''Kabhi Na Kabhi'' () is a 1998 Indian

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-language

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co-written and directed by

Priyadarshan Priyadarshan (born 30 January 1957) is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer who works predominantly in Malayalam and Hindi films, while also having done six films in Tamil and two films in Telugu. He has done about 31 films in ...

. It stars

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, Jackie Shroff and

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. The film was produced by R. Mohan (aka GoodKnight Mohan) in the banner of a Malayalam film production company, Shogun Films. The film which began production in 1994 had a delayed release on 17 April 1998.

Plot

Kachra Seth ( Paresh Rawal) runs an empire of collecting garbage, which is merely a front to cover-up for his other business like drug trafficking. He recruits a select group of people to carry out unpleasant tasks such as beating someone up, or even killing someone. One of his recruits is Jaggu ( Jackie Shroff), who will do anything for a price. Jaggu loves Tina (

) but is afraid to tell her. When Jaggu's mother is hospitalized, he comes to Kachra for monetary assistance, he is assigned to a task instead, and unable to complete the task he is apprehended by the police with the assistance of a librarian ( Aloknath) and is subsequently found guilty and sent to prison. Jaggu's place is taken by Rajeshwar (

), shortly called Raja, who is also attracted to Tina and even rescues her from one of Kachra's goons, Chhabile (

Tinu Anand Tinu Anand (born Virender Raj Anand, 12 October 1945) is an Indian actor, director, writer and producer in Hindi cinema and a few Telugu and Tamil films. Early life He is the son of veteran writer Inder Raj Anand, brother of producer Bittu ...

) and they fall in love. When Jaggu returns from prison, he finds his mother has died, and his sister missing, believed to have killed herself. In anger, he concocts a full-proof plan to kill the librarian, and does. Jaggu does not know the librarian is none other than Raja's father and Raja swears to hunt down his father's killer. When Kachra Seth learns of Raja and Jaggu's rivalry, he uses his goons also but when Jaggu's sister comes alive, Raja saves her from street goons, Jaggu goes on kill spree to save Raja from Kachra Seth and his goons. In the end, Jaggu dies in the arms of Raja after Raja kills Kachra Seth.

Cast

as Rajeshwar "Raja" * Jackie Shroff as Jaggu *

as Tina * Paresh Rawal as Kachra Seth *

as Chhabile * Aloknath as Rajeshwar's Father * Rohini Hattangadi as Tina's Aunty * Sukumari as Jaggu's Mother * Mac Mohan as Tatya

Soundtrack

The score and soundtrack were composed by A. R. Rahman with lyrics by Javed Akhtar. This was supposed to be the first Bollywood project of Rahman which he signed before Rangeela. But due to undisclosed reasons, release of the film was delayed. Rahman reused the song "Anjali Anjali" from 1994 Tamil film '' Duet'' as "Mil Gayi Mil Gayi" as per the director's request. This is the only song sung by

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for A. R. Rahman. Reviewer of '' Screen India'' said, "A. R. Rahman spins another fizzy, frothy score for this long overdue film. This is vintage Rahman — resolutely stub — born in style — yet, it makes for much pleasant listening." The soundtrack also proved popular upon release. The official track listing: The song "Tu Hi Tu" was remastered as "Manase Manase" in the Tamil movie

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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kabhi Na Kabhi 1990s crime action films 1990s Hindi-language films Films directed by Priyadarshan Films scored by A. R. Rahman Indian crime action films