Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai
| Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Rakesh Roshan |
| Written by | Rakesh Roshan |
| Screenplay by | Ravi Kapoor Honey Irani |
| Story by | Rakesh Roshan |
| Based on | Ratha Sapthami |
| Produced by | Sunil |
| Starring | Hrithik Roshan Ameesha Patel Anupam Kher Dalip Tahil |
| Cinematography | Khushboo Khator |
| Edited by | Khushboo Khator |
| Music by | Rajesh Roshan |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Eros International HMV-The Gramophone Company of India |
Release date |
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Running time | 180 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | est. ₹10 crore[1] |
| Box office | est. ₹80 crore[1] |
Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai (transl. Say It... You're In Love) is a 2000 Indian Hindi-language musical romantic thriller movie, directed and written by Rakesh Roshan. The music was composed by Rajesh Roshan. This film stars his son Hrithik Roshan and Ameesha Patel in both of their debuts.
Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai released on January 14, 2000 and it received positive reviews and became a blockbuster at the box office. It was also the most successful Bollywood movie of the year 2000.[2] As a result, this movie made Hrithik become famous and an overnight superstar.[3] His victorious debut was dubbed as "Hrithik Mania" [4] and he has been known as the Millennial Superstar ever since this film got released.[5]
Summary[change | change source]
This film is about a man named Rohit with a singing talent from a lower-class family who works at a car dealership, led by Mr. Saxena. He meets a girl, who happens to be his daughter, named Sonia from a middle-class family and they befriend each other. They even fall in love on an island after being separated from a cruise ship, but Sonia's father, who rescues both of them from the island, is not satisfied with their love due to their class differences. Rohit also ends up losing his job due to this. However, Rohit convinces Sonia's father that he will become successful and marry his daughter. They set up However, just before Rohit meets his goal, he gets caught by the police officers for witnessing them killing the police commissioner and gets killed in a bike accident by drowning while trying to get away, causing Sonia to be depressed. She is later sent to New Zealand, where she meets a man named Raj, who is a twin of Rohit, and gets scared and constantly runs away whenever she sees him thinking that Rohit came back to life. She later comes to the realization that it is not the real Rohit. Raj, still in love with Sonia, pursues her to India and gets shot by a police officer that he doesn't know of and both Raj and Sonia realize that Rohit was murdered. Simultaneously, they are also trying to put Sonia's life in jeopardy. Will they be able to find out who killed Rohit?
Cast[change | change source]
- Hrithik Roshan as Rohit (Sonia's love interest who dies in accident) / Raj Chopra (Sonia's love interest and wife)
- Ameesha Patel as Sonia Saxena (Rohit's love interest) / Sonia Raj Chopra (married name)
- Anupam Kher as Mr. Saxena / Sirjee (Sonia's father)
- Dalip Tahil as Shakti Malik
- Mohnish Behl as Inspector Dilip Kadam
- Ashish Vidyarthi as Inspector Satish Shinde
- Satish Shah as Anthony Rodriques Uncle
- Farida Jalal as Lily Anthony Rodriques Aunty
- Rajesh Tandon as Atul Malik
- Asha Patel as Mrs. Chopra
- Tannaz Irani as Neeta Saxena
- Vrajesh Hirjee as Tony
- Abhishek Sharma actor as Amit
- Johnny Lever as Inspector Parab
- Ram Mohan as Police Commissioner
- Payal Malhotra as Shobhna
Soundtrack[change | change source]
The film's music was composed by Rajesh Roshan with lyrics by Ibrahim Ashk, Saawan Kumar Tak and Vijay Akela. The film's soundtrack album became the second best-selling Bollywood soundtrack of the year,[6] selling about 10 million units.[7]
| No. | Title | Performer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai" | Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik | 7:03 |
| 2. | "Na Tum Jano Na Hum" | Lucky Ali | 6:18 |
| 3. | "Pyaar Ki Kashti Mein" | Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik | 5:54 |
| 4. | "Janeman Janeman" | Asha Bhosle | 5:11 |
| 5. | "Chand Sitaare" | Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik | 6:33 |
| 6. | "Dil Ne Dil Ko Pukara[8]" | Babul Supriyo | 7:56 |
| 7. | "Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai (Sad Version)" | Udit Narayan | 1:06 |
| 8. | "Ek Pal Ka Jeena" | Lucky Ali | 6:36 |
| 9. | "Believe in Love (Theme Music)" (instrumental) | 3:58 |
References[change | change source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai – Movie". Box Office India. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
- ↑ "Box Office 2000". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
- ↑ Farah Khan: I had no idea Hrithik Roshan could dance
- ↑ "A perfect professional has come to stay". TheHindu. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
- ↑ "mid-day.com". Mid Day. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
- ↑ "Music Hits 1990-1999 (Figures in Units)". 22 January 2009. Archived from the original on 15 February 2008. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
- ↑ "Film producers float their own music firms". The Times of India. 11 November 2011.
- ↑ "Sitaro Kee Mehfil Me Gunjega Tarana Song Lyrics of Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai : glamsham.com". Glamsham. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
Other websites[change | change source]
- Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai on IMDb
- Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai at Rotten Tomatoes
- Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai on Facebook
