Life Mein Kabhie Kabhiee

Life Mein Kabhie Kabhiee
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Vikram Bhatt
Screenplay by	Manoj Tyagi
Story by	Girish Dhamija
Produced by	Ajay Acharya Gordhan Tanwani
Starring	Aftab Shivdasani Dino Morea Nauheed Cyrusi Anjori Alagh Nikita Anand Rajat Bedi Mohnish Bahl
Cinematography	Pravin Bhatt
Edited by	Akshay Mohan Sandeep Francis
Music by	Lalit Pandit
Distributed by	Gangani Multimedia Corporations Srishti Creations
Release date	13 April 2007 (2007-04-13)
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Life Mein Kabhi Kabhiee (transl. At Times in Life) is a 2007 Indian hindi-language social thriller film, directed by Vikram Bhatt. It was released on 13 April 2007. Boxofficeindia declared the movie box office disaster. ^[1] Actor Sameer Dattani's role of a politician was highly appreciated. ^{[2] [3]}

Plot

The film begins with Manish Gupta in a press conference of his best-selling book Life Mein Kabhie Kabhiee.

It then goes into a flashback where five friends (including him) — Rajeev Arora, Jai Gokhale, Ishita Sharma and Monica Seth — are fresh out of college. They are caught drunk and are in a lock-up. In the meantime they make a bet to determine who will find the most fulfillment in life. The winner will be the person who has found the most happiness in life within five years.

Rajeev, the younger brother of a business tycoon Sanjeev Arora, is an aspiring CEO and is eager to make his first million. He starts on his own after ideological disputes with Sanjeev. He joins the airline business and keeps on doing well until a stock market crash almost ruins him. When under serious debt, he gets the opportunity to clear them but has to deceive his brother for that. He initially agrees but then refuses to accept the money. It is then revealed that the money is Sanjeev Arora's.

Jai is the son of a respectable co-operative bank chairman and wants to become a powerful politician; Jai joins politics against his widowed mother's will. He rapidly climbs up the party ranks but to do so he has to do things which are against his will but important to beat his party's opposition. He willingly lets the opposition leader die of heart attack when he could have saved him. As a result, his mental condition is severely hampered and he spends many sleepless nights. He then has to visit a psychiatrist. After help from his psychiatrist he learns to get over his issues and ask for forgiveness to opposition leader wife to receive closure.

Ishita is the contributor of a leading gossip magazine Scandal and wants to make loads of cash. Following this, she traps a business tycoon named Raj Gujral with her beauty and strategy. She leaks her photos with him on the front page of Scandal. When his wife sees it, she divorces him. Raj looks forward to woo Ishita but she doesn't take his calls. Finally she marries him after learning about their divorce. Over the time she realizes that she cannot find her way into receiving loyalty from Raj. And finds herself accustomed to a lifestyle feeling trapped in it. But eventually gathers guts to get over her obsession of money and divorces him.

Monica longs to hit big on the Bollywood screen. Although she has a boyfriend — Mohit Aggarwal — she has an affair with a film star called Rohit Kumar. She lies until Mohit discovers her sleeping with Rohit Kumar. Mohit commits suicide. The next day, she confesses everything in front of the media and takes all the blame for his death. She goes abroad afterwards out of embarrassment.

Manish a struggling writer, gets happily married and has a daughter. He writes the best-selling Life Mein Kabhie Kabhiee. The book was the story about the lives of the five best friends: how their lives changed and how they understood the significance of their lives.

Cast

• Dino Morea: Rajeev Arora
• Aftab Shivdasani: Manish Gupta
• Anjori Alagh: Ishita Sharma / Ishita Raj Gujral
• Nauheed Cyrusi: Monica Seth
• Sameer Dattani: Jai Gokhale, who later becomes MP
• Yashpal Sharma (actor) as Minister Gwaneshwar
• Nishigandha Wad Kanta Prasad's wife
• Madan Joshi as Chief Minister Kanta Prasad

• Anuj Sawhney: Mohit Agarwal (Monica's boyfriend)
• Mohnish Behl: Sanjiv Arora (Rajiv's elder brother)
• Koel Puri: Richa Gupta (Manish's wife)
• Raj Zutshi: Raj Gujral (Ishita's husband)
• Rajat Bedi: Rohit Kumar
• Nikita Anand: Rajiv's girlfriend
• Pinky Harwani: Jai's counsellor

Music

• Hum Khushi Ki Chah Mein : Zubeen Garg
• Gehra Gehra : Sunidhi Chauhan.
• No Problem : Remo Fernandes
• Valha Valha : Shaan, Sunidhi Chauhan, Mahalaxmi Iyer, Shamit (The song is adapted from the Egyptian singer Amr Diab (El Alem Allah - album " Tamally Maak" in 2000)).
• Hum Tum Hum Tum : KK, Gayatri Iyer
• Hum Khushi Ki Chah Mein (Rock Mix) : Alka Yagnik, Zubeen Garg

References

1. "LIFE MEIN KABHI KABHIEE - BoxOfficeIndia". BoxOfficeIndia.com. Box Office India. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
2. "Life Mein Kabhie Kabhiee Review 2.5/5 | Life Mein Kabhie Kabhiee Movie Review | Life Mein Kabhie Kabhiee 2007 Public Review | Film Review". Bollywood Hungama .
3. "Life Mein Kabhie Kabhiee Movie Review {/5}: Critic Review of Life Mein Kabhie Kabhiee by Times of India". The Times of India .

External links

• Life Mein Kabhie Kabhiee at IMDb