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Marriage is a very significant event in a person's especially a female's life. The sacred fire(in case of Hindu marriage) is supposed to burn all that was in the past and a new beginning is supposed to take place in life. The past relationship, if any, loses its significance and the present relationship(with the spouse) supersedes that. Women are able to do it with significant ease because they are groomed that way in the traditional family and social set-up. Besides, post marriage, women gain motherhood also which becomes the most significant part of their life. In such a scenario, any relationship with some man in the past, no longer holds any importance in a married woman's life.
However several men are not able to do so. They still dwell in the past and not able to accept their present fully which adversely affects their marital life. What's desirable? To live a peaceful and happy life, the desirable thing is to leave the past aside and live in the present, accepting the life partner fully without making any comparisons with the ex-flame. Since in any relationship, both man and woman are involved, a married man should understand that his wife might have been in a relationship prior to her marriage with him but that relationship does not hold good in their present married life. I will not use the word'forgive' because being in love or being in relationship with someone is not something wrong which needs to be forgiven. However if the man wants himself to be forgiven for any such thing, then he should also learn to forgive the same way.
Kabhi Kabhie(1976) is a movie on such kind of relationships only - within the marriage and outside the marriage and it underscores that remembering someone from the past is one thing but allowing that remembrance to affect your present relationship with your spouse is an altogether thing which should better be avoided. And the fact of any relationship of one's wife in her pre-marital period is also to be accepted wholeheartedly because that only will ensure making peace with oneself. Maintaining double standards, one for self and a different one for one's spouse is highly undesirable. Love is a natural phenomena which may happen(and happens with most of the people) with anybody in the youth. And when one has to marry someone else, life has to be started afresh. This fact must be understood for both - self and spouse.
Kabhi-Kabhie(sometimes) starts with the college life love of Amit(Amitabh Bachchan) and Pooja(Raakhee). Amit is a Shaayar(Urdu poet) and he writes poetry seeking inspiration from his muse Pooja. However circumstances do not allow them to unite. Pooja has to marry Vijay(Shashi Kapoor) and on the other hand Amit has to take care of his family business and marry Anjali(Waheeda Rehman). Pooja and Vijay beget a son, Vicky(Rishi Kapoor) and Anjali and Amit beget a daughter, Sweetie(Naseem). Amit quits writing poetry after separation from Pooja although Pooja had taken a promise from him before parting that he would continue to do so.
Years have passed. The children of these two pairs have grown-up. Vicky falls in love with a girl Pinky(Neetu Singh). However before they are able to take a step in the direction of their marriage, Pinky discovers that she had been adopted by her parents and her biological parents are different. She goes in search of her biological mother who is Anjali. Since Anjali had not told her husband Amit anything about her past relationship with Pinky's father who had died in an accident and her pre-marital childbirth, she introduces Pinky as her niece in the family. Vicky also reaches there and Sweetie falls in love with him.
On the other side, Vijay is able to sense that his wife Pooja and Amit were in relationship prior to Pooja's marriage with him. He himself had been an admirer of Amit's poetry. Things become too complicated among these people when the facts of the past become known in the present. When Amit comes to know Anjali's pre-marital relationship and childbirth, he distances himself from her. However better sense prevails upon these people finally and they are able to reconcile their past with their present. In the climax, Vicky saves Sweetie's life from a quarry mishap and everything becomes right.
Director Yash Chopra was known as the King of Romance. He has made this movie on the story written by his wife Pamela Chopra in his stylish manner. A part of the story has been shot amidst the beauty of Kashmir. On screen romance of the characters has been made believable by gestures and dialogues. The screenplay of Sagar Sarhadi is studded by twists and presented on the screen very skilfully by the director. The film is able to convey what it purports to convey. Multi-generational romance is there to please both the mature audience and the youngsters.
It's a lavish movie made on a large scale according to the repute of the Yash Raj Films banner and has a great star value. All the principal actors viz. Amitabh Bachchan, Waheeda Rehman, Shashi Kapoor, Raakhee, Rishi Kapoor, Neetu Singh and debutante Naseem have performed their parts very well. The roles of the seasoned actors are not easy. They had to express their inner turmoil with minimal effort. And all of them have been able to do so, displaying their underplay talent. Since this is a sentimental movie, action is limited to the climax only which has been picturized emphatically.
Khayyam has composed excellent music with the lyrics of Saahir. Mukesh's song Kabhi Kabhi Mere Dil Mein Khayaal Aata Hai is counted among the most popular romantic songs of Bollywood. Other songs are also very good. The picturization of the songs is also admirable. The cinematographer has done a brilliant job. Thus this movie is a visual and musical treat.
Kabhi Kabhie has been and is considered a classic love story. It can be considered a mature love story with some invaluable message for life. Those fond of watching quality cinema, should not miss it. It's also a treat for the admirers of Amitabh Bachchan, Shashi Kapoor, Raakhee, Waheeda Rehman, Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh.
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