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9Released in 2001, ''Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham'' (''Sometimes Happiness, Sometimes Sadness'') was a commercially successful UsefulNotes/{{Bollywood}} film with an AllStarCast, directed by Karan Johar. The film deals with the wealthy Raichand family. The oldest son, Rahul (who is adopted and has much {{angst}} about this fact), is disowned after eloping with an unsuitable girl. Ten years later, the younger son, Rohan, learns the truth about his brother's disappearance and sets out to reunite the family.
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11Opinions on this movie are sharply divided. For some, it's quintessential UsefulNotes/{{Bollywood}}, while for others, it's a ClicheStorm rife with {{Wangst}}. Either way, it's worth a watch.
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13!!This film provides examples of:
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15* ActorAllusion: A subtle one. When Yash starts the song 'Aati kya khandala', the camera immediately cuts away to Naina, who laughs. Naina is played by Creator/RaniMukherji, who had a role in the movie ''Ghulam'' from which the song originates.
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17* BetaCouple: Pooja and Rohan become the second major couple after Rahul and Anjali, with two dance numbers dedicated solely to them.
18* BettyAndVeronica: Naina and Anjali play with this trope. Naina is a NiceGirl and has known Rahul since they were children, making her fit the Betty role, while Anjali is a GenkiGirl and knows Rahul for less than a year at best before she ultimately marries him, making her fit the Veronica role. However, Naina is a {{Socialite}} while Anjali is from a lower social class, which reverses their roles a bit.
19* ChildhoodFriendRomance:
20** Unlucky Naina, who's been in love with Rahul for as long as she can remember. Rahul, however, while loving her as a friend, does not reciprocate and falls in love with Anjali.
21** Pooja and Rohan have shades of this in the first half of the movie. When they meet 10 years later, they're instantly attracted to each other.
22* ChorusGirls: Show up in ''Say Shava Shava''.
23* CrowdSong: Most of the songs in this movie are this.
24* ExtremeDoormat: Nandini, though she gets her SilkHidingSteel on towards the end of second half.
25* {{Fanservice}}: Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol dancing by the Pyramids of Egypt in see-through shirts that later go [[SexySoakedShirt transparent]] and {{wet sari|Scene}}s, respectively.
26* {{Forgiveness}}: The climax is rife with apologies.
27* GeniusDitz: Grownup Pooja is mostly the first and occasionally the second-she helps Rohan in his scheme to reunite the family, and she requires MUCH less prompting to figure out Grownup Rohan's identity ''than his own brother''.
28* GenkiGirl: Anjali. In the second half she becomes a [[{{Jerkass}} a bit too extreme]] for some.
29* GirlPosse: Sonia and Tanya, Pooja's friends in college, are this.
30* HappilyAdopted: Rahul, who was treated as just as part of the family as the rest and dearly beloved by his parents, brother and grandmothers. [[spoiler:And then he was disowned by his father.]]
31%%* HellBentForLeather: See ''You Are My Soniya''.
32* HighSchoolDance: Pooja and Rohan go to the prom and declare their love for one another. They're in college, not high school, but the prom isn't so different. They're also in England, not in America, but whatever.
33* HowWeGotHere: First half of the film, as Rohan's grandmothers confess the circumstances of Rahul's disownment.
34* IncomingHam: Anjali's very first appearance, which takes place right after a sports match.
35---> '''Anjali:''' WEEEE WOOOOOOON!!!!!!!
36* IHaveNoSon: Impetus for much of the plot. After Rahul marries Anjali, Yash tells him that, by failing to live up to the family traditions and to do what Yash had expressly asked him to do, Rahul now showed him he really wasn't his son, and had lost the right to call Yash a father. This example stings particularly because Rahul (who until this point had pretty much been the perfect son) also happens to be adopted, and leads to Rahul [[spoiler:leaving the country and losing contact with his parents and brother for a decade.]].
37* ImagineSpot: Two examples:
38** The "Suraj Hua Maddham" number is this as a whole for Rahul and Anjali being together after their date in the fair. It has Rahul and Anjali imagining their lives together and following each family's traditions; Rahul imagines her in his mansion's parties, while Anjali imagines them dancing in the streets together under the rain. The number ends with a SmashCut to Anjali arriving home, and her realizing that their relationship can not be due to their differences in status.
39** In "Bole Chudiyan", Rahul and Rohan's parents suddenly join the dance number and happily accept Rahul and Anjali. It's quickly shown to be a tearful Rohan's daydreaming.
40* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Despite having been in love with Rahul ever since she can remember, Naina recognizes that he loves another woman and frees him from their arranged engagement, even telling him to pursue his love. Heartwarmingly, he appreciates her sacrifice and they share a tearful hug before parting ways.
41* ImpossiblyCoolClothes: Rohan and Pooja are victims of this.
42* LovableAlphaBitch: Pooja has shades of this post-timeskip.
43* LongLostSibling: Rahul and Rohan. When Rahul left the family, [[spoiler: he asked Rohan to never ask why he left, leading to a 10-year separation]]. The plot consists of Rohan now searching for Rahul and bringing the family together.
44* MatchCut: Twice.
45** The first time when Nandini gets up on a stool to meet Yash's face and do up his tie, then she leans in to hug him...which cuts to Anjali leaning on Rahul's shoulder.
46** [[spoiler: When Yash kisses Anjali's forehead in forgiveness and reconciliation in the study, cutting to him kissing her forehead again at Rohan's and Pooja's wedding celebrations.]]
47* MeetCute: Rahul meets Anjali as she is dancing in the street, celebrating a cricket victory. She then mistakes him for her best friend's fiance.
48* {{Melodrama}}: It was touching the ''first'' time Rohan's or Rahul's eyes filled with tears...
49* MistakenIdentity: A small example in Anjali and Rahul's first meeting, in which Anjali mistakes him for her friend's fiance. Much later, Rohan actively encourages this with his brother and wife, as he tries to bring his family back together but knows Rahul might refuse to go back.
50* MoodWhiplash: After Rohan solemnly promises to reunite his father and brother the film cuts to Pooja ... dancing to ''It's Raining Men''.
51* MundaneMadeAwesome: Rahul arriving by helicopter.
52%%** ''Deewana Hai Dekho''.
53* TheMusical: Of course.
54* NoIndoorVoice: Anjali, who has a tendency to be really loud while talking as well as singing, which further contrasts her with Naina. It's very much noted (and complained about) by the British neighbors.
55* ParentalFavoritism: Rahul frequently says that Nandini prefers him over [[TheUnfavourite Rohan]]. And ''no one corrects him on this''. However, unusually for both of these tropes, Rohan uses this as motivation to restore his broken family and carve out his own niche, instead of becoming bitter and vindictive or just leaving altogether. See SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism below.
56* ParentalMarriageVeto: Yashvardhan Raichand does ''not'' approve of Anjali.
57* ProductionThrowback:
58** The theme song of ''Film/KuchKuchHotaHai'' (also directed by Karan Johar) makes an appearance during ''Suraj Hua Maddham'', which features the actors who portrayed the OneTruePairing in ''Kuch Kuch Hota Hai''. And again in the Dharma Pictures (Karan Johar's production company) VanityPlate.
59** Creator/ShahRukhKhan's and Creator/{{Kajol}}'s characters in this movie are named Rahul and Anjali, respectively, which were also the names of their characters in ''Film/KuchKuchHotaHai''.
60** After Anjali punctures Rahul's car's tire because [[ItAmusedMe she thought it was funny]], this conversation ensues:
61--->'''Rahul:''' Was that a joke?\
62'''Anjali:''' So what if it was?\
63'''Rahul:''' I don't like jokes.\
64'''Anjali:''' I don't like ''you!''[[note]]This same conversation occurred between the characters named Anjali and Rahul in ''Film/KuchKuchHotaHai'', the only difference being that Anjali said Rahul's lines, and vice versa.[[/note]]
65* RuleOfCool: Wherever Pooja ('Poo') goes, there always seem to be a fan blowing at her, making her hair dance. Especially when she is supposed to look beautiful. Even when she's in house and normally there wouldn't be a fan in the neighborhood. But who cares?
66* SadBollywoodWedding: Rahul and Anjali's wedding takes place in the shadow of her father's death and his father's disapproval.
67* SheIsAllGrownUp: Rohan is a male example of this trope.
68* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: Firmly on the idealistic side. Very, very firmly.
69* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: Younger Pooja teases Younger Rohan about a tongue twister that he can't say. When they meet 10 years later, him correctly saying the full sentence is the way that Pooja identifies Rohan.
70* WellDoneSonGuy: Rahul and Yash. There are hints of this in Rohan's relationship with his parents, too.
71%%* TheWisePrince: Rahul.

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