Yash Chopra's anthem of love Kabhi Kabhie completes 45 years, Yashraj go down memory lane

By Rajesh Ahuja

Kabhi Kabhie, the  anthem of love from the Bollywood King of romance Yash Chopra completed 45 years of its release today.

Yashraj films went down memory lane on 45 years of release of the film, which has enthralled cinelovers across several generations with it's beautiful and poetic expression of everlasting love and memorable performances from Amitabh Bachchan, Rakhi Gulzar, Shashi Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh.

Sharing a video clip of the film, Yashraj films said,,'A love story of generations. #45YearsOfKabhiKabhie.

Released on February 27, 1976, Kabhi Kabhie, produced and directed by Yash Chopra and written by Pamela Chopra featured an ensemble cast comprising of Amitabh Bachchan, Shashi Kapoor, Raakhee, Waheeda Rehman, Rishi Kapoor , Neetu Singh, Simi Garewal and Parikshit Sahni. 

Kabhi Kabhie completes 45 years of its release 

Kabhi kabhi was appreciated by audiences and acclaimed  for its  compositions by legendary music composer Khayyam, including ' main pal do pal ka shayar hoon', 'kabhi kabhi mere Dil main khayal aata hai' , tere chehre se Nazar nahin hatati' and ' mere ghar aayi ek Nanhi pari' remain chartbusters to this day.

For his brilliant music compositions, Khayyam won award for Best Music,at the Filmfare awards while Sahir Ludhianvi won Best Lyricist for "Kabhi Kabhie Mere Dil Mein" at the 24th Filmfare Awards. The song also earned Mukesh the Best Male Playback Singer. 

The film also boasted of memorable performances from Amitabh Bachchan, Rakhi Gulzar, Shashi Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh.

Kabhi Kabhie received  positive reviews from critics .

The film's concept came to Yash Chopra while he was reading a poem by his longtime friend (and also the film's lyricist) Sahir Ludhianvi. The movie was shot in Kashmir, 

The film also led to the reinvention of Amitabh Bachchan as a romantic hero  after films like Zanzir and Deewar had established his image as an 'angry yoing man'


Amitabh Bachchan plays a poet who loses his love, 

With its poetic ode to love, it's memorable performances and it's melodious music scored by the legendary Khayyam, Kabhie Kabhie has, over the years, become an anthem of love for several generations of cinegoers.

Infact, Yash Chopra has described Kabhi Kabhie among his most memorable film's