another all time fav.. cant count how many of srks favs i have. i especially love the wats ur name song... chandu ke chachi ne chandu ki chachi ko chandini chok mein chandi chatai
Rahul (Shahrukh Khan) is the adopted son of Yashvardhan "Yash" Raichand (Amitabh Bachchan) and his wife Nandini (Jaya Bachchan). Both of them love Rahul more than their biological son, Rohan, who is younger than Rahul by nine years. Yash is a rich and famous business man in India. He believes in keeping traditions, and is against love marriages. When Rahul returns home from his overseas university, he meets Anjali (Kajol) and falls in love with her. Meanwhile, Rohan befriends Pooja, Anjali's younger sister.
Yash decides to arrange Rahul's marriage to his friend's daughter, Naina (Rani Mukerji). Rahul, however, tells his father that he wants to marry Anjali; this angers Yash, who berates Rahul for not considering Anjali's breeding and social status (Anjali is a common girl from a middle class family, as opposed to Naina). Rahul apologizes to Yash and promises to do whatever is asked of him. He goes to tell Anjali that he can't marry her, and finds that her father has died suddenly. After seeing that Anjali and Pooja have no other family and no one to live with, he marries Anjali on the spot. When he brings her home, his father disowns him. Rahul, shocked and hurt, shares an emotional good-bye with his mother; Nandini asks Rohan and Rahul's nanny, Sayeeda (Farida Jalal), to accompany Rahul wherever he goes so that he will always have a mother's love and care. After visiting Rohan, who is at boarding school, one last time he leaves with Anjali, Pooja, and Sayeeda.
Rohan (Hrithik Roshan) is devastated by the split in the family, but has never learned why Rahul left because Rahul had made him promise never to ask. Ten years later, on his way home for the holidays, he stops to meet his maternal and paternal grandmothers and overhears them discussing the split; upon confrontation, they tell him the whole truth. When he goes to his parents' home, he learns from a few acquaintances of Anjali's that Rahul and Anjali have settled down in London. Vowing to himself to bring Rahul and Anjali home, he tells his parents that he wants to go to London to study; Yash reluctantly agrees. As soon as he arrives in London, he tracks Rahul down and learns his address. He enrolls at the university and finds that Pooja (Kareena Kapoor) happens to be a student there. He tells her who he is and asks her to help him bring the family back together.
Meanwhile, Rahul has started his own business and is living comfortably with Pooja, Sayeeda and Anjali and their nine-year-old son, Krish. Pooja tells them that Rohan is her best friend's brother who has come from India and needs a place to stay. Rahul and Anjali warmly welcome him (or rather, grudgingly on Rahul's part), and Rohan soon becomes a part of the family without revealing who he is. He reminds the family how much they miss India and their parents. Eventually, he tells everyone the truth and tries to convince Rahul to go back to India and meet their parents. He even goes so far as to convince Yash and Nandini to come to London with the hope that Yash will reunite with Rahul. This fails, but Rahul and Nandini share a joyful reunion. At this point Anjali, too, attempts to persuade Rahul to go back to India and meet his father. Rahul, convinced that his father doesn't love him and wants nothing to do with him, remains adamant, until they learn that Yash's mother has died, and her last wish was for Rahul, Yash, and Rohan to light her funeral pyre together. Rahul goes back to India, but participates in the funeral without speaking to his father.
Nandini confronts Yash and tells him, for the first time in ten years, that he was wrong in cutting ties with Rahul, whom he had brought into their home with such love and happiness. This leaves Yash stunned, and at odds with himself. Rohan finally manages to convince Rahul to speak to Yash. He takes Rohan, Pooja, and Anjali and goes to meet him, and finds Yash humbled and sad. Yash apologizes to Rahul and berates him for believing that his father did not love him and for not returning home sooner.
Things end happily, with Rohan and Pooja's wedding and a belated celebration of Rahul and Anjali's wedding.
The first hindi film i ever watched. If it wasnt 4 this one i wouldnt care about the rest. i mean its an all-star cast this movies story would be great for any culture. I recommend it to anyone!
A very simple, but very emotional movie. Shahrukh Khan is very good, and with Kajol a perfect match. Hrithik Roshan and Kareena Kapoor are very sweet together, but a little bit too much. Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan are very good in the movie, most of all Jaya Bachchan. The music is perfect.
