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{{short description|1976 Indian Hindi film directed by Yash Chopra}}
{{other uses|Kabhie Kabhie (disambiguation)}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Kabhi Kabhie
| image = Kabhi Kabhie film poster.jpg
| caption = Film poster
| director = [[Yash Chopra]]
| producer = Yash Chopra
| screenplay = [[Sagar Sarhadi]]
| story = [[Pamela Chopra]]
| starring = [[Waheeda Rehman]] [[Shashi Kapoor]] [[Amitabh Bachchan]] [[Raakhee Gulzar]] [[Rishi Kapoor]] [[Neetu Singh]] Naseem
| music = [[Mohammed Zahur Khayyam|Khayyam]]
| cinematography = Romesh Bhalla Kay Gee
| editing = Naresh Malhotra Pran Mehra
| studio = [[Yash Raj Films]]
| distributor = Yash Raj Films
| released = {{Film date|1976|02|27|df=y}}
| runtime = 178 minutes
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Hindi]] [[Urdu]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mir |first1=Raza |title=The Taste of Words: An Introduction to Urdu Poetry |date=2014 |publisher=[[Penguin Books]] |isbn=978-93-5118-725-7 |page=210 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nCehAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT210}}</ref>
| gross = {{Estimation}} [[Indian rupee|₹]]40 [[million]]<ref name=bo>[http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=182&catName=MTk3Ng== Box Office 1976] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111208235743/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=182&catName=MTk3Ng== |date=8 December 2011 }}</ref>
}}

'''''Kabhie Kabhie''''' ([[translation]]: ''Sometimes'') is a [[List of Hindi films of 1976|1976]] [[Cinema of India|Indian]] [[Hindi]]-language [[Musical film|musical]] [[Romance film|romantic]] [[Drama (Film and television)|drama]] film written by [[Pamela Chopra]] and directed and produced by [[Yash Chopra]] under the production banner of [[Yash Raj Films]]. The film was released on 27 February 1976 and stars an [[ensemble cast]] of [[Waheeda Rehman]], [[Shashi Kapoor]], [[Raakhee Gulzar|Amitabh Bachchan]], [[Raakhee Gulzar]], [[Rishi Kapoor]] and [[Neetu Singh]]. This was Yash Chopra's second directorial film with Shashi Kapoor and Bachchan in the lead roles after ''[[Deewaar]]'' (1975), and was particularly noted for its [[soundtrack]] compositions by [[Mohammed Zahur Khayyam|Khayyam]].

Rehman, Shashi Kapoor, Bachchan and Raakhee went on to star together in Chopra's next release, [[Trishul (1978 film)|''Trishul'']], two years later.

''Kabhie Kabhie'' earned an estimated [[Indian rupee|₹]]40 [[million]] at the [[box office]], becoming the [[List of Hindi films of 1976|eighth-highest grossing Hindi film of the year]].<ref>{{cite news |date=1 May 2020 |title=The Best Films Of Rishi Kapoor - Bobby Has Historic Numbers |publisher=boxofficeindia.com |url=https://boxofficeindia.com/report-details.php?articleid=6050 |access-date=1 May 2020}}</ref> At the [[24th Filmfare Awards]], ''Kabhi Kabhie'' received a leading 13 nominations, including [[Filmfare Award for Best Film|Best Film]], [[Filmfare Award for Best Director|Best Director]] (Yash Chopra), [[Filmfare Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] (Bachchan), [[Filmfare Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] (Raakhee, who won for ''[[Tapasya (1976 film)|Tapasya]]'' instead), [[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] (Shashi Kapoor) and [[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] (Rehman), and won a leading 4 awards: [[Filmfare Award for Best Music Director|Best Music Director]] (Khayyam), [[Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue|Best Dialogue]], [[Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist|Best Lyricist]] ([[Sahir Ludhianvi]]) and [[Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer|Best Male Playback Singer]] ([[Mukesh (singer)|Mukesh]]), the latter two for the song "[[Kabhi Kabhie Mere Dil Mein]]".

== Plot ==
Amit Malhotra ([[Amitabh Bachchan]]), a budding [[poet]], recites his [[poetry]] at his [[college campus]] in [[Kashmir]], where he meets fellow student, Pooja ([[Raakhee Gulzar]]), and they fall in love. However, destiny has other plans as Pooja's parents [[Arranged marriage|arrange her marriage]] with an [[architect]], Vijay Khanna ([[Shashi Kapoor]]), against her wishes. Before ending their relationship, Pooja requests Amit to promise her that he will also get married and continue his poetry. Pooja and Vijay get married, and in a twist of fate, Vijay gifts Amit's first [[anthology]] book to Pooja on their [[Consummation|marriage night]] for he is a big fan of Amit. While the couple is blessed with a son, Vikram, also known as Vicky, a heartbroken Amit gives up poetry and takes over the [[quarry]] company of his elderly father ([[Iftekhar]]). 20 years later, spanning over to the next [[generation]], Pooja is shown to have become the host of a [[television show]], where she surprisingly introduces Amit as a famous poet to the audience. This is the first time Amit and Pooja, the two ex-lovers, have reunited after several years, but as strangers. When asked why he stopped writing poetry, Amit responds by recalling how his sorrow drove him away. Seeing Amit and Pooja together, Vijay invites Amit home for a [[Alcoholic beverage|drink]] and accurately deduces that his discontinuance to poetry was caused by heartbreak, causing Amit to angrily storm off.

