'Dont marry for no other reason but love'
Sharukh Khan
Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna is the story of Dev (Shahrukh Khan) and Maya (Rani Mukerji), both married to different people and convinced that they are happy, until they meet each other.
Dev is a professional footballer whose promising career is nipped in the bud after an accident that causes him to become handicapped. He is married to Rhea (Preity Zinta) whose career is on an upswing. Dev and Rhea have a son, Arjun. Maya teaches at a nursery and is married to her closest friend, Rishi (Abhishek Bachchan), a PR consultant.
Rishi's father, Sam (Amitabh Bachchan) is a flamboyant fun-loving man whose life revolves around the happiness of his son and daughter-in-law. Dev's mother Kamaljeet Saran (Kiron Kher) loves her son dearly but when it comes to giving advice or voicing her opinion she usually takes Rhea's side.
A chance encounter between Dev and Maya gives way to a strong connection between them. The blossoming romance between them soon causes complications in their married lives. They begin to look at their marriages with a new perspective and gain the courage to face critical issues that they had previously avoided. How all the different characters deal with this new development in their lives forms the crux of Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna.
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