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I watched Kal Ho Na Ho (If Tomorrow Never Comes) for the first time recently and though it was released some time ago I felt I had to review it as I really enjoyed the film (even though it was a real weepie in some parts). Be warned - it's about 3 hours long, so you might want to watch ... Read review
Aman Mathur (Shahrukh Khan) is a breath of fresh air when he moves into unhappy Naina's ... more
(Priety Zinta) tiny Indian neighborhood in Manhattan conspiring with friend Rohit (Saif Ali Khan) to help her find happiness. This tear-jerking romantic comedy-dra...
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Production Year: 2004 - Drama - Director: Nick Cassavetes - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over, 12 years and over - Starring: Rachel McAdams, Ryan Gosling, Gena Rowlands
Advantages: a real feel good film with excellent songs and great acting Disadvantages: a bit of a tear-jerker and at nearly 3 hours it's quite lengthy to sit through
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I watched Kal Ho Na Ho (If Tomorrow Never Comes) for the first time recently and though it was released some time ago I felt I had to review it as I really enjoyed the film (even though it was a real weepie in some parts). Be warned - it's about 3 hours long, so you might want to watch it in 2 separate sittings!
~*~ CAST/CREW ~*~
Starring the charismatic Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, the beautiful ... ...support from Jaya Bachchan. Kal Ho Naa Ho was released in November 2003 and is certified 12.
The film is directed by Nikhil Advani (his first film) and was written and produced by Karan Johar (who has produced many a hit Bollywood film in recent years). The cinematography is by Anil Mehta.
~*~ PLOT TEASER ~*~
Naina (Preity Zinta) is a 23 year old Indian girl brought up in Manhattan, New York - ... more
The film carries the tagline: "A Story Of A Lifetime.......In A Heartbeat".
I watched Kal Ho Na Ho (If Tomorrow Never Comes) for the first time recently and though it was released some time ago I felt I had to review it as I really enjoyed the film (even though it was a real weepie in some parts). Be warned - it's about 3 hours long, so you might want to watch it in 2 separate sittings!
~*~ CAST/CREW ~*~
Starring the charismatic Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, the beautiful Preity Zinta and the gorgeous Saif Ali Khan, with excellent support from Jaya Bachchan. Kal Ho Naa Ho was released in November 2003 and is certified 12.
The film is directed by Nikhil Advani (his first film) and was written and produced by Karan Johar (who has produced many a hit Bollywood film in recent years). The cinematography is by Anil Mehta.
~*~ PLOT TEASER ~*~
Naina (Preity Zinta) is a 23 year old Indian girl brought up in Manhattan, New York - on first appearances you think she has almost everything a girl could wish for: a stable home life and good dependable friends. Scratch the surface and you realise that, in fact, she is desperately unhappy; the family restaurant business is struggling financially and on the verge of bankruptcy, her mother and paternal grandmother argue constantly with her grandmother blaming her mother for her father's suicide several years ago and her grandmother treating her young adopted sister Gia like a complete outsider at every opportunity and doting on Naina's physically disabled brother. Naina has 2 close friends: Jas, who lives next door and loves to eat and eye up boys, and Rohit (Saif Ali Khan), who studies at evening school with her and is somewhat of a Casanova, dating different women almost every night.
A charming man moves in across the road with his mother and instantly takes a shine to Naina. He soon has absolutely everybody eating out of the palm of his hands as he is affectionate, caring, funny and full of life. But he hides a secret. It takes a lot more effort for him to get Naina to become his friend, but sadly, when she falls for him she falls hard. Just as Rohit realises Naina is the only girl for him, she realises she's in love with Aman (Shah Rukh Khan) and goes to tell him this, only for him to say that he's already married and he's followed his wife to New York to try to patch things up.
Thereafter the story takes some new turns and shows how 3 friends come to terms with what life throws at them with a heavy price to pay.
~*~ HOW DID THEY DO? ~*~
I found the acting of the 3 leads exemplary. Shah Rukh Khan was on top form and as charismatic as ever playing this extremely loveable character who everyone warms to. To put it simply his acting mesmerised me in this film!
