It's a fantastic watch for the first time. Can watch a few times more. But for us, 90s kids, it's such a cult classic, we can watch again and again due to the creative memories and emotions it brings to us. Hritik Roshan's best performance till date. No wonder he has been favourites of many till now despite average acting performance in the 2010s decade.
At that time, it was a movie none had thought of witnessing. However, there were few flaws, very few. Can ignore them and enjoy the comedy and Aliens in this movie. They gave Aliens a face for the Indians 😂.
If truth be told, Preity Zinta became the crush of many guys after this one. No doubt, everyone was waiting for the sequel, it delivered well and better. This is the Krishh 1 movie, most of them would know.
It's a keep watching movie for me every year. Love it, but yes, it's not the great/greatest Bollywood movie ever. My ratings justify how it is. Highly Recommended.
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ClonesMakeMeCrazy14 August 2004If you watch Koi Mil Gaya with an open mind with no expectations, it's a really good movie. It isn't made too well and has loads of glitches, but movies are made for the sake of entertainment and this entertains. There are parts where you cant stop laughing and exciting parts as well. Hrithik Roshan has acted remarkably well in this movie. Although the plot line isn't original and some parts are copied from various Hollywood movies, it is an enjoyable movie with good music (although it could have done without 'Haila Haila') and it was basically just plain fun. Worth a watch.
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Koi Mil Gaya is a nice film for the entire family, but mostly for children. Not much does it offer to adults. It does not mean the film is bad or something, I really enjoyed it for being a very well-made movie, but it's just not a film anyone would want to watch twice. To its credit, this is one of the only sci-fi films made in Hindi cinema, and it has succeeded as such. It benefits from great music, effective special effects, but above all, Hrithik Roshan's extraordinary performance as a mentally disabled young man. It also has lovely appearances from other actors, including Preity Zinta's light yet great portrayal of a modern young woman who learns to communicate with Hrithik's Rohit, and Rekha's moving act of his mother who is in a daily struggle with her son's defect. But these ladies succeed because they are two actresses of great screen presence. Otherwise the film was clearly made by Rakesh Roshan for his son. I frankly get a bit angered that all three of his films starring his son did not give any notable scope to other actors but were mainly created to promote Hrithik. The film is considered to be revolutionary, while clearly it is not. We had Mr India in 1987 which was in my view better at its time. Koi Mil Gaya is similar to E.T, but frankly pales in comparison. This Jaadoo, while a sweet creature, is plastic. BTW, he can't act (just kidding!). Anyway, the film is worth watching for its innovative concept and light, endearingly childish script.
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krustycola10 November 2004Hello, I am white and English, and this is the first Indian film I have seen. I would not usually watch them, but chanced upon a trailer on the SONY Asian channel. I enjoyed the film so much I bought the DVD. I have never seen or heard of the actors/actresses and never seen a 'Bollywood' film, but I'm glad I saw this one, I was highly entertained all the way through. I enjoyed the cinematpgraphy, the singing and dancing was bizarre, but fun, and even though I don't understand Hindi (although now I know a few words!) They speak English enough to get the jist. I also noticed the Indian people on this film are more theatrical than white folks, their facial expressions, body language and gesturing tell a story on their own. The only faults I found were continuity and the young girl with the bobbed hair seemed to disappear from the group of kids part way through. Oh and Preitty Zinta is Divine! Good luck!
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Abdulxoxo9 January 2021Rothik Roshan nailed the role and brought a completely different side out in the film. You felt his pain and struggle to fit in and become the hero of the story. Preity Zinda is decent and well, is quite pretty to look at. Rekha is wonderful as the worrying mother of Krish. The story seems to be a fusion of plenty other films out there but what I like about it is that it manages to blend it all together well, and doesn't feel forced or out-of-place. The alien entity looks like baby Yoda, they could have been creative with it but still looks cool for that time. I like the transformation of Krish, he goes from zero to hero, I think it's smooth and the viewer will have no choice but to root for him. The soundtrack is absolutely memorable and iconic to some extent. Overall, I had a good time watching this flick.
