Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham… : (2001-movie) : Bollywood Hindi Film

Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham Movie Details :

Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham… also known as K3G, is a 2001 Indian family drama film writter and directer by Karan Johar and producer by Yash Johar. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Hrithik Roshan and Kareena Kapoor in leading roles, with Rani Mukerji appearing in an extended special appearance. The music was composed by Jatin Lalit, Sandesh Shandilya and Aadesh Shrivastava, with lyrics penned by Sameer and Anil Pandey. The background score was composed by Babloo Chakravarty. The film tells the story of an Indian family, which faces troubles and misunderstandings over their adopted son’s marriage to a girl belonging to a lower socio-economic group than them.

Development of the film began in 1998, soon after the release of Johar’s debut film Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998). Principal photography began on 16 October 2000 in Mumbai and continued in London and Egypt. Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham… was promoted with the tag-line “It’s All About Loving Your Parents”. Initially scheduled to release during the Diwali festivities of 2001, the film eventually released in India, the United Kingdom and North America on 14 December 2001.

Made on a budget of 400 million (US$5.6 million), Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham… emerged as a major commercial success, both domestically and internationally, with a lifetime gross of 1.36 billion ($29 million) at the worldwide box office becoming the highest grossing Indian film ever worldwide at the time of its release. Outside India, the film was the highest-grossing Indian film ever, until its record was broken by Johar’s next directorial Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006). Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham… won several awards at popular award ceremonies the following year, including five Filmfare Awards.

• Directer : Karan Johar
• Producer : Yash Johar
• Screenplay : Karan Johar,Sheena Parikh
• Story : Karan Johar
• Starring : Amitabh Bachchan,Jaya Bachchan,Shah Rukh Khan,Kajol,Hrithik Roshan,Kareena Kapoor
• Music : Jatin Lalit,Sandesh Shandilya,Aadesh Shrivastava
• Background score : Babloo Chakravarty
• Cinematography : Kiran Deohans
• Edited : Sanjay Sankla
• Art Direction : Sharmishta Roy
• Makeup Department : Mickey Contractor,Rita D’Souza,James Goldwin,Ravi Indulkar,Rashida Kashvi,Ritesh Naik
• Production Management : Gopal Babel,Romany Helmy,Andy Pavord,Sharad Rane,Kali Sharma
• Assistant Director : Nikkhil Advani,Kapil Chopra,Punit Malhotra,Tarun Mansukhani,Soham Shah,Nandini,Shrikent,Shiraz Siddique
• Art Department : Kedar Jagnam,Mohammed Kasim,Suzanne Kay,Nandini Shrikent
• Visual Effects : Vishal Anand,Sherry Bharda,Amit Chomal,Roshini Joshi,Rahul Kallankandy
• Action Directer : Sandeep Deswal
• Productioncompany : Dharma Productions
• Distributed by : Yash Raj Films
• Genres : Drama,Musical,Romance
• Release date : 14 December 2001
• Running time : 210 minutes
• Country : India
• Language : Hindi

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Story of The Film :

Yashvardhan “Yash” Raichand is a billionaire business tycoon living in Delhi with his wife Nandini and sons Rahul and Rohan. The Raichand household is highly patriarchal and strictly follows traditions. Rahul is the elder son and was adopted by Yash and Nandini at birth. This is known to everyone in the household except Rohan.

Adult Rahul returns home after completing his education abroad and falls in love with the vivacious Anjali Sharma from Chandani Chowk. Rahul learns shortly that Anjali too reciprocates his love. However, their love is forbidden because Anjali is from a low-income background. During this time, Rohan, still a child, is sent to boarding school. Yash announces his desire for Rahul to marry Naina, a high-society woman and Rahul’s childhood friend, as Yash believes that parents have the right to choose their child’s spouse. However, when he comes to know of Anjali, he is enraged due to her status, and Rahul promises not to marry her, as he does not want to hurt his father. However, Rahul discovers that Anjali’s father has died, leaving behind Anjali and her kid sister Pooja. He spontaneously decides to marry her despite his father’s hostility. When he brings Anjali home, Yash disowns Rahul, reminding him of his adopted status. Immensely hurt by this, Rahul shares a tearful goodbye with Nandini and leaves home. Rohan never finds out the truth of why Rahul left home.

