Kal Ho Naa Ho
Kal Ho Naa Ho (, ), also abbreviated as KHNH, is a 2003 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy-drama film directed by Nikhil Advani, written by Karan Johar with dialogue by Niranjan Iyengar, and produced by Yash Johar. The film stars Jaya Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Saif Ali Khan, and Preity Zinta, with Sushma Seth, Reema Lagoo, Lillete Dubey, and Delnaaz Irani in supporting roles. In the film, Naina Catherine Kapur (Zinta) and Aman Mathur (Shah Rukh Khan) fall in love, but a secret prevents him from reciprocating his feelings and results in a plan to set Naina up with her best friend, Rohit Patel (Saif Ali Khan).
Plot
Naina Catherine Kapur is a pessimistic, uptight MBA student who lives in New York City with her widowed mother Jennifer, disabled brother Shiv, adopted sister Jia and paternal grandmother Lajjo. Jennifer runs an unsuccessful café with her neighbour, Jaswinder "Jazz" Kapoor. Lajjo is hostile to Jennifer and Jia as she believes that Jia's adoption led her son (Jennifer's husband and Naina's father) to commit suicide.
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| author | Karan Johar |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | India |
| director | Nikhil Advani |
| editor | Sanjay Sankla |
| genre | comedy-drama |
| keywords | adopt best friend biological mother deathbed disabled dying wish extramarital affair falling in love heart attack heart condition learning the truth live life to the fullest married master of business administration mba new york city wedding photograph widowed mother |
| musicBy | Shankar Mahadevan |
| producer | Yash Johar |
| productionCompany | Dharma Productions |
| publisher | Yash Raj Films |
| recordedAt | Mumbai |
| theme | romantic comedy |