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Koi... Mil Gaya

2003 science fiction film directed by Rakesh Roshan

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Source revisionSep 25, 2026
Entity authorityQ1094839 ↗
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Koi... Mil Gaya (Hindi pronunciation: [ˈkoːi mɪl ɡəjaː] transl. Someone... Has Been Found) is a 2003 Indian Hindi-language science fiction action comedy drama musical film directed and produced by Rakesh Roshan. It stars Hrithik Roshan, Preity Zinta and Rekha. In addition to writing the story, Rakesh also wrote the screenplay with Sachin Bhowmick, Honey Irani, and Robin Bhatt. Koi... Mil Gaya focuses on Rohit Mehra, a developmentally disabled man who contacts an extraterrestrial being later named Jadoo with his late father Sanjay's supercomputer. The film follows his relationship with Nisha, Rohit's friend, who falls in love with him.

After the release of the commercially and critically successful romantic film Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai (2000), Roshan wanted to work again with his son Hrithik on a different type of film.

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