KABHI KHUSHI KABHIE GHAM

'''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 some of Bollywood's most popular actors: 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.

Contents

Synopsis

Cast

Production

Filming Locations

Soundtrack

Songs

Copied songs

Awards

See also

External links

Synopsis

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 real son Rohan (Hrithik Roshan). Yash Raichand is a rich and famous business man in India. He believes in keeping traditions, and hence sends his sons to boarding school. When Rahul returns home, he meets Anjali (Kajol) and falls in love with her. Pooja, Anjali's little sister, and Rohan become friends too.

Yash decides to get Rahul married to his friend's daughter. Rahul objects, saying that he loves Anjali, but his father uses emotional blackmail to get his son to marry Naina (Rani Mukerji). He reluctantly agrees. Anjali's father dies, and Rahul decides to marry her. When he brings her home, his father disowns him. Rahul, hurt, leaves his family and moves to London to settle down. Nandini asks Rahul's nanny to go with his son so that Rahul will always feel like his mother is with him. Pooja goes with them to London.
Rahul's much younger brother Rohan (Hrithik Roshan) is devastated by the split in the family as he does not know why his brother has left because he was at boarding school at the time. When Rohan comes home for the holidays, he stops at Haridwar to meet his grandmothers. They decide to tell Rohan the truth about why the family split. When Rohan returns home, he tells his parents that he must go to London to study. His dad reluctantly agrees. Once in London, Rohan meets up with his childhood friend Pooja (Kareena Kapoor). She has changed a lot, her name has changed from Pooja to "Poo" and she is the most popular girl in university. Rohan comfronts her and tells her that he wants his family to unite once again, and asks for Pooja's help. She agrees and Rohan becomes part of the family, resolving family issues. The family begins to realise how much they miss India and their parents. In the end, the family reunites, and Rohan and Pooja marry. He turns the sassy mini-skirted Pooja into a dutiful sari-clad Indian maiden. All ends happily.

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

★ 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)

★ Rani Mukerji ... Naina Kapoor (Cameo)

Production

The film brings back the ''Kuch Kuch Hota Hai'' star cast comprising of Shahrukh Khan, Kajol and Rani Mukerji. 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.
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.
In 2005 the movie was released on DVD in Poland as ''Czasem slonce, czasem deszcz'' (Sometimes sun, sometimes rain).

Filming Locations

The second half of the film is set principally in London, and many scenes were filmed there.
Filming locations included: 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

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 Uthap 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.

Copied songs

The movie used the song It's Raining Men without permission or acknowledgement and was sued successfully in a UK court. Karan Johar was ordered to pay compensation.[1]

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'

See also

★ List of highest-grossing Bollywood films

External links

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★ ''Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham'' at Indiafm.com