Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

Karan Johar

Writers:

Karan Johar (story)
Shibani Bathija (screenplay) ...

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:

Marriage | Extramarital Affair | Teacher | Fashion Magazine Editor | New York

Awards:

3 wins & 21 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
Logan Anderson	...	Receptionist (as Beth Erin Anderson)
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
Aykut Hilmi	...	Gangster
Allen Ioccarino	...	Soccer Fan
Shobhit Jain	...	Extra / Kid
Matthew Joseff	...	Extra
Larissa Kohler	...	Extra
Ginger Kroll	...	Bridesmaid
Michael Leister	...	Commuter on Subway
Rithear Len	...	Soccer Fan
Oliver Martin	...	Street Guy
Madalyn McKay	...	Announcer
Jay Prakash Mistry	...	Band Member
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
Giuseppe Raucci	...	Soccer Player
Alyssa Ritch	...	Office Assistant
Sandeep Sankineni	...	Train Station Passenger
Robert Gordon Spencer	...	ER Doctor
Kali Stivison	...	Receptionist #2
Tibor Taylor	...	Party Guest
Steve West	...	Dancer (as Steve Lawton)
Christopher Wilford	...	Soccer Goalie (Dallas)

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

Filming Locations:

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

Company:

Dharma Productions

Trivia:

Karan Johar asked Shahrukh Khan, because he was busy elsewhere, to direct the controversial hotel scene himself. Khan then asked Amitabh Bachchan to direct the scene by phone because he was uncomfortable to do it.

Goofs:

Errors in geography: All throughout the movie, everyone refers to the game Dev plays as football. But the setting is the US, and in the US the sport is called "soccer".

Quotes:

Maya Talwar: Excuse me... excuse me
Dev Saran: [Dev confused wondering where the voice is coming, first looks at the sky and then surprised to see a bride sitting alone on the bench] Huh?
Maya Talwar: Please don't mess the garden. I have just cleaned it up...
Dev Saran: [intrigued] Are you the gardener?
Maya Talwar: What do you think?
Dev Saran: I think you have stolen the bride's clothes... Should I go inform inside?
Maya Talwar: [visibly annoyed] Could you just please leave me alone?
Dev Saran: Of course... Not... It's your wedding and you are sitting outside here?
[sits next to her]

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.