E X C E L L E N T tout simplement ! Je l'ai vu en suède (et donc en suédois ;) ) et je suis resté ... scotché. J'en revenais pas. C'est, comment dire... too much! et excellent.
Sappy melodrama at its best! This is a great saga. Hrithik does a great job and is total eye candy. Shahruhk is also good and not too over the top. Jaya Bachchan is the picture of grace as the long-suffering matriarch and Kajol very funny. I loved this film.
This is the embodiment of every stereotype that Bollywood has ever nurtured throughout its storied history. From headstrong fathers to questions on arranged marriages and high moral values...everything has been dumped into the chamber pot with scarce regard for sense. This movie can be viewed in one of 2 ways........1) This movie can be taken at face value(i.e. a joke), in which case, it unintentionally turns into a laugh riot....2) A serious piece of cinema, in which case I guarantee you'll leave the cinema hall with a FIERCE headache!....I WOULD recommend this to my worst enemy, it would seem a nice way to get even!
A great movie which dragged a bit during a few parts but I still loved it. The story was great with an AWESOME cast!This is the kind of movie you canwatch again and again even though it's a bit heavy (although tht can be expectd... after all, it's Karan johar.)Kareena Kapoor was good as Poo and SRK and Hrithik absolutely rocked (as usual)
too much to digest really...liked only for the big star cast...but it was really touching i admit it but also a lot dragging....loved hrithick and srk......this is good movie but could been even lot better
i love this movie becaue it tellinh that mother loves sons about he did something that one family has go through and this family can't stay together about younger son find other way were he can unite is borther to this parent. Thsi is a great it make s me cry.
A wonderful movie! Acting was awesome. Songs were amazing. And the storyline is awesome, too. I think that I can watch this movie again and again and never get bored.
i like it less the more i see it, but it still is a good movie to display the customs and family relationships. hrithik and kajol were both great!!! i loves the hi allah song between khan and kajol!!
Amitabh Bachchan was soo wrong in the movie. yo Kajol's my girl, but that what made the plot line the father disowning the son and daughter-in-law. the mother (jaya) was nice but she should have said something early. anyway the whole family thing was nice,and i loved when srk&kajol keep meeting and seeing one another, that was fuuny. They act crazy.Those were mostly my favor parts of the movie and when roshan&kapoor meet.
Love/Hate would describe my relationship with this film. Let me start with the good...Obviously, we have a great cast, and they all do a pretty good job, even my beloved Kajol who I found kind of annoying in parts won me over ultimately. Shahrukh looks amazing. Big B and Jaya are ok but a bit boring as the parents. Hrithik is allright, balanced quite nicely with Kareena's snobbish character. Karan Johar does a nice job in the first half with the SRK-Kajol love story(not a surprise), and I can't stress to you enough how much I love the song Suraj Hua Madam in this movie.It's like he took my favorite gazebo scene from Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and stretched it out and steamed it up. Yay. And there are some funny parts, the directing and the rest of the song/dances in general are pretty good.(You are my Soniya, Bole Chudiyan,title song)Ok, now for the bad. Karan Johar is wayyy more entertaining than this. I found the family/parent scenes a bit dry and dull, and really, isn't this supposed to be the heart of the movie? And although he did a nice job with Srk-Kajol in the first half, they don't really have that much to offer in the second half from a romantic standpoint. I mean, I know they're married now and all, but come on, its Shahrukh Khan and Kajol-can we ever get enough?? Its sad to say that this film as an overall package can be seen as boring in a way because it seems insanely impossible considering its cast. I'm afraid its borderline ok/good. I gave it 3.5 stars, taking it on the good side because of the songs and the chemistry amongst the cast. Maybe I'm being a little harsh...its just that its not quite up to par with Kuch Kuch Hota Hai in the charm department. The funny moments are also somewhat delighting here, but again, its not as loveable as we would expect from Karan Johar.
A lot of crying in this over 3 hrs long drama about family, but it is touching and there are some excellent cheesy 90s style scenes. :) The leads are all gorgeous and I couldn't help smiling at some scenes and getting close to tears in others.
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