| Directed by | Karan Johar |
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| Produced by | Yash Johar |
| Written by | Karan Johar |
| Starring | Shahrukh Khan Kajol Rani Mukerji |
| Music by | Jatin-Lalit |
| Cinematography | Santosh Thundiyil |
| Editing by | Sanjay Sankla |
| Distributed by | Dharma Productions Yash Raj Films |
| Release date(s) | 16 October 1998 |
| Running time | 185 mins |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi English |
| Budget |  8.33 crore (US$1.83 million)[1] |
| Box office | 103.38 crore (US$22.74 million)[2] |
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,[3] Lux Zee Cine Awards, Sansui Viewers' Choice Awards, Aashirwad Awards, Bollywood Movie Awards and the National Film Awards.
The film remains one of director Karan Johar's best films that he made as well as becoming a cultural icon in India. Karan Johar became a household name, and the film helped the careers of all actors involved in the film.
Plot
Rahul Khanna (Shahrukh Khan) and Anjali Sharma (Kajol) are best friends at St. Xavier's college. Anjali is a tomboy, which is the main reason why Rahul is her best friend. Anjali gets increasingly annoyed with Rahul hitting on the other women all the time because, unknown to Rahul and even herself, she is in love with him. The principal, Mr. Malholtra (Anupam Kher) informs Anjali that his daughter Tina (Rani Mukherji) is arriving at St. Xavier's from Oxford University in England. He requests that Anjali takes care of Tina. When Tina arrives, Rahul is instantly attracted to her. One day in class, Rahul says that love is friendship and that he shall only love a girl if she is his best friend. This makes Anjali believe that Rahul loves her. However, Rahul and Tina start spending a lot of time together and find themselves increasingly drawn to each other. Anjali attempts to be like the elegant and feminine Tina but the attempts are only met with laughter from Rahul and his friends. Rifat Bi (Himani Shivpuri), the motherly housekeeper at Xavier's, encourages Anjali to tell Rahul about her feelings for him. When Anjali sets out to do so, she is heartbroken to hear that he is in love with Tina. Anjali decides to leave college without telling Rahul or Tina. When Rahul finds out, he is deeply hurt - he and Anjali share a tearful goodbye. That day, Tina realizes that Rahul and Anjali are soulmates and that she has come between them. Rahul and Tina get married and have a baby girl whom they name Anjali. Tina dies after giving birth - she leaves behind eight letters for her daughter, one for each of her first eight birthdays.Reading the last letter on her eighth birthday, the younger Anjali (Sana Saeed) learns about her namesake Anjali Sharma. Tina's letter gives her daughter the mission to bring the elder Anjali back to Rahul. It is revealed that Anjali Sharma has changed over these years - she has developed an elegant, feminine personality and is no longer a tomboy. She is engaged to Aman Mehra (Salman Khan) but confides to her mother (Reema Lagoo) that she is mostly marrying him as a compromise. In fact, Anjali believes that she cannot fall in love ever again after losing Rahul. The younger Anjali and Rahul's mother (Farida Jalal), travel to Xavier's and learn that Anjali Sharma is to be married in a week. Little Anjali prays and the wedding is postponed to December. Anjali Sharma is going to be working on a summer camp in Shimla; so Rahuls' mother and the younger Anjali travel there. They find the elder Anjali and little Anjali shares a bond with her. When Anjali Sharma is watching television one night, she sees Rahul participating in a live show where he talks about his daughter. This makes the elder Anjali realize that she has met her old friend's daughter. Rahul arrives at the summer camp and is overjoyed to be reunited with his old friend Anjali after all these years. They feel themselves being drawn towards each other again. One night, they are dancing in the rain when Anjali Sharma sees her engagement ring and feels torn between her fiance and her true love. Coincidentally, Aman reaches the camp that night and informs Rahul that he and Anjali are getting married. Rahul is hurt by this news but expresses his happiness. The elder Anjali believes Rahul is rejecting her again; so she decides to leave with Aman that same day and have the wedding as soon as possible.
Rahul and his family arrive at the elder Anjali's wedding. Rahul goes to visit his old friend one last time - she still loves him and cannot bear to leave him. Aman notices this - he expresses his guilt for coming between the two he now knows to be soulmates. He releases Anjali from their engagement. As Rahul and the elder Anjali marry, little Anjali has a vision of Tina giving her the thumbs up.
Cast
- Shahrukh Khan as Rahul Khanna: A student at St. Xavier's college, Rahul is Anjali's first love and her best friend who ultimately falls for and marries Tina. He is self-confident and extremely masculine. He did not recognise Anjali's feelings toward him in college. He and Tina name their daughter 'Anjali.'
- Kajol as Anjali Sharma: 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 had always felt guilty for coming between Anjali and Rahul. When she dies during childbirth, she sends her daughter to matchmake her widowed husband with Anjali through letters.
- 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 her to have a new mother.
