The costume designer apparently decided the easiest way to age the star down and simultaneously convey his learning disabilities was to put him in brightly colored polo shirts, give him a mop top and make him wear thick-rimmed geek glasses. This somewhat explains the nearly 30-year-old Roshan running around a middle school playground. The special needs son of a brilliant scientist who was convinced that he managed to communicate with aliens, Rohit (Roshan) has trouble in school and is held back several grades. That is, unfortunately, a bit of a stretch in the beginning. Koi…Mil Gaya, as well as its sequels, rely on the talents of megastar Hrithik Roshan to not only carry them but make them believable. Welcome to India where outwardly ridiculous movies turn into massive franchises! Depending on your perspective, Koi…Mil Gaya (billed as Bollywood’s first sci-fi film) might be one of the best Bollywood films ever made, as evidenced by the two wholly unrelated “sequels” it spawned.

Frequently cheesy, implausible and uproariously hilarious (whether intended or not), the good ones definitely keep viewers entertained for their three hour runtime, and can still be emotionally affecting dramas all the same. What the uninitiated have to understand is there is a level of ridiculousness at play in all major Bollywood films. Few films will leave you as borderline offended, flabbergasted, entertained and touched as Koi…Mil Gaya, a Bollywood musical adapted from the same original material as E.T.

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