Kabhi alvida naa kehna kajol4/7/2024 ![]() ![]() Karan always had heart in his films here he puts in a lot of soul too. But as I earlier said, apart from the visual dazzlery, the movie clicks because it has something to say in which it succeeds. Be it Anil Mehta's eye-pleasing camera-work, Sharmista Roy's appealing art design, Manish Malhotra's fashion fiesta or Farah Khan's cosmic choreography, everyone is just perfect in their department. The visual appeal in a Karan Johar film is, like always, intricate and immaculate. The story, as everybody and their second cousin by now know, is about an extra marital affair. In terms of its plot outlines, while Kuch Kuch Hota Hai was an overrated triangular love story and Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Ghum was just another conventional family drama, Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna has a comparatively sensible and substantial story to back the candy floss on the screen. ![]() It's about matured mindsets and moving ahead with times. A bold film is not about sex, skin or sleaze. 25 years later, Karan Johar makes a film on extra-marital affairs (am not drawing any parallels between the two films whatsoever) and the culmination of the plot makes it the so called 'different' or a 'bold' film. The culmination of its theme, however, was as per the Indian sensibilities of those times. Plus a story this time! In 1981, Yash Chopra made Silsila on extra-marital affairs that was considered ahead of its times. Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna has all the regular contents of a Karan Johar extravaganza. Complimentary Kajol fluttering sari for a 5 second song appearance. ![]()
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