Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006)

Amitabh Bachchan - Samarjit Singh Talwar a.k.a "Sam"
Shahrukh Khan - Dev Saran
Rani Mukherjee - Maya Talwar
Preity Zinta - Rhea Saran
Abhishek Bachchan - Rishi Talwar
Director: Karan Johar
Producer: Anadil Hossain

When the most awaited movie of the year, with a star cast as stellar as it gets, hit the theatres, expectations are naturally high. Karan Johar’s Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna partly lives up to the expectations. But watching the 3-plus hour movie, filled with emotional, tear-jerking moments from the first reel to its conclusion, is a tad tiresome.
KANK is a departure from Karan’s previous works in the sense that the film deals with a theme that is relatively bold in Indian context. The movie simply says that it is better to walk away from a marriage if it is not working.

This latest Karan Johar offering focuses on two different families who come together due to life’s circumstances.
Dev Saran (Shah Rukh Khan) is married to Rhea (Preity Zinta). They have a volatile relationship. Dev strongly resents his wife’s career minded attitude and this makes him bitter.

Then we have the other couple - Maya (Rani Mukherji) and Rishi Talwar (Abhishek). Their relationship is plagued with doubts about their love for each other. This causes them to become alienated from one another.
But one day, Dev and Maya come across each other and this sparks of a series of emotions affecting everyone all round.

The first half of the film is composed of lighter moments provided by veteran star Amitabh Bachchan. But it is the second half of the movie that really hits you hard as we witness the collapse of couples’ relationships.
Kabhi Alivda Na Kehna is full of well directed sequences which will remain etched in your mind long after the movie has finished. It moves you deeply and that is a sign of a well crafted product by the master storyteller- Karan Johar.
Karan’s forte has always been the execution of a film’s climax. Once again he excels in the final reel as he brings out another twist just when we thought the couples have decided to go their separate ways. To date this is Karan’s finest work without a doubt both in the direction and technical departments.