed to get married cause this is the way it was supposed to be.