Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003)

Life of a very serious girl Naina, changes on the arrival of her new neighbour, Aman, who teaches her a new way to live.

Director:

Nikhil Advani

Writers:

Niranjan Iyengar (dialogue), Karan Johar (screenplay),

Stars:

Shah Rukh Khan, Preity Zinta, Saif Ali Khan

32 wins & 39 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Shah Rukh Khan	...	Aman Mathur
Preity Zinta	...	Naina Catherine Kapur
Saif Ali Khan	...	Rohit
Jaya Bhaduri	...	Jennifer Kapur
Sushma Seth	...	Lajjo Kapur
Reema Lagoo	...	Aman's Mother
Lillete Dubey	...	Jaswinder "Jazz" Kapoor
Delnaaz Paul	...	Jasprit "Sweetu" Kapoor
Rani Mukerji	...	Special Appearance
Sonali Bendre	...	Dr. Priya
Sanjay Kapoor	...	Abhay
Sulabha Arya	...	Kanta Bhen (as Sulbha Arya)
Athit Naik	...	Shiv Kapur
Princey Shukla	...	Gia Kapur (as Jhanak Shukla)
Simone Singh	...	Camilla

Storyline

Naina {Preity Zinta} is a young woman, slightly ticked off for reasons more than one. His father committed suicide when she needed him the most, leaving Jennifer{Jaya bachchan}, his wife all alone. Lajjo{Sushma Seth}, Jennifer's mother-in-law blames Jennifer for the same. furthermore, Jennifer is unhappy because Lajjo refuses to accept Gia, a 6-year old girl whom Jennifer adopted. Even the restaurant Jennifer is running is not going great guns. in short, nothing is well on the Kapur family front. the only factors that redeem Naina's existence are his toiling and tolerant mother Jennifer, and her bumbling stumbling MBA classmate Rohit {Saif Ali Khan}. Meanwhile, Aman{Shah Rukh Khan}, a happy-go-lucky guy arrives in Naina's neighbourhood and soon changes everything around, thanks to his contagious joviality and jest for life. He proves to be the messiah for the Kapur family in every sort. Naina is not a happy camper initially but could remain unaffected by his charisma for long, and ...

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Plot Keywords:

restaurant | new york | adopted daughter | snow | gay slur | 

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Taglines:

A Story Of A Lifetime.......In A Heartbeat

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi Urdu Gujarati Panjabi

Release Date:

28 November 2003 (India)

Also Known As:

Tomorrow May Never Come

Filming Locations:

India

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

£436,790 (UK) (28 November 2003)

Gross:

£1,549,839 (UK) (2 January 2004)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Dharma Productions, Dillywood

Technical Specs

Runtime:

186 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In one scene the song 'Maar Dala' from Devdas is partially sung by Naini's grandmother Lajjo. The title role in that movie was played by Shah Rukh Khan himself.

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Goofs

In the scene where Aman Mathur enters the kitchen to look for Rohit Patel, who has gone for a date with Camilla, he and Kanta Bhen have a conversation in the kitchen, in front of the glass door. The reflection of the boom mic is visible on the glass door.

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Quotes

Rohit Patel: [In front of table with lots of food] What is all this?
Rohit's Mother: This Mango, That is Khus, so no fuss
Rohit Patel: Not the food!... All this singing and dancing
Rohit's Mother: Oh! That! That's our Silver Anniversary Wedding Rehearsal! We are going to preform that day. What are you going to do?
Rohit Patel: I don't want to do anything! I mean... c'mon
Rohit Patel: And by the way... How can it be your 25th anniversary when I am only 28 myself?
Kurzon bhai Patel: No... No... We are just trying to hide our age from the Guju community.

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Connections

Referenced in Get Educated: Paathshaala (2010)

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Soundtracks

"Maahi Ve"
Written by Javed Akhtar
Composed by Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani and Loy Mendonsa
Performed by Sadhana Sargam, Shankar Mahadevan, Sonu Nigam, Udit Narayan and Madhushree (as Sujata Bhattacharya)
© 2003 Sony Music Entertainment (India) Pvt. Ltd.

User Reviews

if you have seen this movie outside India, you are an elected by God

Watching Indian movies outside of India is something very impossible, everybody speaks about "the famous bollywood movies", but nobody want to release this jewels in Europe. I am so lucky I could see this supermasterpiece at the oriental cinema festival in Barcelon, I couldn't believe what I was watching. The script is stunning, the choreography crazy, the actors are superlative, the music is impressive, the plot turns you on...you can keep inside the characters as I never did. The sound is also impressive. It was like watching Mary Poppins when I was 6 yeras old, during 3 hours I lost the total terms of reality!!!! As the movie has never been exhibited in Spain and there is not copy on DVD we are so "lucky" We could find a pirate copy in a Pakistan supermarket in Barcelon, with perfect sound and image!!!! Well, I hope this message will amaze you to get this movie from....where?