Boney Kapoor-produced Khushi is the story of two young people who love each other but cannot bring themselves to speak out their hearts to one another.

Karan (Fardeen Khan) and Khushi (Kareena Kapoor) are miles apart from each other. Karan is born in Calcutta while Khushi is born in a small village called Chamoli in Gadhwal, UP.

Khushi’s father (Amrish Puri) holds the view that girls should not study too much and get married and settle in domesticity at a young age. He even starts looking for a prospective groom who would be willing to be a Ghar Jamai.

The movie’s story, although a bit fresh, is full of red-herrings and jagged sequences that seems to have been put forcibly to lend various moods into the narrative. Yet, there are certain moments in the film that make you laugh and other moments that reduce you to tears.

Kareena Kapoor once again proves she has no match on screen. There may be other actresses who can do this or that better. But no one can do what she can. As the headstrong, bellicose and constantly defensive Khushi she fuses tender seductiveness with a resilience and joie de vivre that quite simply takes over the screen. In some key sequences with her screen dad (Amrish Puri) and with the man destined to be her life-mate, Kareena blends craft with intutition in a way that reminds us of Geeta Bali and Sridevi. If you watch her face closely in the sequence where Fardeen combs her hair in the hospital bed you wonder what she could've done with Paro in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Devdas.

But the real surprise of Khushi is Fardeen Khan. After years of lethargic performances, Fardeen suddenly springs a delightfully bright and contoured performance. In all their scenes together, Fardeen matches his scene-stealing co-star to make a place for himself among the most endearing star-actors on the scene today. His body language in some places, for instance when he shuffles to his car after pretending it's broken down or when he tries to make Kareena say he's her favourite person (she names Hrithik Roshan and Sachin Tendulkar) is truly a revelation.

Khushi at first unsettles you. We've never before seen a romantic couple doing the things Kareena and Fardeen do, and we'll never again see a film quite like this. Better ones, worse ones, yes. But none quite like Khushi.