As a westerner that has actually watched quite a few Bollywood films, I was looking forward to seeing Shahrukh, Kajol and Karan team up again. Indeed it was the magic of Kuch, Kuch and the earlier DDLJ that got me watching, and enjoying some Indian cinema.

I'd heard that they wanted to make this film more accessible to western audiences, following the success of the British film "Slumdog Millionaire". Sadly however, this is a huge miss. And their advisers on storyboarding the film should never be hired again. I feel it could only have gotten worse if they had transposed the "Georgia Hurricane disaster" with the more deeply rooted Katrina. In that case I think I would have been laughing at their complete lack of understanding of western culture and simply shaking my head at this poorly scripted story. You need better advisers. I really wanted to like this, I did. The only lift was seeing Kajol in a major role with SK again. She continues to look wonderful on screen. Other than that, this was a terrible reunion. I just hope they get another chance to do something more productive together, and that Fox will give them another go. While this may do well in India, and open initially well the first weekend in the UK. I fully expect the numbers to fall off the cliff.

A better choice for the return of this trio would have been a more rooted story of a Hindi-Muslim couple trying to overcome religious and cultural obstacles in their native India. Although I fear that is every bit as unlikely as this film was.