Preity Zinta looked like a doll throughout the film and she's someone whose acting just seems to go from strength to strength with every film I've seen her in. She can display happy, confused, angry and sad emotions with such ease that you believe she's going through those emotions for real.
Saif Ali Khan is just so cute and gorgeous, I could eat him all up. Oops I should stop that drooling now! I mean his acting was great, another artist whose acting talents have got better and better with each film I've seen him in. His comic timing is just brilliant too.
There are scenes where both Khan's are in bed together (having fallen asleep after a night out drinking) and the maid comes in with breakfast and gets the wrong idea - both Khan's comedic antics are quite hilarious, with one pretending that they're a couple just to egg on the maid's shock and the other trying to be macho and adamant that there's nothing between them.
♫♪♫♪ MUSIC ♫♪♫♪
The songs were very good in this film! There's an Indian version of Roy Orbison's "Pretty Woman" which is very catchy, peppy and a very good dance number as it's mixed with strong bhangra beats! There's also a song called "It's the time to disco" which initially had me chuckling as it's quite a corny disco dance number but then again it had me singing it to myself on several occasions afterwards! I really enjoyed the track "Maahi Ve" too which is a traditional song brought right up to date and again I was singing this one well after the film had finished. The title track of the film is very melodious and is a soft bittersweet ballad. Kuch To Hua Hai is also a nice soft hummable song. All in all the songs were very enjoyable to listen to which, for me, is a rarity in a Bollywood film.
The album for this film did really well with Bollywood music lovers. Singers for the album included: Sadhana Sargam, Sujata Bhattacharya, Richa Sharma, Udit Narayan, Sonu Nigam, Shankar, Alka Yagnik and Shaan.
~*~ WHERE TO GET IT ~*~
You can rent this film from screenselect.co.uk or tescodvdrental.com or buy it from any number of DVD websites for about £14-18 such as Play.com or ChoicesDirect.com, sendit.com is currently selling it for £8.99. You could also try ebay as I'm sure you could pick up a much cheaper copy there.
~*~ CONCLUSION ~*~
The film is mostly about love and self-discovery - about opening yourself up to others to be vulnerable to everyday emotions. Zinta's character is very hardened and abrupt with everyone at the start of the film and gradually you see her meltdown with the influence of Khan's character, whose infectious charisma just carries you along to a place where you just have to smile or laugh. His determination to make everyone around him happy and appreciate what they have in life shines through and he's like a guardian angel who comes into these people's lives to bring about change for the better and succeeds with everyone bar none. The basic philosophy is do what you would do if you thought tomorrow would never come.
The cinematography needs to be mentioned as both indoor and outdoor filming was carried out superbly - the whole film is set in New York and you see some of the best scenery of this huge city throughout the film.
I think I would have to rate this a 10 out of 10 even though it had me in tears at the end (and a couple of times during the film too)! This is one film that I could watch over again quite easily. But be warned, you'll need to keep the tissue box handy.
Advantages: Great storyline and soundtrack Disadvantages: may be too long to watch
...this.
The film title Kal Ho Naa Ho means tomorrow may never come.
The story is set in Manhattan, New York. It is about three friends who go through a journey of emotions and develop an unconditional relationship that takes a turn for the worse.
The cast:
Shah Rukh Khan – Aman Mathur
Preity Zinta – Naina Catherine Kapur
Saif Ali Khan – Rohit Patel
The story:
The story starts off with an introduction to the life of Naina Kapur. Naina is a hardworking ... ...is coming home from studying to her semi Punjabi/semi Christian household to face constant arguing between her mother and grandmother (mainly due to the fact that Naina’s father committed suicide). She has a younger brother and sister to look after as well as helping her mother with the economical troubles of the family business. Life looks pretty glum for this girl. You will never catch her smile
In comes Aman Mathur. A lively, charming man, who ...
