Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... (2001)

Director:

Karan Johar

Writers:

Karan Johar (written by) and
Sheena Parikh (screenplay)

Release Date:

14 December 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Musical | Romance

Tagline:

Any weak man can say he's sorry. It takes a strong heart to forgive.

Plot:

Yashvardhan Raichand lives a very wealthy lifestyle along with his wife, Nandini, and two sons, Rahul and Rohan...

Plot Keywords:

Love | Affection | Reconciliation | Grief | Adopted Son

Awards:

22 wins & 43 nominations

Cast

Amitabh Bachchan	...	Yashvardhan Raichand
Jaya Bhaduri	...	Nandini Raichand (as Jaya Bachchan)
Shah Rukh Khan	...	Rahul Raichand
Kajol	...	Anjali Sharma
Hrithik Roshan	...	Rohan Raichand
Kareena Kapoor	...	Pooja Sharma
Rani Mukerji	...	Naina (as Rani Mukherji)
Farida Jalal	...	Sayeeda
Alok Nath	...	Bauji
Johnny Lever
Himani Shivpuri
Aryan Khan	...	Young Rahul
Achala Sachdev	...	Daadi
Sushma Seth
Shashikala
Tamzin Griffin
Ramona Sunavala	...	Sonya
Jeroo Writer	...	Tanya
Vikas Sethi	...	Robbie
Simone Singh	...	Rukhsaar
Malvika Raaj
Holly Holdsworth
Kavesh Majmudar		(as Kavish Majmudar)
Jibraan Khan	...	Krishi Raichand
Jessey Lever
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Amar Adatia	...	Shop keeper
Ali Haji	...	Special Appearance
Samir Shah	...	Cricket Wicket Keeper
Ian Botham	...	Radio Cricket Commentator (voice) (uncredited)
Parzan Dastur	...	Ashfaque's nephew (uncredited)
Jugal Hansraj	...	Rohan's Friend (Guest Appearence) (uncredited)
Michael Holding	...	Radio Cricket Commentator (voice) (uncredited)
Shilpa Mehta	...	Ashfaque's mother (uncredited)
Rahul Nath	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
Ashutosh Singh	...	Ashfaque (uncredited)
Amar Talwar	...	Naina's dad (uncredited)

Directed by
Karan Johar

Writing credits
Karan Johar		(written by)
Sheena Parikh		screenplay

Produced by
Hiroo Johar	....	associate producer
Yash Johar	....	producer

Original Music by
Babloo Chakravorty		(as Babloo Chakravarthy)
Sandesh Shandilya

Cinematography by
Kiran Deohans

Film Editing by
Sanjay Sankla

Art Direction by
Sharmishta Roy

Makeup Department
Mickey Contractor	....	hair stylist
Mickey Contractor	....	makeup artist
Rita D'Souza	....	hair stylist: Kajol
James Goldwin	....	makeup artist: Hrithik Roshan
Ravi Indulkar	....	makeup artist: Shahrukh Khan
Rashida Kashvi	....	hairdresser: Kareena Kapoor
Ritesh Naik	....	makeup artist: Kareena Kapoor
Amar Pathak	....	makeup artist
Nalini Rajput	....	assistant hair stylist
Vinod Rathod	....	makeup artist: Kajo (as Vinod Rathod)
Deepak Sawant	....	makeup artist: Amitabh Bachchan
Farida Sayed	....	hairdresser: Jaya Bachchan
Bahadur Singh	....	hair styling in-charge
Bahadur Singh	....	makeup in-charge
Deepak Surve	....	makeup artist
Jaywant Thakre	....	special makeup artist: Kareena Kapoor
Supriya Thomas	....	assistant hair stylist
C.K. Shetty	....	makeup artist (uncredited)
Cory Walia	....	makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Romany Helmy	....	production manager: Egypt
Andy Pavord	....	production supervisor: UK (as Andrew Pavord)
Sharad Rane	....	production manager
Kali Sharma	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Nikhil Advani	....	assistant director
Kapil Chopra	....	assistant director
Punit Malhotra	....	assistant director
Tarun Mansukhani	....	chief assistant director
Soham Shah	....	assistant director (as Soham)
Nandini Shrikent	....	assistant director
Shiraz Siddique	....	assistant director

