''Kuch Khatti Kuch Meethi'' () is a 2001 Indian film directed by Rahul Rawail and starring Kajol in a double role as two estranged identical twins. The storyline follows the general theme of its 1961 Hollywood counterpart '' The Parent Trap'', which is based on the 1949 novel ''

Lisa and Lottie ''Lisa and Lottie'' (original German title: ''Das doppelte Lottchen'', "The Double Lottie") (published since 2014 in the United Kingdom and Australia as ''The Parent Trap'') is a 1949 German novel by Erich Kästner, about twin girls separated in i ...

'', but with the added melodrama and slight-changed storyline of a

Bollywood Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, refers to the film industry based in Mumbai, engaged in production of motion pictures in Hindi language. The popular term Bollywood, is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (fo ...

movie. The film also stars Sunil Shetty,

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and

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. This is the second time that Kajol played a dual role after '' Dushman''. The rights to this film are owned by Shah Rukh Khan's

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Plot

Raj Khanna (Rishi Kapoor) is a wealthy and eligible businessman who is married to Archana (Rati Agnihotri). Since Raj’s evil step sister Devyani (Mita Vashishth) wants his wealth, she informs Raj that his wife is having an affair with another person. They both decide to separate. Shortly before separating she gives birth to twins, one of which is taken away from her and given to Raj. Sweety (Kajol) grows up with her father. On the other hand Archana shifts to London with the other twin named Tina (Kajol). Sweety refuses to marry the man of her father’s choice and runs away to London. The twins meet through a series of coincidences and decides to switch places. Both the twin sisters decide to reunite their family again. When Tina meets Raj she finds out that he is having an affair with Savitri (Pooja Batra). Tina’s boyfriend Samir (Sunil Shetty) also helps both the twins to unite their parents. In the end Raj and Archana finally meet and they consider living together again.

Cast

as Raj Khanna *

as Archana Khanna *

Parmeet Sethi Parmeet Sethi is an Indian actor, director, producer and writer. He is best known for portraying Kuljeet Singh in his debut in Aditya Chopra's directorial debut ''Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge'' (1995). Sethi has also acted in films such as '' D ...

as Ranjeet Ahuja * Kajol as Tina Khanna Mother and Twins Daughter Sweety Anjali Khanna - Raj and Archana's twin daughters * Sunil Shetty as Sameer * Mita Vasisht as Devyani *

Razzak Khan Abdur Razzak Khan (28 March 1951 – 1 June 2016) was an Indian actor who has worked in Bollywood films. Khan was noted for supporting and comic roles. He was known for his comic role of Manikchand in the 1999 Abbas–Mustan directed film '' B ...

as Balu *

as Savitri *

Pramod Moutho Pramod Moutho (born 7 May 1955) is an Indian film and television actor. He has appeared as a villain in number of noted Bollywood films, like '' Khalnayak'' (1993), '' Dilwale'' (1994), ''Raja Hindustani'' (1996), '' Mehndi'' (1998), Gadar'' ...

as Doctor *

Dinesh Hingoo Dinesh Hingoo (born 13 April 1940) is an Indian actor who plays comic & supporting roles in Hindi films. He had appeared in over 300 films, from ''Taqdeer (1967)'' to ''Be Careful (2011)'', and is known for his laughter and impersonations inclu ...

as Sweety Anjali's prospective father-in-law

Production and reception

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was considered for the role of Tina/Sweety.

returned to acting with this film after a 16-year break for marriage and motherhood. Suman Tarafdar of '' Filmfare'' rated the film two stars and gave a critical review of both the film and Kajol's performance. According to critic Arati Koppar (also writing for the same publication), the film's ending was borrowed from "some low-budget" Telugu-language films.

Soundtrack

The film soundtrack contains 8 songs composed by

Anu Malik Anwar Sardar "Anu" Malik (born 2 November 1960) is an Indian music composer, singer, music arranger and score composer. He is an Indian National Award and Filmfare Award winning musician, who primarily composes music for the Hindi film indus ...

and lyrics penned by

Sameer Samir (variantly spelled Sameer) is a male name found commonly in the Middle East, Central Asia and Europe. In Arabic, Samir () means holy, jovial, loyal or charming. In Albanian, it translates literally as “so good” but the connotation is clo ...

. # "Ab Nahi To Kab": Anu Malik & Sunidhi Chauhan # "Band Kamre Mein": Anuradha Sriram # "Khud Bhi Nachungi": Alka Yagnik # "Kuch Kuch Khatti": Alka Yagnik # "Neend Udh Rahi Hai": Alka Yagnik &

Kumar Sanu Kedarnath Bhattacharya (born 20 October 1957), better known as Kumar Sanu, is an Indian playback singer. He is known as the King of Melody in Bollywood. He is famous for singing thousands of Bollywood Hindi songs. Apart from Hindi, he has al ...

# "Saamne Baith Kar": Alka Yagnik & Kumar Sanu # "Tumko Sirf Tumko I": Kumar Sanu& Alka Yagnik # "Tumko Sirf Tumko II": Kumar Sanu

References

External links

* {{Rahul Rawail 2001 films Films based on Lottie and Lisa 2000s Hindi-language films 2001 drama films Twins in Indian films Films directed by Rahul Rawail Indian drama films Films scored by Anu Malik Hindi-language drama films