Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa
| Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa | |
|---|---|
 Poster | |
| Directed by | Kundan Shah |
| Written by | Story & Screenplay: Pankaj Advani Kundan Shah Dialogues: Ranjit Kapoor |
| Produced by | Vikram Mehrotra |
| Starring | Shah Rukh Khan Deepak Tijori Suchitra Krishnamoorthi Naseeruddin Shah |
| Cinematography | Virendra Saini |
| Edited by | Renu Saluja |
| Music by | Jatin–Lalit |
Release dates |
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Running time | 158 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹14 million[1] |
| Box office | ₹55 million[1] |
Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa (transl. Sometimes Yes, Sometimes No) is a 1993 Hindi-language coming-of-age romantic comedy film directed by Kundan Shah, starring Shah Rukh Khan and Deepak Tijori. It also featured Suchitra Krishnamurthy (in her Hindi film debut) and Naseeruddin Shah. With a budget of ₹14 million (US$446,226.52), the film received positive reviews and grossed ₹55 million (US$1.75 million), equivalent to ₹838 million (US$12.25 million) adjusted for inflation as of 2018[update].[1]
At the 39th Filmfare Awards, it won 2 awards – Best Film (Critics) and Best Actor (Critics) for Khan, who also won Best Actor for Baazigar at the same ceremony. It is widely considered to be one of Khan's best performances, and he has said that it is his favorite film.[2] It was premiered at the Indian Panorama section of the 24th International Film Festival of India.[3]
Shah Rukh Khan has bought the rights to the film under his banner, Red Chillies Entertainment.[4]
The film was remade in Telugu as Swapnalokam (1999), with Jagapathi Babu and Raasi in the cast.[5]
Plot[edit]
Sunil is woken up from his dream of marrying the girl he loves, Anna, by his sister.
Sunil is a happy-go-lucky scamp who loves music and is not interested in studies, which bothers his father, Vinayak. Everyone has given up on Sunil and thinks he is good for nothing except for Father Braganza, who believes Sunil is pure at heart.
Sunil, Anna, and Chris are 3 members of a 6-person music band, who are looking to make it big. Anna rejoins the group after being away for a while, which makes Chris happy as he loves Anna. After Anna reenters his life, Sunil begins to try and change his ways to get Anna to fall in love with him.
During a performance at a friend's wedding, Sunil notices the closeness between Anna and Chris. Devastated, he decides to create a rift between them. Sunil eventually gets caught in his web of lies. A furious Anna slaps him and decides to never talk to him again. Sunil is thrown out of the band. However, fortune favors Sunil as he saves the band from being heckled at a local club by putting on a stellar show; the entire band forgives and forgets.
Sunil thinks he has won Anna back but finds out that Anna and Chris love each other and want to be married. Crushed to pieces, Sunil accepts he has lost in love.
Meanwhile, Anna's father decides that Chris is worthy of marrying her. He makes his intentions known but Chris' parents have other ideas and fix Chris' marriage to their friend's daughter. Anna and her family are dejected.
Sunil consoles Anna and the tide slowly turns in his favor. Anna's father believes that Sunil will love and take care of her and convinces Anna to marry Sunil. Sunil is overjoyed until he realizes Anna still loves Chris. Sunil decides to reunite the two and get them married. On their wedding day, as Chris and Anna are about to exchange rings, Chris drops his ring and it rolls out of sight. Sunil spots the ring but feigns ignorance, even as his younger sister gazes at him with a heavy heart. Eventually, Chris locates the ring, and the couple gets married.
Just after the wedding, Sunil is seen sitting on the sidewalk, dejected and heartbroken. By chance, a random girl, who is lost and seeking directions, approaches Sunil. Sometime later, Sunil and the girl are seen walking in the moonlight and talking merrily.
Anthony and Vasco, two criminals who are a part of the story, see Sunil with the new girl and break the fourth wall, saying that Sunil will be alright. The criminals hear the police siren and immediately scamper away as the credits roll.
