Salon Salutes: Kuch Kuch Hota Hai

Rohit Khare (rohit@uci.edu)
Fri, 13 Nov 1998 16:08:57 -0800

[the translation is actually closer to "something or other happened" :-)
This would be a fun FoRKcon event if we could ever 1) find a subtitled
35mm copy and 2) everyone was crushed into the cheap seats like it's
meant to be :-)]

"Kuch Kuch Hota Hai"

Karan Johar's "Kuch Kuch Hota Hai" (translated as "Something in the
Heart"),
starring Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol, is the new Bombay musical that
flaunts bad
hip-hop dancing, "Grease"-like singing, drop-dead edible beautiful
people and an
extravaganza of color, romance and moral dilemmas the likes of which
haven't been
seen in American cinema in a long, long time. If you've never indulged
in a bit of
Bollywood, this is a delicious way to experience this contemporary
musical form
that mixes the insane optimism and giddy morality of old American
musicals and the
sensual excesses of MTV.

-- Carol Lloyd
http://www.salonmagazine.com/rec/

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