Meanwhile, the now-grownup Vicky ([[Rishi Kapoor]]) falls in love with Pinky ([[Neetu Singh]]), his college friend and the daughter of the Vijay's doctor, Dr. R. P. Kapoor ([[Parikshit Sahni]]), and his wife, Shobha ([[Simi Garewal]]). However, before the two can get married, Pinky learns the shocking truth about her [[adoption]] and her biological [[Legitimacy (family law)|illegitimate]] mother. A shattered Pinky severs ties with Dr. Kapoor and Shobha and decides to track down her biological [[Single parent|single mother]] and investigate the truth about her birth and abandonment. Pinky's search takes her to Kashmir and is finally able to meet with her mother, Anjali ([[Waheeda Rehman]]), who, as fate would have it, turns out to be none other than the wife of Amit. Shocked at seeing Pinky at her doorstep, Anjali secretly acknowledges her existence and showers her love on her reunited daughter. However, fearing for her marriage with Amit, she does not reveal their relationship to him and their daughter, Sweetie (Naseem). Instead, Anjali introduces Pinky as her distant niece from [[Delhi]], leaving Pinky anguished as Anjali would not let her address her as her mother. To add to Pinky's troubles, Vicky, after being encouraged by Vijay, arrives in Kashmir in order to support her emotionally, but Pinky requests him to maintain his distance from her.

However, Vicky charms his way into Amit's household by [[flirting]] with Sweetie, so that he can continue to meet Pinky. Sweetie requests Amit to employ Vicky in his company, so that he can sustain himself while living in the town. Pinky begins working as Amit's [[secretary]] while Vicky is becomes the trolley operator by Rambhajan ([[Deven Verma]]), Amit's quarry [[supervisor]]. The situation further backfires when Sweetie falls in love with Vicky, due to which Anjali and Amit decide to arrange their marriage. As a result, Pinky confronts Vicky and instructs him not to play with Sweetie’s life and betray Amit and Anjali's trust in him. Anjali notices Pinky leaving from Vicky's [[guesthouse]] and questions her when Pinky confesses that Vicky is her fiancée. Understanding the situation, Anjali attempts to convince Amit that Vicky should be married to Pinky instead of Sweetie, but Amit responds by accusing Anjali of favouring Pinky over Sweetie. Realising that Pinky is more than just a "niece" to Anjali, Amit demands to know the truth about Pinky's identity, forcing Anjali to reveal that Pinky is her daughter from a [[Premarital sex|premarital relationship]]. Pinky's biological father was a [[test pilot]] for the [[Indian Air Force]], and was tragically killed in an [[airplane crash]] while Anjali was [[pregnant]] with Pinky, forcing her to give Pinky away for adoption to the [[Childlessness|childless]] Dr. Kapoor and Shobha. A horrified Amit becomes furious with both Anjali and Pinky and punishes them with silences for hiding their past "misdeeds" from him.

Later, Amit meet with an architect on his site, who turns out to be Vijay, Pooja's husband. As Amit visits Vijay and Pooja's house to take them home for dinner, he spends a few moments alone with Pooja, who realises that Amit never forgave or forgot her. Vijay overhears their conversation, and on the drive over, finds out that Pooja and Amit studied in the same college, and that Amit had written poetry in that period. He is shocked to realise that Amit's mysterious aforementioned heartbreak was none other than his own wife, Pooja. At home, after a drink, Vijay tells Amit that a man degrades himself by thinking about the past affairs of a woman who gave birth to his children and spent 20 years of her life with him. In a way, he accepts Pooja and shows Amit that he is being unreasonable towards Anjali, which is overheard by both Anjali and Pooja. Amit confesses his love for Pooja in front of Vijay, which hurts Anjali. After Pooja and Vijay leave, Anjali apologises to Amit for keeping the truth about Pinky a secret from him, but the [[male chauvinist]] Amit is unwilling to forgive Anjali's past, so Anjali decides to have a [[divorce]].