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gurdeepmann5917 June 2012An Indian version of E.T.(1982) would be particularly outstanding
Hrithik Roshan plays an abnormal youngster who meets the alien The alien revives his mind and enhances it making him not wear glasses, jump higher than Spiderman, extra-intelligent and a superb basketball player
This film does impress and was India's first go at the science fiction genre There are also six kids who act as Roshan's friend Roshan's father plays a cameo in this film Only Rekha could have done Roshan's role with such sympathy
Hrithik Roshan, Rekha and Preity Zinta leave their mark with this film Rajat Bedi is impressing as an annoyed young man who is jealous of very attraction to Zinta Prem Chopra is convincing Mukesh Rishi has done a good job Johny Lever is funny -
silvan-desouza5 December 2009Rakesh Roshan after launching Hrithik in KNPH(2000) re-launched him literally with KOI MIL GAYAA 3 years later
The film seems inspired from ET and reminds us of FOREST GUMP, SPIDERMAN.etc but the film has strong emotional quotient which works in it's favour
You have the 90's type comedians, too much dance, some romance and a lot superficial scenes
Yet the first half is full of fun, the scenes where Hrithik are bullied, all the scenes were he is in distress move you Even his scenes with Preity are good while Rekha and he too have several good scenes
The interval point introduces Jadoo here things look too fake compared to ET like him uttering crap Hindi words but you forgive such things in Hindi Movies The film does drag towards the climax and the film is ended too too fast
Direction by Rakesh Roshan is the best in dramatics Music is good
Hrithik lives his role to the T, in fact for most of the film you forget you're watching Hrithik but Rohit instead He is brilliant in emotions, comedy and everything This film was a turning point in his flagging career Preity too does a decent job, though there are some scenes where she does her usual annoying shouting Amongst kids Hansika is a delight, so is the Jatt guy and the others Johny is funny Mukesh Rishi is alright Prem Chopra hams as usual, Rajiv Verma is as usual too Rajat Bedi is good in his part Rekha excels, Rakesh Roshan is good in a cameo -
johnshay8 August 2003Just came back from seeing this film on opening day after waiting four months....and can say it was definitely worth the wait. The acting is top-notch -- Rekha is wonderful as the mother, Hrithik pulls off his character with aplomb, Preity does a splendid job as the new girl in town, and Johnny Lever has never been funnier. Even the super six do a great job! The story reworks elements from the Mahabharata into an ET-/Close Encounters-style science film story. All the production elements are terrific: music score, song-and-dance numbers (including a wonderful homage to Singing in the Rain), camerawork, lighting, and -- yes -- the spaceship special effects. One particularly amazing dance sequence has Hrithik cavorting with his own shadow. An instant classic that we'll be talking about for years to come. Congrats to all involved!
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jotix10028 August 2003Koi...Mil Gaya proves that Indian cinema has nothing to envy any other type of cinema. Bollywood produces hundreds of films that are pleasant, if somehow naive, for the Western taste, but they are so well intentioned that who can find fault with them? Either you go and enjoy, or avoid them like the plague!
This film has a little bit for everyone. Director Rakesh Roshan has crafted this film very carefully. The beauty of the region where it was filmed, is the best backdrop to this movie with the right elements to please whoever venture to the theatre to watch it.
The film is greatly helped by the two stars, Hrithik Roshan and Preitty Zinta. Both are handsome performers, as well as dancers. The musical numbers are very well staged. At times they feel one is watching a musical video of an Indian song.
