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{{Infobox film
| name           = Kal: Yesterday and Tomorrow
| image          = 
| caption        =
| director       = [[Ruchi Narain]]
| producer       = [[Sudhir Mishra]]
| writer         = Ruchi Narain
| starring       = [[Chitrangda Singh]]<br/>[[Ram Kapoor]]<br/>[[Shiney Ahuja]]
| music          = [[Shantanu Moitra]]<br/>[[Sneha Khanwalkar]]
| cinematography = Prakash Kutty
| editing        = Ranjeet Bahadur
| released       = 16 September 2005
| runtime        = 131 minutes
| country        = India
| language       = Hindi
| budget         = {{INR|1 crore|link=yes}}<ref name="KYT Budget and BO">{{cite web|url=https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=1673|title=KAL - YESTERDAY & TOMORROW|website=[[Box Office India]]|access-date=14 September 2020}}</ref>
| gross          = {{Estimation}}{{INR|35 lakh|link=yes}}<ref name="KYT Budget and BO" />
}}

'''''Kal: Yesterday and Tomorrow''''' is a 2005 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[thriller drama film]] written and directed by [[Ruchi Narain]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/dawn-of-a-new-kal/story-kfmdZlHujjhZdG9sFZL5OK.html|title=Dawn of a new Kal?|work=Hindustan Times|date=26 July 2005|access-date=14 September 2020}}</ref> Produced by [[Sudhir Mishra]] under Sudhir Mishra Productions,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/sudhir-mishras-kal-yesterday-and-tomorrow/|title=Sudhir Mishra's Kal – Yesterday and Tomorrow|website=Bollywood Hungama|date=5 July 2004|access-date=14 September 2020}}</ref> the film features an ensemble cast of [[Chitrangda Singh]], [[Shiney Ahuja]], [[Smriti Mishra]], [[Ram Kapoor]], Malaika Shenoy, [[Sarika]] and [[Boman Irani]]. [[Shantanu Moitra]] composed the soundtrack and [[Sneha Khanwalkar]] composed the title track and the background score.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/eyecatchers/story/20051024-sneha-khanwalker-composes-background-score-title-track-for-ruchi-narains-kal-yesterday-and-tomorrow-786678-2005-10-24|title=Sneha Khanwalker rumoured to be in negotiations with RGV for soundtrack of his next film|work=India Today|date=24 October 2005|access-date=14 September 2020}}</ref> While Prakash Kutty and Ranjeet Bahadur handled cinematography and editing respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/kal-yesterday-and-tomorrow/cast/|title=Kal-Yesterday and Tomorrow Cast & Crew|website=Bollywood Hungama|access-date=14 September 2020}}</ref> The film was premiered at 7th [[Osian's Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema]] in July 2005<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/your-week/story/20050718-osians-cinefan-festival-of-asian-cinema-portraying-diversity-and-beauty-of-asia-788707-2005-07-18|title=Osian's Cinefan Festival of Asian Cinema: Portraying diversity and beauty of Asia|work=India Today|date=18 July 2005|access-date=14 September 2020}}</ref> won Indian Critics’ Award<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050807/spectrum/main5.htm|title=Platform for new voices|work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune India]]|date=7 August 2005|access-date=14 September 2020}}</ref> and released on 16 September 2005.

== Plot ==
Bhavna Dayal and Maya Jalan had been fellow collegians and close friends, both come from very wealthy families. Bhavna is in love with another ex-fellow collegian, Tarun Haksar, who also comes from a wealthy family, and is also in love with Bhavna. Their respective families' expect both to marry each other. However, Tarun and Maya suddenly announce their engagement, and get married, leaving a shocked and heart-broken Bhavna to deal with this situation on her own. She eventually breaks off all contact with her former lover and friend respectively. One night, several months later, a disturbed Tarun returns to her life and apartment, and stays there overnight. The next day she is shocked to find out that Maya has been shot dead, and the police suspect Tarun of killing her. The question remains if Tarun had spent the entire night with Bhavna, then who killed Maya, and further why did Tarun decide to return to Bhavna's life all of a sudden?

== Cast ==
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* [[Chitrangada Singh]] as Bhavana Dayal
* [[Shiney Ahuja]] as Tarun Haksar
* [[Smriti Mishra]] as Maya Jalan
* [[Ram Kapoor]] as Rohan Sehgal
* Murad Ali as Teji Rathore
* Malaika Shenoy as Sangeeta Nair
* [[Sarika]] as Ira Haksar
* [[Boman Irani]] as Yashwant Dayal
* [[Saurabh Shukla]] as Rajesh Jalan
* Deepak Qazir as Lakshmi Narayan Jalan
* Vivek Madan as Anju Jalan
* Gopi Desai as Sajida Dayal
* [[Arbaaz Ali Khan]] as Sameer Dayal
* [[Murali Sharma]] as Shekhar
* Yusuf Hussein as Madan Haksar
{{colend}}

== Reception ==
[[Taran Adarsh]] writing for ''[[Bollywood Hungama]]'' gave 1 out of 5 stars stating, "Ruchi has a different style of narrating a story, but cinema such as KAL - YESTERDAY & TOMORROW is not everybody's cup of tea. It gets too complicated as it unfolds!".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/kal-yesterday-and-tomorrow/critic-review/kal-yesterday-and-tomorrow-movie-review/|title=Kal-Yesterday and Tomorrow Movie Review|website=Bollywood Hungama|date=16 September 2005|access-date=14 September 2020}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
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[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:2005 films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Shantanu Moitra]]
[[Category:2000s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Sneha Khanwalkar]]

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