Kajol would have chosen Aman over Rahul in real life - Page 6

Originally posted by: Witcher

There wouldn’t be a choice if Tina was alive

I think KKHH would have been more palatable to me if Anjali in the second half was similar to the first half.

I find it plausible that Rahul misses Anjali over the years and realizes that he may like her more than a friend. But if he pined for the Anjali he once knew, how can he fall for the Anjali whom he meets later, who is nothing like the Anjali from college? And if Anjali has changed so much since college, why would she still be hung up on a past love? How can romance blossom within days without taking time to know if they still had chemistry?

However, leaving Anjali as close as she was in the first half addresses all the questions. She's the same person Rahul misses and yearns for. She's right where he left her. It makes more sense to pickup where they left off.

KKHH, as it was made, makes it seem that women have to change themselves to be romantically appealing. It makes Rahul shallow for showing interest only when Anjali has changed herself.

Aman loves Anjali, treats her mom as his own, gives her so much attention while Rahul ignored her, did not accept her as she was, mocked her in front of others.

But Aman is not good, Rahul is? Rahul who went after Tina coz she was hotter and more conventionally feminine? Who is dad of an 8 YO and moved ahead in life while you remained there?

Wah.

I would say it is Aman who deserved better and never deserved a thankless woman like Anjali who never valued his respect, love for her and her mom.

Well said man. I would always choose handsome, educated, single Aman who had no baggage of past marriage or kids and also liked me, valued my mom as his own.

Rather than being second wife of a man with an 8 YO child whose wife was my rival or classmate at college and who has widowed mom too who is trying to guilt trip me or use me to remove loneliness of her son who never looked at me earlier but now suddenly likes me as he saw me doing pooja or wearing saree or sporting long hair.

Aman was better left alone in that movie as the climax showed. Even if Anjali would've married Aman, it would be unfair. Rahul was her one true love.

Originally posted by: NimbuMirchi

We have this discussion every 6 months. I have given up on explaining. Doesn’t matter what Karan is or not. This is about movie he made.

The whole point of Tina writing letters was — she felt he was never same after Anjali left. She tells her daughter to bring Anjali back in Rahul’s life.

Also.. Rahul plays stupid Yo mtv game with his daughter and he answers Anjali Sharma. He always remembered her. Missed her. “Jalli thi meri Anjali”

Lot of people cling to Saree scene.. it’s nothing more than an awkward moment. Up until then no such physical crisis came between 2 friends.
That is not the moment Rahul starts falling for her. He even makes fun of her saree.

Rahul always took Anjali granted in college. Anjali fell for him. He got attracted to Tina. All these years that Anjali wasn’t there - he didn’t remarry but that changes when his best friend came back. (And no it wasn’t coz of saree) She was always more than that. He never got time to realize it until she left and comes back.

This was last attempt at explaining how the movie was always interpreted by the generation growing up on it.

Ramesh sippy wakes up from the dead and says - sholay was illogical and not politically correct, then what? Viewers who loved it all these years supposed to dump the movie?

KKHH doesn’t normalize stalking, harassing. There is hardly anything problematic. It is a fictional movie about friendship and college and love. I don’t get the whole fuss about its storyline.

BW movies are not super logical anyway. But it has a connect with audience. KKHH is not perfect. No movie can pass multi generational changing social scenarios. There is no point in viewing movie with today’s political correctness.

I am not gonna answer anything after this. To anyone, feel free to quote. But I ain’t responding. No thanks!

People are just expressing their opinions. It’s great that you love the movie but not everyone did, and some did at the time but have changed their minds since. They’re not wrong for it and neither are you for still enjoying this movie.

People are criticizing this movie in ways that you completely disagree with and … OK🤷🏽‍♀️. Moving on.

I hope people understand this.

Same SRK fans have no qualms trashing other films like say, HAHK, 3 Idiots etc.

Everyone has own perspective on films and literature or anything in general.

This does not mean their opinions should be censored or they should be trashed for thinking a certain way.

KKHH is trashy and silly in many ways like most 90s romantic and family dramas. It is cheap and weird to have an 8 YO being told in detail about parents' love life and mom piling own guilt on daughter. Imagine how bad a child must feel that her own mom felt guilty to marry her dad. I find it too much baggage to pile on an 8 YO and cheap to make an 8 YO act as cupid and play matchmaker between 2 adults, hook up own dad to a random woman who is her teacher.