Cast[edit]
- Shah Rukh Khan as Sunil
- Deepak Tijori as Chris Rodrigues
- Suchitra Krishnamurthy as Anna Gonsalves
- Rita Bhaduri as Mary Gonsalves, Anna's mother
- Satish Shah as Simon Gonsalves, Anna's father and a confectioner
- Anjan Srivastava as Vinayak, Sunil's father and a mechanic
- Goga Kapoor as Anthony Gomes, the Don
- Tiku Talsania as Patel, the bar owner
- Ravi Baswani as Albert Gonsalves, Anna's brother
- Naseeruddin Shah as Father Braganza, a priest
- Ashutosh Gowarikar as Imran Bilal, Sunil's friend
- Kurush Deboo as Yezdi, Sunil's best friend
- Aditya Lakhia as Tony, Sunil's friend
- Shashi Sahay as Prabha, Sunil's mother
- Sadiya Siddiqui as Nikki, Sunil's sister
- Virendra Saxena as Vasco, Anthony's right-hand-man
- Anita Kanwal as Chris's mother
- Jyoti Nathan
- Suhaas
- Preeta Mathur
- Snehal Lakhia
- Munila Siddiqui
- Ajit Vachani in a special appearance as Charles Rodrigues, Chris's father
- Juhi Chawla in a special appearance
Music[edit]
The music was composed by Jatin–Lalit, while the lyrics were penned by Majrooh Sultanpuri. One of the most popular song "Ae Kaash Ke Hum" sang by Kumar Sanu. The song "Sachhi Ye Kahaani Hai" derives from two songs: Boney M.'s "Rasputin" (1978),[6] and Johnny Wakelin's "In Zaire".[7] Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa sold over 800,000 soundtrack albums in India.[8]
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Ae Kaash Ke Hum" | Kumar Sanu | 05:10 |
| 2. | "Aana Mere Pyar Ko Na Tum" | Kumar Sanu & Alka Yagnik | 03:59 |
| 3. | "Deewana Dil Deewana" | Amit Kumar & Udit Narayan | 07:37 |
| 4. | "Woh Toh Hai Albela" | Kumar Sanu & Devaki Pandit | 05:09 |
| 5. | "Sachi Yeh Kahani Hai" | Amit Kumar & Alka Yagnik | 06:30 |
| 6. | "Kyon Na Hum Milke Pyar" | Amit Kumar, Udit Narayan & Vijayeta Pandit | 04:21 |
Reception[edit]
In a retrospective review, Sampada Sharma of The Indian Express wrote, "SRK played everything from a lost lover to man dealing with mental health issues. Shah’s Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa was also a unique film in that respect. If made traditionally, it could have been a love story of Chris and Anna where Sunil is the villain of their life. But Kundan Shah decided to tell this story from the point of view of this lost guy who doesn’t drown himself in alcohol, and isn’t out to burn the world just because he got stuck in an unsuccessful love story. He moves on with his broken heart hoping that it will heal over time."[9]
Awards[edit]
Remake[edit]
Swapnalokam, the Telugu-language remake, directed by Bhimaneni Srinivasa Rao was released in 1999. It stars Jagapathi Babu, Raasi and the then newcomer Rahul.[10][11] The film failed at the box office.[12] The music was composed by Vandemataram Srinivas.[13][14] Griddaluru Gopalrao of Zamin Ryot disliked Jagapathi Babu's acting while praising that of Rahul's and Srinivas' music.[15]
References[edit]
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- ^ "Directorate of Film Festival" (PDF). 3 April 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2014.
- ^ "Red Chillies Entertainments". www.redchillies.com. Archived from the original on 6 October 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
- ^ Arunachalam, Param (2020). BollySwar: 1991–2000. Mavrix Infotech. p. 491.
- ^ Verma, Anurag (23 November 2016). "28 Bollywood Songs That You Didn't Know Were Copied Or 'Inspired'". HuffPost. India. Archived from the original on 30 March 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
- ^ Srinivasan, Karthik (14 May 2019). "How Muhammad Ali Inspired 'Sachi Yeh Kahani Hai' From Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa". Film Companion. Archived from the original on 7 June 2020. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
- ^ Chopra, Anupama (1994). "The Return of Melody". India Today. Living Media. Archived from the original on 14 May 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
- ^ Sharma, Sampada (25 February 2024). "Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa at 30: Shah Rukh Khan's Sunil could have been the villain of this love story, but SRK made him an earnest lost lover". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 25 February 2024. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ^ "Shahrukh Khan had once sold tickets for his own film". Daily Times. 17 February 2022. Archived from the original on 19 August 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
- ^ Arunachalam, Param. BollySwar: 1991–2000. Mavrix Infotech. p. 491. ISBN 978-81-938482-1-0.
- ^ Ravi Kennedy, S (30 September 1999). "Comeback trails". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 12 May 2005. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ^ "Swapna Lokam". JioSaavn. January 2000. Archived from the original on 22 August 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
- ^ "Swapna Lokam". vintagestore.in. Archived from the original on 4 June 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
- ^ "Film Review (bottom left)" (PDF). Zamin Ryot (in Telugu). 12 March 1999. pp. 9, 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 September 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
