Tuesday Couch Potatoes: Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (Something Happens)

I feel in love with bollywood movies since I've watched Kuch Kuch Hota Hai(Something Happens).I remember watching it and loving every second of it. Yes, it is a melodramatic film, full of colourful song and dance numbers, but it also offers more than your average Hindi film. Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (Something Happens) is the type of movie that one can never get tired of watching. The jokes are fresh,the concept is new, and the characters are unforgettable. This movie makes me laugh and cry at the same time . It never fails to make me soooo "kilig" ( shivery, fuzzy, chilling [positive] feeling that you get when you’re “in love” or infatuated) to the bones and the actors makes you feel in love . I'm completely twitterpated with this movie.The medium of language used is in Hindi but subtitles in English is available so I was able to understand.

The characters are unique and very entertaining. Shahrukh Khan is at his best, and Kajol steals the show. Rani Mukherji was given a chance, by Karan Johar, to prove herself, and she certainly rose to the occasion. Farida Jalal, as the witty grandmother, is adorable, and so is little Anjali.

Here's my favorite quote from the movie:

Ms. Briganza: Rahul... what is love?
Rahul Khanna: Love. Love is friendship.
Anjali Sharma: [Anjali looks at him]
Rahul Khanna: If she can't be my best friend, I can't be in love with her. Without friendship, there is no love. Simple. Love is friendship. Okay, Ms. Briganza?

Let me give you some preview:

Rahul and the tomboy Anjali are students at St. Xavier College. They are the best of friends. One day Tina, the principal's daughter, enrolls at St. Xavier. 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 and grandfather as accomplices. The unlikely conspirators locate Rahul's old sweetheart 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 vowed to her family's wishes and is engaged to another man, Aman.

Watch this movie to know what will happen. For me, this is a wonderful movie. I would recommend it to anyone who would like to see a fun and sweet movie about true love.

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