While this film will not convert anyone to a Bollywood devotee, it's pretty enough to enjoy. Spending a steamy summer afternoon in air-conditioned surroundings taking the music and dance numbers will make you think: Yes, Hooray for Bollywood!!!! -
gb-15 November 2003This is a thoroughly entertaining movie (except for the melodramatic scenes in the end) and Hrithik shines in the role of a mentally challenged boy. I have enjoyed the songs, the gravity-defying dances by Hrithik and how well Hrithik has captured the mannerisms of a mentally challenged boy. Some people might compare it to a range of Hollywood films, but let's just appreciate that a different sort of movie has been attempted and for goodness sake let's just enjoy it. This is a great family movie and a great treat presented by Rakesh Roshan.
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wajeehkhan0114 March 2015This is a movie to watch with the whole family. It has a nice story (even though it's kinda like E.T.), nice music, and great acting. Hrithik Roshan did amazing in this movie. He played the developmentally disabled Rohit very well, and he totally fit the character. He totally deserved all the awards he got for this film, because he did superb. His dancing was also great. Preity Zinta was okay as well, but she didn't do great. The only things that needed work on was the effects, (but you forget about that due to Hrithik's good acting), some clichés and some pretty cheesy scenes (the basketball scenes). But overall, I think that many people will enjoy this movie, and kids as well, because this is a kid friendly movie and it is clean. Out of the entire Krrish series, this one is definitely the best.
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kirkthenelson18 August 2009I apologize if I seem disoriented or hysterical. I started writing this mere minutes after watching "Koi Mil Gaya." This is (apparently) the first sci-fi movie from Bollywood. The story in a nutshell is this: A young mentally handicapped man named Rohit befriends an alien that has been left behind on earth. The alien, a squat, blue, monk-ish looking creature, is named Jadoo. After Jadoo heals his brain (and pumps his muscles full of steroids apparently), Rohit competes for the affections of the beautiful Nisha with a local bully. When the local government finds out about the alien, it is up to Rohit to protect him and find a way to get him home.
I got this movie on a whim at the public library. The combination of science fiction and Bollywood seemed too hilarious to pass up. Thinking I might have not checked out the DVD, and never seen it is like imagining some sad alternate reality that can only be repaired by time travel. Jadoo has become a buzzword that instantly reduces me to fits of laughter. It is an almost infinite source of puns. It has surpassed its own meaning to be a word that means anything (like smurf.) "Hey, Jadoo me a beer while you're in the kitchen." "The cat left some Jadoo in the hallway." It can be shouted in victory as you slam dunk a basketball, called out in query to a family member as you open the door, or quietly mooed as you enjoy a tasty bowl of curry flavored popcorn.
Rohit – Seeing a 35 year old man playing a mentally challenged individual is already risky. Throwing Yoda-like alien into the mix doesn't bring any gravitas to the situation. When you factor in the Hindi language and songs every ten minutes, it becomes something else completely. In all fairness, Hrithik Roshan is an incredibly physical actor. He dances and emotes with an intensity that is infectious, but most American audiences are probably too jaded to take it seriously. He kind of looks like Stephen Colbert doing a bit. Sometimes his hip thrusting dance moves call to mind Martin Short.
At some point you will notice that one of his hands has two thumbs. It is an unfortunate deformity that belongs to the actor. I didn't even notice it on the first viewing. Then I re-watched a scene where Nisha kisses his hand and there is a giant closeup of it. I actually screamed. We had to pause the DVD to allow for some quiet retching. They try to cover this by giving Jadoo a similar feature on his hands, as if to imply that Rohit and Jadoo are linked. It doesn't fly.
Its a good thing Hollywood doesn't do the same thing as Bollywood. If they showed off your favorite celebrities deformities, you might be disturbed to find out: Daniel Craig has a massive birthmark in the shape of Lake Superior. The procedure to remove it was so invasive that he got tattoos of Michigan and Huron just so it would blend in. It is covered by makeup when he has to take his shirt off. Anne Hathaway has rectangular pupils. Martin Sheen doesn't have a back. On the other side its another chest, complete with nipples and belly button.
