Kabhie Kabhie (1976)

Kabhie Kabhie: Directed by Yash Chopra. With Amitabh Bachchan, Shashi Kapoor, Rakhee Gulzar, Waheeda Rehman. Kabhi Kabhie is a movie about the love story of generations and how a chain of events brings together old lovers as friends.

“I have only recently realized that in fact I donu0026#39;t really like Yash Choprau0026#39;s movies. These were really the first Bollywood films I have seen so I just thought – thatu0026#39;s Bollywood, itu0026#39;s OK. However, later I thought – hang on a second, how come other movies are so much better than these? Most of Yash Choprau0026#39;s movies were fine, you canu0026#39;t really see any significant flaws in them but they just lack something. I donu0026#39;t know what it is, itu0026#39;s just that somehow they donu0026#39;t make the right use of their potential.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eHowever, I did like u0026quot;Kabhie Kabhieu0026quot; quite a lot. Out of all the movies by Yash Chopra that I have watched, this is the best one. Actually, at first I thought it was really crap but I changed my mind about it.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAt first I thought the story was just ridiculous. Now I think itu0026#39;s actually quite good. A fresh look at the question of whether past is really past and if we are allowed to forget it or not. What I liked in the movie was that the characters werenu0026#39;t at all perfect – they had a lot of weaknesses. Especially Big B.u0026#39;s character, of course. And Vicky, played by Rishi, who really annoyed me at first, but now I think it was a pretty interesting character. So was Pinky. Sweety is terribly spoiled and this begs the question how come that such cultured people could raise such an ill-mannered and silly girl. However, apart from Sweety all the other characters are pretty convincing. The happy ending comes somehow too quickly, like in u0026#39;Silsilau0026#39;. I think that people normally need more time to sort out their problems, but basically I liked the message in this movie.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eMy favourite character was definitely Vijay, played by Shashi Kapoor, who surprisingly turns out to be the most mature character of all and makes Amitabh finally understand his mistake. Basically, I think Shashi and Rakhee rock in this movie. Rakhee may seem too perfect to some people but I also liked her for that reason, Pooja is really a very likable character. Neetu Singh was also very good, I mean: making a person named Pinky a complex character – that is really amazing.”