# Kucch To Hai (कुछ तो है)
**Kucch To Hai** (कुछ तो है; translation: "Something is there") is a 2003 Indian Hindi-language slasher horror film directed by [Anurag Basu](https://www.edgepedia.org/anurag-basu) and Anil V. Kumar, in which a group of college friends accidentally kill their professor and are stalked by a mysterious killer at a reunion three years later.[1](https://musicbrainz.org/release/600b3523-10c7-4382-8521-24e8cffc1d1f) • [2](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0348662) It stars [Tusshar Kapoor](https://www.edgepedia.org/tusshar-kapoor), Esha Deol, and [Anita Hassanandani](https://www.edgepedia.org/anita-hassanandani) (billed as Natassha), with Rishi Kapoor as Professor Bakshi.[3](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0348662/fullcredits/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Release | 24 January 2003, Hindi[4](https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/kucch-to-hai/cast/) |
| Directors | Anurag Basu (as Anurag Bose) and Anil V. Kumar[3](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0348662/fullcredits/) |
| Producers | Ekta Kapoor and Shobha Kapoor, Balaji[4](https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/kucch-to-hai/cast/) |
| Lead cast | Tusshar Kapoor (Karan), Esha Deol (Tanya Oberoi), Anita Hassanandani (Natasha/Tashu), Rishi Kapoor (Professor Bakshi)[3](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0348662/fullcredits/) |
| Music | Anu Malik; lyrics by Sameer[4](https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/kucch-to-hai/cast/) |
| Source material | Inspired by the Hollywood film *I Know What You Did Last Summer* (1997)[5](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/kucch-to-hai-remake-of-a-hollywood-flick/articleshow/31651828.cms) |
| Box office | Total nett gross ₹67,750,000 against a ₹70,000,000 budget; verdict Flop[6](https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie-story.php?movieid=575) |
## Spoilers
### Plot
Karan (Tusshar Kapoor), Tanya ([Esha Deol](https://www.edgepedia.org/esha-deol)), Tashu (Natassha), Yash ([Yash Tonk](https://www.edgepedia.org/yash-tonk)), Pat ([Vrajesh Hirjee](https://www.edgepedia.org/vrajesh-hirjee)), Khush (Ashay Chitre), and Dolly (Kusumit Sana) form a carefree gang of college friends in Shimla.[6](https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie-story.php?movieid=575) After one of them is caught cheating at an examination, the group breaks into Professor Bakshi's room to change the answer sheet and finds a corpse there; in the melee that follows, they accidentally cause the professor's death, in one account running a car over him and in another throwing him off a cliff.[7](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/bollywood/kucch-to-hai/articleshow/35767327.cms) • [2](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0348662) Traumatized, the friends drift apart.[8](https://www.bollywoodmdb.com/movie/kucch-to-hai-990)
Three years later they reunite at a friend's wedding, and an unknown avenger begins stalking and killing them one by one.[8](https://www.bollywoodmdb.com/movie/kucch-to-hai-990) The Times of India's contemporary review placed the film in the slasher genre revived by *Scream* (1996) and *I Know What You Did Last Summer* (1997).[7](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/bollywood/kucch-to-hai/articleshow/35767327.cms)
## Production
The film was produced by [Ekta Kapoor](https://www.edgepedia.org/ekta-kapoor) and Shobha Kapoor under the Balaji banner, with story and screenplay by Rajeev Jhaveri and dialogues by Anurag Prapanna and Umesh Shukla.[4](https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/kucch-to-hai/cast/) • [3](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0348662/fullcredits/) [Anu Malik](https://www.edgepedia.org/anu-malik) composed the music, with playback singers including [Sonu Nigam](https://www.edgepedia.org/sonu-nigam), Sunidhi Chauhan, Alka Yagnik, Shaan, K K, Babul Supriyo, and Sadhana Sargam.[4](https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/kucch-to-hai/cast/) The song "Ding Dong Ding Dole" was noted as a rage at the time.[9](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0348662/business) A December 2002 Times of India report described the film as inspired by *I Know What You Did Last Summer*, part of a wave of Hindi remakes of Hollywood films that included *Raaz* (*What Lies Beneath*) and *Deewangee* (*Primal Fear*).[5](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/kucch-to-hai-remake-of-a-hollywood-flick/articleshow/31651828.cms)
Reported runtimes differ across sources: the [British Board of Film Classification](https://www.edgepedia.org/british-board-of-film-classification) lists approximately 136 minutes for the cinema version and 135 minutes 32 seconds for home entertainment,[10](https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/kucch-to-hai-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0zndm2mtm) while Box Office India lists 141 minutes,[6](https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie-story.php?movieid=575) IMDb 2h 23m,[2](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0348662) and streaming listings 2h 18m.[11](https://tv.apple.com/in/movie/kucch-to-hai/umc.cmc.1yl6ra1iw3ge77nqh3zemco39)
