no wonder so many people think kal ho naa ho be direct by karan johar himself though in reality kj only script and produce and his former assistant nikhil advani be actually at the helm . it because the film talk of love and hope and goodwill and the character and packaging be very much kj style . if kkhh be a usual college romance develop into an adult romance later and k3g be all about love your parent and khnh talk of love life itself . where advani improve over kj be that the overall emotional quotient be tone down and khnh be a lot more colourful than kkhh and k3g . also the character introduction aren not so filmy a in the first two . preity zinta character naina narrate the story . she live in new york with her widowed catholic mother catherine kapur ( jaya bachchan ) and punjabi grandmother lajjo ( sushma seth ) and brother and an adopted sister . rohit patel be her best friend ( saif ali khan ) . naina be too serious and too boring . she miss her father who commit suicide for reason explain later in the movie . at home her grandma constantly bicker with her mom on trivial issue . a new neighbour aman ( shahrukh khan ) come to reside next door . aman charm the entire neighbourhood and bring all indian together and solve their problem . naina resents him at first but can not help fall in love with him . but there a twist . aman suffers from an incurable heart ailment and have little time . so he lie to naina that he be already marry . naina be heartbroken but now aman embarks on a noble mission of bring naina and rohit together . because rohit love naina and aman want to make her happy . the introduction of character through naina pov be very different and funny and strike at the start . the first half be lace with witty humour and the second half be ting with sadness . and yes the movie leave a message a aman say and live every moment of your life fully and because there may be no tomorrow . goofs represent aman surname be mathur and so how could his uncle have the surname chaddha . and the scene where aman take off his life support and run through new york street to meet naina be a clear exercise in ott melodrama . wasn not need . shahrukh be the drive force behind khnh and a always do justice to his part . preity have never look more beautiful . she act like a pro and though over expressive in a few scene . saif ali khan continue where he leave in dil chahta hai and look great . jaya bachchan have disappoint me in k3g and here she get all her old greatness back . sulabha arya ( who play kantaben ) crack me up and and so do lilette dubey and satish shah . shankar ehsaan loy music be not high on melody yet the title track and pretty woman be very hummable though i do not dig it the time to disco . kal ho naa ho might be resent by some for it rather high pitch eq but overall it great to watch once .