Ishq (1997 film)

Ishq
Ishq
	Promotional Poster
Directed by	Indra Kumar
Written by	Tanveer Khan (dialogues)
Screenplay by	Praful Parikh; Rajiv Kaul
Story by	Praful Parikh; Rajiv Kaul
Produced by	Gordhan Tanwani
Starring	Ajay Devgan; Aamir Khan; Juhi Chawla; Kajol
Cinematography	Baba Azmi
Edited by	Hussain A. Burmawala
Music by	Songs:; Anu Malik ; Background Score:; Surinder Sodhi
Production; company	Baba Films
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	28 November 1997;
Running time	170 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹10.4 crores
Box office	est. ₹500million crores

Ishq (transl. Love) is an Indian 1997 Hindi-language romantic action comedy film directed by Indra Kumar. It stars Aamir Khan, Ajay Devgn, Juhi Chawla and Kajol along with Dalip Tahil, Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Johnny Lever and Mohan Joshi in supporting roles.

The film theatrically opened on 28 November 1997, to mixed reviews, but became the third-highest grossing film of 1997, grossing more than ₹500 million (US$6.0 million) worldwide.

Plot

Ranjit and Harbans Lal are wealthy businessmen who despise the poor. However, Ranjit's son Ajay is friends with poor mechanic Raja since childhood, and Harbans's daughter Madhu is friends with a poor Kajal. They fix up Ajay and Madhu's marriage. But instead Ajay falls in love with Kajal, and Raja and Madhu fall in love. Ranjit and Harbans plan to separate them. They pretend to accept Raja and Kajal. On the way to Raja and Madhu's engagement, Ranjit gets Kajal kidnapped by rapists. Raja saves and comforts her. Meanwhile their photos are taken, unaware to them. When they arrive at the party, Ranjit shows the same photos to play like they're intimate, which finally leads Ajay and Madhu to leave Kajal and Raja. The latter two move to Raja's house.

The situation worsens further when Ajay and Madhu think Kajal is pregnant with Raja's child. They decide to marry to their fathers' will. To prove his innocence, Raja joins hands with Ajay's uncle Lambodar by attacking Ajay and Madhu and pretending that he is about to rape Madhu but Ajay saves and comforts her. Lambodar takes same photos as like was previously for Raja and Kajal. Ranjit and Harbans make Kajal and Raja to agree to leave India. Ajay and Madhu's wedding is about to begin when Lambodar shows the photos he clicked of them after Raja almost raped her. This proves Raja had attacked them to recreate the situation he and Kajal were in, which proved Raja and Kajal are innocent and the fathers are real masterminds. Kajal's uncle Madan also confesses, Ranjit paid him 2 lakh rupees to hide the truth.

Angry and heartbroken, Ajay tries to kill Ranjit and then himself but Madhu and Lambodar stop him. They go to find Raja and Kajal and rush to the shipyard, stopping them. They apologize and get back together. It is revealed that Ranjit and Harbans, both having realised his mistakes, delayed the ship's departure. The lovers forgive the fathers and everyone is reunited.

Cast

Ajay Devgan as Ajay Rai
Aamir Khan as Raja Ahlawat
Juhi Chawla as Madhu Saxena
Kajol as Kajal Jindal
Johnny Lever as Lambodar Upadhyay
Sadashiv Amrapurkar as Ranjit Rai
Dalip Tahil as Harbans Lal Saxena
Mohan Joshi as Madan Jindal
Razzak Khan as Nawaab naadin Dhinna Change
Shwetha Menon as Jia, dancer in song "Humko Tumse Pyar Hai" (special appearance)
Ghanashyam Nayak as ACP Ghanshyam Gulati
Achyut Potdar as Barrister Chandrakant Gokhale
Deepak Shirke as Damliya
Tiku Talsania as Pankaj Gaitonde
Deven Verma as Behram
Anant Mahadevan as Brijesh Lal Saxena

Production

Development

Director Indra Kumar had initially planned to make Ishq in 1991 with Aamir Khan and Pooja Bhatt as two of the four leads, but due to their personal problems at the time, they opted out of the film. Later, Boney Kapoor asked Kumar to make the film with Sanjay Kapoor and Vivek Mushran playing the roles of Ajay and Raja, respectively. However, Kumar had no happiness to cast the two, and he then made the film Raja (1995) with Sanjay Kapoor, which released in 1995. He again came with the idea of making Ishq in 1996 and selected Ajay Devgn, Aamir Khan, Kajol and Juhi Chawla to play the leads.