Art Department
Kedar Jagnam	....	assistant art director
Suzanne Kay	....	assistant art director: UK
Mohammed Kasam Sayyad	....	chief assistant art director (as Kasim Mohammed)
Nandini Shrikent	....	props in-charge

Sound Department
Sajjan Choudhary	....	sync effects: Aradhana Sound Service (as Sajjan Choudhary)
Anup Dev	....	sound re-recordist: Empire Audio Centre (as Anup Deo)
Baylon Fonseca	....	DTS mix engineer
Rajendra Gupta	....	sync effects: Aradhana Sound Service (as Rajendra Gupta)
Umar Khan	....	audiography assistant (as Mohamed Umar Khan)
Jayesh Kosambia	....	boom operator
Anuj Mathur	....	audiographer
Kunal Mehta	....	sound editor
Ali Merchant	....	dubbing: Lakdawala Sound City
Ajay Kumar P.B.	....	assistant re-recordist (as Ajay Kumar PB)
Rafiq Shaikh	....	dubbing: Lakdawala Sound City (as Rafique Sheikh)
Karnail Singh	....	sync effects: Aradhana Sound Service
Vikram Biswas	....	foley recordist (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Vishal Anand	....	digital effects artist: 3D animation
Sherry Bharda	....	3D animator
Amit Chomal	....	visual effects
Roshini Joshi	....	Flame artist
Rahul Kallankandy	....	visual effects
Pankaj Khandpur	....	creative director (Western Outdoor) (as Pankaj Khandpur)
Giles Livesey	....	digital film colorist: DFL London
Deepak Pais	....	visual effects
Rohit Prasad	....	visual effects
Piku Shahani	....	visual effects supervisor
Vandana Shrivastava	....	Flame artist
Ashish Srivastava	....	Avid editor
Aquil Unia	....	visual effects

Camera and Electrical Department
Shaikh Mohd Arif	....	jimmy jib assistant
Eknath Chalke	....	spot boy
Maninder Chamantala	....	camera attendant
Anushree Dutt	....	Steadicam assistant (as Anushri Dutt)
Gangaram	....	spot boy (as Gangoram)
Mahesh Waman Gawda	....	lighting technician
Shekhar Gowda	....	spot boy (as Shekar Gowda 'Kutti')
Kishan Jadhav	....	Steadicam assistant
Prakash Mohapatra	....	jimmy jib operator
Ayesha Monani	....	still photographer
Laxman Naik	....	camera attendant
Pawan Namdeo	....	Steadicam assistant
Biswas Prakash	....	assistant cinematographer
A. Stephen Raj	....	assistant cinematographer
Babychan Raju	....	lighting technician
Nitin Rao	....	Steadicam operator
A.K.N. Sebastian	....	chief assistant camera
Sujit Sen	....	Steadicam operator
Mohd Zuber Shaikh	....	lighting technician
Amar Ram Sharma	....	spot boy
Madan Sharma	....	spot boy
Mukesh Sharma	....	spot boy
Rakesh Sharma	....	spot boy
Sukumar Shetty	....	camera attendant
Suresh Shetty	....	jimmy jib assistant
Arvind Singh	....	focus puller
Arvind Singh	....	focus puller
Mani Muthu Subbaiya	....	crane operator
Nagesh Tawte	....	camera attendant
Sigaram Tiwari	....	spot boy
Kumud Verma	....	chief assistant camera

