Kabhi Kabhie (1976)

Original title

कभी कभी

Directed by

Yash Chopra

Genre

drama film, romance film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 57m

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 23 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two couples navigate love and duty across generations in 1970s India. The story follows a young poet and a woman forced into an arranged marriage, and later their children face similar dilemmas.

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What happens

Kabhie Kabhie (translation: Sometimes) is a 1976 Indian Hindi-language musical romantic 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, Amitabh Bachchan, Raakhee, 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 Khayyam. Rehman, Shashi Kapoor, Bachchan and Raakhee went on to star together in Chopra's next release, Trishul, two years later. Kabhie Kabhie earned an estimated ₹40 million at the box office, becoming the eighth-highest grossing Hindi film of the year. At the 24th Filmfare Awards, Kabhi Kabhie received a leading 13 nominations, including Best Film, Best Director (Yash Chopra), Best Actor (Bachchan), Best Actress (Raakhee, who won for Tapasya instead), Best Supporting Actor (Shashi Kapoor) and Best Supporting Actress (Rehman), and won a leading 4 awards: Best Music Director (Khayyam), Best Dialogue, Best Lyricist (Sahir Ludhianvi) and Best Male Playback Singer (Mukesh), the latter two for the song "Kabhi Kabhie Mere Dil Mein". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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