Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006)

Director:

Karan Johar

Writers:

Karan Johar (story)
Shibani Bathija (screenplay) ...
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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 | Fashion Magazine Editor | Extramarital Affair | Teacher | New York

Awards:

3 wins & 22 nominations

Cast

Shah Rukh Khan	...	Dev Saran
Rani Mukerji	...	Maya Talwar
Amitabh Bachchan	...	Samarjit 'Sam' Talwar
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)
Lisa Anzelmo	...	American Reporter
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
Kate Braithwaite	...	English dancer
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
Gustavo Cunha	...	Himself
Greg D'Agostino	...	Coach George Push
Michael C. Davis	...	Male Nurse #2
Manish Dayal	...	Reporter
Peter Defeo	...	Commuter
Pat Dempsey	...	Soccer Player
Gabriel Ellis	...	Train Station Passenger as Gabriel Ellis
Brian Ferrari	...	Sound guy
Kathryn Gerhardt	...	Hysterical Nurse
Nick Gjoka	...	Flyer Boy
Tom Gribby	...	Dancer
Jeff Halpin	...	Ambulance Driver
Andrew Hillmedo Jr.	...	Background
Aykut Hilmi	...	Gangster
Allen Iaccarino	...	Soccer fan
Shobhit Jain	...	Extra / Kid
Matthew Joseff	...	Extra
William James Kelly	...	Train Passenger
Larissa Kohler	...	Extra
Ginger Kroll	...	Bridesmaid
Charlotte Lake	...	Lisa Reynolds
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
Speir Rahn	...	Restaurant Patron
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)
Tyler Barnes	...	Waiter (uncredited)
Robert Bizik	...	Train Passenger (uncredited)
Christiane Brown	...	Extra (uncredited)
Meredith Croft	...	Extra (uncredited)
Aizzah Fatima	...	Student (uncredited)
Kajol	...	Piano dancer (uncredited)
Carolyn Kennedy	...	Bridesmaid (uncredited)
MaryAnne Kovachi	...	Train Station Passenger (uncredited)
Robert Myers	...	Audience Member (uncredited)
Mark J. Parker	...	Train Scene Extra (uncredited)
Hayley Raphael	...	Extra (uncredited)
Georgia Reed	...	Theatre Guest (uncredited)
Sybelle Silverphoenix	...	Brooklyn Bridge Pedestrian (uncredited)
Jeremy Woods	...	Paramedic (uncredited)
Albert Yu	...	Extra (uncredited)

Directed by
Karan Johar

Writing credits
Karan Johar		(story)
Shibani Bathija		(screenplay) and
Karan Johar		(screenplay)
Niranjan Iyengar		(dialogue)

Produced by
Anadil Hossain	....	executive producer
Hiroo Johar	....	producer
Manoj Mittra	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Shankar Mahadevan		(as Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy)
Loy Mendonsa		(as Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy)
Ehsaan Noorani		(as Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy)

Cinematography by
Anil Mehta

Film Editing by
Sanjay Sankla

Casting by
Rita Powers
Sean Powers

Art Direction by
Sharmishta Roy
Sandra Scurria

Costume Design by
Manish Malhotra

Production Management
Driss Benyaklef	....	production manager
Prashant Kunder	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Tarun Mansukhani	....	first assistant director
Payal Sethi	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Purva Amar	....	art coordinator
Daniel Ediger	....	art production assistant
Nick Gjoka	....	assistant property master
Gregory Kenney	....	property master
Mohammed Kasam Sayyad	....	assistant art director
David Winkfield	....	art production assistant

Sound Department
Royston D'Lima	....	boom operator
Royston D'Lima	....	sound recordist: second unit
Abhijit Deo	....	live foley mixer
Stephen Gomes	....	sound designer
Anuj Mathur	....	sound re-recording mixer
Haroon Sheikh	....	boom operator

Visual Effects by
Das Chinmay	....	digital compositor
Vinay Singh Chuphal	....	flame artist
Bhaskar Joyoti Goswami	....	digital compositor
Ashok Pallati	....	visual effects artist
Shaikh Rizwan	....	digital compositor
Kaushal Shah	....	digital compositor

