Nov 22: Time to grab your tissues as Karan Johar is back with a good starcast. This time he seems to push the biggest tear-jerker of the year, Baghban, on the second slot. And he has roped in SRK as the ailing but perky protagonist, who lights up everyone's life. The film though appears to trudge the tried and tested path of yesteryear's famous Anand but with the contemporary look.
Set in the backdrop of New York, Kal Ho na Ho focuses on the half-Punjabi, half-catholic Kapur family. Priety Zinta is Naina Catherine Kapur, who shoulders the responsibility of her siblings apart from her mother, Jennifer Kapur (Jaya Bachchan) and great grandmother. She is a no nonsense girl, who has a very few time for fun. Enter vivacious Aman Mathur (SRK), who loves life to the core. Aman, an incorrigible optimist, can read the unhappiness writ large on Naina's face. So, he decides to make a few changes in her life. To accomplish this, he even ropes in his friend, Dr Rohit (Saif Ali Khan). But everything is not hunky-dory with Aman either. He is ailing with the fatal disease. What will happen to Naina? Will she be able to take one more blow? Kal Ho Na Ho promises a heart wrenching love tale.