| Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... | |
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| Directed by | Karan Johar |
| Produced by | Karan Johar |
| Written by | Karan Johar |
| Starring | Amitabh Bachchan Jaya Bachchan Shah Rukh Khan Kajol Hrithik Roshan Kareena Kapoor Rani Mukherjee |
| Music by | Jatin-Lalit Sandesh Shandilya Aadesh Shrivastav |
| Cinematography | Kiran Deohans |
| Editing by | Sanjay Sankla |
| Distributed by | Dharma Productions |
| Release date(s) | 14 December 2001 |
| Running time | 211 mins |
| Country | Egypt United Kingdom |
| Language | Hindi English |
| Budget | 440,000,००० |
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (Devanagari: कभी ख़ुशी कभी ग़म, Nastaliq: کبھی خوشی کبھی غم - "Sometimes Happiness, Sometimes Sadness") is a Bollywood film released in India and countries with large NRI populations on December 14, 2001.
It features Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Shahrukh Khan, Kajol, Hrithik Roshan, Kareena Kapoor and Rani Mukerji in a guest appearance. It is director Karan Johar's second movie (after Kuch Kuch Hota Hai).
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham was the highest grossing Indian film overseas till 2006, when its record was broken by Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna. It climbed up to 3rd place in the British box office within two weeks of release, and maintained its place for over 3 weeks. The film was also thought to have broken the American Box Office Top 10, but this remains uncertain due to a lack of confirmed figures from the distributors. The film was the first Bollywood feature to see a theatrical release in Germany (with German subtitles, a dubbed version was produced, too). It was the highest grossing Indian film ever until Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Devdas (2002) released.
Plot
Rahul (Shahrukh Khan) is the adopted son of Yashvardhan "Yash" Raichand (Amitabh Bachchan) and his wife Nandini (Jaya Bachchan). Both of them love Rahul more than their biological son Rohan (Hrithik Roshan), who is younger than Rahul by several years. Yash Raichand is a rich and famous business man in India. He believes in keeping traditions, and is against love marriages. When Rahul returns home from overseas in London, he meets Anjali, a sweetshop owner's daughter, (Kajol) and falls in love with her. Pooja (Kareena Kapoor), Anjali's little sister, and Rohan also become friends as well.
Yash decides to get Rahul married to his friend's daughter, Naina (Rani Mukerji). Rahul, however, tells his father that he wants to marry Anjali; this angers Yash, who berates Rahul for not considering Anjali's breeding and status (Anjali is a common girl from a middle class family, as opposed to Naina). Rahul apologizes to Yash and promises to do whatever is asked of him. He goes to tell Anjali that he can't marry her, and finds out that her father has died all of a sudden. After seeing that Anjali and Pooja have no other family and no one to live with, he marries Anjali on the spot. When he brings her home, his father disowns him. Rahul, shocked and hurt, shares an emotional good-bye with his mother; Nandini asks Rohan's nanny, Sayeeda (Farida Jalal), to go with Rahul wherever he goes so that he will always have his mother's love and care. After visiting Rohan, who is at boarding school, one last time he leaves with Anjali, Pooja, and Sayeeda.
Rohan (Hrithik Roshan) is devastated by the split in the family, but has never learned why Rahul left because Rahul had made him promise never to ask. When Rohan comes home for the holidays ten years later, he stops to meet his maternal and paternal grandmothers. He overhears them discussing the split, and they tell him the whole truth. When Rohan returns home, he learns from a few acquaintances of Anjali's that Rahul and Anjali have settled down in London. Vowing to himself to bring Rahul and Anjali home, he tells his parents that he wants to go to London to study. Yash reluctantly agrees. As soon as he arrives in London, he tracks Rahul down and learns his address. He enrolls at a university and finds that Pooja (Kareena Kapoor) happens to be a student there. He tells her who he is and asks her to help him bring the family back together.
Meanwhile, Rahul has started his own business and is living comfortably with Pooja, Sayeeda and Anjali and their nine-year-old son, Krish. Pooja tells them that Rohan is her best friend's brother who has come from India and needs a place to stay. Rahul stubbornly dissagrees but Anjali warmly welcomes him because he's Indian, Rahul eventually agrees due to most of his family taking Anjali's side and Rohan soon becomes a part of the family without revealing who he is. He reminds the family how much they miss India and their parents. Eventually Sayeeda finds out who he really is, eventually Rohan tells everyone the truth and tries to convince Rahul to come back to India and meet his parents.Rahul dissagrees saying that their father wants nothing to do with him because he married Anjali. Rohan even goes so far as to convince Yash and Nandini to come to London with hope that Yash will reunite with Rahul. This fails, but Rahul and Nandini share a joyful reunion. At this point Anjali, too, attempts to persuade Rahul to go back to India and meet his father. Rahul, convinced that his father doesn't love him and wants nothing to do with him, until they learn that Yash's mother has died; her last wish was for Rahul, Yash, and Rohan to light her funeral pyre together. Rahul goes back to India, but participates in the funeral without speaking to his father.
Nandini confronts Yash and tells him, for the first time in ten years, that he was wrong in his mind and thoughts for cutting ties with Rahul, whom he had brought into their home with so much love and happiness. This leaves Yash stunned, and at odds with himself. Rohan finally manages to convince Rahul to speak to Yash. He takes Rohan, Pooja, and Anjali and goes to meet him, and finds Yash humbled and sad. He apologizes to Rahul and berates him for believing that Yash, his father, did not love him and for not returning home sooner. Things end happily, with Rohan and Pooja's wedding.
