train pulls away, the two make eye contact. Seeing her tears, Dev pulls the emergency brake and returns, and the couple reunites. Cast Amitabh Bachchan as Samarjit "Sam" Talwar, Rishi's father Shah Rukh Khan as Dev Saran Abhishek Bachchan as Rishi Talwar Rani Mukherji as Maya Talwar Preity Zinta as Rhea Saran Kirron Kher as Kamaljit "Kamal" Saran, Dev's mother Arjun Rampal as Jai Mehra, Rhea's boss Ahsaas Channa as Arjun Saran, Dev and Rhea's son Kajol in a cameo appearance in the song "Rock 'N' Roll Soniye" John Abraham in a cameo appearance as the DJ in the song "Where's The Party Tonight?" Karan Johar in a cameo appearance as a train passenger Ayan Mukherji in a cameo appearance in the song "Tumhi Dekho Naa" Production Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna is titled after a line from the song "Chalte Chalte Mere Yeh Geet Yaad Rakhna" from Chalte Chalte (1976). The film was directed and written by Karan Johar who collaborated with Shibani Bathija to write the screenplay, and the dialogues were penned by Niranjan Iyengar. Produced by Karan's mother Hiroo Yash Johar in her debut under Dharma Productions, the soundtrack was performed by the musical trio Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy with lyrics penned by Javed Akhtar. Farah Khan was brought in to organize the choreographical aspects of the film, with costume designer Manish Malhotra, production designer Sharmishta Roy and MAC Cosmetics all playing a major role in production. Kajol was initially offered the role of Maya Talwar. When she refused, due to her prior commitments with Yash Raj Films's Fanaa (2006), the role was passed on to her cousin Rani Mukherji, who was supposed to play Preity Zinta's part. However, Kajol made a guest appearance in the song "Rock 'N' Roll Soniye". John Abraham makes a guest appearance as a DJ in the song "Where's The Party Tonight?". Riteish Deshmukh also had a guest appearance, but his scene was cut during the editing process. Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna is set in New York City, while many of the scenes were filmed in East Hartford and New Haven in Connecticut. The soccer game scene was filmed at Rentschler Field, the home of the UConn Huskies football team. In several scenes, a light 'UConn' can be seen on the field. The majority of the Grand Central Station scenes were filmed at New Haven's Union Station and Philadelphia's 30th Street Station. In an interview, Johar