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Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna - (2disc set)

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I was recenty introduce to Indian and Hindi movies and I just fell inlove with actors Shahrukh and Rani I think they are so great together on screen. Also I appreciated Preity and her dancing skills and Kirron Kher who plays as her mother inlaw they both were wonderful. I Loved the twists and turns in the movie, even though they had an affair if you can get pass that then you can appreciate the movie even more. I also loved the music and the dancing it was just awesome even though I missed Shahrukh dancing in this movie; Nevertheless Shahrukh was brilliant in his romance thrills I would like to see more of this kind of romance acting from him. All the other actors were great also. Sexy Sam played by Amitabh Bauchman he is simply marvelous in this film. And his son Abhishek was also brilliant I loved the strong relationship they shared between father and son. All the actors gave 100% of themselves and you can see the greatness of their acting coming through. Even though I donot agree with the love affair I still think it was a great movie and very relavant for this day in age. I don't want to say any more you simply have to get the movie and watch for yourself its great.

An intelligent film about flawed characters, real problems and unsettling solutions. An astonishingly insightful script, brilliantly executed by one of the most talented filmmakers of our times. A gem.

This movie is one of my favorites because of the acting--I absolutely love Rani Mukherji and Shah Rukh Khan together. Shah Rukh is always fantastic(Now my #1 actor), but when he costars with Rani, he seems to step it up a bit--she matches him tit-for-tat. They are so believable together that it's frightening to think they can act so well. I have watched this movie at least 3 times already--the story line is not one I support, but the acting, music and directing are so superb that you're put in a dreamlike state. If you are a Shah Rukh or Rani fan, this is a must see. If you are not, you will be after watching this movie.

Director Karan Johar has built a wildly successful career making movies about Indians living in the West. Non-resident Indians, as they're called, are a lucrative foreign box-office market (Indians are the wealthiest ethnic group in the U.S.) and films about them are a significant Bollywood subgenre. Johar has his finger on the pulse of the privileged and he's expert at scrutinizing their emotional lives. For all their trendy clothes and cool jobs and swanky homes, they struggle--at least personally.

Johar's films sometimes focus on the difficulties of maintaining an Indian identity in another culture, but in 'Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna,' the ethnicity of the Indian characters living in New York City is incidental, and so is their wealth. The story revolves around two unhappily married couples seeking the only thing they don't possess: love.

Dev (played by Shahrukh Khan) is a professional soccer player who becomes a stay-at-home dad to his nine-year-old son, Arjun, after a career-ending injury. Dev's wife Rhea (Preity Zinta) is an ambitious, hard-working editor at a fashion magazine. Bitter about his injury and resentful of his wife's success, Dev feels emasculated--and he takes out his frustration on his sensitive son who would rather be a violinist than an athlete. Maya (Rani Mukerji) is a regimented schoolteacher who's married to--and thoroughly annoyed by--Rishi (Abhishek Bachchan), a fun-loving events planner. Dev and Maya both settled for comfortable, passionless marriages--based on friendship but no shared interests--shortchanging their spouses who want more. Whatever contentment they may have started with has given way to constant bickering. On the surface, Rhea and Rishi seem like ideal spouses--attractive, successful, and in love with their partners--but behind closed doors, Rhea is neglectful and condescending and Rishi is childish and passive aggressive. Dev and Maya, on the other hand, are overtly difficult people: he's a prickly misanthrope; she's a clean freak and a homebody. All four actors make these characters immensely engaging, despite their disagreeable traits.

Dev and Maya become friends thinking they can give each other the moral support they need to save their marriages, but they come alive only when they're together, and they understand and accept each other's quirks in a way their spouses don't. Their deepening involvement plays out against a stunning backdrop of New York landmarks, including the Brooklyn Bridge, Grand Central Station, Central Park, Washington Square, St. Patrick's Cathedral, and Columbia University.

Rishi's father Sam (Amitabh Bachchan), a lothario who beds women young enough to be his granddaughters, develops a warm connection with a woman his own age when he befriends Dev's mother, Kamaljit (Kirron Kher), and the two conspire to help their kids' marriages.

Despite its over-the-top moments (the minor non-Indian characters are excessively buffoonish for comic effect), the film treats the tough topic of adultery with frankness and resonates with feeling. - The Bollywood Ticket (Subscribe: The Bollywood Ticket)

...among others that I love are K3G, Janemann and Black. I listed other movies so that you know my taste of movies right away. The movie has shown each and every emotion in a perfect way. Anyone who is giving this movie less than five stars should watch this movie again with open mind, without any biased thoughts about whats right and whats wrong. Look at the circumstances of each and every character in the movie and think what you would have done. I was already a fan of Karan Johar and this movie has proved again that he is The Best. The music and songs are also really good. A Must Watch.

This is an excellent film. Rani Mukherjee and Shah Rukh are at their best as actors. This is Koran's best film to date. It is beautifully film and the acting is great plus the music is great. Preity Zinta, Abhishek bachchan, Amitabh bachchan; the whole cast is excellent. I definitely recommend this film.

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The soundtrack and dance numbers are captivating, beautiful, and even haunting (especially the title track) and comprise some of the most popular songs heard on the Radio, in Shaadis (weddings), and other Desi parties. "Where's the Party" and "Rock N Roll Soniye" are 2 mainstays of any Indian party. The movie is very well made - with flawless editing and subtleties in expressions of the tensions of married life and intricacies of friendships that are platonic.

Having said that the movie is also controversial - after all the topic of love affair between married individuals is a taboo in Indian/Asian and for that matter, almost any culture. However this is the first time, in my memory, that we see it vividly portrayed as the central theme of a movie. And the usually beloved and popular Shah Rukh Khan plays an adulterer - which is a spin off of his usual benign, hero type character.

Watch the movie - and appreciate the Director's boldness to spin off in a new direction,

I'll admit that I am obsessed with Shah Rukh Khan, with Amitabh Bachchan, and with Karan Johar movies (even in all their melodramatic weepiness). I went to this film on opening night, fully anticipating enjoying myself completely and perhaps sniffling embarrassingly in the dark. Neither happened, and instead, I ended up feeling very disappointed by this film.

KANK is a story of two failing marriages that involve two damaged individuals: Dev (Shah Rukh Khan), an athlete who becomes bitter after a career ending injury, and Maya (Rani Mukherjee), an infertile woman in a loveless and abusive marriage with her childhood buddy. Dev and Maya find solace in each other, and find more meaning in their relationship with each other than with their respective spouses.

Why I didn't like this movie: Adultery has never been a compelling or sympathetic story line for me, and consequently I found it difficult to care about the characters or the ending of this story. The acting was also less impressive than I had hoped. The main characters seemed to lack depth, and were defined only by one or two negative traits (anger, pride, etc.) and their one-dimensional relationships with one another. Also, the song/dance numbers were somehow lacking. The color schemes were generally beautiful, but the music was just above so-so and Rani Mukherjee's makeup (something I almost never notice) was so awful that it was distracting.

Despite being nominated for eleven Filmfare awards (sort of like an Indian Oscar), KANK only won in one category. I think this means I was not the only moviegoer with much higher expectations of this all star cast and well-known director. Definitely do not start your Bollywood explorations here.