Let's throw it back to 2001 with the star studded cast of Karan Johar's Kabhie Khushi Kabhie Gham (or K3G) I believe it means 'Sometimes there's Happiness, Sometimes there's Sorrow'.
The movie stars Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, ShahRukh Khan, Kajol, Hrithik Roshan, and Kareena Kapoor in major roles. Although, this movie is about 16 years old. It remains evergreen...
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Yashvardhan Raichand (Amitabh Bachchan) is a rich businessman who lives in India with his wife Nandini (Jaya Bachchan). They have two sons Rahul (Shahrukh Khan) and young Rohan (Kavish Majmudar). Rahul is an adopted son of Yash and Nandini; this is known to everyone except Rohan.
Rahul meets the feisty Anjali (Kajol), the daughter of a confectioner who lives in Chandi Chowk, a local and low class vicinity (sort of like our own Ajegunle 😃) when he had gone to check on their order for his father's 50th birthday and also give their nanny, Daijan (Farida Jalal) some medicines because she was ill. It was a love at first sight kind of situation for him.
At the same time, Rohan meets young Pooja (Maalvika Raaj) but theirs was not pleasant as Pooja taunts Rohan with some other local kids.
As Rahul and Anjali's love blossomed, Yash had his own plan of marrying his son to Naina (Rani Mukherji). A situation, coupled with some other unfortunate incidents between Yash and Anjali, that would make Rahul and Anjali's love forbidden.
In the midst of all the drama, Rohan is sent to a boarding school, which is part of their family's tradition; and Yash announces his desire for Rahul to marry Naina. Naina learns that Rahul is in love with someone else, and encourages him to pursue her.
When Yash finds out about Rahul and Anjali's relationship, he is enraged. Rahul, at that point, promises not to marry Anjali and sets out to inform Anjali but discovers that her father (Alok Nath) had died and marries her (Here, I thought to myself - wtf - is that how people just get married?! 😒). Yash learns of the marriage and disowns Rahul, reminding him that he had proved that he was not his blood. Nandini and Rahul share a tearful goodbye and she sends Sayeeda (aka Daijan), to watch over him. Rahul also visits Rohan in school and begs of him never to ask where he went or why he left, and asks him to take care of their mum, join the cricket team, and loose some weight.
Ten years later, Rohan (now Hrithik Roshan) returns home from the boarding school, and learns from his grandmothers (Achala Sachdev and Sushma Seth) that Rahul was adopted; he also learns the reason why he left the house; whereupon Rohan vows to reunite the family. He finds out that Rahul, Anjali, and Pooja moved to London, and tells his parents that he wishes further his studies in London. In London, Rahul is now a wealthy businessman; he and Anjali now have their own son, Krish.
Grown up Pooja (Kareena Kapoor) is now a popular student at King's College London, she is popularly called 'Poo'. Rohan enrolls there too and plots his meeting with Pooja where he tells her that he has come to London to bring his brother and sister-in-law back home and asks for her help.
Pooja tells Rahul that Rohan is her friend's brother who has nowhere to stay and persuades him (more like bully him, lol), to let Rohan stay with them. Rohan introduces himself as Yash and set a series of event in motion to remind his brother of home.
Finally, at Krish's school function, he sings the Indian national anthem, and thereafter, recites an advice which Rohan had given him. This advice had been given by Rahul to Rohan ten years back. Rahul thus realise that Rohan is his brother. Rohan begs Rahul to come home, but he refuses.
Pooja convinces Rohan to invite his parents to London and had to buy him a gift upon arrival. They agree and come. Rohan tells his father the exact mall where he should by this gift in a plan to get everybody at the same place. His plan works as Rahul and Nandini see each other but Rahul still refuses to talk to his father.
Yash is angry with Rohan after he finds out what he tried to do, he even slaps him at a point in the heated arguement. He then learns that his mother had died and that her last wish was for Yash, Rahul, and Rohan to light her funeral pyre together. Anjali convinced Rahul to let them go to India, he agrees.
The entire family attends the funeral, and Nandini tells Yash that she thought he was wrong for disowning Rahul. Rohan and Pooja convince Rahul to talk to Yash, he does and all is well between father and son.
Rohan and Pooja are also married and the family hold a belated celebration of Rahul and Anjali's wedding. And I guess... they lived happily ever after!
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I love love love this movie! Infact, it was my first 'modern' bollywood movie (as I was used to classics of Dharmendra and co). It was that which introduced me to the jodi world of SRK and Kajol 😉
But then, like many movies, it wasn't perfect. There were some really minute details that didn't get attention... I love you Karan but you just missed them! 😏
1. Rahul wore the same shoes for good ten years. Amazing! Despite all his wealth?! He could relocate to London but could not change his shoes. But then again, maybe he kept them so his mum could recognise him ten years after... or he simply loved those exact design that he just kept buying them year in year out - don't worry Rahul, I got your back! 😖
2. Pooja's shoes magically match at the party after leaving home with mismatched shoes. Perhaps, we missed the scene where she stopped by a store to buy a new pair of shoes... 😄
3. The movie was set in 1991 and Yash used a Nokia communicator that was launched from 1998... but then again he is not a rich mogul for nothing. With all his wealth, he definitely could have afforded a time travel machine to buy it from the future 😎
4. The song that Yash sang to Nandini on his birthday - 'aye kya bolti tu' is from the movie Ghulam which was released in 1997. Need I remind you that Yash is so rich that he could go to the future to get gadgets and information... so why should we be surprised! 😝
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