I am really a fan of Shahrukh Khan. He has been in almost every Bollywood film I have seen, and he really is so cool. I watched the first half of this one with my girlfriend. She complained a bit, though she was enjoying it. After seeing 2 films with Aishwarya Rai, she didn’t think these women were as beautiful, and that is true, but then again not many women are. Also there was the English, which is really in a lot of this film, and is a bit strange, but mostly she hates love triangles, and right up to where she watched was all about the love triangle. If only she has lasted 10 more minutes…

Really this is an enjoyable film with wonderful performances by the leads Shahrukh, Rani Mukherjee and Sana Saeed, and a really catchy soundtrack. You just can’t help singing Kuch Kuch Hota Hai!

Review Contains some Spoilers:

This film starts with Shahrukh as Rahul in the hospital, his wife Tina (Rani Mukherhee) has just given birth to a daughter, and she is dyeing, and her last wish is to name their daughter Anjali (Kajol). Cut to 8 years later, and Rahul lives with his daughter Anjali and his mother, but something is missing from his life. Tina has left 8 letters for daughter, one for each year, and on her 8th year she explains who Anjali (Sana Saeed) actually is.

In college Rahul was the cool guy, and his best friend was a tomboy named Anjali who always beet him at basketball, but was always in love with him, but the schools principals daughter Tina returned from England, and Rahul instantly fell for her. She knew that Anjali loved him, but she loved Rahul as well. And Anjali ended up leaving school and never returning because of her broken heart.

Cut to the present and in the letter Tina asks her daughter to reunite Anjali and Rahul who were fated to be with each other. The problem is that Anjali is already engage to Aman (Salman Khan), though she doesn’t love him. The young Anjali learns that the original Anjali teaches at a summer camp and goes with her grandmother, and tricks her father to come and be reunited with Anjali, and instantly the sparks fly, but then her fiancee arrives and takes her away. Rahul goes to the wedding and tells her he loves her, and she weeps as she comes out to meet her fiancee. Aman loves her, but reunites her with Rahul because he knows how strong first love is, and Rahul and Anjali are finally married.

The music is so damn catching, and the performances by the end are amazing. Sure Shahrukh’s charcter is a bit annoying at times, but that is who he is. He thinks he is cool (as his necklace attests). And boy do they wear a lot of ads, that and those College students sure look older than most colleges! But it all makes for some good clean fun!

I love the world of Bollywood Musicals. It is some mythical world that no longer, or never really did exist, but what a fun place to escape to!

They sure fit a lot on this DVD, with all the extras and an over 3 hour movie, though it does show slightly in the compression where there is some movement weirdness. Also the subtitles are just a bit late, and at the end disappear in some of the songs, but overall it is very watch-able.

Thanks to my friend Jeff Briggs for lending this to me! He has turned me on to all of the Bollywood films I have seen, and I can’t thank him enough!