Casting Department
Janie O'Connor	....	casting: models and dancers, UK

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Milind Kamble	....	wardrobe assistant
Shabina Khan	....	costumes: Shahrukh Khan
Manish Malhotra	....	costume director
Thilaka Paramesh	....	costume coordinator
Pravin Uttekar	....	wardrobe in-charge (as Praveen Uttekar)
Rajesh Uttekar	....	wardrobe assistant
Chandrakant Waradkar	....	wardrobe assistant

Editorial Department
Jitendra Matharoo	....	negative in charge (as Jeetendra Matharoo)
Manoj Sankla	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Richard Beetham	....	song mastering: 360 degrees Mastering, London
Sudesh Bhonsle	....	playback singer (as Sudesh Bhonsale)
Sunidhi Chauhan	....	playback singer
Mohammed Ilyas	....	assistant background music recording engineer
K.A. Joseph	....	assistant background music recording engineer
Kavita Krishnamurthy	....	playback singer (as Kavita Krishnamurthy Subramaniam)
Amit Kumar	....	playback singer
Lata Mangeshkar	....	playback singer
Udit Narayan	....	playback singer
Sonu Nigam	....	playback singer
Ashok Shukla	....	background music engineer: Empire Audio Centre
Usha Uthup	....	playback singer
Alka Yagnik	....	playback singer
Amitabh Bachchan	....	playback singer (uncredited)
Kareena Kapoor	....	playback singer (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Hanif Abbas	....	driver
Yunus Mohd Farooq	....	driver
Anwar Selat	....	driver
Medhat Yehia	....	transportation manager: Eqypt

Other crew
Rashid Abbasi	....	production controller
Nikhil Advani	....	associate director
Imtiaz Ansari	....	production controller
Gopal Babel	....	production assistant
Richard Burton	....	assistant choreographer
Sumeet Chawla	....	production assistant
Clara D'Souza	....	office staff
A.K. David	....	office staff
Toby Eliot	....	production assistant: UK (as Toby Elliot)
Peter Fernandes	....	office staff
Mamta Gohil	....	accounting assistant
Geeta Kapoor	....	chief assistant choreographer (as Geeta Kapur)
Farah Khan	....	choreographer
Eknath Kudalkar	....	office boy
Prashant Kunder	....	production assistant
Piya Mirajkar	....	production coordinator
Shivram Misale	....	office boy
Manoj Mittra	....	production executive
Tukaram More	....	office boy
Mohamed Nazmy	....	travel agent: Quest Travels, Egypt
Ramesh Parab	....	chief accountant
Pradnya Patil	....	accounting assistant
Gautam Rajadhyaksha	....	publicity stills
Soham Shah	....	publicity designer (as Soham)
Khemraj Sharma	....	office boy
R.K. Sharma	....	censor public relations officer
Double Singh	....	office boy
Prem Singh	....	office boy
Tarlok Singh	....	production assistant
Hemant Vyas	....	location accountant

Thanks
Pamela Grover	....	acknowledgment (as Mrs. Pamela Grover)
Jugal Hansraj	....	special thanks
Karan Israni	....	acknowledgment (as Mr. Karan Israni)
Rajeev Kaul	....	acknowledgment
Nitasha Nanda	....	acknowledgment
Nadeem Salehjaee	....	acknowledgment (as Mr. Nadeem Salehjee)
Adella Salehjee	....	acknowledgment
Imran Salehjee	....	acknowledgment
Joginder Sangar	....	acknowledgment
Reema Sangar	....	acknowledgment
Sunita Sangar	....	acknowledgment
Kamal Siddique	....	acknowledgment: staff of Fraser Nash

Production Companies

• Dharma Productions

Distributors

• Yash Raj Films (2001) (worldwide) (all media) (sales)
• Cinema Mondo (2003) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Fama Film AG (2003) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Rapid Eye Movies (2003) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Bodega Films (France)
• Rapid Eye Movies (2004) (Germany) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Digital Film

