Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006)

Director:

Karan Johar

Writers:

Karan Johar (story)
Shibani Bathija (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

11 August 2006 (Australia)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Dev lives in the United States of America and is a foot ball player. He is married to Riya, who works and models for a magazine...

Plot Keywords:

Car Accident | Marriage | Soccer Match | Railway Station | Infidelity

Awards:

3 wins & 12 nominations

Cast

Amitabh Bachchan	...	Samarjit 'Sam' Talwar
Shahrukh Khan	...	Dev Saran
Rani Mukherjee	...	Maya Talwar (as Rani Mukerji)
Preity Zinta	...	Riya Saran
Abhishek Bachchan	...	Rishi Talwar
Kiron Kher	...	Kamaljit 'Kamal' Saran (as Kirron Kher)
Arjun Rampal	...	Jay
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
John Abraham	...	DJ at club
Beth Erin Anderson	...	Receptionist
Jarett Armstrong	...	Train Station Patron 1
Patrick Armstrong	...	Train Station Patron 2
Diane Baisley	...	Nurse
Tomm Bauer	...	Co-Worker
Himad Beg	...	Wedding Guest
Whit Blanchard	...	Chris - Waiter
Kristen Bough	...	Little girl on slide
Matt Brandstein	...	CIA Operative
Adrianna Bremont	...	Receptionist
Tracey Brennan	...	Dr. Anna
Arthur S. Brown	...	Reporter
Ahsaas Channa	...	Arjun D. Saran
Bob Connelly	...	Father of The Bride
Greg D'Agostino	...	Coach George Push
Michael C. Davis	...	Male Nurse #2
Manish Dayal	...	Reporter
Peter Defeo	...	Commuter
Pat Dempsey	...	Soccer Player
Brian Ferrari	...	Sound guy
Kathryn Gerhardt	...	Hysterical Nurse
Nick Gjoka	...	Flyer Boy
Andrew Hillmedo Jr.	...	Background
Allen Ioccarino	...	Soccer Fan
Shobhit Jain	...	Extra / Kid
Matthew Joseff	...	Extra
Larissa Kohler	...	Extra
Ginger Kroll	...	Bridesmaid
Rithear Len	...	Soccer Fan
Oliver Martin	...	Street Guy
Madalyn McKay	...	Announcer
Saira Mohan	...	Catherine Cooper / Catherine R. Talwar
Moniere	...	Soccer Player
Omar Mora	...	Spanish Reporter
Carmel Navé	...	Secretary / Receptionist
Joel Ney	...	Annoying Man
Christine Lisa Racinez	...	Soccer Fan
Alyssa Ritch	...	Office Assistant
Robert Gordon Spencer	...	ER Doctor
Kali Stivison	...	Receptionist #2
Tibor Taylor	...	Party Guest
Christopher Wilford	...	Soccer Goalie (Dallas)
Tyler Barnes	...	Waiter (uncredited)
Robert Bizik	...	Train Passenger (uncredited)
Christiane Brown	...	Extra (uncredited)
Meredith Croft	...	Extra (uncredited)
Kajol	...	Piano dancer (uncredited)
Robert Myers	...	Opera patron (uncredited)
Mark J. Parker	...	Train Scene Extra (uncredited)
Jiffy Reed	...	Theatre Guest (uncredited)
Albert Yu	...	Extra (uncredited)

Directed by
Karan Johar

Writing credits
Karan Johar		(story)
Shibani Bathija		(screenplay) and
Karan Johar		(screenplay)
Niranjan Iyengar		(dialogue)

Produced by
Anadil Hossain	....	executive producer
Hiroo Johar	....	producer
Manoj Mittra	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Shankar Mahadevan		(as Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy)
Loy Mendonsa		(as Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy)
Ehsaan Noorani		(as Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy)

Cinematography by
Anil Mehta

Film Editing by
Sanjay Sankla

Casting by
Rita Powers
Sean Powers

Art Direction by
Sharmishta Roy
Sandra Scurria

Production Management
Driss Benyaklef	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Tarun Mansukhani	....	first assistant director
Payal Sethi	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Purva Amar	....	art coordinator
Daniel Ediger	....	art production assistant
Nick Gjoka	....	assistant property master
Gregory Kenney	....	property master
David Winkfield	....	art production assistant

Sound Department
Royston D'Lima	....	boom operator
Stephen Gomes	....	sound designer
Anuj Mathur	....	sound re-recording mixer
Haroon Sheikh	....	boom operator

Visual Effects by
Shaikh Rizwan	....	digital compositor

Stunts
Jeff Ward	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Nathan Beaman	....	swing: grip/electric
Joe Belschner	....	key grip
Eric Branco	....	additional best boy electric
Filipe Campos de Pinho de Bessa	....	camera production assistant
Jose Corretjer	....	additional dolly grip
Matthew Cryan	....	grip
Rebecca Heller	....	additional grip
Jarrod Kloiber	....	additional best boy electric
Daniel Luebke	....	rigging electrician
Mike 'Electric' Mervilde Jr.	....	electrician
Aaron Randall	....	key rigging grip
Nick Schwartz	....	camera production assistant
Jatinder Sharma	....	director of photography: additional photography
Matt Staples	....	dolly grip
Brandon Taylor	....	additional best boy grip
Richard P. Ulivella	....	gaffer
Jarrod Valliere	....	additional grip
Matthew Walker	....	best boy grip
Casey Wooden	....	additional best boy grip
Michael Yetter	....	best boy electric

