The film flopped (in India...has grossed over 15 crores abroad though) and was bashed by critics for one reason...a horrible screenplay and the lack of a flowing story...but the film is still great. First off the soundtrack is the best in Hindi film's of the 90's. Acting is superb by some guy called Shah Rukh Khan, Manisha and Preity Zinta (Preity who?). Santosh Sivan does excellent camerawork as the film has the best cinematography in Hindi cinema history. Even if you don't want to watch the whole film because of the bad things about the film, watch the first 15 minutes of it...the train station scene between Manisha and SRK is marvelous and the Chaiya Chaiya number on the train is breathtaking.