| Koi... Mil Gaya | |
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 DVD Cover for Koi ... Mil Gaya |
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| Directed by | Rakesh Roshan |
| Produced by | Rakesh Roshan |
| Written by | Robin Bhatt; Sachin Bhowmick; Honey Irani; Rakesh Roshan; Javed Siddiqui |
| Starring | Rekha, Hrithik Roshan, Preity Zinta, Rakesh Roshan |
| Music by | Rajesh Roshan; Ibrahim Ashq; Sayeed Nasir Faaraz |
| Distributed by | Film Kraft, Yash Raj Films Pvt. Ltd |
| Release date(s) | August 8, 2003 |
| Running time | 179 |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | 350,000,000 INR (estimated) |
| Followed by | Krrish |
| IMDb profile | |
Koī... Mil Gayā (Hindi: कोई मिल गया, Urdu: کوئی مل گیا, translation: I Found Someone) is a 2003 Bollywood science fiction film, directed by Rakesh Roshan (who also has a cameo role), starring Rekha, Hrithik Roshan, and Preity Zinta, and released on August 8 2003. The film shares many plot elements with Steven Spielberg's E.T. and Satyajit Ray's The Alien, and may have been inspired by them. (Incidentally, E.T. was itself inspired by the script for the The Alien.) Some scenes also appear to have been inspired by Flubber. Koi... Mil Gaya is said to have inspired an Indonesian television series Si Yoyo, which also features a miraculous alien visitor. The film was screened at the Jerusalem Film Festival and the Denmark NatFilm Festival Rakesh Roshan has produced a sequel to the film titled Krrish, which opened worldwide on June 23, 2006 and has also become successful.
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Summary
A Sindhi scientist named Sanjay Mehra (played by the film's director Rakesh Roshan) creates a computer from which he dispatches variations of the syllable Om, hoping to attract the attention of extra-terrestrial life. When he finally receives a response, the scientific community mocks him and makes fun of him.. As he is driving home, an alien spacecraft enters the vicinity, then he looks out the window and exclaims: "UFO," and begins to veer off the road. His pregnant wife turns around the steering wheel causing the box car to flip over a stone and explode. His wife is thrown out of the car and Dr. Mehra dies in the car. His pregnant wife, played by Rekha, survives the wreck but her son Rohit (played by Hrithik Roshan, who is Rakesh Roshan's son), when born, is developmentally disabled.
His mother raises him with tender care, by which he grows up to be a young man of limited intellect and childish personality, yet with a loving heart. Rohit has a number of much younger friends; children with whom he plays and who are very loyal to him. He also befriends a young woman named Nisha (Preity Zinta). Nisha feels empathy for him and humors him as one would humor a child, having learned of his retardation from his mother, who chastises Nisha's suitor Raj for beating Rohit up. Rohit and Nisha find Rohit's father's alien-contact computer and summon the aliens by accident. The visiting aliens leave in haste and one of them is left behind. Rohit, Nisha, and Rohit's young friends find him, befriend him, and name him Jadoo (meaning "Magic" in Hindi and Urdu) when they discover his abilities of psychokinesis. Jadoo's remarkably vast intelligence leads him to discover that Rohit is mentally subnormal, whereupon he uses his magic to enhance the boy's mind. Rohit becomes a child prodigy. He is now accepted by young-adult society. Only the loyalty of his friends and Nisha prevent him from developing total arrogance. Raj and his sycophants attempt to embarrass Rohit multiple times, only to be beaten in fights as well as in a basketball game, wherein Rohit's bodily strength has increased with his mental calibre. Nisha and Rohit spend more and more time together, before and after his enhancement; ultimately Rohit proposes marriage to her. She agrees. Jadoo's presence is kept secret from all humans except Rohit's friends and mother. However, the government has not given up their search for the alien arrival. Police capture Jadoo, who is then rescued by Rohit. Jadoo flees in his returned family's spaceship and apparently takes Rohit's new powers with him. Rohit is again mentally retarded, which saves him from prosecution by the government. Later, Jadoo or one of his relatives restores Rohit's special abilities -- permanently. Nisha and Rohit can now lead a happy life together. Strangely, in the sequel Krrish, Rohit's personality is still somewhat like that of a child's. It is possible that although his intelligence was increased, he may slowly have regressed back into the emotional state of a child.
Cast
- Hrithik Roshan - Rohit Mehra
- Preity Zinta - Nisha
- Rekha - Sonia Mehra
- Rakesh Roshan - Sanjay Mehra
- Prem Chopra - Harbans Saxena
- Rajat Bedi - Raj Saxena
- Johnny Lever - Chelaram Sukhwani
- Mukesh Rishi - Inspector Khurshid Khan
- Hansika Motwani - Priya Six
- Kamya Punjabi - Inhabitant at Hill Stati
Soundtrack
Songs
- Haila Haila (Udit Narayan & Alka Yagnik)
- Idhar Chala Main Udhar Chala (Udit Narayan & Alka Yagnik)
- In Pancchiyon (Shaan, Kavita Krishnamurthy & Baby Sneha)
- Instrumental Theme (Preeti Uttam)
- It's Magic (Taz)
- Jadoo Jadoo (Adnan Sami & Alka Yagnik)
- Jadoo Jadoo 2 (Udit Narayan & Alka Yagnik)
- Koi Mil Gaya (Udit Narayan & Chithra)
National Film Awards
Won
- National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues - Rakesh Roshan
- National Film Award for Best Special Effects - James Colmer, Lara Denman, Marc Kolbe, Craig A. Mumma
Filmfare Awards
Won
- Best Movie - Rakesh Roshan
- Best Director - Rakesh Roshan
- Best Actor - Hrithik Roshan
- Critics Award Best Performance - Hrithik Roshan
- Best Choreography - Farah Khan for "Idhar Chala"
Nominated
- Best Actress - Preity Zinta
- Best Supporting Actress - Rekha
- Best Comedian - Johnny Lever
- Best Music Director - Rajesh Roshan
- Best Male Playback - Udit Narayan for "Idhar Chala"
- Best Female Playback - Chitra for "Koi Mil Gaya"
Trivia
- Preity Zinta's role was first offered to Aishwarya Rai.
- The melody that the Earthlings use to communicate with the alien is actually “Trans-Europe Express” by the legendary electronic band Kraftwerk.
- In the movie, Rakesh Roshan mentions that he uses sound waves to communicate with the aliens. Sound waves cannot travel through space.
- Also, when Hrithik Roshan's character finds the computer, he sends out the "Om" signal by just turning on the computer -- without having a transmitting device such as a dish antenna!
- A tune is played on few occasions which is the tune of the song "Pyaar ki kahani" from Rakesh Roshan's next movie, Krrish.
| Awards | ||
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| Filmfare Award | ||
| Preceded by Devdas देवदास |
Best Movie 2003 |
Succeeded by Veer-Zaara वीर-ज़ारा |
