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Kuch Kuch Hota Hai

 

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🎥    The film we will be discussing today is called Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. It is a Bollywood film. Bollywood cinema includes Indian and South Asian films. Their popularity is very large in those countries and is gaining attention in the United States at a pretty constant rate. Bollywood cinema includes a lot of singing and dancing! This film, in particular, had so many long singing and dancing scenes that the film was over three hours long! Thankfully the music was catchy! This film even won an award for its soundtrack!


😅   My first impression of this film was that it was too long and I would probably get bored right away. That was not the case at all after I began watching it! It was so capturing. The storyline was so good that I got submerged in their world. It didn't even feel like I had been sitting down for more than three hours. 


💛    I loved all the songs and dances! I got a bit of déjà vu after listening to one of the first songs. This film was so cute. I loved the characters and the vibes. I sort of wished that Anajali (the grown-up) had won the basketball game when she and Rahul had reunited. I loved their glow up, too! The scenes while they were in high school made me cringe a bit but when they grew up, they seemed a bit more mature but still had their playful personalities. I loved Anajali's tomboy look a lot and she also looked amazing with her girly look later on in the film. I was extremely happy that the guy that Anajali was going to marry didn't turn into a bad guy. 


👀    I would 100% recommend this film to anyone! It is such a nice film but you have to make sure to set aside a couple of hours for yourself to watch it entirely. 

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  1. UnknownNovember 14, 2020 at 7:45 AM

    I was so surprised that a 3 hour long film went by so fast! I think that the dancing and singing sequences keep us, the spectators, so entertained and and our attention is constantly taken to so many different places all at once that before we even realize it is almost the end of the movie. The manipulation of the spectator's attention in bollywood films is so masterfully done.

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  2. AmyNovember 30, 2020 at 2:57 PM

    I also watched the entire film without actually intending to watch it all because it does wrap you so easily into its story world. I think that this is part of what makes Bollywood successful as a global cinema.

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