The alien can't compete with the original E.T. Technically the film is clearly above average for Bollywood and some of the sfx are near Hollywood quality. Also irritating is the product placement, a necessary evil, it seems, to co-finance such a big film without banks or the Bollywood mafia. That's somewhat irritating if you are familiar with these films, but fortunately the indianisation and mixing has been done quite nicely, and there is enough material around that does not immediately ring a bell and looks fresh.
It also borrows from several other Hollywood films. The film adopts many ideas from "E.T." beyond the concept of an alien landing on earth and making friends with kids. The usual description of KMG as a mix of "E.T." and "Forrest Gump" is mostly correct. The reason is most likely that NRIs are more familiar with Hollywood films which KMG is a copy of, and stick more to mushy family/romance/love-potboilers than new Hollywood like experiments coming from the motherland. The film is not doing as well in UK and US as in India where it's on target to leave K3G, Devdas, Lagaan and KNPH behind. Both are rewarded with a superhit as a result. The former finally has found another role since "Fiza" that is worthy of his talent, a role that's neither purely fluff in a likewise fluff or worse film (AMALL,YAADEIN,MDK.) or a crass miscast (MPKDH), and the latter steps into new territory concerning suitable subjects and use of modern sfx. Mil Gaya" is a step in the right direction for Hrithik Roshan and Bollywood in general.
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