Plot Overview
Kal Ho Naa Ho follows the life of Naina Catherine Kapur, a pessimistic MBA student living in New York City. She struggles with her family’s dysfunction, including her mother’s failed café business and the emotional scars left by her father’s suicide. Naina’s life takes a turn when Aman Mathur, a cheerful and charismatic neighbor, moves in next door. Aman’s infectious positivity begins to uplift Naina and her family.
As Naina falls in love with Aman, she discovers that he harbors a secret: he is terminally ill and has decided to keep this from her. Instead of pursuing his own feelings for her, Aman selflessly decides to play matchmaker between Naina and her best friend, Rohit Patel, who also loves her.
Aman helps transform Naina’s relationship with Rohit into romance while simultaneously resolving family conflicts within Naina’s household. However, as the story unfolds, Aman’s health deteriorates. During the engagement party for Naina and Rohit, Aman suffers a heart attack. After revealing his true feelings to Naina before his death, he makes Rohit promise to take care of her.
The film concludes twenty years later with an older Naina reflecting on Aman’s impact on their lives as she embraces her family with Rohit and their daughter.
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