''Kucch To Hai'' () is a 2003 Indian

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film written by Rajeev Jhaveri and directed by Anurag Basu and Anil V. Kumar. The film stars Tusshar Kapoor,

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, Anita Hassanandani, Yash Tonk,

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and Moonmoon Sen. The film was produced under the banner of Balaji Motion Pictures. It was inspired by an ''

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'' (1998) and is an unofficial remake of the Hollywood slasher film ''

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'' (1997) and inspired from Scream series.

Plot

Karan ( Tusshar Kapoor) and Natasha ( Anita Hassanandani) are childhood friends. Natasha has always loved Karan, albeit secretly, and wanted to marry him. Karan, however, falls for Tanya (

), the new admission to college. Meanwhile, Professor Bakshi (

), who is rumored to have murdered his wife and hidden her body, is reinstated at the college. When Karan falls for Tanya, a playboy named Yash ( Yash Tonk) befriends him and helps his way through Tanya's heart. To impress Tanya, Karan promises her that he will steal the exam answers from Professor Bakshi's house so that Tanya would pass easily. Together Karan, Natasha, and Yash along with two other friends, Pat and Kush, sneak inside Professor Bakshi's house to retrieve the exam papers so Tanya's year won't be a waste. When they find a woman's dead body there, they try to run away but are chased by Professor Bakshi. Their car accidentally hits Professor Bakshi and he falls down the cliff. Fearing arrest, they run away. Tanya is traumatized by these events and leaves to start a new life. Years later, Tanya, Karan, and their group have a reunion at the wedding of one of their friends. However, a killer is lurking somewhere nearby and is waiting to strike. And one by one they start to die: Dolly, Pat, and Kush are all killed, while Yash is attacked, but miraculously survives. Eventually, only three are left. When Yash is attacked again, Karan follows who appears to be Professor Bakshi, only to find someone else being attacked while Bakshi is with him. He leaves to find Khush attacked, and Khush says "Tanya" as he holds a piece of red fabric. Karan follows a car that has Natasha and Tanya in it to a cliff and finds Natasha injured. She tells him that Professor Bakshi had brought her and Tanya here. Karan realizes she is lying, as Professor Bakshi was with him, and also realizes the piece of fabric Khush had in his hand came off Natasha's scarf. He asks Natasha why she attacked everyone, and she claims it is because she loved him. She begs him to forgive her, but he is speechless. She says that after finding this out, he won't forgive her, so she walks backward in the snow and falls off the edge, yelling Karan's name. He runs to save her but is unsuccessful, and her scarf blows into his face. On the first day of college, Karan remembers each of his friends who died, including Natasha. While on the plane back to Delhi, he meets Tanya again, and they decide to be with each other, while they find Yash in the back seat.

Cast

* Tusshar Kapoor as Karan *

as Tanya Oberoi *

as Professor Bakshi * Johnny Lever as Popatlal * Anita Hassanandani as Natasha aka Tashu * Vrajesh Hirjee as Pat * Yash Tonk as Yash *

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as Professor Bhalla; Dolly's father * Moon Moon Sen as Madam Saxena *

as Ravi, Karan's father *Kusumit Sana as Dolly *Akshay as Kush

Reception

The film's reviews were generally unfavorable, the film was declared a flop by boxofficeindia.com. Critic

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gave it 1.5 star out of 5 and commented: "A poor remake of the Hollywood flick ''I Know What You Did Last Summer'', ''Kucch To Hai'' hardly offers much to the audience with a few chills and thrills." Tusshar Kapoor denied that they copied I Know What You Did Last Summer and said he did not see the original film yet. Times of India gave it 2.5 stars out of five .

Music

The film's soundtrack contains 8 songs, all composed by Anu Malik and written by Sameer. According to the Indian trade website

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, with around 9,00,000 units sold, this film's soundtrack album was the year's fourteenth highest-selling.

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