Salaam Namaste

Salaam Namaste (2005)
Stars: Preity Zinta, Saif Ali Khan
Director: Siddharth Anand
Producer: Aditya Chopra

Preity Zinta (from Dil Se) and Saif Ali Khan (from Dil Chahta Hai) star as two young, independent Indians living in Melbourne, Australia. Zinta plays Ambar, a medical student who left India to escape her parents’ expectations of her to get married. Khan plays Nick, a young man who became an architect to please his father, only to follow his own dream and become a successful chef in Australia.
Ambar works part time as a DJ on the Indian radio station, Salaam Namaste. When she is supposed to interview Nick about his restaurant and he oversleeps, she makes it her mission to defame him publicly, embarrassing him in front of the entire Indian community of Melbourne. When the unknowing meet at a wedding and fall for each other, they learn to put their differences behind them as they pursue a relationship with one another.
Ambar and Nick eventually move in together and fall deeply in love. All of this happiness is shattered, however, when Ambar discovers that she is pregnant. As the story continues, both characters grapple with the issue of their pregnancy and the effect it may have on their relationship. -Lauren Ehrlich

Kal Ho Na Ho

Kal Ho Naa Ho (Tomorrow May Never Come) (2003):
A Romantic Comedy-Drama

Naina Kapur: Preity Zinta
Aman Mathur: Shahrukh Khan
Rohit Patel: Saif Ali Khan
Jennifer Kapur: Jaya Bachchan
Lajjo Kapur: Sushma Seth
Sweetu Kapoor: Delnaaz Paul

KHNH is Bollywood does Cyrano. Naina is a serious student living in New York City with her mother, younger siblings, and paternal grandmother after the death of her father. Problems within the family abound; her grandmother and mother do not get along, and her grandmother refuses to acknowledge Naina’s younger sister because she is adopted. Naina is clearly in need of some fun in her life, and her new neighbor, Aman, seems perfectly suited to the task, though Naina finds him annoying. As time progresses, she falls for him, but he seems only interested in matching her up with her best friend, Rohit, who has fallen in love with her. Populated with familiar faces from more recent films and a fair amount of Bollywood pop cultural references, KHNH is an enjoyable film that will appeal especially to viewers who enjoyed DCH and DDLJ. -Shannon Moore

Veer-Zaara

Veer-Zaara (2004)

Shahrukh Khan ...................... Veer Pratap Singh
Preity Zinta ............................Zaara Hayaat Khan
Rani Mukherjee …………….Saamiya Siddiqui
Kiron Kher ………………….Mariam Hayaat Khan
Divya Dutta ………………...Shabbo
Boman Irani ………………...Jahangir Hayaat Khan
Anupam Kher ………………Zakir Ahmed
Amitabh Bachchan …………Chaudhary Sumer Singh (Special Appearance)
Hema Malini ………………..Maati (Special Appearance)
Manoj Bajpai ……………….Razaa Shirazi (Special Appearance)
Zohra Sehgal ………………..Bebe

Veer-Zaara is a film situated in both Pakistan and the Punjab region of India. It stars the unforgettable Sharukh Khan as Squadron Leader Veer Pratap Singh, an officer in the Indian Air Force who falls in love with the beautiful Zaara Hayaat Khan, played by Preity Zinta, while he rescues her from a bus wreck. The film is told in flashback form by an aged Veer, and the film tells the story of him trying to figure out how to deal with his love for the Pakistani Zaara. Zaara is in an arranged marriage which would cement a political tie with another prominent Pakistani family, therefore she is very important to her family. Can Veer win her and her family over?
This film also introduces Rani Mukherjee, who plays Saamiya Siddique, a lawyer fighting for Veer’s freedom from prison. She is also a prominent campaigner for women’s rights, and many people don’t want her to win the case because she might catapult women to professional prominence with her success. CAN SHE DO IT!? -Grady Macklin

Kya Kehna

Kya Kehna! (2000)
Romance/drama/comedy

Starring:
Preity Zinta as Priya Bakshi
Saif Ali Khan as Rahul Modi
Chandrachur Singh as Ajay
Anupam Kher as Gulshan Bakshi
Farida Jalal as Rohini Bakshi



Priya (Preity Zinta) is a strong-willed girl who isn't afraid to stand up for herself. After graduating from high school as the hero of her classmates, she returns home to the loving embrace of her family to enroll at a local college. Her life-long friend Ajay (Chandrachur Singh) has always been in love with her and hopes that her return home will allow him to finally win her heart, but she's oblivious to his feelings. Instead, Priya's falls for the charming but spoiled Rahul (Saif Ali Khan), who has everything needed to turn an innocent young girl's head - money, attitude, looks, a black leather jacket, and a really unfortunate mullet - and when her family discourages Priya from seeing him due to his reputation as a womanizer, that's all it takes to make Rahul into the irresistible forbidden fruit.
Priya and Rahul are very happy together, and she decides to introduce him to her family to show them that he's not the troublemaker that they think he is. Unfortunately, when Priya's father mentions marriage, Rahul breaks Priya's heart by saying that he never had any intention of marrying Priya or of marrying at all - to him, love is just a game. Already broken-hearted, Priya takes another blow when she finds out that she is pregnant with Rahul's child. Ostracized by her town and shunned by Rahul, Priya stays strong with the help of her family and the faithful Ajay, whose love for her is stronger than ever. When she fights back against her classmates' prejudice, Rahul realizes what an amazing woman she is and decides that he does want to marry her after all. Will Priya accept the wealthy and handsome Rahul's proposal, which would restore her family's good name, or will she choose the good-hearted Ajay, who has nothing to offer her but his love? -Katherine Roller