Koi Mil Gaya Details

Science fiction is largely uncharted territory in Bollywood and director Rakesh Roshan has wisely entrusted the special effects to James Colmer, who worked on the likes of Independence Day. But while the technology is cutting edge, the narrative owes more to the Cold War allegories of the 1950s when extraterrestrials came to Earth to urge us to get along despite our differences. There are also echoes of ET and Close Encounters in the way that mentally handicapped Hrithik Roshan accidentally makes contact with a spaceship using his inventor father's equipment. It's slick, sentimental entertainment, although the songs will probably alienate sci-fi aficionados.