Maidgethma Wonderfully offbeat film!

ChicRawIdol A brilliant film that helped define a genre

Stephan Hammond It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

Derry Herrera Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.

uma Most Overrated,Unrealistic And Worst Film i ever saw in my life.first what or where is the story,sorry i never frustrated watching any films,but this one really irritated me.is this Indian culture,having child after marriage leave his wife for love-affair? come to unrealistic characters uff the all characters do one thing properly crying especially Maya crying crying which is most irritated me.dev who even didn't understand or adjust his wife at least for his son when he found again his old love-affair he simply go her.for me it is a little problem between husband and wife (dev and rhea problem as same as like rishi and Maya) but karan created like it was a biggest mistake in a life,yes karan tried to justified dev and Maya characters like they tried and wanted to understanding their respective spouses or make them understood.but karan failed in this point because whenever dev and Maya met they only developed or recreated their love for each other.i feel they didn't really wanted to understand their spouses they only wanted their happiness which is i found selfishness.totally hated the characters of dev and Maya.i really really sorry for poor rhea and rishi does not mean i loved them,because how can they forgave dev and Maya who are betrayed them.finally this film thought us story is the real hero or success of the film,not the big stars and even the good costumes and good locations dragged me to like this film.this is karan worst directional film how can he thought Indian people or cultured people like this film which has extra-love affair as a theme,which has the characters like dev (who has small innocent child,dev didn't thing his decision will affect his child or make his child suffer or change his child character in future he only thing his happiness what a selfish soul) and Maya (who acted her whole life like she wanted to save her married life but her behaving told me she just wanted to her happiness like dev and every time she betrayed rishi and always fighting with him instead of make him understand she is overacted and selfish).i extremely regretted watched this film it made me lost my money and my valuable time.

abhishekx It was certainly a very risky experiment completely apart from the mainstream. Extra Marital affair has always been very overrated in our country. Maybe that is why, people in our country not only did not like the movie but also criticized it very badly. But I am sure, while making the movie, Johor might not have had any expectations of good reviews from Indian public and critics. Nevertheless, the movie did a fantastic performance in the overseas market. It was also received positively there. Even today, after 8 years of its release, it is still the 7th Highest grossing movie in the overseas market. I personally loved the movie very much. Though it was too high on drama. I have always admired KJO's movies. But KANK is very much close to my heart. I know this is too late to write this review. But I watched the movie yesterday on TV. Not that this was the first time I watched it. My dad had shown me the movie on the first day first show of its release in 2006. But as I was too small then, I couldn't understand the movie. But now, when I am 18, I understood how intelligent the movie is. Hats off to Karan!

Muhammad Ali I don't know why this idea of LOVE BEYOND BOUNDARIES fascinates me that much. If you see this movie from a critical eye you will find the concept against the values of eastern culture, but they way Rani and Shahrukh acted this movie is flawless and one of my all time favorite movies from Indian film industry. I would say no one from their industry can play this role the way they have done, the way they pretend to hide and show-off their feelings, at least for me it was super natural. Take a bow the best actors. Among all of the circle of my friends and family, I am the only person who likes this movie, no one else. I would say that probably this movie hit a very less number of spectators, that's the reason it doesn't have the rating which it actually deserves. For those who have not watched this flick, if your thinking is limited to the boundaries our society have set for us then you will not like this one, but if you will try to understand that this can happen in real world too, then the way this movies is filmed, you will find it spectacular.

Srinivas G Phani After the horrible film Kabhie Khushi Kabhi Gham, Karan Johar attempts something more intelligent and different. Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna is full of coincidences but that doesn't matter. The screenplay, on the whole, is a masterpiece.The film starts off like an ordinary story of the happily married couple, Dev and Rhea and the about to wed couple Rishi and Maya but in less than 15 minutes, the film gallops over five years and explores the loopholes in the relationships. The film offers a perfect explanation for Dev's jealousy for Rhea but fetters in telling clearly why Maya is not happy with Rishi – maybe they are just not made for each other. And finally, Dev and Maya fall for each other and then comes the intermission. The series of events that drive to the interval hold your attention throughout. Johar intelligently adds some humor to the fast- moving serious story in the form of misunderstandings and Rishi's father, Sexy Sam's playboy nature.The post interval portions also hold your attention. The witty dialogs by Niranjan Iyengar and Karan's treatment of the scenes leave tremendous impact. Screenplay mainly focuses on situations than story in this hour and the situations are well-exploited to make wonderful scenes. The scene where Rhea and Maya cross the road, unknowingly together, to take the flowers from the flustered Dev standing across the road deserved the best scene of the decade award. The ending of the film is a bit dragged with Dev and Maya lying to each other and living separately for three years but nevertheless, I do appreciate Karan's boldness in delivering an ending never witnessed on the Indian screen before.The editing and cinematography is more on New York, and some have been critical about it, but being a person who has never been to New York, I did love seeing the city in the film. The locations have been selected carefully to go with the moods of the scenes. Also, the extensive use of red and black was a nice idea by the costume designer Manish Malhotra. The makeup of the leads is astounding; all of them look damn gorgeous throughout. Also, I loved the way the song Tumhi Dekho Na starts with Mukherjee saying 'I love blue' and Lo! Everybody wears blue.Sharukh Khan as Dev is seasoned to such roles and no comments on his marvelous performance. Rani Mukherjee as Maya steals the show by giving life to the weak characterization. She does manage to give some laughs in the first hour and delivers the histrionics perfectly. She is a great actor. Abhishek Bacchan is revelation. His character is most etched and he does full justice. Preity Zinta bowled me by her sincerity to work. She walks with grace, delivers dialogs calmly and bears with Dev silently. She doesn't go over the top. Amitab Bacchan is my favorite in the film. He tickles the funny bone perfectly. Kirron Kher lends adequate support. The scenes involving Kher and Bacchan are fun to watch.Music is too good. Tumhi Dekho Na and Mitwa have poetic lyrics and are choreographed and shot well. Rock n Roll is a distinct number and Amitab rocks in it. Where's the party, being a good composition, is placed wrong in the film and the title track as well as the background music which is mainly the title track and Tumhi Dekho's instrumental version are good. The only letdown is the running time – it is horribly long. Also, I disagree with the CBFC of India's certification – the film is adult.The film is a landmark one for its bold theme and for the performances. After watching Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna, I dare not agree that Kabhie Khushi Kabhie Gham was directed by Karan Johar.