Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna, कभी अलविदा न कहना

Movie: Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006)
Directed and written by India's most successful and moving director, Karan Johar
Music: Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
Starring: Shahrukh Kahn, Rani Mukerji, Preity Zinta, Abhishek Bachchan, Amitabh Bachchan, Kirron Kher
Story:10 out of 10 Music: 9 out of 10

I watched the Bollywood film Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (Never Say Goodbye). While KANK was an international hit, it did not do so well in India because of its treatment of extramarital relationships, a topic which goes against the torrent of most Bollywood films. It came on a pirated DVD 2-in-1 disc that I didn't even ask for, but it turned out to be so good that I bought it from YashRaj. Thank the fates that this thing that I thought I didn't want came and that I was bored enough to watch it. I have never cried so much while watching a movie in my life. It's an amazing movie about how sometimes relationships don't work out no matter how hard you try, about how circumstances can make or break everything, about how humans are just so very...human. We love, we make mistakes, we try so hard to ask for forgiveness, we try to move on, and maybe somewhere in our hearts we can find a little of that forgiveness for the people we love the most and who maybe have hurt us the most. Nothing is ever perfect, but we try to make do. We try to be good people, good friends, and good partners. I can't do this movie any justice by talking about it. This one is a masterpiece. Get it, get a box of Kleenex handy, and prepare to watch the kaleidescope of humanity unfold before you.