Ten years later, an adult Rohan returns home from boarding school and finally learns from his grandmothers why Rahul left as well as the fact that he is actually adopted. Seeing the pain that this separation has brought upon his parents, Rohan vows to reunite the family. He learns that Rahul, Anjali, and Pooja have moved to London, and travels there, lying to his parents that it is to pursue further studies. In London, Rahul and Anjali live happily with their young son, Krish, and Pooja, now an ultra-modern diva studying at King’s College London. Rohan and Pooja, who were childhood friends in the past after their elder siblings fell in love, reunite and she supports him in his quest to bring his brother and sister-in-law back home. Rohan poses as Pooja’s friend who has come from India and Rahul agrees to let him live with them after Rohan introduces himself as “Yash” to hide his real identity: Rahul does not recognise his immensely-changed now-adult brother seeing him after so many years. Meanwhile, Rohan and Pooja grow closer and develop feelings for one another. At Krish’s school function, he performs the Indian National Anthem much to Anjali’s pride. When Pooja asks Krish how he got over his stage nerves, he recites some advice that Rohan had given him. Rahul, having given Rohan this exact advice ten years ago, hears Krish and finally realizes that “Yash” is actually his brother.

Rohan begs Rahul to come home but he refuses, reminding him of what their father had said. Rohan invites his parents to London and arranges a covert reunion where he brings them all to the same mall. Nandini and Rahul share an emotional reunion. However, when Yash sees Rahul, Anjali and Pooja with Rohan, he is enraged at Rohan and their confrontation does not go well. Nandini stands up to Yash for the first time, telling him that he was wrong for disowning Rahul and did not do right by breaking the family. After their grandmother’s death, Rohan and Pooja convince Rahul and Anjali to come home. Nandini gives the couple a proper welcome and Yash tearfully asks for forgiveness, telling Rahul that he had always loved him. Rohan and Pooja, who have fallen in love, are married, and the family holds a belated celebration of Rahul and Anjali’s wedding. Thus living happily together.

Star Cast of The Film :

• Amitabh Bachchan … Yashvardhan Raichand
• Jaya Bachchan… Nandini Raichand
• Shah Rukh Khan … Rahul Raichand
• Kajol … Anjali Sharma
• Hrithik Roshan … Rohan Raichand
• Kareena Kapoor… Pooja Sharma
• Farida Jalal … Sayeeda
• Jibraan Khan … Krishi Raichand
• Rani Mukerji … Naina Kapoor (as Rani Mukherji)
• Alok Nath … Bauji
• Johnny Lever … Haldiram
• Achala Sachdev … Daadi
• Himani Shivpuri … Haldiram’s wife
• Aryan Khan … Young Rahul
• Sushma Seth … Naani
• Shashikala
• Tamzin Griffin
• Ramona Sunavala … Sonya
• Jeroo Writer … Tanya
• Vikas Sethi … Robbie
• Simone Singh… Rukhsaar
• Malvika Raaj
• Holly Holdsworth
• Kavesh Majmudar … Ladoo aka Young Rohan (as Kavish Majmudar)
• Jessey Lever … Haldiram’s son
• Amar Adatia … Shop keeper
• Abraham Chowdhury … Rajiv (as Amith Rahman)
• Bharat Mistri… Anwar – Yashvardhan Raichand’s Secretary
• Samir Shah… Cricket Wicket Keeper
• Stephen Walker… Karlo
• Kishore Bhatt … Cricketer on Bench / Passerby (uncredited)
• Ian Botham … Radio Cricket Commentator (voice) (uncredited)
• Parzaan Dastur… Ashfaque’s nephew (uncredited)
• Jugal Hansraj … Rohan’s Friend (Guest Appearence) (uncredited)
• Minaxi Hira … Student (uncredited)
• Michael Holding … Radio Cricket Commentator (voice) (uncredited)
• Punit Malhotra … Cricket Player (uncredited)
• Shilpa Mehta… Ashfaque’s mother (uncredited)
• Ashutosh Singh … Ashfaque (uncredited)
• Amar Talwar… Naina’s dad (uncredited)

Production :

Development :

At a certain age, boys are very demonstrative about their love towards their fathers. They hug and kiss them. But after that, they withdraw, become less demonstrative. My film is about relationships, about sons going up to their fathers and saying they love them.

After the success of Karan’s debut film, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998), he began work on a story dealing with the concept of “generations”. The idea initially revolved around two daughters-in-law. However, on the advice of filmmaker Aditya Chopra, who thought that the male characters would be too weak, Karan decided to tweak the story-line to make it the story of two brothers.

