Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006)

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

Awards:

3 wins & 22 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
Tom Gribby	...	Dancer
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
Kenny Solomons	...	Dancer
Robert Gordon Spencer	...	ER Doctor
Kali Stivison	...	Receptionist #2
Tibor Taylor	...	Party Guest
Steve West	...	Joey 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)
Bis dass das Glück uns scheidet (Germany) (TV title) [de]
Kabhi alvida naa kehna - Bis dass das Glück uns scheidet (Germany) (DVD box title) [de]

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:

The idea of making this film struck Karan Johar while he was in London. During his trip, he saw the movie Before Sunset (2004), based on a couple who meet after parting ways. After seeing that film, he was out at a restaurant where he overheard a married couple breaking up amicably. The incident moved him and he decided to explore the idea.

Goofs:

Errors in geography: When Dev is leaving for Toronto from Grand Central Station in NYC, he boards a SEPTA R1 train. SEPTA's R1 only serves Philadelphia, its suburbs and airport.

Quotes:

Maya Talwar: What did you think before marrying?
Dev Saran: Who thinks before marrying!
[laughing]
Dev Saran: Just kidding. Rhea and me, are friends from college, so we thought we'd give our friendship a new meaning. Besides what can be better than spending your entire life with your friend?
Maya Talwar: But, at times friendship replaces love and then there's no room left for love
Dev Saran: [thinking of way to ease her doubts] Listen to this quote- The sagas of everlasting romances have gone past long ago, just learn to make do with tiny love stories
Maya Talwar: Does that mean you don't love your wife?
Dev Saran: [ponders over her question] hmm
Maya Talwar: You shouldn't take this long
Dev Saran: [laughs] We are happy. We have made our little world together
[...]

Movie Connections:

References Meet Joe Black (1998)

an adorable relationship that was beautifully shot ..

I really don't understand how people can have so much hate against this movie. No offence, but i think some people over analyse movies way too much and try so hard to find meaning and concepts in the movie which aren't there because they weren't intended. Some people don't seem to 'understand' how Dev falls in love with Maya (vice-versa) or how they could salvage such love for that prolonged period of time after they separate from their spouses, and I think that's one of the stupidest thinks to not 'understand' if you are an avid Bollywood movie fan. There have been countless examples of such prolonged and unexplainable love in Bollywood movies in the past and it seems quite unfair to judge this movie badly for that aspect alone. I don't know if it seems highly improbable to the audiences around the world of how they continually keep on meeting each other, but it's another common example found in Bollywood films. Some scenes (I agree) could have been perceived better but the music (and accompanying scenes) I feel was beautifully sweet. The point is, Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna was quite a beautifully shot story of adorable love, and portrays challenges with marriage and love (although it has been done before and sometimes better) and with fair acting on some and excellent for others (I was highly impressed with Abishek's performance ^^). Appreciate it for what it was and (im saying the stupidly obvious but..) if you've found such unforgivable flaws then try and think how you'd fix them.