aznchick 18.09.2004
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Advantages: Good story, solid performances, excellent soundtrack and well written script Disadvantages: Long and too many crying scenes towards the end
...take seriously. Happily though, Kal Ho Naa Ho (KHNH) manages to stay faithful to time honored elements of the Bollywood tradition while at the same time achieving funny dialogue, a stellar soundtrack, and overall decent performances. The Bollywood musical has just gotten a makeover, and the results couldn't be more pleasing to the audience. Cast: Preity Zinta - Naina Catherine Kapur
Shah Rukh Khan - Aman Mathur
Saif Ali Khan - Rohit Patel Jaya ... ...theme song of the movie, Kal Ho Naa Ho that is my absolute favorite. Akhtar has combined a haunting melody with introspective lyrics that captures the melancholy side of the movie perfectly. The songs fit well with the movie, and run the range from all out exuberance to bittersweet sadness. Yes, the movie is excessively long, with many parts in the second half that could easily have been cut. Yes, Karan Johar unnecessarily ruined what would have ...
mystikchick17 10.01.2006 (11.06.2006)
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Advantages: Funny, sad, wonderfully filmed, downright beautiful Disadvantages: Cringed at songs first, but it immediately grew on me
...been in love ever since. Kal ho naa ho was probaby my, what, fourth, fifth indian film that I'd seen ever and, mark my words, it will leave its mark on you. Handed to me by my friend who tried to explain the synopsis briefly but failed miserably, she huffed hotly, "Just watch it." And watch it, I did.
~ The situation ~
This tall tale follows the main character Naina, a pretty day-to-day indian New Yorker struggling with her family problems that ... ...matter with another woman...
Kal ho naa ho translates into "If tomorrow never comes" and this film is a beautiful portrayal of this statement. It tackles the issues of family problems, love, confusion, heartbreak and the stresses of the busy life swarming around us. ~ The trial ~
Joking and serious at the same time, I thought this film was beautiful and is one of my favourite films, Bollywood or not. From its direction to personal performances ...
Chellers 13.08.2005
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Advantages: Brilliant Romance Story with great acting Disadvantages: Made me cry in front of my brother who takes the mick!
...by Javed Akhtar.
**PLOT**
Kal Ho Naa Ho is an excellent piece of work from Shahrukh Khan, who plays the loveable character Aman.
Kal Ho Naa Ho is the story of three people who become friends and whose relationship is based on unconditional love and emotional understanding with one another. The setting is New York in present times. Life for Naina Catherine Kapur (Preity Zinta) is quite gloomy. The cause of her sombre lifestyle is a family tragedy ... ...Her daily routine includes her chores in her half Punjabi-half Catholic household in which she has to deal with a short tempered grand-mother, has to look after her little adopted sister and brother besides helping her mother Jennifer [Jaya Bachchan] deal with the family's financial troubles and study at the same time. In short, life could not be worse for this hardworking girl.
But things change with the coming of Aman Mathur [Shah Rukh Khan] into ...
nazch 14.05.2004
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Advantages: entertaining,performances ,songs,treatment Disadvantages: might be too cliche or melodramatic for few
Kal Ho Naa Ho(If there's no tomorrow) is easily Karan Johar's most accomplished work as a writer. Directed by Nikhil Advani and starring Shahrukh Khan,Preity Zinta and Saif Ali Khan, it is about life,love,friendship and death. The film starts off with Aman(played by SRK) moving into a newyork Indian neighborhood where he meets Naina(Preity) and _____(Saif).Naina is a shy girl who feels Aman is an irritating neighbour who tries to get on her nerves, ... ...her face and makes her forget the struggle she faces everyday in the family.The three of them become best of friends and Aman slowly realizes Naina loves him(he also loves her). Despite of loving each other, Aman knows that he can't be with her since he has a life altering secret which he has been hiding from everyone. The film has a very emotional string attached, but never goes away from its light and entertaining treatment. The writer and director ...
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The story of Naina who is unhappy with her life, she is expected to look after her little sister and brother and help her bad tempered grandmother. When Aman moves to the village he sets out to bring happiness into Naina's life...
Release details
Studio(s)
YASH RAJ FILMS; ASIAN GOLD
No of Discs
1
Catalogue No
YRD 0155
Barcode
5055126175694
Languages
Main Language
Hindi
DVD Description
The story of Naina who is unhappy with her life, she is expected to look after her little sister and brother and help her bad tempered grandmother. When Aman moves to the village he sets out to bring happiness into Naina's life...
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