Casting

Karisma Kapoor and Madhuri Dixit were offered the roles of Kajol and Juhi Chawla, respectively, but the former declined to work opposite Devgan and the latter had date issues. Along with this, Amitabh Bachchan was signed to play the role of a man who after completing an intermission tries to unite the four lovers, but due to some problems with Kumar, he left the film, and Kumar later removed that character from the film. Ishq was Kumar's first film to not star Madhuri Dixit as a female lead and the second movie with Aamir Khan after 1990's Dil. The film also marked the first collaboration between Kumar and Devgn.

Filming

During the shooting of the film, Aamir Khan threw a prank on Juhi Chawla, after which she got irritated.

Box office

The movie was a blockbuster at the box office. It earned ₹53.2 crore, against a budget of ₹10 crore. Its gross is equivalent to ₹368 crore adjusted for inflation in 2019.^[1] It became the third-highest grossing film of 1997, behind Dil To Pagal Hai and Border.^[2]

Music

The music was composed by Anu Malik. The Ishq soundtrack album sold 3 million units, making it the year's sixth best-selling Bollywood soundtrack album.^[3] The tune of the hit track '"Neend Churai Meri" was copied from the Linear song "Sending All My Love". It was subsequently remade as Maine Tujhko Dekha by Malik's nephew Amaal Malik for the 2017 film Golmaal Again.^[4]^[5]

Title	Singer(s)	Lyrics	Length
"Neend Churai Meri"	Kumar Sanu, Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik & Kavita Krishnamurthy	Rahat Indori	05:47
"Humko Tumse Pyaar Hai"	Abhijeet, Anu Malik	Anu Malik	05:08
"Dekho Dekho Jaanam"	Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik	Rahat Indori	05:14
"Ishq Hua... Kaise Hua"	Udit Narayan, Vibha Sharma	Javed Akhtar	07:34
"Mr. Lova Lova" (Ankhiyaan Tu Mila Le)	Udit Narayan, Abhijeet, Sudesh Bhosle, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Poornima	Dev Kohli	05:25
"Kaise Kahoon Kaise Ho Tum"	Kumar Sanu, Vibha Sharma	Javed Akhtar	06:25
"Ishq Hai Ishq Hai" (Jab Nind Na Aaye)	Jayshree Shivram	Dev Kohli	05:29
"Tu Jhootha"	Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik, Abhijeet, Sadhna Sargam	Javed Akhtar	07:45

Awards

Ceremony	Category	Recipient(s)/Nominees(s)	Result
43rd Filmfare Awards	Best Villain	Sadashiv Amrapurkar	Nominated
1st Zee Cine Awards	Best Actor	Aamir Khan
1st Zee Cine Awards	Best Actress	Juhi Chawla

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Ishq – Movie". Box Office India. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
^ "Top Hits 1997". Box Office India. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
^ "Music Hits 1990–1999 (Figures in Units)". Box Office India. 2 January 2010. Archived from the original on 5 February 2010.
^ ""It'll Always Be My Tune," Anu Malik Miffed With Amaal For No Credits In 'Neend Churai' Remix". Storypick. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
^ Gaikwad, Pramod. "Amaal Mallik breaks his silence on ongoing controversy with uncle Anu Malik over Golmaal Again song credits". International Business Times, India Edition. Retrieved 17 September 2018.

External links

Ishq at IMDb

[boi-1] "Ishq – Movie". Box Office India. Retrieved 15 January 2019.

[2] "Top Hits 1997". Box Office India. Retrieved 1 April 2020.

[boi90s-3] "Music Hits 1990–1999 (Figures in Units)". Box Office India. 2 January 2010. Archived from the original on 5 February 2010.

[4] ""It'll Always Be My Tune," Anu Malik Miffed With Amaal For No Credits In 'Neend Churai' Remix". Storypick. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2018.

[5] Gaikwad, Pramod. "Amaal Mallik breaks his silence on ongoing controversy with uncle Anu Malik over Golmaal Again song credits". International Business Times, India Edition. Retrieved 17 September 2018.

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