The story is very good in detailing the problems of most developing countries. The details depicted are also quite nice and touching, even for an Indian movie, which usually tend to be hyperbolic in their touching scenes. Like all Indian movies, there is always the two ever present ingredients of romance and also singing and dancing. The romance side is quite nice because it's quite a strong side conflict that rises in significance in the middle part of the movie, although this is very predictable. The singing and dancing parts are a bit overwhelming in length, that one of the songs can have up to seven minutes of duration. The songs didn't start up to about one third of the movie, yet they are grouped closely near the end. Shah Rukh Khan is for me one of the outstanding Indian actors which not only has starred in many titles, but has can also really act well. His use of all acting depiction such as the facial expressions, body gestures, composure and even voice intonation, is great in this movie. Gayatri Joshi can really hold the balance in acting with the famous Shah Rukh Khan, and she really can get the scenes to feel alive. Too bad that she couldn't really nail the emotional goodbye scene near the end.
