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Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003)
Directed by Nikhil Advani
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An uptight MBA student falls for the charismatic new neighbor who charms her troubled family – but he has a secret that forces him to push her away.
Rated PG | Length 187 minutes
Actors
Shah Rukh Khan | Preity Zinta | Saif Ali Khan | Jaya Bachchan | Reema Lagoo | Satish Shah | Rajpal Yadav | Sushma Seth | Delnaaz Irani | Lillete Dubey | Simone Singh | Shoma Anand | Ketki Dave | Dara Singh | Sulabha Arya | Anaita Shroff Adajania | Athit Naik | Jhanak Shukla | Kamini Khanna | Farah Khan | Sonali Bendre | Sanjay Kapoor | Kajol | Rani Mukerji | Uday Chopra
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/12/2017 | TV | DVD | Library | 7.5 stars |
| (Average) 7.5 stars |
Viewing Notes
Another SRK film I thought I had seen given that it’s one of his most famous roles. Alas I had not. This is one that I wished I had seen when Yumi was still here bc I think she would’ve enjoyed it. There’s even a salsa dancing scene.
Like many of these films the melodrama is piled on to hyper levels. It’s like an entire season of a soap opera condensed into 3 hours. There’s so much going on and so many side stories this could work as a series. Some of it is very eye-rolling but that’s part of the deal and acceptable when you have three strong leads carrying the film. SRK is in his element but it’s Preity Zinta that takes the MVP here since she’s at the center and has to do most of the emotional heavy lifting. She’s also the most convincing between the three (Saif Ali Khan being the third actor in this love triangle).
Usually these are predictable but I really wasn’t sure how it was going to end. I figured it would play out in one of two ways. Also like that they did shoot some on location scenes in NYC (with Toronto doing most of the stand-in city).
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