Stunts
Jeff Ward	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Nathan Beaman	....	swing: grip/electric
Joe Belschner	....	key grip
Eric Branco	....	additional best boy electric
Filipe Campos de Pinho de Bessa	....	camera production assistant
Jose Corretjer	....	additional dolly grip
Matthew Cryan	....	grip
Anirudh Garbyal	....	assistant camera
Rebecca Heller	....	additional grip
T.J. Hellmuth	....	electrician
Justin Hullinger	....	electrician
Sidharth Kale	....	assistant camera
Jarrod Kloiber	....	additional best boy electric
Daniel Luebke	....	rigging electrician
Mike 'Electric' Mervilde Jr.	....	electrician
Aaron Randall	....	key rigging grip
Nick Schwartz	....	camera production assistant
Jatinder Sharma	....	director of photography: additional photography
Matt Staples	....	dolly grip
Brandon Taylor	....	additional best boy grip
Richard P. Ulivella	....	gaffer
Jarrod Valliere	....	additional grip
Matthew Walker	....	best boy grip
Casey Wooden	....	additional best boy grip
Michael Yetter	....	best boy electric

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Nikia Nelson	....	key wardrobe stylist: New York
Nikia Nelson	....	product placement: wardrobe
Amos Posner	....	costume production assistant

Music Department
Shafqat Amanat Ali	....	playback singer
Vasundhara Das	....	playback singer
Mahalakshmi Iyer	....	playback singer (as Mahalaxmi Iyer)
Shankar Mahadevan	....	playback singer
Loy Mendonsa	....	playback singer
Caralisa Monteiro	....	playback singer (as Caralisa)
Srinivas Murthy	....	conductor
Sonu Nigam	....	playback singer
Shweta Pandit	....	playback singer
Shaan	....	playback singer
Alka Yagnik	....	playback singer

Transportation Department
Nathan Beaman	....	swing driver
Adam Lukens	....	swing driver

Other crew
Marie Amon	....	production assistant
Hiram Chan	....	security: Ms. Zinta
Sara Clarke	....	production secretary
Danielle Davis	....	craft service production assistant
Roopa De Choudhury	....	production coordinator
Dave Donars	....	production assistant
Philipp Engelhorn	....	production assistant
Rudi Fischer	....	production assistant: Philadelphia
Shruti Ganguly	....	product placement coordinator
Sam Ghosh	....	production assistant
Jason Hanan	....	production assistant
Thalia Harithas	....	additional production assistant
Jennifer Hoopes	....	location assistant
Tammy Lynn Howell	....	production assistant
Farah Khan	....	choreographer
Mohamed Khan	....	production coordinator
Nelson Khoury	....	assistant location manager
Terren Lin	....	production assistant
Laura Mazza	....	production assistant
Ian McAlpin	....	production assistant
Jason A. McCauley	....	production assistant coordinator: Philadelphia
Brandis Medina	....	assistant to executive producer
Brandis Medina	....	production assistant
Jennifer Pabley	....	assistant production coordinator
Nicole Real	....	production assistant
Vanessa Rieth	....	assistant to producer
Morgan Roche	....	production assistant
Subi Samuel	....	publicity stills
Henry Torbin	....	location assistant
Priti Trivedi	....	key set production assistant
Joseph White	....	location manager
Janice Yang	....	production assistant
Tina Yeh	....	production assistant
Alex Zoppa	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• Dharma Productions

Distributors

• Yash Raj Films (2006) (worldwide) (all media)
• Bharat Entertainment International (2006) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Yash Raj Films USA Inc. (2006) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Bharat Entertainment International (200?) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Tata Elxsi Visual Computing Lab

Other Companies

• Manish Malhotra & Co.  costume design
• Sony Music  soundtrack

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)
"Kabhi alvida naa kehna - Bis dass das Glück uns scheidet" - Germany (DVD box title)
"Kabhi alvida naa kehna - Never Say Goodbye" - Germany (imdb display title)
"Nikad ne reci zbogom" - Croatia (imdb display title)
"Non dire mai addio" - Italy (imdb display title)
"Soha ne mondd, hogy viszlát!" - Hungary (imdb display title)

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 film was primarily shot in New York, where there was a 90-day schedule. The remaining scenes were completed in four of Mumbai's studios.