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Nikia Nelson	....	key wardrobe stylist: New York
Nikia Nelson	....	product placement: wardrobe
Amos Posner	....	costume production assistant

Music Department
Shafqat Amanat Ali	....	playback singer
Caralisa	....	playback singer
Vasundhara Das	....	playback singer
Shankar Mahadevan	....	playback singer
Mahalakshmi	....	playback singer (as Mahalaxmi Iyer)
Loy Mendonsa	....	playback singer
Shantanu Mukherjee	....	playback singer
Srinivas Murthy	....	conductor
Sonu Nigam	....	playback singer
Shweta Pandit	....	playback singer
Alka Yagnik	....	playback singer

Transportation Department
Nathan Beaman	....	swing driver
Adam Lukens	....	swing driver

Other crew
Marie Amon	....	production assistant
Hiram Chan	....	security: Ms. Zinta
Danielle Davis	....	craft service production assistant
Roopa De Choudhury	....	production coordinator
Dave Donars	....	production assistant
Philipp Engelhorn	....	production assistant
Rudi Fischer	....	production assistant: Philadelphia
Shruti Ganguly	....	product placement coordinator
Sam Ghosh	....	production assistant
Jason Hanan	....	production assistant
Thalia Harithas	....	additional production assistant
Tammy Lynn Howell	....	production assistant
Farah Khan	....	choreographer
Nelson Khoury	....	assistant location manager
Terren Lin	....	production assistant
Laura Mazza	....	production assistant
Ian McAlpin	....	production assistant
Jason A. McCauley	....	production assistant coordinator: Philadelphia
Brandis Medina	....	assistant to executive producer
Brandis Medina	....	production assistant
Jennifer Pabley	....	assistant production coordinator
Nicole Real	....	production assistant
Vanessa Rieth	....	assistant to producer
Morgan Roche	....	production assistant
Subi Samuel	....	publicity stills
Henry Torbin	....	location assistant
Priti Trivedi	....	key set production assistant
Joseph White	....	location manager
Janice Yang	....	production assistant
Tina Yeh	....	production assistant
Alex Zoppa	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• Dharma Productions

Distributors

• Yash Raj Films (2006) (worldwide) (all media)
• Bharat Entertainment International (2006) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Bharat Entertainment International (200?) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Yash Raj Films USA Inc. (2006) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)

Special Effects

• Tata Elxsi Visual Computing Lab

Other Companies

• Manish Malhotra & Co.  costume design
• Sony Music  soundtrack

Also Known As:

Kank (India: Hindi title) (informal short title)
Never Say Goodbye (USA) (informal English title)

Runtime:

193 min

Country:

India

Language:

English | Hindi

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

Singapore:PG | Ireland:12A | Germany:6 | India:UA | Malaysia:U | UK:15 | USA:R (original rating) | USA:PG-13 (re-rating on appeal)

Filming Locations:

30th Street Station - 3001 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Company:

Dharma Productions

Trivia:

The film's shooting was delayed due to Amitabh Bachchan's illness. However, the team managed to get on track and the film was released on schedule.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Dev converts the penalty shot, the long shot reveals a player going on his knees, pulling his shirt over his face, with his bare chest visible. In the next shot, a close-up shot repeats the exact same thing - only this time the actor is wearing a vest beneath his shirt.

Quotes:

Rishi Talwar: Is your husband the Black Beast?
Rhea Saran: No, he is just a beast.

Movie Connections:

References Meet Joe Black (1998)

Hindi movies are not "hindi" anymore

Will all the other comment writers stop looking at Hindi movies as escapism from their current foreign surroundings and concentrate on the storyteller instead.

Why does everyone in a Hindi movie have to be prudish, why do Indian audiences around the world have to comment on the actions of every actor. why does everything have to be black and white. it is the shades of Gray that make our personalities colorful.

Just when someone tries to make in your face cinema that all goes awry. why is it so hard to accept that love does come without warning like death - as rightly said by the character of amitabh.

yes Shahrukh is surely over the top... but isn't that the reason why he is where he is today. no character has to justify their actions but for the fact that they are driven by their emotions... which is pretty common among common human beings.

full marks to karan for bringing this out and kudos to all in the movie for great performances.

the dialogues are splendidly thought out.

One thing i wonder--- why new york... maybe the same reason why Lamhe was set in London for the radical part of the story ! but the fact is that such stories may happen anywhere from Mumbai to Delhi to Bhutan's... just that we prefer to close our eyes to the same.

watch the movie with rationality... think of the characters as human and yes... you will find 3 hours worth it.