Meanwhile, Sweetie witnesses an intimate moment between Vicky and Pinky, and still in love with Vicky and unaware of his engagement, she cries like a child and creates a scene, causing Amit to slap her, taking out his anger for Anjali on her. Feeling abandoned by everyone, Sweetie decides to commit [[suicide]] by riding her [[horse]] into one of the [[dynamite]] explosions at Amit's site. Vicky pursues her on [[Horse riding|horseback]], while Amit and Pinky follow close behind on Amit's jeep, and Vijay on his [[motorbike]]. A spark from the explosion catches a pile of dry [[twig]]s, igniting a [[forest fire]]. Sweetie dismounts and runs into the fire, followed by Vicky who attempts to dissuade her, revealing that he and Pinky are already engaged, causing Sweetie to drop her anger and apologise to him and Pinky. Vijay rescues Pinky, while Amit rescues Vicky and Sweetie, and they all embrace. After the near-death experience, Amit realises his mistake and that he loves Pinky, and rushes back home to stop Anjali from leaving him. He arrives just in time, and they both tearfully reconcile, admitting that they do love each other. Amit and Pooja put the past behind them and become friends anew, while Pinky and Vicky get married.

== Cast ==
* [[Waheeda Rehman]] as Anjali Malhotra
* [[Shashi Kapoor]] as Vijay Khanna
* [[Amitabh Bachchan]] as Amit Malhotra
* [[Raakhee Gulzar|Raakhee]] as Pooja Khanna
* [[Rishi Kapoor]] as Vikram Khanna (Vicky)
* [[Neetu Singh]] as Pinky Kapoor
* Naseem as Sweetie Malhotra
* [[Parikshit Sahni]] as Dr. R. P. Kapoor (Pinky's adoptive father)
* [[Simi Garewal]] as Shobha Kapoor (Pinky's adoptive mother)
* [[Iftekhar]] as Mr. Malhotra (Amit's father)
* [[Deven Verma]] as Rambhajan (Amit's quarry company manager)

== Production ==
The film's concept came to Yash Chopra while he was reading a poem by his longtime friend (and also the film's lyricist) Sahir Ludhianvi. The movie was shot in [[Kashmir]], and Yash Chopra has claimed this to be one of his happiest experiences and he described the production as a "honeymoon", since the entire cast worked together as a family.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mag4you.com/music/k/kabhi-kabhi.asp |title=Kabhi Kabhi Mp3 Songs Music Review Indian Movies |website=www.mag4you.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050315025005/http://www.mag4you.com/music/k/kabhi-kabhi.asp |archive-date=2005-03-15}} </ref> The film also led to the reinvention of Amitabh Bachchan as a romantic poet who loses his love, which was a major departure from his earlier "angry-young-man" roles such as ''[[Zanjeer (1973 film)|Zanjeer]]'' (1973), ''[[Sholay]]'' (1975) and ''[[Deewaar]]'' (1975). The film had been written with Raakhee in mind, and she had agreed to do it during the making of ''[[Daag (1973 film)|Daag: A Poem of Love]]'' (1973) but before production started she married lyricist [[Sampooran Singh Gulzar|Gulzar]], who wanted her to retire from acting. However, after some persuasion from Yash Chopra, Gulzar let her do the film.<ref>{{YouTube|yaVSb9faj6M}}</ref>

=== Crew ===
* Chief Assistant Director: [[Ramesh Talwar]]
* Art Direction: Desh Mukerji
* Costume Design: [[Jennifer Kapoor]], Rajee Singh
* Choreography: Suresh Bhatt

== Soundtrack ==
The soundtrack was composed by [[Mohammed Zahur Khayyam|Khayyam]] with lyrics by [[Sahir Ludhianvi]], both of whom won [[Filmfare Award for Best Music Director|Best Music]] and [[Filmfare Best Lyricist Award|Best Lyricist]] at the [[24th Filmfare Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ww.smashits.com/music/hindi-film/songs/1170/kabhi-kabhie-love-is-life.html |title=Kabhi Kabhie 1976 songs |access-date=13 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090918181110/http://ww.smashits.com/music/hindi-film/songs/1170/kabhi-kabhie-love-is-life.html |archive-date=18 September 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

[[Kishore Kumar]] and [[Mukesh (singer)|Mukesh]] and performed vocals for Rishi Kapoor and Bachchan, respectively. Mukesh posthumously won his final [[Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer]] for the title track, "[[Kabhi Kabhie Mere Dil Mein]]". The duet version of the song, sung by Mukesh and [[Lata Mangeshkar]], topped the [[Binaca Geetmala annual list 1976|1976 annual list]] of [[Radio Ceylon]] radio show, ''[[Binaca Geetmala]]''.

