''Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa'' () is a 1994

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film directed by

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, starring

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and

Deepak Tijori Deepak Tijori (born 28 August 1961) is an Indian film director and actor who works in Bollywood and Gujarati films and is well known for his supporting roles in '' Aashiqui'' (1990), '' Khiladi'' (1992), ''Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar'' (1992), '' K ...

. It also featured

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(in her Hindi film debut) and

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. Produced on a budget of , the film received positive reviews grossing , equivalent to adjusted for inflation. At the

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, it won 2 awards – Best Film (Critics) and Best Actor (Critics) for Khan, who also won

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for ''

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'' at the same ceremony. It is widely considered to be one of Khan's best performances, and he has said that it is his favorite film. It was premiered at the Indian Panorama section of the

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. The film was remade in Telugu as ''Swapnalokam'' (1999). Shah Rukh Khan has bought the rights to the film under his banner,

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. ''Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa'' has also drawn comparisons to the later Hollywood film ''

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'' (2009).

Plot

Sunil (

) is woken up from his dream of marrying the girl he loves, Anna (

), by his sister (

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). Sunil is a happy-go-lucky scamp who loves music and is not interested in studies, which bothers his father, Vinayak ( Anjan Srivastav). Everyone has given up on Sunil and thinks he is good for nothing except for Father Braganza (

) who believes Sunil is pure at heart. Sunil, Anna, and Chris (

) are 3 members of a 6-person music band, who are looking to make it big. Anna rejoins the group after being away for a while, which makes Chris happy as he loves Anna. After Anna reenters his life, Sunil begins to try and change his ways in order to get Anna to fall in love with him. During a performance at a friend's wedding, Sunil notices the closeness between Anna and Chris. Devastated, he decides to create a rift between them. Sunil eventually gets caught in his own web of lies. A furious Anna slaps him and decides to never talk to him again. Sunil is thrown out of the band. However, fortune favors Sunil who saves the band from being heckled at a local club by putting on a stellar show; the entire band forgives and forgets. Sunil thinks he has won Anna back but finds out that Anna and Chris love each other and want to be married. Crushed to pieces, Sunil accepts he has lost in love. Meanwhile, Anna's father decides that Chris is worthy of marrying her. He makes his intentions known but Chris' parents have other ideas and decide Chris's marriage to their friend's daughter. Anna and her family are dejected. Sunil consoles Anna and the tide slowly turns in his favor. Anna's father, having realized that Sunil will love and take care of her, convinces Anna to marry Sunil. Sunil is overjoyed until he realizes Anna still loves Chris. Sunil decides to reunite the two and get them married. On their wedding day, as Chris and Anna are about to exchange rings, Chris drops his ring and it rolls out of sight. Sunil spots the ring but feigns ignorance, even as his younger sister gazes at him with a heavy heart. Eventually, Chris locates the ring and the couple gets married. Just after the wedding, Sunil is shown sitting on the sidewalk, dejected, and heartbroken. By happenstance, a random girl (

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), who is lost and is seeking directions, approaches Sunil. Sometime later, Sunil and the girl are seen walking in the moonlight and talking merrily. Anthony and Vasco, two criminals who are a part of the story, see Sunil with the new girl and break the

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, saying that Sunil will be alright. The criminals hear the police siren and immediately scamper away as the credits roll.

Cast

as Sunil * Depak Tijori as Chris Rodriguez *

as Anna Gonsalves *

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as Mary Gonsalves, Anna's mother *

Satish Shah Satish Shah (born 25 June 1951) is an Indian actor. He is best known for his comic roles in films like '' Jaane bhi Do Yaaro'' (1983), '' Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi'' (1984), '' Sarabhai vs Sarabhai'' (2004), '' Main Hoon Na'' (2004), ''Kal Ho Naa Ho'' ...

as Simon Gonsalves, Anna's father and a confectioner * Anjan Srivastava as Vinayak, Sunil's father and a mechanic *

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as Anthony Gomes, the Don *

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as Patel, the bar owner * Ravi Baswani as Albert Gonsalves, Anna's brother *

as Father Braganza, a priest * Ashutosh Gowarikar as Imran, Sunil's friend *

Kurush Deboo Kurush Deboo (born 12 September 1963) is an Indian actor who has acted in many supporting roles in Hindi films and television series. He was first noticed as Shah Rukh Khan's character's loyal friend in '' Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa''. He is known f ...

as Yezdi, Sunil's best friend *

Aditya Lakhia Aditya Lakhia is an Indian character actor. He did his schooling from Mayo College, Ajmer. He began his acting career in 1988 playing small roles and worked as an assistant director in ''Akele Hum Akele Tum''. The character of Kachra in the movie ...

as Tony, Sunil's friend *Shashi Sahay as Prabha, Sunil's mother *

as Nikki, Sunil's sister *

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as Vasco, Anthony's right-hand-man *

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as Chris's mother *Jyoti Nathan *Suhaas *Preeta Mathur *Snehal Lakhia *Munila Siddiqui *

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in a special appearance as Charles Rodriguez, Chris's father *

in a special appearance

Music

The music was composed by

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, while the lyrics were penned by

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. The song "Sachhi Ye Kahaani Hai" derives from two songs: Boney M.'s "

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" (1978), and

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's "In Zaire". ''Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa'' sold over 800,000

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s in India.

Awards

;

: * Best Film (Critics) * Best Actor (Critics) –

References

External links

* {{FilmfareCriticsAwardBestMovie 1990s Hindi-language films Films scored by Jatin–Lalit 1994 films Hindi films remade in other languages Films shot in Goa Films directed by Kundan Shah Indian coming-of-age films