Nisha is played by Preity Zinta. She makes up for the whole thumb issue big time. She really is a beautiful woman. Which is why you might be able to identify with Rajat Bedi, who plays her boyfriend. It is assumed, maybe even arranged that they will be married. When he finds out she is spending all her free time with Rohit, he is furious. He picks on Rohit, even beating him up. Still, that isn't anything a massive disco dance number and a basketball to the face can't solve.
The special effects are primitive by American Hollywood standards. If you're the kind of person that asks "How does a UFO cast a shadow in the middle of the night?" then you may struggle through this movie. Jadoo's facial expressions are limited to blinks and lip wiggles. The actor inside the costume can't do anything to make him laugh except juggle the entire rig up and down. Darned if it doesn't make me do the same thing!
One director's blatant ripoff is another's loving homage. You will see thinly veiled scenes from Spiderman (both 1 and 3), Sound of Music, Singin in the Rain, E.T., Peter Pan, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Space Jam, etc.Not only does it imitate Independence Day, it actually samples music directly from the soundtrack! There is a fair amount of product placement, but nothing approaching the level of a western blockbuster like Transformers (which was in its entirety a product placement advertisement for the Military Industrial Complex). The camera blatantly zooms in on the alien as a child gives him a coke, which his lifeless mouth can only drink through a straw. During one scene Nisha and her boyfriend visit "Cafe Nescafe." Check out the scene where Rohit and his 8 year old friends beat up a biker gang and make a narrow escape by lowering the handle bars on their razor scooters so they can pass underneath a road barrier while the gang crashes behind them.
Despite any flaws, Koi Mil Gaya is a good movie. It is innocent and wears it's emotions on its sleeve. An American movie might be far more polished, but it would also be jaded, sleazier, and not nearly as fun. Go get some take-out Indian food, turn down the lights and Jadoo it. -
santhosh-1029026 March 2019Good Movie. The movie was interesting. Hrithik Roshan and everybody acting was good in the movie. Songs were not so good in the movie. But the BGM in the movie was so good. The movie was so entertaining. VFX scenes in the movie was also good. Good Movie.
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Even though i am not a huge fan of Hindi cinema but because of the common language between us i watch their movies on and off, some of which are pretty good. This is not one of them.
It was atleast good to see that they tried to do something different, as pathethic as it is, maybe after a few more experiments they will get it right.
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The movie is a stew of about 4 or 5 Hollywood movies (As many of hindi movies are) They have bits from E.T., Spiderman, Deep Impact and a couple of slapstic flicks, the names of which i cannot recall at this time.
The story is basically E.T. except that we have a brain damaged young man playing the role of The Kid in E.T. There are a lot of music and dance numbers which are not bad but whenever they tried to add something of their own to the story they have ended up making a mess.
The Physics is so bad that even some one like Rakesh Roshan must have known that a child of grade 6 would not be impressed.
I mean Instant messaging aliens from another planet via a radio broadcast. Mr Roshan, radio waves travel at the speed of light and would take 4 years to reach the nearest star.
Well........ instead of describing it's follies i would just say that if u wanna watch something other then the usual bollywood melodrama you are welcome to try it but dont keep your hopes too high, just enjoy the show.
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AvinashPatalay8 December 2004I am generally averse to any of the Bollywood movies inspired by Hollywood - they end up half-baked dodo's. How-ever after having watched Koi Mil Gaya I must admit that::
01. Bollywood comes to technological age
02. Hritik stands above the story and script
Hritik gets into the skin of the character and delivers a mind-blowing performance which patches up for the flaws in the movie and all the rant critics had about being inspired from dozens of Hollywood movies. We truly have an actor who is dedicated and perfection is his ultimate goal.
Undoubted the movie is inspired from E. T, Independence Day, Forrest Gump, Close Encounters Of The Third Kind and Jack but doesn't appear force-fit and nicely blend into actual storyline. It appears that Rakesh Roshan and Hritik Roshan acted as perfect reality- check for each other. Roshan's should be lauded for the risk they undertook and it has paid off indeed.