## Reception and box office
**Critical response.** The Times of India gave the film 1.5 stars, calling it "a generic teens-in-trouble saga" whose Gothic scenes and circuitous dialogue "eventually leads nowhere," criticizing the anti-climactic ending and the leisurely pace, and judging that director [Anil Kumar](https://www.edgepedia.org/anil-kumar) "creates the ambience but lacks the attitude so essential to whip up the suspense."[7](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/bollywood/kucch-to-hai/articleshow/35767327.cms) Bollywood Hungama's review rated it 0.5 out of 5, writing that the whodunit's outcome "leaves the viewer as confused as the writer of the film."[12](https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/kucch-to-hai/critic-review/kucch-to-hai-movie-review/) Rediff's weekly box-office round-up gave the film an "Average" verdict for its opening week, crediting its production values and crisp editing while faulting the lack of thrill and insipid performances.[13](https://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/jan/28box.htm) IMDb users have rated it 4.4 out of 10 from about 1,100 votes.[2](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0348662)
**Commercial performance.** Released on 24 January 2003 on 205 screens, the film earned ₹7,000,000 on its first day, ₹20,600,000 in its first weekend, and ₹35,700,000 in its first week, finishing with a total nett gross of ₹67,750,000 in India against a budget of ₹70,000,000; Box Office India and Bollywood Hungama both record the verdict as Flop.[6](https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie-story.php?movieid=575) • [14](https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/box-office-collections/filterbycountry/IND/2003/) Rediff noted that the film had hoped to recreate the success of the horror hit *Raaz* but "failed to deliver."[13](https://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/jan/28box.htm)
## Place in Balaji's film output
Kucch To Hai was an early film venture of Balaji, the production house built on Ekta Kapoor's television business. A doctoral study of the company records that films including *Kucch To Hai* (2003) were not successful at the box office, teaching Balaji that success in television did not translate to cinema and prompting a rethink of its film production approach; the company's later comedy *[Kyaa Kool Hai Hum](https://www.edgepedia.org/kyaa-kool-hai-hum)* (2005) became a box office success despite mixed reviews.[15](https://dspace.iiti.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/17746/1/TH_792_Mahima_Singh_1901261020.pdf) The film has since been carried on streaming platforms including Netflix, MX Player, Alt Balaji, and Hungama Play.[16](https://www.digit.in/digit-binge/movies/kucch-to-hai-5941.html)
## References
1. [Kucch To Hai release annotation, MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/release/600b3523-10c7-4382-8521-24e8cffc1d1f)
2. [Kucch To Hai (2003), IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0348662)
3. [Kucch To Hai (2003) full cast & crew, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0348662/fullcredits/)
4. [Kucch To Hai cast & crew, Bollywood Hungama](https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/kucch-to-hai/cast/)
5. [Kucch To Hai: Remake of a Hollywood flick, Times of India (18 December 2002)](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/kucch-to-hai-remake-of-a-hollywood-flick/articleshow/31651828.cms)
6. [Kucch Toh Hai movie page, Box Office India](https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie-story.php?movieid=575)
7. [Kucch To Hai review by Jitesh Pillai, Times of India (28 January 2003)](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/bollywood/kucch-to-hai/articleshow/35767327.cms)
8. [Kucch To Hai (2003), BollywoodMDB](https://www.bollywoodmdb.com/movie/kucch-to-hai-990)
9. [Kucch To Hai (2003) trivia and details, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0348662/business)
10. [Kucch To Hai classification, British Board of Film Classification](https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/kucch-to-hai-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0zndm2mtm)
11. [Kucch To Hai, Apple TV](https://tv.apple.com/in/movie/kucch-to-hai/umc.cmc.1yl6ra1iw3ge77nqh3zemco39)
12. [Kucch To Hai movie review, Bollywood Hungama (Taran Adarsh)](https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/kucch-to-hai/critic-review/kucch-to-hai-movie-review/)
13. [Box Office: Hits & Misses, week ending January 28, 2003, Rediff](https://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/jan/28box.htm)
14. [Bollywood box office verdicts 2003, Bollywood Hungama](https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/box-office-collections/filterbycountry/IND/2003/)
15. [Mahima Singh, doctoral thesis on Balaji Telefilms, IIT Indore repository](https://dspace.iiti.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/17746/1/TH_792_Mahima_Singh_1901261020.pdf)
16. [Kucch To Hai streaming page, Digit Binge](https://www.digit.in/digit-binge/movies/kucch-to-hai-5941.html)
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