KKHH

[Asha]

I watched Kuch Kuch Hota Hai recently and wanted to share my thoughts.

1. As a kid I was so upset when Tina died – I loved her a lot. Rani and SRK's jodi is still my absolute favourite. This film made me fall for their chemistry; they truly have great chemistry. Everyone around me went gaga over SRK-Kajol, but I've always preferred SRK-Rani above all.

2. I see a lot of people on Insta ranting about why Anjali chose Rahul at the end instead of Aman. They call Aman the 'green-flag' guy and say Anjali was just a second choice. In my view Anjali made the right call because Aman deserved better. She wasn't in love with Aman; she married him out of duty. There was no guarantee she would fall for him later – love doesn't just happen with every person you meet. It would have been unfair to Aman.

3. Rahul never truly loved Anjali even after the leap when they met at the summer camp. He just needed a companion and Anjali was his best friend. His feelings were more on the lust side – the flowing-saree scene and the rain dance are clear examples.

4. Tina's thought that Rahul would have fallen for Anjali if she hadn't interfered is shallow. Rahul was never romantically interested in Anjali beyond friendship. So that idea is nonsense. If Tina wasn't there, he could have fallen for anyone else.

5. The cliché that Rahul fell for Anjali only after she changed her whole personality, behaviour and clothes shows how shallow society or men can be.

6. In the first half I never got any hint that Rahul liked Anjali. He always treated her like a best friend. In the second half he just needed a friend and companion, which is why he missed her.

7. I liked Anjali's character before the leap happened.

P.S. Rani looked absolutely gorgeous as Tina.

[Sonal]

Basically, both Rahul and Anjali are red flags and they deserve each other, while Tina was just too innocent and naive to think Rahul would fall in love with someone for who they are. Clearly, he only goes for looks.

[Aryan]

Even when I saw the movie for the first time, I was more drawn to the SRK-Rani pair than the SRK-Kajol one. Rahul never really found Anjali attractive; she had to change her entire personality and become a lighter version of Tina just to get his attention.

I also didn't like how Rahul broke his own line, 'you only fall in love once.' It felt inconsistent with his character.

If the film were made today, Karan might have taken a different route – maybe showing that Rahul was simply looking for companionship in his old age and that his true love stayed with his first wife.

And Tina was such an iconic character, much like Poo. The difference is that Rani didn't make Tina the main focus of her acting career, which is why Poo (Kareena) is more widely celebrated. Still, in many ways Tina feels like a better version of Poo even before Poo existed.

[Ronit]

Why was Rahul so awkward with Anjali after eight years if he didn't have feelings for her? Why didn't he feel the same easy comfort they shared in college?

[Naresh]

Beautiful time
Amazing movies

[Michael]

Overrated movie

[Navya]

I think Rahul liked Anjali unknowingly at first, but then he obviously got attracted to Tina and things went that way. When Anjali finally left, I guess Rahul realised her absence, but Tina was there for him. Years later, when Rahul met Anjali again he was awkward and surprised, and since Tina wasn't there anymore his feelings seemed more valid.

[Arvind]

This movie in a 2026 context feels wild.

[Aditya]

This has always been one of my favourite movies. Watching it now, it shows its flaws but the music is still great and you get pulled into the melodrama.

[Mohit]

I've watched Kuch Kuch Hota Hai more times than I can count, and I've rewatched it many times as an adult. While most of the nostalgia comes from the soundtrack, the film still has that magic that made me watch it almost daily as a child on an old DVD player.

It is a product of its time, no doubt. The idea that you can love more than one person in your life, and that one love doesn't erase the other, still holds true. Rahul had many bad traits and was the main reason Anjali left college (it's never clear if she finished elsewhere).

But Anjali shouldn't bear the moral weight of Rahul's choices. Him loving Tina and marrying her was his own decision, and Anjali chose to leave and distance herself for her own peace.

The fact that they met years later, under those circumstances, and that Tina was dead, are all coincidences. Neither of them 'waited' for the other while being with their partners. Anjali was happy marrying Aman until she met Rahul and saw his marriage fully.

If those coincidences hadn't happened, there would be no KKHH – it would just be a coming-of-age love story set in college.

Rahul was a bad person for pushing her out of college and then re-entering her life around her marriage, but it was Anjali's choice to marry Rahul instead of Aman. Viewing these movies as adults, we often infantilise women and their choices. Everyone involved was an adult.

About iconic characters: both Tina and Anjali are iconic. Tina steals the show in her short screen time, but Anjali's 'Cheater Cheater' line is just as memorable as any childhood movie quote. Rahul was just... Rahul. Apart from 'Kuch Kuch Hota Hai...Tum Nahin Samjho Gi'.