Kabhi Kabhie

Kabhi Kabhie
Film poster
Directed byYash Chopra
Screenplay bySagar Sarhadi
Story byPamela Chopra
Produced byYash Chopra
StarringAmitabh Bachchan
Raakhee Gulzar
Shashi Kapoor
Waheeda Rehman
Rishi Kapoor
Neetu Singh
CinematographyRomesh Bhalla
Kay Gee
Edited byNaresh Malhotra
Pran Mehra
Music byKhayyam
Production
company
Distributed byYash Raj Films
Release date
  • 27 February 1976 (1976-02-27)
Running time
178 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguagesHindi
Urdu[1]
Box officeest. 40 million[2]

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 Amitabh Bachchan, Raakhee Gulzar, Shashi Kapoor, Waheeda Rehman, 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. The film received widespread critical acclaim upon release, with high praise directed towards its story, screenplay, direction, dialogues, soundtrack, and performances of the ensemble cast, and is regarded as a cult film over the years. Rehman, Shashi Kapoor, Bachchan and Raakhee went on to star together in Chopra's next release, Trishul, after two years.

Kabhie Kabhie earned an estimated 40 million at the box office, becoming the eighth-highest grossing Hindi film of the year.[3] 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), Best Supporting Actor (Shashi Kapoor) and Best Supporting Actress (Rehman), and won a leading 4 awards, including Best Music Director (Khayyam), Best Lyricist (Sahir Ludhianvi) and Best Male Playback Singer (Mukesh), the latter two for the song "Kabhi Kabhie Mere Dil Mein".

  1. ^ Mir, Raza (2014). The Taste of Words: An Introduction to Urdu Poetry. Penguin Books. p. 210. ISBN 978-93-5118-725-7.
  2. ^ Box Office 1976 Archived 8 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "The Best Films Of Rishi Kapoor - Bobby Has Historic Numbers". boxofficeindia.com. 1 May 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2020.