Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa

For the Hindi TV series, see Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa (TV series).

Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa
Poster
Directed byKundan Shah
Written byStory & Screenplay:
Pankaj Advani
Kundan Shah
Dialogues:
Ranjit Kapoor
Produced byVikram Mehrotra
StarringShah Rukh Khan
Deepak Tijori
Suchitra Krishnamoorthi
Naseeruddin Shah
CinematographyVirendra Saini
Edited byRenu Saluja
Music byJatin–Lalit
Release dates
  • January 1993 (1993-01) (New Delhi)[1]
  • 25 February 1994 (1994-02-25)
Running time
158 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹14 million[2]
Box office₹55 million[2]

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.[2]

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.[3] It was premiered at the Indian Panorama section of the 24th International Film Festival of India.[1]

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]

  1. ^ a b "Directorate of Film Festival" (PDF). 3 April 2014. p. 105. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2014.
  2. ^ a b c "Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa - Movie". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 3 December 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa is special: SRK". Hindustan Times. 2 November 2006. Archived from the original on 30 March 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Red Chillies Entertainments". www.redchillies.com. Archived from the original on 6 October 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  5. ^ Arunachalam, Param (2020). BollySwar: 1991–2000. Mavrix Infotech. p. 491.