for all those who want to know whether kal ho naa ho be a remake of hrishikesh mukherjee anand and the answer be yes . and no . shah rukh khan character ( aman ) be largely inspire by rajesh khanna happy go lucky charmer in anand . but on the whole and kal ho naa ho be as different a they come . the film kick off with manhattan resident naina catherine kapur ( preity zinta ) narrate the story of her life over her daily morning jog . don not miss . the character in naina life be introduce with the same energy that naina put into her jog . there be her mom jennifer ( jaya bachchan in jean ) and who share a love hate relationship with her mother in law sushma seth ( at her loud punjabi best ) . mommy run a flop restaurant . grandmother be a flop singer . together they be chaos . enough reason for naina to turn into a boring and bespectacled spinster type who take life too seriously . the only interesting person in naina life be buddy rohit patel ( saif ali khan ) . he be uncool with woman but think he be cool . he be also a typical gujarati and whose father ( satish shah ) run a business call dial a dhokla . enter funny guy aman and who turn out to be the proverbial angel in naina life . he be dale carnegie jim carrey richard gere deepak chopra all roll into one . he zoom into naina neighbourhood sing pretty woman and woo everyone in sight and include uppity naina . naina hat him at first sight and but can not help be overwhelm by aman charm . even rohit take tip from aman on how to be cool and influence people . life be a song and dance till the interval . and after that everything be mystery and lol what . this be indeed a breathtaking movie . go and watch instead of watch silly bollywood movie .