- Anupam Kher as Principal Malhotra: As Tina's father and little Anjali's grandfather, he wishes for a new mother for Anjali. He, with Mrs. Khanna, seek to bring happiness back into Rahul's life. He is slightly infatuated with Ms. 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 has doubts about her daughter's motives for marrying 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 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.
- Parzan Dastur as Silent Sardarji: A 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 The Neelam Show and little Anjali's role model. She involuntarily helps to matchmake Rahul and grown-up Anjali.
Production
Johar first wrote a story, which was a love triangle between a tomboy, a very pretty looking girl and a slightly insensitive boy but he shelved the idea because he was not very satisfied with it. Then he wrote an other plot about a widower and his child. which he shelved as well. Eventually he decided to merge the two stories into one. H explained in an interview with Rediff: "It was about the trauma of a widower and his little child. How the child really wants a mother and how she brings her mother into her father's life. Then I thought: Why not bring an youth aspect to the story? Why not a flashback? That's how the story got made." [4]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, but turned it down. Actor Saif Ali Khan was offered the role of Aman Mehra, but he turned it down.
The entire film was shot in nine and half months with a substantial part of it shot in Mauritius. During the bicycle sequence in the "Yeh Ladki Hai Deewana" 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, 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.
Reception and box office
45 crore (US$9.9 million) in India, and Box Office India declared it an all time blockbuster.[5] It went on to make a lifetime gross of 103 crore (US$22.66 million).[2] Adjusted for inflation, the movie has grossed 182 crore (US$40.04 million).[6]
Nikhat Kazmi of The Times of India gave the film 3.5 out of 5 stars, writing, "Kuch Kuch Hota Hai is geared to strike instant chords with the young and the romantic who have two main addictions: MTV and M and B. The film has a generous sprinkling of both - an MTV ambience with everyone cat walking in GAP and Tommy Hilfiger apparel and a preponderance of Valentine Day flavours."[7]
Soundtrack
The film soundtrack was predominately composed by Jatin-Lalit and features playback singers Kavita Krishnamurthy (as Tina Malhotra and Mrs. Sharma), Udit Narayan (as Rahul Khanna), Alka Yagnik (as Anjali Sharma), and Kumar Sanu (as Aman Mehra). The song "Ladki Badi Anjaani Hai" features a violin sample from the song "Rangeela Re" from the 1969 movie Prem Pujari.
Music Videos
Tujhe Yaad Na Meri Aayee (complete) - YouTube | |
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wb1AZoqDDs819 Dec 2008 - 7 min - mnLuise17Película: Kuch Kuch Hota Hai ... why do songs like this bring back loads of bad memories that we dont wanna ...
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Kuch Kuch Hota Hai - Ladki Badi Anjani Hai | |
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w71125HnQAA30 Sep 2006 - 6 min - QueenSharonAlbum: Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998)
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Shahrukh Khan - Kuch Kuch Hota Hai | |
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmfTf979zy822 Feb 2010 - 5 min - aurorabettiniAlbum: The King Khan (2006)
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| For mp3 downloads Tracklist | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Artist(s) | Length | ||||||
| 1. | "Kuch Kuch Hota Hai" | Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik | 4:56 | ||||||
| 2. | "Koi Mil Gaya" | Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik, Kavita Krishnamurthy | 7:16 | ||||||
| 3. | "Saajanji Ghar Aaye" | Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik, Kavita Krishnamurthy | 7:14 | ||||||
| 4. | "Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (Sad)" | Alka Yagnik | 1:26 | ||||||
| 5. | "Yeh Ladka Hai Deewana" | Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik | 6:36 | ||||||
| 6. | "Tujhe Yaad Na Meri Aayee" | Alka Yagnik, Manpreet Akhtar, Udit Narayan | 7:03 | ||||||
| 7. | "Raghupati Raghav" | Alka Yagnik, Shankar Mahadevan | 2:05 | ||||||
| 8. | "Ladki Badi Anjaani Hai" | Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik | 6:23 | ||||||
Awards
Kuch Kuch Hota Hai won many awards. It is the third film to win the four major awards (Best Movie, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Actress) at the Filmfare Awards. Others include: Guide (1966), Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (1995) (also starring Shahrukh Khan and Kajol), Devdas (2002) and Black (2005).- 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
- Nominated: Best Music Director - Jatin Lalit
- Nominated: Best Comedian - Anupam Kher
- Nominated: Best Comedian - Archana Puran Singh
- Nominated: Best Comedian - Johnny Lever
- Nominated: Best Male Playback Singer - Kumar Sanu - "Ladki Badi Anjaani Hai"
- Nominated: Best Male Playback Singer - Udit Narayan - "Kuch Kuch Hota Hai"
- Nominated: Best Female Playback Singer - Alka Yagnik - "Kuch Kuch Hota Hai"
- Nominated: Best Lyricist - Sameer - "Ladki Badi Anjaani Hai"
- Nominated: Best Lyricist - Sameer - "Kuch Kuch Hota Hai"
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