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

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-language

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co-written and directed by

Priyadarshan Priyadarshan Soman Nair (born 30 January 1957) is an Indian film director and screenwriter. He has worked primarily in Malayalam cinema, Malayalam and Hindi cinema, Hindi cinema since 1982, directing over 90 films in multiple Indian languages, ...

. It stars

Anil Kapoor Anil Kapoor (born 24 December 1956) is an Indian actor and producer who works primarily in Hindi cinema, Hindi films, in addition to Indian television and international films. In a career spanning over 40 years as an actor and since 2005 as a ...

Jackie Shroff Jaikishan Kakubhai Shroff (born 1 February 1957), known by his screen name Jackie Shroff, is an Indian actor and former model from Mumbai, Maharashtra, who primarily works in the Hindi film industry. In a career spanning over four decades, he ...

and

Pooja Bhatt Pooja Bhatt (born 24 February 1972) is an Indian actress, director, and filmmaker who works in Hindi films. She established herself as one of the leading actresses of the 1990s and is the recipient of several accolades, including two National ...

. 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 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, 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 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 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" *

as Jaggu *

as Tina *

Paresh Rawal Paresh Rawal (born 30 May 1955) is an Indian actor, comedian, film producer and politician known for his works primarily in Hindi cinema, Hindi films. He has Paresh Rawal filmography, appeared in over 240 films and is the recipient of various L ...

as Kachra Seth *

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

as Chhabile * Aloknath as Rajeshwar's Father *

Rohini Hattangadi Rohini Hattangadi (''née'' Oak; born 11 April 1951) is an Indian actress, known for her work in Marathi, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, and Gujarati films, and Marathi soap operas and theatre. She has won two Filmfare Awards, one ...

as Tina's Aunty *

Sukumari Sukumari Amma (6 October 1940 – 26 March 2013) was an Indian actress best known for her works in Malayalam and Tamil films. In a career spanning more than five decades, She has appeared in more than 2500 films predominantly in Malayalam, T ...

as Jaggu's Mother *

Mac Mohan Mohan Makijany (24 April 1938 – 10 May 2010), popularly known as Mac Mohan, was an Indian actor, who worked in Hindi cinema. He was known for his villainous roles in films throughout the 1970s and 1980s. He appeared in over 200 films, in ...

as Tatya

Soundtrack

The score and soundtrack were composed by

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with lyrics by

Javed Akhtar Javed Akhtar (born 1945) is an Indian screenwriter, lyricist and poet. Known for his work in Hindi cinema, he has won five National Film Awards, and received the Padma Shri in 1999 and the Padma Bhushan in 2007, two of India's highest civili ...

and Tamil lyrics by

Palani Bharathi Palani Bharathi or Pazhani Bharathi ( or ) is an Indian writer and lyricist who works in Tamil cinema. Early life Palani Bharathi was born in Karaikudi to Sami Palaniappan, a poet, and Kamala. He has a brother and four sisters. Palaniappan w ...

. 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 ''

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'' as "Mil Gayi Mil Gayi" as per the director's request. This is the only song sung by

Kumar Sanu Kedarnath Bhattacharya (born 20 October 1957), professionally known as Kumar Sanu, is a leading Indian playback singer who primarily sings in Hindi film songs. He is widely regarded as the Melody King of Bollywood. He holds the record for winn ...

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

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movie ''

Nenjinile ''Nenjinile'' () is a 1999 Indian Tamil-language crime action film written by A. C. Jairam and directed by S. A. Chandrasekhar. The film stars his son Vijay and Isha Koppikar, while Sonu Sood, Sriman, Nizhalgal Ravi, Devan and Manivanna ...

'' (1999). Soundtrack (Hindi) - Kabhi Na Kabhi Soundtrack (Tamil) - Monalisa

References

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