Kal Ho Naa Ho

A pessimistic MBA student in New York City finds happiness when a cheerful neighbor encourages her to be happy, but their love is complicated by a terminal illness and Naina eventually finds love with her friend Rohit after the neighbor dies. Kal Ho Naa Ho is a 2003 Indian Hindi-language Comedy Drama film starring Jaya Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Preity Zinta, Jaya Bhaduri, Sushma Seth and Michael Borak. Dharma Productions was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Karan Johar and Yash Johar. Kal Ho Naa Ho is written by Niranjan Iyengar and Karan Johar and it is directed by Nikhil Advani. Yash Raj Films acquired the distribution rights for the film. Kal Ho Naa Ho was released on 28th November 2003 and takes a screen time of 187 minutes. The Film was successful at box office. Kal Ho Naa Ho was made on a budget of ₹28 crore and it was a hit at box office gross of ₹38 crore. The screenplay for the movie was written by Karan Johar. Cinematography was done by Anil Mehta and editing by Sanjay Sankla. The music was composed by IIFA Award winner Ehsaan Noorani along with Loy Mendonsa, Shankar Mahadevan and Shankar Ehsaan Loy. At the 2004 National Film Awards It won 2 awards including: Best Playback Singer (Male) and Best Music Direction. At the 2004 IIFA Awards It also won 6 awards including: Best Story, Best Background Score, Best Cinematography, Best Choreography, Best Costume Design and Best Makeup. At the 2004 IIFA Awards It also won 7 awards including: Best Actress in a Leading Role (Preity Zinta), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Saif Ali Khan), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Jaya Bhaduri), Best Picture, Best Music Director, Best Lyricist and Best Playback Singer - Male.