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THE STORY OF KUCH KUCH HOTA HAI

Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, is the story of Rahul (Shah Rukh Khan) and Anjali (Kajol) Both of them are students at St. Xavier's College. Anjali being a tomboy gets along very well with Rahul and the other boys. Rahul and Anjali are also the best of friends. She's better than him at basketball and he is not a very good loser, so they fight quite often, though they always make up. Being so close to each other, Rahul and Anjali would probably have fallen in love, however they were too busy enjoying themselves being best buddies!!!!

And then Tina (Ranee Mukherjee) the Principal's daughter came into their lives. The Principal, Mr. Malhotra (Anupam Kher), is a widower, and has a lively flirtation with one of the teachers, Ms. Braganza. It is "Friendship Day," and Anjali promises the Principal that she will keep an eye out for his daughter, who is newly arrived from her studies at Oxford in England. Anjali busts Rahul giving out Friendship bracelets right and left to all the pretty girls. She wonders when he will ever stop chasing after them. He says he is waiting for the perfect girl - and when Anjali asks how he will know her when he sees her, he replies, "kuch kuch hota hai" - literally, something happens; more loosely, "there's something there." No sooner than the prediction exits his mouth than he runs into Tina, who he does not know is the principal's daughter. He quickly offends her by insulting her father in an attempt to impress her.

Unaccustomed to being rebuffed, Rahul seeks revenge by cornering Tina and forcing her to honor an age-old St. Xavier's tradition - singing in Hindi. (He assumes she does not know Hindi. A conceit of the film seems to be the pretense that the characters are actually speaking English, as they would if they were truly in attendance at St. Xavier's.) Tina surprises him with a very beautiful rendition of a famous classical religious devotional song or bhajan. She shows him up completely. For Anjali, Tina was a third member of their gang, however, for Rahul, his life was never the same after meeting her. He fell in love with Tina. In English class, Ms. Briganza poses the question: what is love? Rahul's careless response - love is friendship - may be aimed at Tina (who has refused his offer of a friendship bracelet), but it hits Anjali the hardest, for she mistakenly thinks he is referring to her. The shock makes her start thinking seriously about her relationship with Rahul, and she begins to realize she is in love with him. But since it was a quite weird fact for Anjali, she still holds on her mind that between her and Rahul, nothing more is there than just a best friend.

In an inter-school band contest, St. Xavier's band cannot show up because an emergency curfew has been called in their district. Mr. Malhotra begs Anjali and Rahul to lip-sync to the band's song, "like they do in the films." They reluctantly agree, though Tina refuses to help them. However, the tapes are switched (does Tina do it?) and they end up being booed as they try to sing along to a classical piece. Tina saves the day with a mysterious costume change and a self-playing guitar. At this point, Anjali however start to feel that Rahul is placing Tina above her, and shockly taking over her place in Rahul's life. But the stubborness is still hang over, which makes Anjali decided to keep all her feelings as her own.

Tina and Anjali run into each other at Rahul's sports practice. Anjali is now wholly jealous of Tina. Tina asks Anjali if she is in love with Rahul, a question which stuns Anjali and which she never gets to answer. Rahul comes up and Anjali hustles him away to his weekly meeting with his relatives. Later that afternoon, Tina goes to the temple and discovers that Rahul's weekly family visit is actually a lie to cover his religious devotion. Embarrassed, he tells her that his father has always told him a man should bow his head to three women alone: to the goddess Durga, to his mother, and to... But he never finishes. That night, Rahul makes a surprise appearance at Tina's house, where she demands to know the identity of the third woman to whom he should bow his head. He answers the question quite effectively. On his trip home, he runs into Anjali, and they each make a wish upon a star.

