Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
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| Directed by | Karan Johar |
| Produced by | Yash Johar |
| Written by | Karan Johar |
| Starring | Shahrukh Khan Salman Khan Kajol Rani Mukherjee |
| Cinematography | Santosh Thundiiayil |
| Editing by | Sanjay Sankla |
| Distributed by | Dharma Productions |
| Release date(s) | October 16, 1998 |
| Running time | 177 mins |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | $1,843,742.82 (est.) |
Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (Hindi: कुछ कुछ होता है translation: Something Just Happens) is a Hindi romantic comedy film, released in India and the United Kingdom on October 16, 1998.
The film was written and directed by the debuting Karan Johar and stars the popular on-screen pair of Shahrukh Khan and Kajol in their fourth of five movies together. Rani Mukerji features in a supporting role, while Salman Khan has an extended cameo appearance. The film was extremely successful both in India and abroad, winning major awards in all categories including the Best Film award at The 44th Annual Filmfare Awards, Lux Zee Cine Awards, Sansui Viewers' Choice Awards, Aashirwad Awards, Bollywood Awards and the National Awards.
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[edit] Production
A substantial part of the movie was shot in Mauritius. Many Indian actresses such as Twinkle Khanna, Tabu, Shilpa Shetty, Urmila Matondkar, Aishwarya Rai, Raveena Tandon and Karisma Kapoor were offered the role of Tina, later played by Rani Mukherjee, but turned it down.
Saif Ali Khan was offered the role of Aman Mehra, but he turned it down and it was played by Salman Khan.
During the bicycle sequence in the "Yeh Ladki Hai Deewani" song number, Kajol lost control of her bike, fell flat on her face and was knocked unconscious while also injuring her knee. Years later while discussing the incident with co-star Shah Rukh Khan and director Karan Johar on his talk show Koffee with Karan, both Khan and Johar joked that Kajol lost her memory upon awakening and was asking where she was and what her name was. During the promotional Making of Kuch Kuch Hota Hai TV special, Kajol stated that the accident was her most memorable part of shooting the film because she doesn't remember it.
KKHH is the second film to win the 4 major awards (Best Movie, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Actress) at the Filmfare. Others include: Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (1995), Devdas (2002) and Black (2005).
[edit] Synopsis
Rahul (Shahrukh Khan) and the tomboy Anjali (Kajol) are students at St. Xavier's College. They are the best of friends. One day Tina, (Rani Mukerji), the principal's daughter, enrolls at St. Xavier's. She is beautiful, feminine, and sophisticated; therefore the antithesis of Anjali. Rahul falls hard for Tina as soon as he meets her, which was just the time that Anjali realized that she has some feelings for Rahul, probably prompted by a careless comment on his part that she had overheard, which equated love with friendship. This creates a romance triangle. One day, Rahul confesses his love for Tina to Anjali. Anjali leaves college suddenly, vowing to forget the heartbreak he caused.
Tina and Rahul marry and have a child, whom Tina names Anjali. Tina dies in childbirth, but had previously written a series of eight letters. Every year, on Anjali's birthday, she is given a letter and hears her mother's loving wishes for her. In the eighth and last letter, the little girl is told about her namesake. Where Rahul had been blind, Tina had noticed the older Anjali's emotions and pitied her deeply. Because Rahul hasn't remarried, perhaps his first love could be the mother that the young Anjali needs and wants.
Anjali Jr. believes that the older Anjali can make her beloved father happy again, and decides to help her father reclaim his lost paramour. She soon recruits her doting grandmother (Rahul's mother, played by Farida Jalal) and grandfather (Tina's father played by Anupam Kher) as accomplices.
The unlikely conspirators locate Rahul's old friend and contrive to make Rahul and Anjali meet again. They meet in a camp where Anjali Jr. had enrolled, where her namesake is a counselor. The namesake discovers, without the younger girl's knowledge, the truth of her new charge's parentage. Rahul soon finds old feelings reviving. However, Anjali has bowed to her family's wishes and is engaged to another man, Aman (played by Salman Khan). Complications ensue, but all ends well as Aman steps aside to let the fated couple marry at last.
[edit] Cast
- Shahrukh Khan as Rahul Khanna: A student at St. Xavier's college, Rahul is Anjali's first paramour and her best friend, but ultimately falls for and marries Tina. He is self-confident and extremely masculine.
- Kajol as Anjali Sharma Khanna: The college's tomboy and Rahul's best friend, who is secretly in love with him. She is a boyish and forthright girl who grows into a poised and lovely woman.
