Jodhaa Akbar

Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai

He is a Muslim Emperor of Hindustan and she is a Hindu Princess. In the beginning, their marriage is purely a political and stretegic alliance but after the initial awkwardness, they come to understand each other and eventually mesh their religious and cultural differences. Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai are two of the most beautiful humans on earth and so they bring even more visual pleasure to this movie.

Jodhaa Akbar is done on a very grand scale, the costuming is incredible. It's colorful and beautiful and majestic. There are great battles, complete with elephants, elements of history and it's just all around pleasing to the senses. It's a tale of passions that will carry you away.

There is one scene in particular where HR is doing his morning exercises in the courtyard and AR is peering out her window that you will not want to miss. I would highly recommend this movie for a few hours of fantastic escape.

Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai

Starring Hrithik Roshan and Amisha Patel:

A dual role for Hrithik Roshan. He plays a sweet, loveable character in the first half and a cool, tough guy in the second half. It's almost 2 loves stories in one. As always HR is incredibly handsome and enjoyable. The end is quite good and it ranges from pleasant in the beginning, sad in the middle and suspenseful in the end. I really enjoyed this one.

Rab ne bana di jodi

Shah Rukh Khan, Anushka Sharma

The central plot of this movie was quite clever and could have been done so much better than it was. It fell flat though in my opinion. SRK was a shy, retiring bachelor who weds a lovely vibrant woman after a tragedy occurs in her family. SRK finds his alter ego when he decides to join a dance class that his wife has joined, disguised as a cavalier and womanizing, outgoing personality, so she won't recognize him. He knows that in real life his wife will never love him because of her tragic past, so he becomes this character in order to spend time with her and try to get her to open up to love again.
SRK as the husband is touching and sweet. However, his other character is a bit obnoxious and ill portrayed. Most of the movie was comedy centered but it mostly missed the mark for me. Fun and lighthearted but not very memorable.

Fanaa (destroyed in love)

Aamir Khan, Kajol, Rishi Kapoor, Kirron Kher

The beginning of this movie was quite pleasant. Kajol plays a blind girl and goes off to another city to participate in a musical performance with some friends and a chaperone. It's her first time away from home. She's quite naive and vulnerable. She meets up with a tour guide, played by Aamir Khan and they fall in love and wed, but a tragedy occurs on their wedding day.
The story takes a really strange twist and becomes quite intense. It has a very suspenseful and unexpected ending.
One of the highlights was Rishi Kapoor. He played the father of Kajol and I have only seen him in one movie from when he was a young man and I do know that he is considered a great Indian actor. I loved his role as the father. My favorite Kirron Kher plays yet another loving mother role but she only plays a small part.
I am not particularly a big fan of Aamir Khan but I do think he was well cast in this part.
I really liked this movie and while it was not a tear jerker, it was quite sad and left you feeling a bit empty at the end.

Kal Ho Naa Ho

Shah Rukh Khan, Preity Zinta and Saif Ali Khan

The title song to this movie is one of my favorite Indian songs. I sing it a lot and I get a certain feeling of melancholy love when I hear it. It's really beautiful.

I have a love/hate relationship with this movie. I almost didn't watch it after the first 10 minutes because I thought it was so bad. The beginning is rather silly and the item numbers are tacky. However, there is a bit of humorous stuff in there and about halfway through, it gets a little more serious. However by the end of the movie, I was totally emotionally invested and the end is a tear jerker. I'll say no more but if you can suffer through the beginning and fast forward through the songs, you'll likely enjoy the rest of it.