Kabhi na Kabhi

Kabhi Na Kabhi
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Directed by	Priyadarshan
Produced by	R. Mohan
Screenplay by	Javed Akhtar
Story by	Javed Akhtar
Starring	Anil Kapoor Jackie Shroff Pooja Bhatt
Music by	A. R. Rahman
Cinematography	Ravi K. Chandran
Edited by	N. Gopalakrishnan
Production company	Shogun Films
Distributed by	Eros Entertainment
Release date	17 April 1998 (1998-04-17)
Running time	171 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Kabhi Na Kabhi is a 1998 Bollywood crime film co-written and directed by Priyadarshan. It stars Jackie Shroff, Anil Kapoor and Pooja Bhatt in pivotal roles. The film was produced by R. Mohan in the banner of a Malayalam film production company, Shogun Films. The movie had a delayed release on 17 April 1998. It was a failure in the box-office, even though A. R. Rahman's songs were fairly noticed. The film was also released in Tamil, and was titled Monalisa.

Kachra Seth runs an empire of collecting garbage, which is merely a front to cover-up for his other business - 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 mom 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 alias Raja, who is also attracted to Tina and even rescues her from one of Kachra's goons, Chabiley, and they both fall in love. When Jaggu returns from prison, he finds his mom has died, and his sister is missing, believed to have committed suicide. In anger, he concoctes a fool-proof plan to kill the librarian, and he does so. Jaggu does not know that the librarian is none other than Raja's dad, and Raja has sworn to hunt down his dad's killer, no matter what.

The score and soundtrack were composed A. R. Rahman with lyrics by Javed Akhtar. Rahman reused the song "Anjali Anjali" from 1994 Tamil film Duet as "Mi Gayee Mil Gayee" as per the director's request. This is the only song sung by Kumar Sanu for A. R. Rahman.

The soundtrack received overwhelming critical reviews. 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 make for much pleasent listening." The soundtrack also proved popular upon release.