Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham

कभी ख़ुशी कभी ग़म (2001)

Timing: 3:29 (209 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

2001-12-14

Country

India, United Kingdom

Production

Yash Raj Films, Dharma Productions, British Film Commission, K3G Films Limited

Genre

Comedy, Drama

Budget

$7 500 000

Revenue

$11 336 308

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Director

Karan Johar

Actors

Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Hrithik Roshan, Kajol, Jaya Bachchan, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Rani Mukerji, Farida Jalal, Jugal Hansraj, Alok Nath
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Scenario

Producer

Yash Johar

Operator

Kiran Deohans

Composer

Babloo Chakravorty

Artist

Audition

Editing

Sanjay Sankla, Andy Pavord
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• The first Indian film to be shown in cinemas in Germany (with German subtitles).
• Abhishek Bachchan initially filmed a cameo role, but his scenes were subsequently cut.
• Aishwarya Rai refused the role in this film (she was offered the role of Poo).
• Amitabh and Jaya Bhaduri dance to a snippet of the famous song "Aati Kya Khandala" at the end of the song "Say Shava Shava." This song is from Rani Mukerji's first successful film, Ghulam (1998), where she starred with Aamir Khan.
• Shah Rukh Khan's son, Aryan Khan, plays young Rahul at the beginning of the film (a boy aged 3-4 years).
• The song "It's Raining Men" was used without the permission of its owners. The director was sued in the UK and fined, which he paid.
• There is no grammatical necessity for the letter "e" at the end of the second "Kabhi" in the full Hindi title of the film "Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham." Director Karan Johar added it because he believes in numerology (each letter is assigned a specific numerical value, the sum of the numbers gives a number that has either a beneficial or negative effect).