Kabhi Kabhie
Kabhie Kabhie | |
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Directed by | Yash Chopra |
Screenplay by | Sagar Sarhadi |
Story by | Pamela Chopra |
Produced by | Yash Chopra |
Starring | Waheeda Rehman Shashi Kapoor Amitabh Bachchan Rakhee Gulzar Rishi Kapoor Neetu Singh |
Cinematography | Romesh Bhalla Kay Gee |
Edited by | Naresh Malhotra Pran Mehra |
Music by | Khayyam |
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Distributed by | Yash Raj Films |
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Running time | 178 minutes |
Country | India |
Languages | Hindi Urdu[1] |
Box office | est. ₹40 million[2] |
Kabhie Kabhie (
Kabhie Kabhie released on 27 February 1976 and earned an estimated ₹40 million at the box office, becoming the eighth-highest grossing Hindi film of the year.[3] At the 24th Filmfare Awards, Kabhi Kabhie received a leading 13 nominations, including Best Film, Best Director (Yash Chopra), Best Actor (Bachchan), Best Actress (Raakhee), Best Supporting Actor (Shashi Kapoor) and Best Supporting Actress (Rehman), and won a leading 4 awards, including Best Music Director (Khayyam), Best Lyricist (Sahir Ludhianvi) and Best Male Playback Singer (Mukesh), the latter two for the song "Kabhie Kabhie Mere Dil Mein".
Plot
The film begins on a gentle, lyrical note with a short-lived romance between a budding college
20 years later, spanning over to the next
While secretly acknowledging Pinky's existence and showering her love on her reunited daughter, Anjali does not reveal their relationship to Amit and their daughter, Sweety (Naseem), terrified of losing them both, and reluctantly introduces Pinky as her distant niece from Delhi, anguishing Pinky as Anjali would not let her address her as her mother. To add to Pinky's miseries, Vicky, after being encouraged by Vijay, arrives in Kashmir in an attempt to support her emotionally, but an angry Pinky requests him to maintain his distance from her. However, Vicky charms his way into Amit's household by flirting with the susceptible, giddy-headed Sweety, so that he can continue to meet Pinky. Sweety requests Amit to give Vijay a job in his company, so that he can sustain himself while living in the town. Pinky begins working as Amit's secretary while Vicky is given a job as a trolley operator by Rambhajan (Deven Verma), Amit's construction site supervisor. The situation further backfires when Sweety falls in love with Vicky in a tug-of-war between her and Pinky.
Seeing Sweety happy alongside Vicky, Anjali and Amit bring forward the idea of marriage between the two, causing Pinky to storm off angrily to the
A horrified Amit becomes furious with both Anjali and Pinky and punishes them with sullen silences for concealing their past misdeeds from him. Amit goes on to meet with an architect on his site, who happens to be Vijay, Pooja's husband. As Amit stops by to pick Vijay and Pooja up for dinner, Pooja and Amit reflect on their past love for each other, which Vijay overhears, and is shocked to realise that Amit's mysterious aforementioned heartbreak was none other than his own wife, Pooja. On the drive over, Vijay finds out that Pooja and Amit studied together and that Amit had written poetry in that period. At home, after a drink, an angry Vijay tells Amit that a man degrades himself by thinking about the past affairs of a woman who bore his kids and spent 20 years of her life with him. In a way, Vijay accepts Pooja and shows Amit that he is being unreasonable towards Anjali, which is overheard by both Anjali and Pooja. Realising that Amit also had a past just like she did, Anjali apologises to him for hiding the truth about Pinky from him for so long, but Amit angrily refuses to forgive her past, and a hurt Anjali decides to leave Amit.
