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When Rahul leaves the house, saying “Mere paas maa hai” (I have my mother), a Georgian viewer may hear a rupture of the vertical axis of paternal authority. The film’s resolution—Rahul returning not to challenge but to touch his father’s feet—mirrors the Georgian ritual of p’at’ivistsema (honor-giving). Without this prostration, the narrative would remain unresolved. The supra (traditional Georgian feast) is organized by a tamada (toastmaster) who directs emotional flow. In K3G , Nandini acts as a tamada of affect: at the Diwali puja and later at Rahul’s London home, her tears and songs regulate the family’s emotional economy.

Georgian audiences do not find the film’s crying “overdone.” Instead, the weeping aligns with girebuli guli (a wounded heart), a valued state in Georgian lyric poetry. Rahul’s adopted sister Pooja is often played for comic relief in Indian readings. However, in Georgian tradition, adopted children ( nashvili ) are fully integrated into gvareba —sometimes even inheriting the tavadi (prince) status. Pooja’s fierce protectiveness of Rahul and her right to rebuke Yashvardhan (“ Dad, you made a mistake ”) mirrors the authority of a Georgian da (sister) within the clan. kabhi khushi kabhie gham qartulad

Abstract: Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001), directed by Karan Johar, is a landmark of Bollywood’s “NRI cinema” period. While its themes of familial duty, adoption, and reconciliation are rooted in Indian joint-family structures, the film’s emotional register and cultural performance find striking resonance with Georgian (Qartulad) concepts of supra (feast), begara (honor-bound obligation), and shemokmedi (performative grief/joy). This paper explores how Georgian viewers might decode the film’s melodrama through local frameworks of hospitality, patrilineal loyalty, and ritualized emotion. It argues that K3G functions as a transcultural text where the excesses of Hindi cinema align with Georgian expressive culture, making the film a site of accidental affinity rather than alien spectacle. 1. Introduction Released at the cusp of the 21st century, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (henceforth K3G ) narrates the story of the Raichand family: patriarch Yashvardhan (Amitabh Bachchan), his wife Nandini (Jaya Bachchan), elder son Rahul (Shah Rukh Khan), younger son Rohan (Hrithik Roshan), and Rahul’s adopted sister Pooja (Kareena Kapoor). When Rahul marries Anjali (Kajol)—a middle-class woman from Chandni Chowk—against his father’s wishes, he is exiled. The film’s second half follows Rohan’s quest to reunite the family. When Rahul leaves the house, saying “Mere paas

| Georgian Concept | Manifestation in K3G | |----------------|------------------------| | Sadghegrdzelo (longing for home) | Rohan’s secret mission to London; Rahul’s retention of his childhood room | | Khidi (bridge – moral/emotional) | Jaya (the grandmother) as silent bridge between Yash and Rahul | | Gakhareba (public weeping as masculine virtue) | Yashvardhan weeping alone after Rahul leaves – allowed because it is private | The supra (traditional Georgian feast) is organized by