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{{Short description|2011 film by Roshan Abbas}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Always Kabhi kabhi
| image = alwayskabhikabhi.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Roshan Abbas]]
| producer = [[Gauri Khan]] and [[Shah Rukh Khan|Shahrukh Khan]] [[Red Chillies Entertainment]]
| writer =
| screenplay = [[Ishita Moitra]]
| story = Ranjit Raina
| based_on = 
| starring = [[Ali Fazal]] [[Giselli Monteiro]] [[Zoa Morani]] [[Harsh Nagar]] [[Satyajeet Dubey]]
| music = [[Pritam Chakraborty]] Aashish Rego Shree D
| cinematography =
| editing =
| studio = [[Red Chillies Entertainment]]
| distributor = [[Eros Entertainment]]
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2011|6|17|[[India]]}}
| runtime = 126 minutes
| country = India
| language = [[Hindi]]
| budget = 
| gross = 
}}

'''''Always Kabhi Kabhi''''' ({{trans|'Always sometimes'}}) is a 2011 [[Hindi-language]] [[romantic comedy]] [[film]] directed by [[Roshan Abbas]] and produced by [[Shah Rukh Khan|Shahrukh Khan]] under [[Red Chillies Entertainment]]. It introduced [[Ali Fazal]], [[Giselli Monteiro]], [[Harsh Nagar]], [[Zoa Morani]], [[Satyajeet Dubey]] with [[Satish Shah]], [[Lilette Dubey]], [[Vijay Raaz]], [[Mukesh Tiwari]] and [[Manoj Joshi (actor)|Manoj Joshi]] playing supporting roles. The film released on 17 June 2011. It focuses on four teenagers embarking on a dramatic journey during their incident-packed final year at school.<ref>{{cite web
| title = "Harsh Nagar on a roll"
| work = The Hindu
|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/harsh-nagar-on-a-roll/article2281686.ece
}}</ref>

==Plot==
''Always Kabhi Kabhi'' focuses on four students and their struggle through their final year at St Mark's School. The first teenager is 'Shortcut Sam', Sameer Khanna, the jock, who falls in love with Aishwarya Dhawan who is about to become a Bollywood actress. Aishwarya is a new student who befriends Sam on her first day, and the two fall in love at first sight. A Shakespeare play approaches in which Aish automatically gains the role of Juliet, much to the chagrin of her classmates. Sam tries his level best to learn the lines of Romeo so as to impress Mrs. Das and gain the role of Romeo. He succeeds in the end.

The next two friends, Tariq Naqvi and 'Nandy Bull' Nandini Oberoi, love to fight and argue with each other, but do not understand that they are in love. Nandini's parents don't spend any time with her and are always travelling. In the absence of her parents, she goes to illegal clubs and parties every day and spends money lavishly. Tariq, on the other hand, is burdened by his parents to achieve their dream of studying in MIT.

They realise their love for each other during Nandy's struggle to get approval of her apology after she forwards Tariq's MIT denial letter, oblivious that he had not read it himself. Sam gives a party in Hellfire but then there's a raid and he gets arrested while saving Aish. The two corrupt policemen try to bag {{INR|50,000}} from Sam. He tries his best to avoid the policemen and tries to pay them in instalments. Aish breaks up with him because when during the party, Nandy's toyboy offers him a drag, even though Aish begged him to leave, he agreed to smoke weed because the toyboy makes fun of him and asked him to be a man. After she heard that Sam had sacrificed himself to save her, they make up. During Aish's 18th birthday, Sam confesses his love for her only to be caught together by her mother, who disapproves of them. Her agent renames her Kashish for the films and even persuades her to do a photo shoot in which she only has to wear a bikini. When Sam finds out that the prize money of the inter-school Shakespeare play competition is {{INR|50,000}} (the amount he owes the policemen), he begins to put more pressure on the group to come in time for the practices. Meanwhile, Aish is being offered a movie contract that she doesn't want to do. During a meeting, she rips the contract and runs to meet Sam and the others and continue their practice for the competition.