Meanwhile, Sweety witnesses an intimate moment between Vicky and Pinky, and still in love with Vicky and unaware of his engagement, she cries and has a fit, causing Amit to slap her and call her a spoiled brat. Feeling neglected by everyone, Sweety decides to commit suicide by riding her
Cast
- Waheeda Rehman as Anjali Malhotra
- Shashi Kapoor as Vijay Khanna
- Amitabh Bachchan as Amit Malhotra
- Raakhee Gulzaras Pooja Khanna
- Rishi Kapoor as Vikram Khanna (a.k.a. Vicky)
- Neetu Singh as Pinky Kapoor
- Naseem as Sweety Malhotra
- Parikshit Sahni as Dr. R. P. Kapoor (Pinky's adoptive father)
- Simi Garewal as Shobha Kapoor (Pinky's adoptive mother)
- Iftekhar as Mr. Malhotra (Amit's father)
- Deven Verma as Rambhajan (Amit's quarry company manager)
Production
The film's concept came to Yash Chopra while he was reading a poem by his longtime friend (and also the film's lyricist) Sahir Ludhianvi. The movie was shot in
Crew
- Chief Assistant Director: Ramesh Talwar
- Art Direction: Desh Mukerji
- Costume Design: Jennifer Kapoor, Rajee Singh
- Choreography: Suresh Bhatt
Soundtrack
The soundtrack was composed by
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Film soundtrack | ||||
Label | EMI | |||
Producer | Khayyam | |||
Khayyam chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Planet Bollywood | [8] |
No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Kabhi Kabhie Mere Dil Mein - I" | Mukesh | 05:31 |
2. | "Kabhi Kabhie Mere Dil Mein - II" | Mukesh, Lata Mangeshkar | 04:57 |
3. | "Kabhi Kabhi Mere Dil Mein – Dialogue" | Amitabh Bachchan | 01:06 |
4. | "Main Pal Do Pal Ka Shayar Hoon" | Mukesh | 04:08 |
5. | "Main Har Ek Pal Ka Shayar Hoon - II" | Mukesh | 03:01 |
6. | "Tera Phoolon Jaisa Rang" | Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar | 06:10 |
7. | "Mere Ghar Aaye Ek Nanhi Pari" | Lata Mangeshkar | 03:17 |
8. | "Pyaar Kar Liya To Kya" | Kishore Kumar | 03:43 |
9. | "Surkh Jode Ki Yeh Jagmagahat (Saada Chidiya Da Chamba Ve)" | Lata Mangeshkar, Pamela Chopra, Jagjit Kaur | 03:45 |
10. | "Tere Chehre Se" | Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar | 05:03 |
Awards
Won
- Best Music Director – Khayyam
- Best Lyricist – Sahir Ludhianvi for "Kabhi Kabhie Mere Dil Mein"
- Best Male Playback Singer – Mukesh for "Kabhi Kabhie Mere Dil Mein"
- Best Dialogue – Sagar Sarhadi
Nominated
- Best Film – Yash Chopra
- Best Director – Yash Chopra
- Best Actor – Amitabh Bachchan
- Raakhee
- Best Supporting Actor – Shashi Kapoor
- Best Supporting Actress – Waheeda Rehman
- Best Lyricist – Sahir Ludhianvi for "Main Pal Do Pal Ka Shayar Hoon"
- Best Male Playback Singer – Mukesh for "Main Pal Do Pal Ka Shayar Hoon"
- Best Story – Pamela Chopra
Home media
- DVD
- Blu-ray
- Satellite Rights and VOD
- The film's satellite rights are with Sony TV while it is available as VOD on Amazon Prime Video
References
- ISBN 978-93-5118-725-7.
- ^ Box Office 1976 Archived 8 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "The Best Films Of Rishi Kapoor - Bobby Has Historic Numbers". boxofficeindia.com. 1 May 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
- ^ "Kabhi Kabhi Mp3 Songs Music Review Indian Movies". www.mag4you.com. Archived from the original on 15 March 2005.
- YouTube
- ^ "Kabhi Kabhie 1976 songs". Archived from the original on 18 September 2009. Retrieved 13 October 2009.
- ^ "100 Greatest Bollywood Soundtracks Ever – Part 4". Planet Bollywood. Retrieved 7 March 2011.
- ^ a b "Kabhi Kabhie: Music Review by Rakesh Budhu". Planet Bollywood. Retrieved 7 February 2012.
External links
- Kabhi Kabhie at IMDb
- Kabhi Kabhie at Yash Raj Films