Other Companies

• 360 Degree Mastering  song mastering
• Adamji Mohammedally  set decoration (as Adamji Mohamedali)
• Agasti Daylight  equipment supplier
• Aggarwal Traders  set materials (as Agarwal Traders)
• Air India  acknowledgement
• Allied Entertainment India Ltd.  equipment supplier
• Anand Cine Services  equipment supplier
• Anja San  wardrobe
• Ansari & Sons  equipment supplier
• Anshu  wardrobe
• Aradhana Sound Services  sync effects
• Art House  set decoration
• B.R. Films  equipment supplier
• BM Digital  songs recorded at
• Bhagyashree Decorators  set materials (as Shree Decorators)
• Bharat Furnishing  set materials
• Bharatbala Productions  acknowledgement (as Bharat Bala Productions for "Vande Mataram")
• Bipin Tanna Creations  wardrobe
• Body Basics  wardrobe
• Bollywood Decorator  set decoration (as Bollywood Decorators)
• British Deputy High Commission  acknowledgement
• British Film Commission  acknowledgement
• Buzz  publicity (as BUZZ - Mumbai)
• Chaturvedi & Shah  auditors and tax consultants
• Construction & Materials  set materials
• Creations (Shilpa)  wardrobe
• D. Karamali & Co.  set decoration
• Design Scope  set decoration
• Dharma Productions  equipment supplier
• Dilip Kumar Chaudhry  catering
• Discovery Disco Light & Sound  equipment supplier
• Diva Entertainments  models and extras casting: UK
• Empire Audio Center Pvt. Ltd.  background music
• Essem Power System  equipment supplier
• Evergreen Decorators  set decoration
• Frazer Nash Research Limited  acknowledgement
• Gabhana Fashions Pvt. Ltd.  wardrobe (as Gabbana Fashions)
• Ganesh Decorators  set decoration
• Ganesh Sai Services  equipment supplier
• Gem Dresswala  wardrobe
• Glanz Fabrics  wardrobe
• Goodluck Power  equipment supplier
• Himalaya Timber N' Plywood  set materials
• Impossibles  models supplied by
• Irma Timber Traders  set materials
• Jai Santoshi Traders  set materials
• Juniad Timbers  set materials
• Kay Ram Enterprises  transportation and security: UK
• Kodak  raw stock
• Lachmi Glass House  set materials
• Lakdawala's Sound City  dubbing
• Lakdawala's Sound City  songs recorded at
• Laxmi Enterprises  set materials
• Lumiere Lighting Company  equipment supplier
• MK Power  equipment supplier
• Maithili Cine Equipment  equipment supplier
• Manish Malhotra & Co.  costume design
• Mapa Planks  set materials
• Mars  wardrobe
• Masculine  wardrobe
• Moonlight  equipment supplier (as Moonlights)
• Mukta Arts  equipment supplier
• National Film Development Corporation of India (NFDC)  subtitling (as N.F.D.C.)
• Nisa Associates  security: London
• Oberoi Hotels  acknowledgement (as Mr Rajeev Kaul and Oberoi Hotels, Egypt)
• Pappu & Co.  junior artists supplier
• Parshotam Agencies  set decoration (as Purshottam Agencies)
• Patash Dutta  models supplied by
• Prestige Jewellers  wardrobe
• Priyati Devices  equipment supplier
• Quest Travels  travel agency (as Quest Travels - Mohamed Nazmy Travel Agent [Eqypt])
• Ravi Disco Lights  equipment supplier (as Ravi Disco Lights & Sound)
• Rimari India PVT Ltd.  acknowledgement (as Ms Natasha Nanda - Rimari India PVT Ltd, Mumbai)
• Rocky S. Fashions  costume design
• Rose Travels  travel agency
• SAH Enterprises  raw stock supplied by
• SIA Jewellers  wardrobe
• SN Scaffolding  equipment supplier
• Sahayog Traders  set materials (as Sahyog Traders)
• Saltours International  acknowledgement (as Mr Nadeem Salehjee, Mr Imran Salehjee and Ms. Adella Salehjee of Saltours, London, UK)
• Setu Cine Crane  equipment supplier
• Sheetal India  wardrobe
• Shiv Equipments  equipment supplier
• Shree Decorators  construction and materials
• Shri Durga Cine Equipments  equipment supplier (as Shri Durga Cine FX)
• Sony Music  CDs and cassettes
• Spectral Harmony  songs recorded at
• Status Trading Corporation  equipment supplier
• Studio 1  sound editing
• Sweet Home  set decoration
• Terra Trading  set decoration
• The Consulate General of the Arab Republic of Eqypt  acknowledgement
• The Government and the People of the Arab Republic of Eqypt  acknowledgement
• Tip Top Point  wardrobe
• Travelera Ltd.  travel agency
• Tressorie  set decoration
• United India Insurance Co. Ltd. (I)  film insurance
• Vama Group  catering (as Vama)
• Vascroft Contractors Ltd.  set construction: UK (as Vascroft)
• Village Crafts & Arts  set decoration
• Washington Mayfair Hotel  acknowledgement (as Mr Joginder Sangar, Mrs Sunita Sangar, Ms Reema Sangar and the staff of the Hotel Washington Mayfair, London, UK)
• Western Outdoor  songs recorded at
• Yash Raj Films  equipment supplier
• Zeba Exports Pvt. Ltd.  set decoration
• Zen Films  equipment supplier
• Zero Gravity Arclights and Films Pvt. Ltd.  equipment supplier