The next day, Tina expresses her doubts that Rahul loves her, admitting that she wonders about him and Anjali. Anjali realizes she loves Rahul, and her dorm-mother councils her to go tell him, and she finally does manage to sum up the courage to tell Rahul about her feelings. In the same time, Rahul decided he has to tell Tina that he loves her. He runs into Anjali on the way and decides to practice the line on her, but neglects to tell her that he's just practicing to say it to Tina. Rahul tells her in his usual friendly manner, that he is falling in love with Tina. She thinks he really means it - and when he elucidates that he is planning to go say it to Tina, she is crushed. Totally oblivious to him, he broke her heart. But she pretends to be happy for him. She sends him running off to Tina, where he confesses his love. Broken hearted Anjali decides to leave the college mid-term making up an excuse. Heartbroken, Anjali bolts town, never to return. Rahul was very much teared, since he really feels that he had lost her out. But Anjali has gone.

Then, Rahul got married to Tina, and Tina finally got pregnant. But something wrong is there with her pregnancy. She was aware that her pregnancy might be fatal, but chose not to tell Rahul of the risks, since she knew how much he wanted their child. Rahul is very angry with her about this. So she choosed to gave birth to her baby, (a baby girl) and then she passed away after she begs Rahul to name their daughter ANJALI. (Little Anjali). Tina is leaving behind eight letters for her daughter, to be opened on each of her first eight birthdays.

8 years later, the day before Anjali's birthday. At a school speech contest, Little Anjali is unnerved when she is asked to speak for sixty seconds on the topic of "Ma," or "mother." Rahul suavely interjects that mother is someone who loves them very much, who feels their emotions as her own, but who cannot be with them. Though isn't Papa pretty good too? Later, when Rahul's mother gently suggests that what Anjali needs is a mother, Rahul firmly tells her that one only loves and marries once in a lifetime.

Then, on her 8th birthday, Little Anjali demands for her mother's letter which has been left behnd for her. On that 8th letter, Tina tells Little Anjali about the past, where she Rahul, and Big Anjali were still in college. Tina told about everything, not to forget about her mistake of messing the relation between Rahul and Big Anjali. Tina begs little Anjali to reunite Rahul with big Anjali. She says that though she was Rahul's friend, she was never his best friend - adding that he was, in fact, meant to be with Anjali after all. Little Anjali takes the message to heart, vowing to fulfill her mother's last wish. So she starts to doing her misson, which is to bring Anjali back into Rahul's life.

Little Anjali (henceforth referred to as Anjali #2) plays a word game with Rahul and tricks him into talking about Anjali Sharma. Unaware, Rahul indeed shows that how he misses Anjali Sharma so much. He reminisces about the tomboy, saying that dressing up and looking beautiful were never her thing.

(Meanwhile, Anjali is indeed looking very beautiful, and is preparing for her engagement ceremony to AMAN (Salman Khan). Anjali admits to her mother that she loved once already, and does not know whether she can ever do it again. She advises her mother to think of the marriage to Aman as a compromise, which upsets her mother greatly.)

Anjali #2 travels with Rahul to Delhi for Tina's death anniversary ceremony (shraadh) and while there lets her grandparents read the letters. They get in on the plan and help her track down Anjali's old dorm-mother, who gives them the sad news: Anjali is planning to be married within the month. Anjali #2 prays as a Muslim (because the dorm-mother is a Muslim) and a miracle occurs: the pandit (Hindu priest) cannot find an auspicious date for the wedding for the next four months. After that, Anjali #2 made a phone call to Anjali.

Anjali gets a mysterious phone call, which is actually from Anjali #2 and her grandmother. They overhear her discussing her plans to teach at a summer camp in Simla, and then decided to join the summer camp. (a hill station in the Himalayan foothills).Aman warns Anjali, only half in jest, that there is no backing out now. He has caught her hand, and if need be, he'll drag her to the marriage fire (i.e., the altar).

Rahul forbids Anjali #2 to go to summer camp. He sets off for a business conference. Anjali #2 and her grandmother head to summer camp. Anjali#2 left for the summer camp after Rahul went to his conference. Meanwhile in the business conference, both Aman and Rahul are in attendance, and both Anjalis manage to call at exactly the same time. A comic mix-up ensues, and the men briefly discuss their respective Anjalis.

