Kal Ho Naa Ho

Naina, an introverted, perpetually depressed girl's life changes when she meets Aman. But Aman has a secret of his own which changes their lives forever. Embroiled in all this is Rohit, Naina's best friend who conceals his love for her.

Director: Nikhil Advani

Writers: Niranjan Iyengar (dialogue), Karan Johar (screenplay) |1 more credit »

Stars: Preity Zinta, Shah Rukh Khan, Saif Ali Khan

Story plot:
Kal Ho Naa Ho is the story of Naina Catherine Kapur, a 23 year old pessimistic MBA student who lives with her family consisting of her widowed mom, Jenifer 'Jenny' Kapur, who runs a small restaurant in New York that isn't doing so well. Naina has 2 younger siblings: Gia, who was adopted and Shiv, Naina's disabled younger brother. Jenny's mother-in-law, Lajjo, is cold towards Jenny and Gia, as she believes Gia's adoption is what led her son to commit suicide. Naina has 2 best-friends: Rohit Patel who attends MBA with her and Jaspreet 'Sweetu' Kapoor, her next-door neighbour. Naina's life is cold, dull and grey, until Aman Mathur moves in with his mother next door. His bubbly attitude and fun loving ways convince Naina to lose her glasses, smile, have fun, party and live life to the fullest. Naina falls for Aman and Rohit falls for Naina. However, when Naina goes to tell Aman, she finds he is married to Priya, who fled to New York to live with her parents after an argument with Aman. Heartbroken, Naina leaves, teary-eyed and on reaching Brooklyn Bridge Park, she breaks down. It is now revealed Aman isn't married, and Priya isn't his wife but his doctor. Aman is a terminally-ill patient, suffering from a fatal cardiac disease, and his chances of surviving are low, as he needs a transplant. The rest of the story is how Aman gets Rohit and Naina together before he dies. The concept of the film was loving someone enough to let them go and be free of sharing your sorrows. Aman was dying, there was no hope for him, so he lies to Naina about being married, so that she never realises that he also loved her just as much as she loved him. If he told her of his true condition, she, who was already quite depressed about the state of her family would've been even more heartbroken than she was finding he was married. Sacrifice is when Aman, rather than making sure Naina stays single, does his best to help Rohit, who is in love with her, win her over. The whole film runs on the theme "there may or may not be a tomorrow...".