The soundtrack was listed at #7 on [[PlanetBollywood.com]]'s list of 100 Greatest Bollywood Soundtracks.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.planetbollywood.com/displayArticle.php?id=s022608074151 |title=100 Greatest Bollywood Soundtracks Ever – Part 4 |publisher=PlanetBollywood.com |access-date=7 March 2011}}</ref> [[Rakesh Budhu]] of PlanetBollywood.com gave 9.5 stars out of 10 stating, "{{Lang|hi-latn|Kabhi Kabhie}} will remain an ode to brilliant melody".<ref name="pb" />
{{Infobox album
| name = {{Lang|hi-latn|Kabhi Kabhie}}
| type = [[Soundtrack]]
| artist = [[Mohammed Zahur Khayyam|Khayyam]]
| cover =
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| released = 1976 (India)
| recorded =
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| genre = [[Film soundtrack]]
| length =
| label = [[EMI]]
| producer = [[Mohammed Zahur Khayyam|Khayyam]]
| prev_title = Sankalp
| prev_year = 1975
| next_title = [[Shankar Hussain]]
| next_year = 1977
}}

{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[PlanetBollywood.com]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|9.5|10}}<ref name="pb">{{cite web|url=http://www.planetbollywood.com/displayReview.php?id=042606031000 |title= Kabhi Kabhie: Music Review by Rakesh Budhu |publisher=PlanetBollywood.com |access-date=7 February 2012}}</ref>
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{{Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = {{Lang|hi-latn|[[Kabhi Kabhie Mere Dil Mein]]|italic=no}} - I
| extra1 = [[Mukesh (singer)|Mukesh]]
| length1 = 05:31
| title2 = Kabhi Kabhie Mere Dil Mein - II
| extra2 = Mukesh, [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
| length2 = 04:57
| title3 = Kabhi Kabhi Mere Dil Mein – Dialogue
| extra3 = [[Amitabh Bachchan]]
| length3 = 01:06
| title4 = Main Pal Do Pal Ka Shayar Hoon
| extra4 = Mukesh
| length4 = 04:08
| title5 = Main Har Ek Pal Ka Shayar Hoon - II
| extra5 = Mukesh
| length5 = 03:01
| title6 = Tera Phoolon Jaisa Rang
| extra6 = [[Kishore Kumar]], Lata Mangeshkar
| length6 = 06:10
| title7 = Mere Ghar Aaye Ek Nanhi Pari
| extra7 = Lata Mangeshkar
| length7 = 03:17
| title8 = Pyaar Kar Liya To Kya
| extra8 = Kishore Kumar
| length8 = 03:43
| title9 = Surkh Jode Ki Yeh Jagmagahat (Saada Chidiya Da Chamba Ve)
| extra9 = Lata Mangeshkar, [[Pamela Chopra]], [[Jagjit Kaur]]
| length9 = 03:45
| title10 = Tere Chehre Se
| extra10 = Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar
| length10 = 05:03
}}

== Awards ==
'''[[24th Filmfare Awards]]:'''

'''Won'''

* [[Filmfare Award for Best Music Director|Best Music Director]] – [[Mohammed Zahur Khayyam|Khayyam]]
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist|Best Lyricist]] – [[Sahir Ludhianvi]] for "Kabhi Kabhie Mere Dil Mein"
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer|Best Male Playback Singer]] – [[Mukesh (singer)|Mukesh]] for "Kabhi Kabhie Mere Dil Mein"
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue|Best Dialogue]] – Sagar Sarhadi

'''Nominated'''

* [[Filmfare Award for Best Film|Best Film]] – [[Yash Chopra]]
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Director|Best Director]] – Yash Chopra
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] – [[Amitabh Bachchan]]
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] – [[Raakhee]]
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] – [[Shashi Kapoor]]
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] – [[Waheeda Rehman]]
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist|Best Lyricist]] – [[Sahir Ludhianvi]] for "Main Pal Do Pal Ka Shayar Hoon"
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer|Best Male Playback Singer]] – [[Mukesh (singer)|Mukesh]] for "Main Pal Do Pal Ka Shayar Hoon"
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Story|Best Story]] – [[Pamela Chopra]]

== Home media ==
;DVD
* The release date of the [[DVD]] for this film is 1 November 1999.
* DVD is available at [https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00005KIUK Amazon]
;Blu-ray
* The release date of the [[Blu-ray]] is 2 March 2010
* Blu-ray is available at [https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0030QTA16 Amazon]
;Satellite Rights and VOD
* The film's satellite rights are with [[Sony Entertainment Television|Sony TV]] while it is available as VOD on [[Amazon Prime Video]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0074730|Kabhi Kabhie}}
* [http://www.yashrajfilms.com/Movies/MovieIndividual.aspx?MovieID=1268a2e5-eb49-42b1-9974-8f9a7ab00339 Kabhi Kabhie] at [[Yash Raj Films]]
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