Eventough Rahul had forbidden Anjali #2 joining the summer camp, but Anjali #2 went there with her grandmother. On the summer camp, Anjali #2 met Big Anjali. . Anjali doesnt know that the little girl who is standing infront of her is Rahul and Tina's daughter, meanwhile Anjali #2 knows that she is facng Anjali, whom she has to bring back to her father's life. On that summer camp, they have a truely fun!!!

When Rahul found out that Anjali #2 left to the summer camp, Rahul is miserably worried. He stumbles upon a live taping of her favorite television show, he sends out a message of love and remorse to her. (Big) Anjali happens to be watching, and for a moment thinks he is speaking to her - and then she realizes the truth. Since Anjali #2 had already told her that her mother was dead, Anjali also knows that Rahul is no longer married.

Then, Anjali #2 springs the trap by calling Rahul and pretending to be sick. He drops everything to rush to her in Simla. When Rahul finally got there, he yelled out for "Anjali" and it makes both Anjalies tun their face to him. Anjali and Rahul meet again at long last. They are initially awkward around each other. Bit of strangeness was there, but all of it was beaten by their each wonders to others. Rahul is stunned by how beautiful and feminine Anjali is.. No more tomboy Anjali, no more naughty and silly Anjali, and no more careless-of-appearance Anjali. but Anjali who is infront of him right now is Anjali who indeed looks so feminine, so gracefull, so beautifull, and so pretty. But thanks to the machinations of the camp-goers and a basketball game that pits the female sex against the male, they eventually loosen up. And during the summer camp, Rahul has a very pleasure moment with Anjali. Feels that all the memories when they were in the college, flows back on their present time. Rahul, Anjali, and Anjali #2, were totally in great time.

During those times, Rahul slowly feels something weird is going on inside him. He starts to see Anjali not as his bestfriend, but more over as a women. He got amazed by her beauty, , by her grace, and by all the things which he had never seen before. But yet, Rahul refused to eplore his feelings any further.

On game of guess-the-movie-title, Anjali and Rahul connect. Things were so weird where the feelings are unable to be controlled. At that point, Rahul finally relized that he loves Anjali . That he needs Anjali, and more over, that he wants Anjali. . Finally, he got out from the circle of friendship and could clearly see his own love that he has for Anjali since the first time.

So does what being felt by Anjali. Her love to Rahul, which has never been less, finally got its reward. But before she can do anything foolish, Anjali is reminded of the reality of her engagement. She flees - straight into the arms of Aman,who has come for a surprise visit. When Rahul sees him again, he instantly realizes that Anjali is engaged.

It was a quite hard shock for Rahul, since he just found out a discovery of his innest feeling toward Anjali. But he could not do anything. Seeing this circumstance which could make her mission inaccomplished, Anjali #2 went to Aman, and told him lots of things in order to cancel his wish on marrying Anjali.. But this efforts turned out into dead end. Aman did not wish to cancel his marriage with Anjali, because he really loves her.

Meanwhile, Anjali tries to confront Rahul, telling him "kuch kuch hota hai," or, "there's something there (between us)," but he denies it to her face. . Rahul felt very bitter, but then he still holds on his stubborness. Miserable, she insists on leaving the camp. A bewildered Aman complies.

At home, Anjali demands to have the wedding date moved forward. Rahul is visited by a wiser force than himself. Enlightened, he heads to Anjali's to straighten things out - and runs into her wedding-in-progress. . Silently, with the language they devised during the game of charades, he tells her how he feels - and then he moves to leave.

Aman sees Anjali's misery. He relents, explaining that what he sees in her eyes when she looks at Rahul is what he's always hoped to see there when she looked his way.. He adds that there is no way he could deprive her of her love, when he himself knows so well how precious love is. He releases Anjali into Rahul's care, and a rosy world of happy-ever-after...

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