The inspiration behind Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham… came from Yash Chopra’s Kabhi Kabhie (1976). On being inspired by the classic, Karan quoted, “What appealed to me was the fact that the love story stretched out across generations. It began with youth and went on as the people grew older. You could say that Kabhi Kabhie is the starting point for my new film, that I am inspired by it. But the film, I am sure, will be very different. It will look different, feel different.” Similarly, Karan added an extra “e” to the second Kabhi in the title of his film, due to numerological reasons. In an interview with The Times of India, Karan dispelled comparisons with Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and said that while his debut film was “frothy and bubble-gummish”, this one was “more classy and sophisticated”. He added that there would be “plenty of drama” in this film too, but handled more maturely.

Before principal photography could begin, Karan and the contracted costume designers (Manish Malhotra, Shabina Khan and Rocky S) shopped in several locations of the USA, London, Milan, and New Delhi to get the right look for each of the cast members. Additionally, Karan had only one expectation from the contracted actors; to “look good and do their job”. He did not organise any rehearsals for them, except for a scene involving a climatic encounter between Amitabh Bachchan and Roshan. Additional production people hired included choreographer Farah Khan, production designer Sharmishta Roy and cinematographer Kiran Deohans.

Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham Movie Shooting :

The first schedule of the film began in Mumbai on 16 October 2000, with the picturisation of the song “Bole Chudiyan” involving Roshan, Kapoor, Khan and Kajol. Amitabh and Jaya Bachchan joined the schedule on 20 October. Due to the immense stress caused by the presence of these actors, Karan fainted on the sets. However, he continued directing the rest of the song while lying in bed.

For the first half of Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham…, the production design team led by Sharmishtha Roy, recreated Chandni Chowk in a studio at Film City of Mumbai. In order to lend authenticity, the team took several pictures of the original area and also shopped in the various alleys of Chandni Chowk. Roy later won the Filmfare Award for Best Art Direction for her work in the film. The inside of a palatial mansion was developed from scratch in the same studio to double as the home of the Raichand family. In order to lend authenticity to the house of the multi-multimillionaires, several expensive paintings were hung from the walls. A total of 18–19 elaborate sets were constructed by Roy, as Karan wanted the look of the film to be “larger-than-life”.

A large country house in England :

Waddesdon Manor (in the picture) was featured as the mansion of the Raichand family in the film.
The second half of the film was shot in the city of London. Karan chose to set the film there due to his fondness for the city. He added, “I could have based my plot in New York City or anywhere else. But London is kind of close to my heart. I like to weave my films around London.” Shooting locations include the Millennium Stadium, Bluewater in Kent, Blenheim Palace, St Paul’s Cathedral and the banks of River Thames. The outdoor scenes of the Raichand family mansion were shot at Waddesdon Manor. The crew faced enormous difficulties while filming an emotional scene between Jaya Bachchan and Khan at the Bluewater Complex, as a massive crowd had gathered there to watch them at work. The situation, eventually, got worse and the complex officials asked them to wrap up the shoot within two hours.

British journalist, Fuad Omar, wrote extensively about the filming of the film in the UK, covering much of the shoot in a series of online articles and for regional press. Many of these were reprinted in an unedited format in his book, Bollywood: An Insider’s Guide.

Another song sequence (“Suraj Hua Maddham”) involving Khan and Kajol was shot with the backdrop of the Pyramids of Giza in the city of Cairo in Egypt. Due to the lighting conditions, the crew could shoot only between 7 and 9 am in the morning. As a result, the song took several days to film. In addition, Kajol suffered from a minor injury while filming for the song, as she had experienced a bad fall.

Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham Movie Songs / Music :

The music of the film was composed by Jatin–Lalit, Sandesh Shandilya and Aadesh Shrivastava. The lyrics were provided by Sameer, except for “Suraj Hua Maddham” which was penned by Anil Pandey. A total of 11 tracks are present in the album, which was released by Sony Music on 26 October 2001. Explaining the album, Karan Johar said, “I wanted music that had all kinds of tunes — pop, romantic, bhangra – but one sound. It had to be larger than life.” He added that Jatin-Lalit came up with three “haunting melodies”, while Shandilya and Shrivastava came up with the pop and bhangra songs, respectively. A legal suit was filed against Johar for using the song “It’s Raining Men” in the film without obtaining prior permission.