Enraged by Aish's absence during practice, Sam confronts her, oblivious to what she had done for him. Aish didn't know about the money he owes the policemen and does not understand the reason of his anger. She runs into the streets, distraught and crying, only to be hit by a car and go into coma. Aishwarya's mother confronts Sam about the accident because she believed that he was the cause and does not permit him to see her. While dropping Aishwarya's clothes, Tariq and Nandy notice Aishwarya's phone has an electronic diary and reads it. It shows her point of view about everyone in the group and talks about how their parents have pressurised them. So, they perform Romeo and Juliet with a different point of view, saying that Romeo and Juliet would not have died if their parents had approved of their love and listened to them, implying that their parents should do the same. They perform the song "Antenna" to convey their thoughts. Sameer uncovers the policemen's intentions to the Commissioner, while Aishwarya recovers and reconciles with him. Tariq gets into IIT and tries to make his father consider it the same as MIT and Nandini tells her parents she does not want their money, but their time.

The movie closes with Shahrukh Khan performing to a song with the protagonists.

==Cast==
* [[Ali Fazal]] as Sameer Khanna (aka Sam)
* [[Giselli Monteiro]] as Aishwarya Dhawan (Aish)
* [[Zoa Morani]] as Nandini Oberoi (Nandy Bull)
* [[Satyajeet Dubey]] as Tariq Naqvi (Einstein)
* [[Satish Shah]] as Kenny G
* [[Lilette Dubey]] as Ms. Das
* [[Vijay Raaz]] as Professor Agarwal (Agro)
* [[Navneet Nishan]] as Mrs. Dhawan
* [[Harsh Nagar]]<ref>{{cite web
| title = "Harsh Nagar on a roll"
| work = The Hindu
|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/harsh-nagar-on-a-roll/article2281686.ece
}}</ref>
* [[Manoj Joshi (actor)|Manoj Joshi]] as Ranawat
* [[Mukesh Tiwari]] as Shekhawat
* [[Ashwin Mushran]] as Rahul Ghoshi
* Mansi Dovhal
* [[Shah Rukh Khan|Shahrukh Khan]] in a Special Appearance in song "Antenna"
* Apurva V. Dixit
* [[Preetika Chawla]] as Sonia

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name = Always Kabhi Kabhi
| type = soundtrack
| artist = [[Pritam]], Aashish Rego, Shree D
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 13 May 2011
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length =
| label = [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]]
| producer = [[Gauri Khan]]
| chronology = [[Pritam]]
| prev_title = [[Ready (2011 film)|Ready]]
| prev_year = 2011
| next_title = [[Mausam (2011 film)|Mausam]]
| next_year = 2011
}}
The music is composed by [[Pritam Chakraborty]], Aashish Rego and Shree D. Lyrics are penned by the film director [[Roshan Abbas]], [[Amitabh Bhattacharya]], Irfan Siddique and [[Prashant Pandey]]. The song "Antenna" had [[Shah Rukh Khan|Shahrukh Khan]] as a special guest.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/2011/05/03/15719/index.html |title=| Bollywood News | Hindi Movies News | News |publisher=BollywoodHungama.com }}</ref>

