Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham : was the highest grossing Indian film overseas till 2006!!

Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... (Hindi: कभी ख़ुशी कभी ग़म is a Bollywood film released in India and countries with large NRI populations on 14 December 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 in overseas market ever until Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006 film) was released in August 2006.

Rahul (Shahrukh Khan) is the adopted son of Yashvardhan "Yash" Raichand (Amitabh Bachchan) and his wife Nandini (Jaya Bachchan). Unexpectedly, Nandini was able to give birth to Rohan (Hrithik Roshan), who is younger than Rahul by nine years. Yash is a rich and famous business man in India. He believes in keeping traditions, and is against love marriages. When Rahul returns home from his overseas university, however, he meets and falls in love with a poor girl from the Chandni Chowk region of Delhi named Anjali (Kajol). Meanwhile, Rohan befriends Pooja a.k.a Poo, Anjali's younger sister.

Yash decides to arrange Rahul's marriage 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 social status. Rahul apologizes to Yash and promises to do whatever is asked of him. He goes to tell Anjali that he cannot marry her, only to find that her father has died suddenly. 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 enraged father disowns him, and says that, because he is adopted and not of Raichand blood originally, he did such an act. Rahul, shocked and hurt, shares an emotional goodbye with his mother; Nandini asks Rahul's nanny, Sayeeda (Farida Jalal), to accompany Rahul wherever he goes so that he will always have a mother's love and care. After visiting Rohan at boarding school for the last time and making him promise to never ask about why he is leaving, he leaves with Anjali, Pooja, and Sayeeda.

Rohan is devastated by the split in the family, but has never learned why Rahul left. Ten years later, on his way home for the holidays, he stops to meet his maternal and paternal grandmothers and overhears them discussing the split; upon confrontation, they tell him the whole truth. When he goes to his parents' home, he learns from a few acquaintances of Anjali's that Rahul and Anjali have settled down in London. Vowing to bring Rahul and Anjali home, Rohan 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 the 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 Anjali and their nine-year-old son, Krish, along with Pooja and Sayeeda. Pooja tells everyone that Rohan is her best friend's brother who has come from India and needs a place to stay. Rahul and Anjali welcome him (grudgingly on Rahul's part), 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, drawing pangs of guilt in Rahul. Slowly, the truth comes out and he tries to convince Rahul to go back to India. He even goes so far as to convince Yash and Nandini to come to London with the hope that Yash will reunite with Rahul. His plan fails, but Rahul and Nandini share a joyful reunion. At this point Anjali, too, attempts to persuade Rahul to go back to India and reconcile with his father. Rahul, convinced that his father does not love him and wants nothing to do with him, remains adamant until they learn that Yash's mother has died, and that 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 cutting ties with Rahul, who he had brought into their home with such love and happiness. This leaves Yash stunned, and at odds with himself. Rohan finally manages to convince Rahul to visit home for Nandini's sake. He goes with Anjali and Pooja, and finds Yash humbled and sad. Yash apologizes to Rahul and berates him for believing that his father did not love him and for not returning home sooner.

Things end happily, with Rohan and Pooja's wedding and a belated celebration of Rahul and Anjali's wedding.

* Amitabh Bachchan ... Yashvardhan "Yash" Raichand
* 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
* Rani Mukerji ... Naina Kapoor (Cameo)
* 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)
* Jibraan Khan... Krish Rahul Raichand
* 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 the second Kabhi in the title 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).
[edit] Soundtrack
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...
Soundtrack by Jatin Lalit
Released
2001
Genre Hindi Film Soundtrack
Label
Sony Music
Producer Jatin Lalit
Jatin Lalit chronology
Censor
(2001) Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
(2001) Aankhen
(2002)

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 Subramaniam, Udit Narayan, Sonu Nigam, Amit Kumar, Sudesh Bhonsle, Sunidhi Chauhan and Usha Uthup were selected for singing.

Awards
[edit] 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

[edit] Zee Cine Awards

The awards won are highlighed in bold.

* Zee Cine Award for Best Film - Yash Johar
* Zee Cine Award for Best Actor - Male - Shahrukh Khan
* Zee Cine Award for Best Actor - Female - Kajol
* Zee Cine Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Male - Amitabh Bacchan
* Zee Cine Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Male - Hrithik Roshan
* Zee Cine Award for Best Director - Karan Johar
* Zee Cine Award for Best Music Director - Jatin-Lalit
* Zee Cine Award for Best Lyricist - Anil Pandey for Suraj Hua Maddham
* Zee Cine Award for Best Playback Singer - Female - Lata Mangeshkar for title song
* Zee Cine Award for Best Playback Singer - Female - Alka Yagnik for Suraj Hua Maddham
* Zee Cine Special Award for Outstanding Performance - Female - Kajol
* Zee Cine Award for Best Playback Singer - Male - Sonu Nigam for Suraj Hua Maddham

[edit] IIFA

The awards won are highlighed in bold.

* IIFA Best Male Playback Award - Sonu Nigam for Suraj Hua Maddham
* IIFA Best Supporting Actress Award - Jaya Bachchan