As in E. T., I was expecting the alien to steal the show - but I guess Hritik proved to be strong competitor.
Rekha fulfills her dream of being Hritik's mother (which she claimed at Awards shows, a few years ago!). And Rakesh Roshan must have fulfilled his dream of playing screen-father. Preity Zinta was good.
Songs always have been the forte' of Rakesh Roshan movie - thanks to brother Rajesh Roshan. This time around Chitra gets a break. Dances need a special mention.
SFX are okay - by Bollywood standards. And Johnny Lever needs a major overhaul - please learn a thing or two from Paresh Rawal.
With stupendous success of KMG, I was expecting a trend of sci-fi movies in Bollywood but I guess the hamlet still fears to tread the path less-traveled.
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shivakumarvishwa6 July 2008This is a good movie with a good watch.The tag line of the movie is very god.Title is very good.Story is good too.Opens when Dr Mehra discovers a new thing he reports it to other scientists but they don't listen.On the way he dies in a road accident.His wife is pregnant then.He gives birth to a boy named Rohit.Years later Rohit is an adult but has a mind of a child.Then he comes across Nisha.They both discover an alien named Jadoo.The movie is nice.Hrithik is great,Preity well looking pretty as ever in a great performance,Rekha did well,Rakesh did well,The kids were great,Others were great too.To me the star of the show was the alien.He was plain excellent.Script is good and so is the dialogs.Cast is great too and so are their outfits.The cinematography is great and so is the dancing.The music is fabulous.A perfect time pass movie.A good movie with really nice songs Rating-7/10
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hcdahale8 October 2015In the summary,I mentioned that it's an amazing journey as I am fully internally related with this film and I know this film's every aspect in detail,It was my growing journey, as I grew up watching the same flick infinite times.Now its 2015 and the film is 12 years old.After the film the makers kept the film alive for almost 10 years as they gave us 2 more installments after this.The film is full of kindness of the main character that is Rohit Mehra who is mentally abnormal.He lost his father before his birth in an accident in which his pregnant mother was injured and due to the accident Rohit's brain was injured.He is a young guy in his twenties but still studying in a school,failing since many years.He stays with his widowed mother in a town named Kasauli in North India.He is very close to his friends who are kids studying with him.His friends know about his deficiencies and thus they help him every times.Hrithik Roshan who played the protagonist Rohit Mehra did an excellent job after which he swapped all awards for Best Actor in same year.While shooting this he was in late twenties and playing an mentally abnormal childish role was surely challenging.The role was not of a typical abnormal child,but of an innocent guy who don't have knowledge how to deal with advance yet cruel world.Overall the character delights us and immediately after a glimpse we would start believing the character even though he don't exists.The acting never goes up and down which keeps the character real and up to the mark.I as a reviewer I am damn sure this character melts everyone's heart except Satan hearted peoples.The Character Rohit eventually starts liking New Girl in city Nisha and he tries to impress her but he is constantly gets bullied by Raj and his companions.Raj and his family are family friends with Nisha's family since many years.In beginning due to some incidents Nisha hates Rohit thinking he looks innocent but is a bad guy inside eve teasing girls but later she knows truth of Rohit's disability. Later on she befriends Rohit and vice versa. Nisha is played by Priety Zinta and has not left any complains about the role. The main story focuses when Rohit and Nisha meets an alien in jungle whom they keep safe at Rohit's place as they know cops may kill him or can give him any harm for research purpose. Now Jadoo the alien transfers some of his energies and power to Rohit and things changes like anything. Now Rohit can do anything which peoples in his age can't do and all his disabilities are cured.Now there is a typical heroish Hrithik who completely impresses the world with his activities indicating his brilliance.But evil rises when the Cops get information that Rohit has hidden Jadoo the alien which results into a chaos around his house.Rohit never leaves his duty as a friend and he completely safeguards Jadoo which results into a sweet climax of the film.The film wins hearts in every scenes because of its excellent direction and all co ordination. It is directed by Rakesh Roshan.The director himself works very hard and makes the actors work which is proved by excellence of the film.Such excellence requires huge patience which is in the filmmakers.The supporting actors Rekha and Johny Lever done a great job.Veteran Actress Rekha did a memorable job here and the virtual motherhood of her wasn't virtual looking at all.She suited Hrithik Roshans mother in this film.Overall my review completely praised the film as it was totally praiseworthy.If you still haven't watched this watch it Asap.