- Rani Mukerji as Tina Malhotra Khanna: The principal's daughter, feminine, sophisticated, an alumna from Oxford University. She is the woman with whom Rahul eventually has a daughter. She dies and sends her daughter to matchmake her widowed husband with Anjali through letters written before her death.
- Salman Khan as Aman Mehra: Aman is Anjali Sharma's loving fiancé, who finally understands her feelings for Rahul and lets her go.
- Sana Saeed as Anjali Khanna: Anjali Khanna, named after Anjali Sharma, is Rahul's and Tina's daughter. She desperately wants to have a mother again and wants her father to have a loving wife.
- Farida Jalal as Mrs. Khanna: As Rahul's mother she wishes for her son's happiness and as little Anjali's grandmother she wishes for new mother.
- Anupam Kher as Principal Malhotra: As Tina's father and little Anjali's grandfather, he wishes for a new mother for little Anjali. He, along with Mrs. Khanna, seek to bring happiness back into Rahul's life. He is slightly infatuated with Mrs. Briganza.
- Archana Puran Singh as Ms. Briganza: A showy English teacher at St. Xavier's College. She flirts with Principal Malhotra throughout the film.
- Reema Lagoo as Mrs. Sharma: She is Anjali Sharma's mother and doubts her daughter's motives for marrying her fiancée Aman.
- Himani Shivpuri as Rifat Bi: St. Xavier's housekeeper and a motherly friend for Anjali Sharma. She helps little Anjali to prevent the marriage between the older Anjali and Amaan.
- Johnny Lever as Col. Almeida: He is the Camp Manager of Camp Sunshine, where Anjali Sharma works. He has a strong sense of admiration for the British Empire and finally finds his match in Mrs. Khanna's patriotism for India.
- Paarzun Dastur as Silent Sardarji: A little Sikh boy at Camp Sunshine. He never talks and always counts the stars. When Anjali leaves Camp Sunshine to marry Aman, he pleads with her to stay.
- Neelam as Herself in a special appearance: she is the host of her own show, The Neelam Show, and little Anjali's role model. She involuntarily helps to matchmake Rahul and grown-up Anjali.
[edit] Music
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| Producer | Jatin-Lalit | ||||
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| Title | Singer(s) | Duration | Notes |
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| "Kuch Kuch Hota Hai" | Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik | 4:56 | Pictured on Shahrukh Khan, Kajol and Rani Mukerji |
| "Koi Mil Gaya" | Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik, Kavita Krishnamurthy | 7:16 | Pictured on Shahrukh Khan, Kajol and Rani Mukerji |
| "Saajanji Ghar Aaye" | Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik, Kavita Krishnamurthy | 7:14 | Pictured on Salman Khan and Kajol |
| "Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (Sad)" | Alka Yagnik | 1:26 | Pictured on Shahrukh Khan and Kajol |
| "Yeh Ladka Hai Deewana" | Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik | 6:36 | Pictured on Shahrukh Khan and Kajol |
| "Tujhe Yaad Na Meri Aayee" | Alka Yagnik, Manpreet Akhtar, Udit Narayan | 7:03 | Pictured on Kajol |
| "Raghupati Raghav" | Alka Yagnik, Shankar Mahadevan | 2:05 | Pictured on Shahrukh Khan |
| "Ladki Badi Anjani Hai" | Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik | 6:23 | Pictured on Shahrukh Khan and Kajol |
[edit] Box office
Kuch Kuch Hota Hai was the highest grossing movie of 1998; it made Rs.500,000,000 in India.
[edit] Awards
[edit] Filmfare Awards
- Best Movie - Yash Johar
- Best Director - Karan Johar
- Best Actor - Shahrukh Khan
- Best Actress - Kajol
- Best Supporting Actor - Salman Khan
- Best Supporting Actress - Rani Mukerji
- Best Art Direction - Sharmishta Roy
- Best Screenplay - Karan Johar
[edit] Zee Cine Awards
- Zee Cine Award Best Actor- Male - Shahrukh Khan
- Zee Cine Award Best Actor- Female - Kajol
- Zee Cine Award Best Actor in a Supporting Role- Female - Rani Mukerji
[edit] Sansui Viewer’s Choice Movie Award
- Sansui Awards, Best Actor - Shahrukh Khan
- Sansui Awards, Best Actress - Kajol
[edit] See also
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| Preceded by Dil To Pagal Hai दिल तो पागल है |
Filmfare Award for Best Film 1998 |
Succeeded by Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam हम दिल दे चुके सनम |
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