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saw kal ho na ho last night. was actually pretty good. karan johar is known for his melodramatic family sagas, and khnh is no less. the "k" spell goes on from kuch kuch, k3g and now khnh is going to take over the masses holding nothinhg back. without a doubt, this movie is going to take all the awards and all the peoples money. there is no doubt that cinema-hungry viewers will go see this movie once, twice, and god knows how many times. this is one of those movies, like kmg this year, where the "100 days celebration" will be grandly celebrated by both the producers and the audience. But is khnh really worth it? I have seen most of the biggies this year, and this definetly goes on the list, but i have to say, it isnt the best india has to offer.
As we all know karan johar is known for two things...for one, shahrukh khan, and two family melodrama; both of which are the foundation for kal ho na ho. the story is based around naina kapUr and her dueling punjabi-catholic family. Her life is based around her work and her disfuntional family,.leaving no time to show her dimply smiles. Her friend, Rohit, played by Saif ali khan is a wannabe womanizer, trying to hookup with every newyork based nri hottie he can get his hands on.ALthough no sparks fly between rohit and naina (...yet) they maintain a tough-love bestfriend relationship. In comes the hero, or in this role, as he known as the "angel," as naina's outgoing, overly happy, joyful, and sometimes unrealistic Aman, played by the karan tradmark, shahrukh khan. He trys his best to roll in the hohoho in nain's ba-humbug life and succeeds, winning over the love of her family, rohit, and of course the now always-smiling naina. All's still not well with this guardian angel. Shahrukh isn't living the healthiest wife on the inside and is slowly melting away, giving all the happiness he has left to his neighbors. the twists and turns turn this anand-like tale into a scilent struggle between shahrukh and himself, leading to a emotional, and well-exected finale.
performance wise, saif ali khan takes the cake as his portrayal of rohit. he has the perfect mix of emotion and humor in his character, fully living up to the potential of rohit. Preity is pretty. she finally has a leading role in a movie and does justice to it, although she should definetly take some crying lessons from madhuri, and this years leading lady urmila. although her character was lifted with delight, some of her emotional scenes bring her performance down to an average level. nonetheless, she's never looked better. shahrukh khan is always good, and he is always in yash raj productions. his character of aman in khnh is a mix of mohabbatein's raj aryan and devdas's deva. He is the most happy go lucky- almost godlike character who has to suffer the worst fate. although brilliantly portrayed, we have all seen much better from shahrukh and this will be remembered as one of his bland perforances...nothing out of the ordinary. all the supporting cast: jaya bachan, lilliette dubey, and others do an excellent job portaying their roles and to me are remembered the most from this movie. rani mukherjee, kajol, and uday chopra have a VERY quick special appearance in this movie, which wasn't even nessesary, but since karan johar needs his "lucky charms" in all his productions, so be it. rani looked GREAT, uday looks dumb as usual, and kajol is barely even noticable. (one can notice a sp. app. by farah khan in this movie too...know where?)
the story and screenplay has nothing new to offer from the yash raj camp. Karan has his emotional and romantic dialouges, like all of his ventures, but this one lacked in screenplay. None of the dialouges punch out at you and are just left (me) without any emotional impact. Cinematography is average, nothing that is new to be seen, but is handled in a very carful manner.
on the negative side lies the music to this film. shanker essan loy (with the exeption of this years kuch na kaho and armaan) haven't exactly lived up to their dil chahta hai performance. usually, after you see the movie, the songs are even more appealing, but the songs from here still make me want to puke. i don't understand how javed aktar has brilliant works such as refugee, dil chahta hai, and the newly released tehzeeb...could write such mediocre, and sometimes even ridiculous lyrics such as "pretty woman," "its time to disco," and "thats the way? mahi ve..." the only tune that is barely even rememberable in this film is kal ho na ho, and that belongs to sonu nigam...nobody else.
for a first time director, nikhil advani shows that he is trying in his field. you can see his influence from producer, karan johar, which hopefully fades out and he is able to add more originaltiy to his films, like new directors such as ken ghosh, dr chandraprakash dwidevi, and farhan akthar.
all in all, a pretty good release that karan johar spit out this time and believe me, this spit is going to become the seed for a neverending money tree, (not to mention a filmfare tree) just for karan johar. i give it a 7/10....great attempt but not the best....still has to beat last month's pinjar.
well, just wrote this review...hope you like it....yea it was good, but i cant wait till tehzeeb next week...damn it looks good.
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