Shah Rukh was wonderful in this excellent display of Bollywood dramatics. While the film is lighter on musical and dance numbers than most Hindi films, it is richer in substance and drama. I wasn't as impressed with Manisha Koirala, who was the weak part in the film. I wish that someone with more experience had been cast, someone who could steal the screen like Shah Rukh. Preity Zinta was quite good in her role as a quirky/dingy second. All in all I liked this movie and it had me until the end, wondering, hoping, and caring about the characters and where the plot was going. It is still a love story like most films from India, but there is so much more to it than the courtship between a man and a woman. Another plus was the inclusion of Bhutanese culture and the exploration of the ethnic conflicts in and around the Indian nation.