Also Known As:

"Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham..." - UK, USA
"Happiness & Tears" - USA (DVD box title)
"K3G" - India (Hindi title) (informal short title)
"KKKG" - India (Hindi title) (informal short title)
"Czasem slonce, czasem deszcz" - Poland
"Ilon päiviä, surun päiviä" - Finland
"In guten wie in schweren Tagen" - Germany (TV title)
"La famille indienne" - France

Runtime:

210 min | South Korea:122 min

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi | English | Urdu

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Malaysia:U | Finland:S | Germany:6 | UK:PG | South Korea:All | India:U

Filming Locations:

Bahriya, Egypt

Company:

Dharma Productions

Trivia:

The logo that appears on the helicopters in the movie is actually the logo for Yash Raj films but in the movie it was intended to be the logo of Yash Raichand's company.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: At the start of the song "Dewana Hai Dekho" when Hrithik Roshan opens the door of the red car, the cameraman is reflected in the door.

Quotes:

Yashvardhan 'Yash' Raichand:Elder's anger is a part of their love... my son.

Movie Connections:

References Aaj Ka Arjun (1990)

Soundtrack:

Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (sad version)

A beautiful film about bringing families together

This film shines from start to finish, and runs the gamut of emotions. The cinematography, sets, and costumes are brilliant. The sparkling performances of six of India's leading actors alone makes the movie worth seeing, even if some might not feel comfortable with the deep sentimentality displayed by the leading men (women are fine with this; American men sometimes find it unnerving). Hrithik Roshan is pure eye candy for women of all ages, somehow oozing sweetness and innocent sexuality at the same time. The catchy song and dance number he performs with the lovely Kareena Kapoor at their 'prom,' "You Are My Soniya," has gotten regular replays in this household for weeks (even by my 79-year old mother, who will say, "I need a Soniya fix" - it really cheers her up!). The other musical numbers are very enjoyable, too, and never seem out of place or at odds with the flow of the film. Shahrukh Khan is adorable, as always, as the favorite son, and can hold his own in the dance numbers, too. Kajol gets to show her comic side, and was great at it! And knowing that the 'parents,' Amitabh and Jaya are a married couple in 'real life' just makes their interactions in the film that much better. Don't miss this wonderful movie! If you see just one Hindi movie, make it this one! (I am adding this question, for anyone who knows the answer: I wanted to find out what actor played Rohan at about age 12; the cast list shows three names for "Fattie" but no further details for any of these actors. If you happen to know the answer, please email me at [e-mail]. Thank you!)