===Track listing===
{{track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Always Kabhi Kabhi
| extra1 = Harmeet Singh, Bhavin Dhanak, Sanahmoidutty
| music1 = Aashish Rego, Shree D
| lyrics1 = [[Roshan Abbas]]
| length1 = 3:48
| title2 = Antenna
| extra2 = [[Benny Dayal]], Roshan Abbas, Apeksha Dandekar
| music2 = [[Pritam Chakraborty]]
| lyrics2 = [[Amitabh Bhattacharya]]
| length2 = 4:24
| title3 = School Ke Din
| extra3 = Suhail Kaul, [[Ishq Bector]]
| music3 = Pritam Chakraborty
| lyrics3 = [[Prashant Pandey]]
| length3 = 4:09
| title4 = Undi The Condi
| extra4 = [[Shaan (singer)|Shaan]], [[Aditi Singh Sharma]]
| music4 = Pritam Chakraborty
| lyrics4 = Irfan Siddiqui
| length4 = 3:41
| title5 = Always Kabhi Kabhi
| note5 = Unplugged
| extra5 = Vinnie Hutton, Apeksha Dandekar
| music5 = Aashish Rego, Shree D
| lyrics5 = Roshan Abbas
| length5 = 4:38
| title6 = Antenna
| note6 = Reloaded : SRK Mix
| extra6 = [[Krishnakumar Kunnath|KK]], [[Anupam Amod]], Apeksha Dandekar
| music6 = Pritam Chakraborty
| lyrics6 = [[Amitabh Bhattacharya]], [[Shah Rukh Khan]]
| length6 = 3:43
| title7 = Better Not Mess With Me
| note7 = Club Mix
| extra7 = [[Shefali Alvaris]]
| music7 = Pritam Chakraborty
| lyrics7 = Irfan Siddiqui
| length7 = 3:08
| title8 = Better Not Mess With Me
| note8 = Rock Mix
| extra8 = [[Sunidhi Chauhan]]
| music8 = Pritam Chakraborty
| lyrics8 = Irfan Siddiqui
| length8 = 3:25
| title9 = Jaane Kyun
| note9 = Soul Version
| extra9 = [[Naresh Iyer]]
| music9 = Pritam Chakraborty
| lyrics9 = Irfan Siddiqui, Roshan Abbas
| length9 = 4:26
| title10 = Jaane Kyun
| note10 = Sufi Version
| extra10 = [[Shafqat Amanat Ali]]
| music10 = Pritam Chakraborty
| lyrics10 = Irfan Siddiqui, Roshan Abbas
| length10 = 4:07
}}

==Reception==
=== Critical reception ===
''Always Kabhi Kabhi'' opened to negative reviews from critics. [[Taran Adarsh]] of [[Bollywood Hungama]] rated the film with one and a half stars out of five saying, "''Always Kabhi Kabhi'' disappoints!".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/review/14196/index.html|title=review of Always Kabhi Kabhi |publisher=[[bollywoodhungama.com]]|accessdate=2011-08-25}}</ref> [[Rajeev Masand]] of [[CNN-IBN]] also gave the film 1.5 stars and stated, "Watching this film is like attending a concert put up by ten-year-olds. It's amateurish, and tedious to sit through, and the only thing you can appreciate in the end is the earnestness behind the effort."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/masand-always-kabhi-kabhi-is-boring/160331-47-84.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110620010113/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/masand-always-kabhi-kabhi-is-boring/160331-47-84.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2011-06-20|title=review of Always Kabhi Kabhi |publisher=ibnlive|accessdate=2011-08-25}}</ref> [[Nikhat Kazmi]] of the ''[[Times of India]]'' awarded two and a half stars saying, "First, and most importantly, the film is a youth-oriented story but completely lacks the fun and games that are associated with this generation. Secondly, the parental problems are all so very predictable. It's all foregone and predictable apart from being inordinately long. School is agony; school is ecstasy. Always Kabhi Kabhi captures neither and treads the staid middle ground."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/movie-reviews/hindi/Always-Kabhi-Kabhi/moviereview/8887306.cms|title= AKK's review |publisher= TOI|accessdate=2011-08-25}}</ref>

=== Box office ===
''Always Kabhi Kabhi'' had a net gross of {{INRConvert|30.5|m|year=2011}} in India by the end of theatrical run. It was declared a flop by ''Box Office India''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/cpages.php?pageName=earnings |title=Boxofficeindia.com |date=8 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708090026/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/cpages.php?pageName=earnings |archivedate=8 July 2011 }}</ref> In the overseas, the film grossed $21,381 from the United States, $46,469 from the UK, $9,803 from South Africa and $2,893 from Malaysia.<ref>https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&id=alwayskabhikabhi.htm</ref>

===Sattelite Rights===
Always Kabhi Kabhi's sattelite rights were sold to [[Sony Entertainment Television]] & [[Star Plus]].

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://akkthemovie.com/ Official Website]
* [http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/cast/14196/index.html Always Kabhi Kabhi: Complete Cast & Crew] @ [[Bollywood Hungama]]
* {{IMDb title|tt1937092}}

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[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:2010s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Films featuring songs by Pritam]]
[[Category:Films featuring an item number]]
[[Category:2011 romantic comedy films]]
[[Category:Indian romantic comedy films]]

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