Cast
- Amitabh Bachchan ... Yashvardhan Raichand a.k.a Yash
- Jaya Bachchan ... Nandini Raichand
- Shahrukh Khan ... Rahul Raichand
- Kajol ... Anjali Sharma Raichand
- Hrithik Roshan ... Rohan Raichand
- Kareena Kapoor ... Pooja Sharma Raichand a.k.a Poo
- Rani Mukerji ... Naina Kapoor
- Farida Jalal ... Sayeeda
- Achala Sachdev ... Rohan's paternal grandmother
- Sushma Seth ... Rohan's maternal grandmother
- Johnny Lever ... Haldiram
- Himani Shivpuri ... Haldiram's wife
- Simone Singh ... Rukhsaar
- Alok Nath ... Bauji
- Aryan Khan ... Rahul (Child) (opening credits)
- Amar Talwar ... Mr. Kapoor (Naina's Father)
- Ramona Sunavala ... Sonya
- Jeroo Writer ... Tanya
- Vikas Sethi ... Robbie
- Shilpa Mehta ... Ashfaque's mother
- Ashutosh Singh ... Ashfaque
- Paarzun Dastur ... Ashfaque's nephew
- Jugal Hansraj ... Rohan's Friend (Guest Appearance)
Production
The film brings back the Kuch Kuch Hota Hai star cast comprising of Shahrukh Khan, Kajol and Rani Mukerji.
The second half of the film is set principally in London, and many scenes were filmed there. The film was also shot in places like Egypt, Bicester Village Shopping Centre (on DVD's deleted scenes), Blenheim Palace (King's College in the film), Bluewater Shopping Centre (the mall), Bond St., Kingsway Rd., Covent Garden, British Museum, Butler's Wharf, Heathrow Airport, Leicester Square, Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Piccadilly Circus, Stowe School, The Strand and Waddesdon Manor.
The "e" added to Kabhi was mainly because the director, Karan Johar believes in numerology. Shahrukh Khan's son, Aryan Khan plays the young Rahul in the beginning of the movie.
Abhishek Bachchan initially had a cameo in this movie but it was later cut out. Karan Johar mentioned in the Deleted Scenes DVD that the legendary actress Waheeda Rahman was to play Amitabh Bachchan's mother in the film. A few scenes were shot but her husband died and Waheeda Rahman was forced to opt out. In 2005 the movie was released on DVD in Poland as Czasem slonce, czasem deszcz (Sometimes sun, sometimes rain).
Soundtrack
The music of the film was done by Jatin Lalit, Sandesh Shandilya and Aadesh Shrivastava as a special guest music director. Lyrics were provided by Sameer and Anil Pandey. There are total 11 tracks in the album. Singers such as Lata Mangeshkar, Alka Yagnik, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Udit Narayan, Sonu Nigam, Amit Kumar, Sudesh Bhonsle, Sunidhi Chauhan and Usha Uthup were selected for singing.
Songs
- Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (Lata Mangeshkar)
- Bole Chudiyan (Kavita Krishnamurthy, Alka Yagnik, Sonu Nigam, Udit Narayan, & Amit Kumar)
- You Are My Sonia (Alka Yagnik & Sonu Nigam)
- Suraj Hua Madham (Alka Yagnik & Sonu Nigam)
- Say Shava Shava (Alka Yagnik, Udit Narayan, Sudesh Bhosle, Aadesh Shrivastava, Sunidhi Chauhan & Amitabh Bachchan)
- Yeh Ladki Hai Allah (Udit Narayan & Alka Yagnik)
- Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham Sad Part 1 (Sonu Nigam)
- Deewana Hai Dekho (Kareena Kapoor, Alka Yagnik & Sonu Nigam)
- Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham Sad Part 2 (Lata Mangeshkar)
- Soul of K3G
- Vande Mataram (Usha Uthup)
- Although the film was the musical blockbuster of the year it didn't win any award for Best Music Director, but it won for Best Background Score at the IIFA Awards.
- Sonu Nigam won 2 awards for the songs Suraj Hua Madham and one for You Are My Soniya.
- SonyBMG released an album called Klub K3G featuring remixes by young Indian electronic music producer Akshai Sarin, London-based Partners in Rhyme and more.
Awards
Filmfare Awards
The film received fifteen nominations at the Filmfare Awards and ultimately won five awards. The awards it won are highlighted in bold.
- Best Director - Karan Johar
- Best Movie - Yash Johar
- Best Actor - Shahrukh Khan
- Best Actress - Kajol
- Best Supporting Actor - Amitabh Bachchan
- Best Supporting Actor - Hrithik Roshan
- Best Supporting Actress - Jaya Bachchan
- Best Supporting Actress - Kareena Kapoor
- Best Music Director - Jatin-Lalit
- Best Lyricist - Anil Pandey for "Suraj Hua Madham"
- Best Lyricist - Sameer for "Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham"
- Best Male Playback - Sonu Nigam for "Suraj Hua Madham"
- Best Dialogue - Karan Johar
- Best Art Direction - Sharmishta Roy
- Best Scene of the Year