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One of the overriding messages i took from Koi Mil Gaya was the blatant advertising of products (i.e. Honda - basketball scene with the tournament the players were taking part in being called the Hero Cup which might as well have been called the Honda Cup with the Pandavas being clothed in shirts bearing the Honda insignia. Also i lost count at the number of times i saw a Coke being consumed with the can being on display. This in a way infuriated me and spoiled part of the film where i felt market forces had directed what was in short advertising space within the film which i didn't already get in the commercial breaks (I watched it on Channel 4). So all in all i largely ignored those scenes as being part of the film which i did enjoy probably as i hadn't watched ET/Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind in a long while so had forgotten the story lines of both so wasn't incessantly comparing them to Koi Mil Gaya. The movie may rip off both movies but we must remember that the film in being made for a largely Indian audience who may not have watched any of the aforementioned movies. So it is a decent take on two of Hollywood's finest movies mixed with a healthy Indian dose of melodrama and musical numbers.
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mintchocolategum1 January 2022I don't know how many times I've seen this. This movie IS my childhood. Every last frame is perfection.
It's packed with action, suspense and intense emotion - made me cry many tear of joy and sadness. A seriously well made movie.
My cousin does not stop singing when this movie comes on.
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MuviFan7324 September 2017'Koi mol gaya' is first of its kind movie in Bollywood inspired from Hollywood block buster 'Extra Terrestrial'. Rakesh Roshan has well modified this movie for Indian audiences. The movie can be enjoyed watching with entire family.
Direction, Screenplay, Cinematography: Hill station where UFO lands, child artists, well paced narration of story (suitable for Indian Audiences), Hrithik in his child avatar everything has been crafted well (4/5).
Tone: Rakesh constructs a device that can be used for Alien communication. It becomes reason why he gets killed and his child, Hrithik grows as a retard. When he along with Zinta establish connection again Aliens visit and one of them is left on planet earth. The Alien befriends them all and makes Hrithik well again. I would say the tone is set well (4/5).
Goof: The size of Alien changes throughout the movie.
Music: Music is very good (4/5).
Acting: Rekha, Preity Zinta, Rajat Bedi, Prem Chopra, Mukesh Rishi , Johny Lever everybody along with child artists have acted really well. Hrithik has acted exceptionally well. I find it as his best performance till current date (4.5/5). Half mark extra for Hrithik.
Final Verdict: It is worth adding to your DVD collection [(4/5) (9/10)]. -
Three Cheers to the new age of Bollywood! This movie proves that Bollywood has become conscious of it's viewer's tastes and is finally taking steps to please it's vast audience! Koi...Mil Gaya is a sci-fi flick with a heart of gold. Hrithik Roshan is the child of a dead scientist who believed he had made contacts with aliens. However, a car accident kills him before he can prove it and leaves Hrithik (Rekha is pregnant with him)mentally retarded. Hrithik grows up but his intelligence level stays at the grade 7 level. Nisha (Preity) is a friend of his who sympathizes with I'm and thus hangs out with him. Together, they accidentally send sound waves in outer space while playing with his dad's old computer. Thus comes a response to their waves and an alien lands on Earth..in their small town. Hrithik and Preity befriend him and name him 'Jadoo'. The story proceeds so forth and so on. Hrithik is just BRILLIANT! Preity Zinta looks really good and has complete justice to her part. Rekha convinces us well. Hrithink's grade 7 friends and Johny Lever have done a great job. Overall...a fabulous movie! A must watch! Take a Bow Roshans...you've done a terrific job!
