Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham

Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (Hindi: कभी ख़ुशी कभी ग़म, Urdu: 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 some of Bollywood's most popular actors: Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bhaduri, Shahrukh Khan, Kajol, Kareena Kapoor, Hrithik Roshan and Rani Mukerji in a guest appearance. It is director Karan Johar's second movie (after Kuch Kuch Hota Hai).

Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham is the highest grossing Indian film overseas. 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 2002's release Devdas, directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali.

Summary

The first half of the story is told in flashbacks: Rohan Raichand (Hrithik Roshan) visits his grandmothers and both of them tell him what happened to his older, adopted brother Rahul, who suddenly disappeared:

Rahul Raichand (Shahrukh Khan) is the adopted son of Yashvardhan "Yash" Raichand (Amitabh Bachchan) and his wife Nandini (Jaya Bachchan). Both of them love Rahul as if he was their biological son. Yashvardhan Raichand is a traditionalist and arranges a wedding between Rahul and the daughter of a friend of his, Naina (Rani Mukerji). Naina, who has known Rahul for years, is secretly in love with him, but Rahul's feelings towards her are merely brotherly.

One day, while delivering medication to his old nanny Sayeeda (Farida Jalal), he meets the lively Anjali Sharma (Kajol) and is immediately attracted to her. Socially, her family is below the Raichand family, so Rahul's father would not accept a marriage between the two. Moreover, Yash loves Naina like his own daughter and would like to see her and Rahul get married. Rahul, however, has fallen in love with Anjali and she reciprocates his feelings. When her father (Alok Nath) dies, Rahul marries her. In response, Yashvardhan Raichand disowns him. Rahul, deeply hurt, leaves for London, taking Anjali, Sayeeda, and Anjali's little sister Pooja (Kareena Kapoor) with him.

Years pass and Rohan returns as an adult from the same private school Rahul attended.

After listening to the story of his brother, Rohan vows to bring him back to India and make his father forgive him. He searches for Rahul in London and with the help of Pooja, he manages to live under Rahul's roof under a false name. He lures his father and mother to London - and when Yash Raichand finds out why he is in London, he is outraged, while Rahul is deeply touched when he learns who Rohan really is.

Meanwhile, in India, the paternal grandmother dies, and the two brothers, along with their father, have to attend the funeral ceremony. Afterwards, Rahul wants to leave for London, but Rohan and Pooja, who have fallen in love with each other, beg him to stay, as does Anjali, who misses India dearly. Finally, Nandini convinces Yash Raichand to forgive his son - they reconcile, Anjali is accepted as the daughter-in-law, and Pooja and Rohan can now get married.

Filming Locations

One noticeable aspect of the movie is that the latter half takes place principally in London, where several of the characters are supposedly studying to earn their MBA at King's College London.

Filming locations include: 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.

Soundtrack

(click on hyperlinks, where available, to see the lyrics)

# Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham (Lata Mangeshkar)# Bole Chudiyan (Kavita Krishnamurthy, Alka Yagnik, Sonu Nigam, Udit Narayan, & Amit Kumar)# You Are My Soniya (Alka Yagnik & Sonu Nigam)# Suraj Hua Maddham (Alka Yagnik & Sonu Nigam)# Say "Shava Shava" (Alka Yagnik, Udit Narayan, Sudesh Bhosle, Aadesh Shrivastava & Amitabh Bachchan)# Yeh Ladka Hai Allah (Udit Narayan & Alka Yagnik)# Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham (sad version) (Sonu Nigam)# Deewana Hai Dekho (Kareena Kapoor, Alka Yagnik & Sonu Nigam)# Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham (sad version) (Lata Mangeshkar)# Soul of K3G (instrumental)# Vande Mataram (Usha Uthup)

Cast

Still from thr film (l-r): Kajol, Shahrukh Khan, Jaya Bachchan, Amitabh Bachchan, Kareena Kapoor and Hrithik Roshan

* Amitabh Bachchan ... Yashvardhan "Yash" Raichand
* Jaya Bachchan ... Nandini Raichand
* Shahrukh Khan ... Rahul Raichand
* Kajol ... Anjali Sharma Raichand
* Hrithik Roshan ... Rohan Raichand
* Kareena Kapoor ... Pooja "Poo" Sharma Raichand
* Rani Mukerji ... Naina (cameo)
* Farida Jalal ... Sayeeda
* Achala Sachdev ... Rohan's paternal grandmother
* Sushma Seth ... Rohan's maternal grandmother
* Himani Shivpuri ... Haldiram's wife
* Johnny Lever ... Haldiram
* Simone Singh ... Rukhsaar
* Alok Nath ... Bauji
* Aryan Khan ... Rahul as kid (opening credits)
* Amar Talwar ... Naina's Father
* Ramona Sunavala ... Sonya
* Jeroo Writer ... Tanya
* Vikas Sethi ... Robbie
* Shilpa Mehta ... Ashfaque's mother
* Ashutosh Singh ... Ashfaque
* Parzun Dastur ... Ashfaque's nephew
* Jugal Hansraj ... Rohan's Friend (Guest Appearance)

2001 Filmfare Awards

The film received fifteen nominations at the Filmfare Awards. It ultimately won awards for best actress, best supporting actress, best art direction, best dialogue and best scene of the year. The awards it won and was nominated for are listed below:

Won

* Best Actress - Kajol
* Best Supporting Actress - Jaya Bachchan
* Best Dialogue - Karan Johar
* Best Art Direction - Sharmishta Roy
* Best Scene of the Year

Nominated

* Best Director - Karan Johar
* Best Movie - Yash Johar
* Best Actor - Shahrukh Khan
* Best Supporting Actor - Amitabh Bachchan
* Best Supporting Actor - Hrithik Roshan
* Best Supporting Actress - Kareena Kapoor
* 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 Music Director - Jatin-Lalit

Trivia

* Abhishek Bachchan had a cameo in this movie, which was cut out. You can see it on the DVD among the deleted scenes.
* The film is the second movie where Shahrukh Khan, Kajol and Rani Mukerji play together. The others are Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and Kal Ho Naa Ho, where both cousins can be seen in cameos during the song Mahi Ve.
* The "e" added to Kabhi was mainly because the director, Karan Johar believes in numerology.
* The young Rahul in the beginning of the movie is played by Shahrukh Khan's son, Aryan Khan.
* In 2005 the movie was released on DVD in Poland.

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