Lot of scenes are plain awkward and inappropriate especially from POV of child, her age and typical Indian families. As a kid I could never imagine talking how our parents met or married. But that's just me.

Rahul is a sexist, shallow, superficial guy and film does have sexist lines like jhalli for women who are sporty, have short hair or are not into dressing up and make up. Or Rahul falling for Anjali only once he sees her in long hair, in puja, saree and saree pallu flies off and she feels awkward as her blouse cleavage, midriff are exposed or Rahul attracted to Anjali when she gets soaked in rain.

Or Anjali generally being cold to Aman and behaving even more rude to him when she meets Rahul at camp. It is sheer cheating and unfair to your fiance that you are engaged to him but making out with an old friend from college at a camp.

Or Rahul, his family crying and giving puppy eyed look to guilt trip Aman and Anjali's mom and Kajol also looking depressed at own wedding or Rahul emotionally blackmailing Anjali on her wedding day and crying before she goes to mandap.

Totally manipulative, cheating and unfair to poor Aman who is not even a bad man but a good guy who respects Anjali's mom as his own.

It was total emotional blackmail that Rahul and his family did to Anjali and her mom and almost shamed Aman into quitting the wedding.

What is great about it?

Anyway Aman is better off without a cheater like Anjali who was committing infidelity even after engagement and moving around with someone else. I would not wish any man or woman to go through what Aman did in KKHH. Imagine the person you are engaged to, is doing hot dance in rain with someone else and close to someone else and does not give a damn about you.

Forget who Anjali chose. I am glad Aman left that thankless woman who committed emotional infidelity even before marriage. She had NO respect or loyalty for Aman or sense of commitment to him despite engagement and wedding date drawing so close. May God save people from such cheap fiancees.

Originally posted by: IAmLuvBolly

People are just expressing their opinions. It’s great that you love the movie but not everyone did, and some did at the time but have changed their minds since. They’re not wrong for it and neither are you for still enjoying this movie.

To be honest, even though I find the movie problematic now - I still enjoy it. Nostalgia and teenage memories are powerful forces.

I have grown past nostalgia stage also now.

I used to enjoy 90s films as it reminded me of childhood.

Now I am not even enthused to revisit or like same stuff for reminder of childhood.

Everything seems so problematic and unrealistic now and I also resent why I developed certain ideas and notions as a kid or viewed world through lens of books or films ir had expectations or dreams inspired from shows, books or even took words of elders literally. Or copied things from books or TV perhaps unknowingly. Now I realise how harmful effects of films, books or T.V. are and how they reinforce stereotypes or usually have negative infiehehce on impressionable kids.

So much psychology displayed here... 😉

Okay, I'll add to this:

Yes, Aman is in love with Anjali...still he feels (on a certain level even knows) that Anjali doesn't love him (and Anjali's mother confirms that through her comportment). So, it seems to be an arranged marriage...and Karan made clear already in his first movie that he is against arranged marriages.

Aman gets his final confirmation through little Anjali...I wonder if he ever honestly talked to grown-up Anjali about his doubts that she really requites his love or even agrees to marry him from the heart. He prefers to not knowing it.

It needed Anjali's obvious distress and reluctance and public display of her love for another man to convince him that he should not marry a woman who doesn't want HIM.

I liked this mature egoism in the climax scene.

As for Rahul and his romantic feelings for Anjali...before the intermission, they didn't exist...after Tina's death he had no reasons to think in a romatic way at her (but still thought at her as a very dear friend he missed very much).

When they (unexpectedly) meet again, it's awkward first - Anjali (still feeling romantically for him) and Rahul simply surprised (knowing nothing about her life). They try to rekindle their friendship (which they do rather well).

To me, it is absolutely understandable that Rahul develops romantic feelings towards an Anjali that has grown into a beautiful woman - in more than eight years. (I guess, she would have changed into other than sporty clothes also when still being together with Rahul). But as Anjali runs away from him (Gazebo scene!)...and then presents her fiancé and leaves with him, he isn't sure about HER feelings (she never confessed her love for him! And he did it only through a game!).

So, it's the abundantly used trope of 'the last minute decision' that enables both to openly admit their romantic love for the other - with a happy ending high on emotions (simply Hindi movielike 😊).