Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998)

During their college years, Anjali was in love with her best-friend Rahul, but he had eyes only for Tina. Years later, Rahul and the now-deceased Tina's eight-year-old daughter attempts to reunite her father and Anjali.

Director:

Karan Johar

Writers:

Karan Johar (dialogue), Karan Johar (screenplay),

Stars:

Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Rani Mukerji

12 wins.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Shah Rukh Khan	...	Rahul Khanna
Kajol	...	Anjali Sharma
Rani Mukerji	...	Tina Malhotra (as Rani Mukherji)
Farida Jalal	...	Mrs. Khanna
Reema Lagoo	...	Mrs. Sharma (as Reema)
Archana Puran Singh	...	Ms. Briganza
Himani Shivpuri	...	Rifat Bi
Johnny Lever	...	Col. Almeida, Camp Manager (as Johny Lever)
Anupam Kher	...	Principal Malhotra
Sana Saeed	...	Anjali Khanna
Parzan Dastur	...	Silent Sardarji (as Parzaan Dastur)
Salman Khan	...	Aman Mehra
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Geeta Kapoor	...	Dancer
Farah Khan	...	Woman on the Neelam show

Storyline

Rahul Khanna and Anjali Sharma were best friends at college. Anjali realizes that she has fallen for Rahul but she's too late because Rahul has already fallen for Tina Malhotra. Heartbroken, Anjali leaves the city. Tina and Rahul get married and soon Tina becomes pregnant, giving birth to a daughter which they call Anjali. Due to complications during pregnancy, Tina passes away. Anjali is brought up by her father, and each year on her birthday he allows his daughter to read one of her mother's letters. Through these letters she learns that her mother (Tina) knew that another Anjali was in love with Rahul, and vows to bring them together again.

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Plot Keywords:

tomboy | train | basketball | simla | father daughter relationship | 

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Taglines:

They'll make you laugh... they'll make you cry... they'll even make you fall in love

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Genres:

Comedy | Musical | Romance

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Details

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi Urdu English

Release Date:

16 October 1998 (India)

Also Known As:

Hochzeit auf Indisch

Filming Locations:

Blackrock Cottage, Glen Coe, Highland, Scotland, UK

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

£180,990 (UK) (16 October 1998)

Gross:

£1,441,828 (UK) (25 December 1998)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Dharma Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

177 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Karan Johar wanted Rani Mukerji to be dubbed due to her husky voice, not knowing that her voice would become her trademark.

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Goofs

In one scene where Anjali and Rahul are talking at school, Anjali is leaning on a phone booth. When she moves away, the receiver falls, In the next shot, it's in its place again.

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Quotes

[Sardarji talks for the first time]
Silent Sardarji: You're leaving?
[Anjali and Mr. Almeida are shocked. Sardarji is crying]
Silent Sardarji: Please don't go. Please don't go.
[a teary-eyed Anjali hugs him and begins to leave]
Rahul Khanna: Anjali?
[Rahul gives her the red scarf back]
Rahul Khanna: You gave this to Tina when she was beginning a new life. Today, you are going to begin a new life... and I'm sure you and Rahul will be very happy together.
Anjali Sharma: [Correcting him] Aman... Aman... Aman.

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Connections

References Hum Aapke Hain Koun...! (1994)

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Soundtracks

"Raghupati Raghav"
Written by Sameer
Composed by Jatin Pandit and Lalit Pandit
Performed by Shankar Mahadevan and Alka Yagnik
Courtesy of Sony Music India

User Reviews

The movie that turned me to Bollywood films

I saw this film randomly the other day while at a friend's house. She comes from Indian decent and had always nagged me to watch Indian films with her but I always declined. Being a general film fanatic, I agreed to watch this film, not expecting much. But as soon as I got into the story (and got over the horrible and sometimes non-visible subtitles) I was completely hooked! Whether it was the directing or the wonderful screen presence of the actors, somethng about this film had the ability to capture the emotions of the viewer. I can say that having been used to watching generally American films, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai is a romance that stands out from the typical Hollywood love story -- paying attention to detail and character development in a way in which I've rarely seen before. Although I was quite new to Indian "musical numbers" in which they incorporate within their films and even found the performances in them a little bit on the cheesy side, I throroughly enjoyed some of the songs as well. Great melodies, especially the title song -- which added to the emotional impact of the movie itself. I wll definitely be looking out for more Indian films in the future.