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mehta-nishank5 June 2006Koi Mil Haya is supposed to launch Bollywood in the hi-flying arena of sci-fi films. Instead it comes out as a film that is an insult to human intelligence. Yes, there is an alien in the film- Jadoo they call it. Rumoured to have been designed by Australian animation specialists, Jaoo looks more like a screwed-up Star Wars pygmie. Rajesh Roshan's sound-tracks (all stolen from somewhere or the other) are comical. Everything ranging from cinematography to script is bad, really really bad. For those who believe this to be path-breaking cinema, fine go boil your heads over this stupid so-called sci-fi flick.
Hrithik Roshan needs a counseller. Being a gifted actor and an amazing dancer that he is, does he have to do such awful roles just for his untalented father. Grow up, man - and do some serious cinema. Preity Zinta sadly has nothing much to do in the film and would rather have not signed it at all. The rogue 'super-sixers' stink like hell. Johny Lever comes p with some silly comedy, hardly laughable. In fact, what is intended to be serious sci-fi action is more comical than Lever's camaraderie.
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Mr. Bug7 September 2003"Koi... Mil Gaya" is a step in the right direction for Hrithik Roshan and Bollywood in general. The former finally has found another role since "Fiza" that is worthy of his talent, a role that's neither purely fluff in a likewise fluff or worse film (AMALL,YAADEIN,MDK...) or a crass miscast (MPKDH), and the latter steps into new territory concerning suitable subjects and use of modern sfx. Both are rewarded with a superhit as a result. The film is not doing as well in UK and US as in India where it's on target to leave K3G, Devdas, Lagaan and KNPH behind. The reason is most likely that NRIs are more familiar with Hollywood films which KMG is a copy of, and stick more to mushy family/romance/love-potboilers than new Hollywood like experiments coming from the motherland. The usual description of KMG as a mix of "E.T." and "Forrest Gump" is mostly correct. The film adopts many ideas from "E.T." beyond the concept of an alien landing on earth and making friends with kids. It also borrows from several other Hollywood films. That's somewhat irritating if you are familiar with these films, but fortunately the indianisation and mixing has been done quite nicely, and there is enough material around that does not immediately ring a bell and looks fresh. Also irritating is the product placement, a necessary evil, it seems, to co-finance such a big film without banks or the Bollywood mafia. Technically the film is clearly above average for Bollywood and some of the sfx are near Hollywood quality. The alien can't compete with the original E.T.. It's too plastic and artificial for that, but it grew on me nonetheless. The wire (removal) effects in Bollywood films are usually amateurish and blatantly unrealistic. In KMG they look pretty professional, even when they are obvious (in the song "Idhar Chala") and help create a magical mood. (The song "Idhar Chala" is a little gem, by the way, an instant classic, that will surely get awards for best choreography next year.) The CGI birds look pretty fake on the other hand, and the integration of the CGI for the spaceship's landing crater is halfbaked with incorrect 3D perspective and visible seams. The performances are quite good throughout, but the film clearly belongs to Hrithik Roshan from start to finish. As a boy in a man's body he delivers a performance that can compete with good work from any actor anywhere. Award nominations galore next year are a certainty and wins hardly less. It's the kind of performance that triggers a reevaluation of what someone can and should do and it will hopefully bring him lots of good role offers beyond the stereotypical loverboy with biceps that shakes a leg before he walks into the sunset with his dulhan. KMG is quite enjoyable, not only for kids, and it will have its place in the history of Bollywood as a film that made a difference. And that is a nice achievement.
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mpdmsadu11 February 2021Innocence, action, intelligence, friendship, family values. Everything 10/10
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To be honest, I lost touch with this movie for a long time, then I rediscovered it and also why its one of my all-time favourite movies.
Hats off to all for the superb performances, Hrihtik and Priety pairing was brilliant and the supporting cast did one hell of a good job.
A great movie and career defining part for everyone involved.