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Koi... Mil Gaya (English: I... Found Someone) is a 2003 Bollywood science fiction film directed by Rakesh Roshan (who also has a cameo role), starring Hrithik Roshan, Rekha and Preity Zinta. The film was released on 8 August 2003. It was shot in Kasauli, Nanital, Bhimtal and in Canada. Koi... Mil Gaya was the most successful Bollywood film of 2003 and swept the Best Picture, Best Director (Rakesh Roshan) and Best Actor (Hrithik Roshan) awards in all major award ceremonies of 2003 including the Filmfare Awards, IIFA Awards, Screen Awards, etc. It is widely regarded as Bollywood's very first sci-fi thriller.[3] It spawned two sequels - Krrish and Krrish 3 - making it the first of the Krrish film series. It also spawned a spin-off animation-cum-live-action series titled J Bole Toh Jadoo that aired on Nickelodeon (India).[4] The film was screened at the Jerusalem Film Festival and the NatFilm Festival in Denmark. The film's theme has parallels to both the 1982 Hollywood hit E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial,[5] and the 1960s story that E.T. itself was said to have been inspired by, The Alien by Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray.[6] Director Roshan has stated that Koi... Mil Gaya is 'not an Indian E.T.'[7] The story of a mentally handicapped boy coming in contact with an alien appears to parallel The Alien more closely than E.T. A scientist named Dr. Sanjay Mehra (director Rakesh Roshan) creates a computer program from which he sends variations of the syllable om into space, hoping to attract the attention of extraterrestrial life. When he believes he has finally gotten a response, the scientific community mocks him. While driving home, an alien spacecraft appears overhead. Dr. Mehra veers off the road, causing the car to hit a stone, flip over, and explode. Dr. Mehra dies, but his wife survives the wreck an