Cookie K I personally loved this movie. Although I am a fan of traditional romantic Bollywood movies, it was a nice change. Not all people end up living happily ever after in their relationships, and this movie showed that. Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna is not a typical Bollywood movie but it showed a different perspective to relationships, one which we are not used to seeing in Bollywood. Loved it!!!So this film now tops my list of favorite Bollywood movies along with Kal Ho Naa Ho and Veer-Zaara! Big ups to director Karan Johar. So if you have not watched this movie yet, I strongly recommend you do so. Just keep in mind that it is not your typical romantic movie, but it still has a great and captivating story-line.

shinta_ps Well, this movie is quite different with another Hindi movies which often contain the sweetness of love. This movie is realistic. It might not be something that lots of people wanna watch, because there is an ugly truth inside it. But that's life darling, and I learn a lot from this movie I really love how every line, sentence, and words said by the actors has meaning in it. The story might not be sweet and joyful, but the line is enjoyable. Every word is arranged nicely to be a sentence that has a philosophical meaning in it. It always breaks my heart as I listen to every word in this movie.Karan is brave enough to make something different, and i think he has succeed. He can tell the ugly truth, what's going on in life these days, which is a bad one, with the sad, tragical yet beautiful movie like this. And it's not all bad actually, because this movie contains a lot of moral value that you can learn.Your opinion might be different than mine. I mean there are lots of you who might think different. But still I love this movie.

persian-belle Here I will comment on the content rather than the filmmaking techniques or acting: I'm not of Indian decent and don't understand any Hindi, except what I have learned from watching subtitled Bollywood... Yes, I'm a big fan. I used to like Shahrukh Khan and watched KANK just because he was in it. I assumed it would be a great film. I was VERY DISAPPOINTED :( Talking to many Indian friends, they seemed to share my feeling that Shahrukh lost many fans after this movie.I just read some of the positive reviews and to me it seems as though many people consider anything unconventional or defiant as "artsy" and therefore valuable. Especially in Europe, many so-called educated people still confuse "immoral" with "open-minded". According to these people, if you cheat on your spouse, you are no longer bound by the traditional, maybe even religion-based, institution of marriage. For many Indians who have felt the pressures of culture, religion and society, this film may feel like a whiff of fresh air just because it seems to break free from those strings... and indeed it does. This reminds me of those repressed youngsters whose parents force religion on them, only to see them revolting with sometimes becoming delinquent once they become independent.To break free from the negative aspects of tradition (i.e. even arranged or forced marriage), one doesn't need to lie and cheat or to do the opposite of ALL that's traditional or religious. One can question tradition and religion and take what's valuable and throw away what's not fair (sexism, homophobia, etc.) I am personally not affiliated with any religion. Nevertheless, I believe that morality is needed to make the wheels of a society run. Otherwise, there would be total anarchy. Trust is needed so people can get along peacefully. Everyone has the right to the truth, especially when it involves someone that they have trusted their life, love, emotions and body with. A person with a good social understanding realizes that if everyone acts selfishly, the society falls apart and there won't be anything anymore to hang on to.Cheating on someone, deceiving, lying to, hiding from someone, especially a spouse, is not being progressive, open-minded and modern. A successful modern society survives on basic human values such as empathy, trust and a sense of morality in its laws as well as among its people. Deceit is simply immoral and unfair. Do onto others what you like done to you. Problems arise in almost every marriage, but should first be solved by good communication. If both parties reach a solution where it seems the only way out is a divorce (so sad), so be it. At least it gives both people the respect of their time and knowing the truth and having the freedom to live their life however they want without deceiving someone else to do it.KANK may have wanted to hint at some things that may cause marital problems... or maybe not. It doesn't even vilify the spouses that were cheated on and doesn't make the viewer hate them (even if it did, I'd still stick to what I said above about cheating).KANK pretends to be a "realistic" film about things that can happen in everyday life. Well, do they? No, unless your average Joe is a sociopath. Someone who can carry on an affair must be a sociopath, someone with no feelings, no guilt, no remorse, no empathy, no respect for other people's rights and no sense of fairness.Then there are those who claim that one should not be offended as this is just a (realistic) story. It's not. Then why glorify an extra-marital relationship? Even if this happened with a couple, this film could have turned it on its head and use it as a teachable moment... show that actually people who cheat once, are capable on cheating again (no empathy, remember?!!), so they are very likely to cheat on that new person with someone else, and again, and again, and again...Instead, the ending romanticises this extra-marital affair and gives it a seemingly happy ending (that may have been the intention but I felt reallky appalled). Have the makers of this film not looked at any statistics? Don't they know that "once a cheater, always a cheater" is true (because someone with no soul, empathy or morality doesn't suddenly achieve them!)? Have they no values, no respect for integrity? Maybe one of them had an affair and this film was made to justify it, to no avail. In any case, this huge mistake was made at the expense of millions of Bollywood viewers. I found the ending disgusting and not at all romantic. I couldn't help feeling sorry for the duped spouses and thinking they deserved better than having been married to such low scums. The filmmaker's attempt to make these two cheaters likable totally fails... miserably.I'm happily married and I met my spouse myself. Even if I had had an arranged marriage like some traditional Indian people, I would still treat that spouse with respect and honesty and would either try to work things out or separate with dignity.p.s. As for being someone's soul mate, if you give yourself the right and the permission to look outside your marriage, you would find a potential soul mate with many people, as you will have things in common with many people. What makes you think the next person will be any different? THE IMPORTANT CHALLENGE IS TO KEEP THE ONE SOULMATE THAT YOU PROBABLY ALREADY HAVE.

maddy_madhup I don't know why the Indian film makers are always inspired or is it that it is a coincidence but it had occurred so many times , something has to be divine about it . Plagiarism at its best just that they spoil it especially if the person is Karan johar ,first he should learn direction i guess or better hire someone. Acting is acceptable but scripting needs lot to be worked on especially dialogs. Moreover why karan johar always have to be so lavish why they all have to be rich. while most of Indians are poor or middle class why didn't he take the aspect of middle class life and struggler could have easily made the story more realistic and touching.Because I don't think the portrayal of rich society adds so much to it . Further why the story always need to be told in foreign countries if it is expense then may be acceptable because i don't think only NRI have extra marital affairs ,in India it occurs too So mR KJ seriously learn some story telling skills else u can never be a raconteur.Acting by SRK,AB baby is good but scripting and story don't do justice to them.Amitabh is wasted ,i don't understand what he is doing there .he could have watched the movie in cinema theater i guess or maybe he wanted a live experience .