Upon release, the soundtrack of Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham… emerged as a major success by selling 2.5 million units within 30 days. It became the best-selling album of the year in India, with 3.5 million soundtrack album sales. Writing for Rediff, Sukanya Varma praised most of the compositions, while being critical of the song “Say Shava Shava” due to the “overdose of Punjabi emotions”. She summed up by saying, “The music of K3G has a presence. Hate it or love it, you certainly won’t ignore it.” Planet Bollywood gave it 8 of 10 stars, calling “Suraj Hua Maddham” by Sonu Nigam and Alka Yagnik the best song, and the best reason to buy the album.

In 2002, Sony released another album titled Klub K3G, featuring remixes by Indian electronic music producers Akshai Sarin, Harshdeep Sidhu, Prempal Hans and others.

• “Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham…” – Lata Mangeshkar
• “Bole Chudiyan” – Kavita K. Subramaniam, Alka Yagnik, Sonu Nigam, Udit Narayan, Amit Kumar
• “You Are My Soniya” – Alka Yagnik, Sonu Nigam
• “Suraj Hua Maddham” – Alka Yagnik, Sonu Nigam
• “Say Shava Shava” – Alka Yagnik, Sunidhi Chauhan, Udit Narayan, Sudesh Bhonsle, Aadesh Shrivastava, Amitabh Bachchan
• “Yeh Ladka Hai Allah” – Alka Yagnik, Udit Narayan
• “Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham… — Sad (Part 1)” – Sonu Nigam
• “Deewana Hai Dekho” – Alka Yagnik, Sonu Nigam, Kareena Kapoor
• “Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham… — Sad (Part 2)” – Lata Mangeshkar
• “Soul of K3G” – Instrumental
• “Vande Mataram” – Kavita K. Subramaniam, Usha Uthup

“Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham…” Full Video Song :

• Song Name – Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
• Singer – Lata Mangeshkar
• Lyrics – Sameer Anjaan
• Music – Jatin – Lalit
• Music Label – Sony Music Entertainment India Pvt. Ltd.

“Deewana Hai Dekho” Full Video Song :

• Song Name – Deewana Hai Dekho
• Singer – Alka Yagnik, Sonu Nigam & Kareena Kapoor
• Lyrics – Sameer Anjaan
• Music – Sandesh Shandilya
• Music Label – Sony Music Entertainment India Pvt. Ltd.

Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham Movie Release :

Initially scheduled for a theatrical release during the Diwali celebrations of 2001, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham… released a month later on 14 December, 2001.[56] Due to the long duration of the film, theatres screened three shows daily, instead of four. Additionally, due to a massive rush in advance bookings, several theatres increased their ticket prices.

The use of “Jana Gana Mana” by Rabindranath Tagore during the film was met with criticism from a certain section of the audiences, and politicians of the Bharatiya Janata Party, for being “out-of-context” and “insulting the national pride”. Subsequently, a writ was issued against Dharma Productions in the Allahabad High Court by a petitioner based in Uttar Pradesh. However, the court did not entertain the complainant’s petition

Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham Movie Review :

This film review are Mostly Positive from Critics, IMDB Public Reviewing site give 7.4 Star Out Of 10 Star with Reviewers are 44,265.

This film shines from start to finish, and runs the gamut of emotions. The cinematography, sets, and costumes are brilliant. The sparkling performances of six of India’s leading actors alone makes the movie worth seeing, even if some might not feel comfortable with the deep sentimentality displayed by the leading men (women are fine with this; American men sometimes find it unnerving). Hrithik Roshan is pure eye candy for women of all ages, somehow oozing sweetness and innocent sexuality at the same time. The catchy song and dance number he performs with the lovely Kareena Kapoor at their ‘prom,’ “You Are My Soniya,” has gotten regular replays in this household for weeks (even by my 79-year old mother, who will say, “I need a Soniya fix” – it really cheers her up!). The other musical numbers are very enjoyable, too, and never seem out of place or at odds with the flow of the film. Shahrukh Khan is adorable, as always, as the favorite son, and can hold his own in the dance numbers, too. Kajol gets to show her comic side, and was great at it! And knowing that the ‘parents,’ Amitabh and Jaya are a married couple in ‘real life’ just makes their interactions in the film that much better. Don’t miss this wonderful movie! If you see just one Hindi movie, make it this one!

Critics Rating by Taran Adarsh, from Bollywood Hungama give 4.5 star out of 5 Star.

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