Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham
Cast : Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol devgan, Hrithik Roshan, Kareena Kapoor
Director : Karan Johar
Music : Jatin-Lalit, Aadesh Srivastava and Sandesh Shandelya
A huge starcast, a director whose previous film was a superhit. Obviously, expectations were bound to rise metamorphically. Then, what does Karan do? Comes with a damp squib: K3G .
Karan Johar’s much talked about mega movie ’Kabhi Kushi Kabhie Ghum’ brings together a line of stars including the old hit pair Amitabh and Jaya after a long gap of 16 years
The story revolves around the Raichand family, the business man Yashovardhan (Amitabh Bachchan), his wife Nandini (Jaya Bachchan), adopted son Rahul (Shah Rukh Khan), younger son Rohan (Hrithik Roshan). A rich and happy family with everything going for them. The problems start when Rahul falls in love with a Punjabi girl Anjali ( Kajol) from a middle class family. Unknown to him his father has already chosen Naina (Rani Mukherjee), his friends daughter as his prospective daughter- in- law.
Rahul marries Anjali and brings her home with his mothers blessings. But the strict and arrogant Yashovardhan who cannot bear this, lashes out revealing Rahul’s adopted status. Disheartened, Rahul leaves his family with his wife Anjali. Rohan who was away in school at the time when all this happens, is devastated to find the brother he adored, gone.
Back to the present.. ten years later a grown up Rohan who is back home from school vows to re-unite the family. Learning that his brother is settled in London, he convinces his father into sending him to London for further studies. There he meets Pooja (Kariena Kapoor), Anjali’s younger sister and they team up to unite the family.
Rohan slowly reveals his identity, convinces Rahul to return home. Yashovardhan and Nandini lands in London .. Rohan coaxes his father to forgive his brother and at last after many confrontations Yashovardhan realises his mistake, apologises to his son and the family reunites.
There is nothing new in the story.
As far as acting is concerned, Amitabh Bachchan as the arrogant and strict father has performed convincingly but his role is pretty similar to what he did in Mohobbatein. Jaya Bachchan sheds crocodile tears throughout and in fact looks amateurish.
The King of hamming, Shah Rukh Khan, as usual, hams his way throughout the movie. Kajol as a typical Punjabi girl has done her part well (though her overacting comes through in some scenes). Hrithik Roshan is unfortunately neither here nor there. Though, as usual, he dances well.
There was some competition for Shahrukh from Kareena in terms of who does a better job at overacting and the King Khan just about manages to scrape through, thanks to his countless experiences in previous films.
Karan Johar has put together yet another emotional drama with a huge star cast and a huge budget.
On the positive side, the magnificent sets are an eye-treat. So also is the cinematography and the music (to an extent).
But the negatives smash out the positives completely and so if u want gham, watch Kabhi Khusi Mostly Gham. Otherwise, stay Khush and avoid watching it.