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:Do you have a problem?
Dev Saran:Not directly but indirectly I do... My mother has a problem. The faster you go inside, the faster my mother can leave from here
[sits beside her]
Maya Talwar:[surprised at his audacity for sitting next to her] You are a strange man. You sat down?
Dev Saran:Then should I lie down and chat? One to one discussions always happens while sitting down
Maya Talwar:Discussion?
Dev Saran:Yes, I love discussions and I know you have a problem. So, talk to me. Tell me your problem
Maya Talwar:Why should I discuss my problem with you?
Dev Saran:So, you admit there is a problem. Perhaps, I could help you

Movie Connections:

Referenced in I Hate Luv Storys (2010)

Soundtrack:

Tumhi Dekho Naa

A good attempt flawed beyond belief

Storyline # 1 - Dev Saran (SRK) is a football champ who breaks his leg in a freak car accident and retains a permanent limp. He is married to Rhea (Zinta) and has a child. His insecurity lies in the fact that he could not achieve what he wanted to in life. But what makes it worse is the fact that he seems to hate that his wife, on the other hand, is the 'man of the house' while he lives off her. This makes him terminally ill with 'male chauvinism syndrome' as it were as he huffs and puffs his way across this 3.5 hour debacle.

Cut to storyline # 2. Maya (Rani) a humble school teacher is married to Rishi (Abhishek) who is a party planner in NYC and a childhood friend of Maya. Maya is shown as someone incapable of having children and a cleanliness freak.

Both marriages are on the rocks thanks to inexplicably unreasonable characters Dev and Maya. Dev is always mad about one thing or another without a break. I was wondering why Rhea stuck it out with as long as she did. On the other hand we have Mrs.Weepy-Eye Maya who never really explains why it is she cant satisfy her honest husband's genuine needs. If he requires a little passion in bed then she would rather 'discuss' it than do anything more. Needless to say the man is patient and puts up with this borderline insane woman.

Then we have Rishi's Playboy dad Sam (Amitabh) who is waltzing around with girls a quarter his age while mouthing sentimental stuff about his dead wife. Yawn! When Dev and Maya meet the first time, being the strangers that they are, Dev actually manages to have a profound conversation with this complete stranger with questions like "Do you love him?" Seems like Johar was so eager to let them get used to each other from the very first frame and realism apparently doesn't matter anymore. A few meaningless lines later off goes Maya into her bridal suite and off goes Dev into a passing car.

4 years pass by. Don't worry. That means nothing.

Takes one to meet and understand one indeed. Dev and Maya meet up again due to some random accident and voila! We have the two couples exchanging greetings with each other. When they both "realize" that they are in the same boat they decide to help each other out with some ridiculous tomfoolery around beautiful NYC. You will have to see these scenes to hate them.

A few songs and hip shakes later we have the couple checking into a suite somewhere as they have just realized that "Hey! We don't need to fix our marriages. Lets fix each other up with one another!' while poor old Abhishek and good old Zinta are gyrating in a night club somewhere oblivious of where exactly the "party is that night".

KANK is about relationships outside marriage and what happens if one were to say 'meet their soul mate' after marriage. Very noble indeed. But the flaw is not with the question but with the answers Johar Inc. provides. Neither are they reasonable nor believable as 3.5 valuable hours of our finite lives are exhausted in this meaningless merry-go-round of 'relationships'.

Performances hands down belong to the Bachchans. If you thought you had seen the last of Big B then you better watch out. Despite being borderline vulgar the legend pulls off an amazingly new and refreshing role of a Casanova. In the same breathe there is his kiddo Abhishek. In the entire cast he seemed the only dude who had any honesty in his performance. If there is anyone to benefit from this Titanic of a movie then that is Abhishek. Rani…hang on. I forget when it was she acted in the movie between all that crying! Good lord woman! Have some integrity for crying out loud! Preity is OK in her very reserved appearance although I felt more sympathetic for her and Abhishek towards the end than these 'love birds'.

I kept SRK for a different paragraph for a couple of reasons. This man needs to start rethinking doing movies for Johar. He has hammed like you have never seen before. If in Kal Ho Na Ho he wouldn't die…then in KANK he doesn't live. Not for one minute. His loud and over the top acting makes me wonder if he indeed was the man who made a classic like Swades. It's a shame his choices have gone downhill again.

Music is truly over rated since it sounds like a lot of tunes you have already heard before. Editing and camera work is more on NYC rather than scenes. How many times will we get to see NYC, Mr. Johar? Some of us live there you know.

All said and done KANK is a good attempt gone very wrong. My advise – skip it and save yourselves a few hours of your mental and physical health.