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{{short description|1997 film by Indra Kumar}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Ishq
| image = Ishq 1997.jpg
| caption = Promotional Poster
| director = [[Indra Kumar]]
| producer = Gordhan Tanwani
| writer = Tanveer Khan (dialogues)
| story = Praful Parikh Rajiv Kaul
| screenplay = Praful Parikh Rajiv Kaul
| narrator =
| starring = [[Aamir Khan]] [[Ajay Devgan]] [[Juhi Chawla]] [[Kajol]]
| music = '''Songs:''' [[Anu Malik]] '''Background Score:''' [[Surinder Sodhi]]
| cinematography = [[Baba Azmi]]
| editing = Hussain A. Burmawala
| studio = Baba Films
| distributor = [[20th Century Fox]]
| released = {{Film date|df=y|1997|11|28}}
| runtime = 170 minutes
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget = {{INR|104 million}}<ref name="boi"/>
| gross = {{INR|505 million}}<ref name="boi"/>
}}

'''''Ishq''''' (English: ''Love'') is an Indian 1997 [[Hindi]]-language [[Romance film|romantic]] [[action film|action]] [[comedy-drama film]] directed by [[Indra Kumar]]. It stars [[Aamir Khan]], [[Ajay Devgn]], [[Juhi Chawla]] and [[Kajol]]. [[Dalip Tahil]], [[Sadashiv Amrapurkar]], [[Johnny Lever]] and [[Mohan Joshi]] appear in supporting roles. The film was the third highest-grossing Hindi film of 1997, behind ''[[Dil To Pagal Hai]]'' and ''[[Border (1997 film)|Border]]'', with a worldwide gross of {{INR}}505 million. It is the last film to feature Khan and Chawla together onscreen. The [[Nepali language|Nepali]] remake of the film, ''Dhadkan'' , was released in 2004 and the [[Kannada language|Kannada]] remake of the film, ''[[Snehana Preethina]]'', was released in 2007.

==Plot==

Two wealthy business magnates Ranjit Rai and Harbans Lal Saxena who despise the poor decide their children will marry wealthy spouses. Ranjit's son Ajay is the best friend of Raja, a poor mechanic.

Ajay's marriage is fixed to Harbans's daughter Madhu. Instead, he falls in love with the poor Kajal while Raja and Madhu begin dating. Ranjit and Harbans try to break down their relationship.

The four lovers refuse to back down. Ranjit and Harbans pretend to have changed and ready for them to marry the person they wish to. On Raja-Madhu's engagement ceremony, the fathers have Kajal kidnapped.

Raja saves her from being raped and comforts her. Without their knowledge, photos are taken of them. The fathers then show the photos at the party. Taken out of context, the photos seem like Raja and Kajal are being intimate. The two are willing to prove the truth.

To make matters worse, Kajal's uncle who was paid to lie falsely testifies to the fabricated illicit affair. Raja is willing to prove that he is not in the wrong but Madhu and Ajay both enraged and disgusted, refuse to listen to him and force him and Kajal to leave, breaking up with them.

The fathers's plan succeeds. Ajay and Madhu think that Kajal is pregnant with Raja's child, and decide to marry. Raja attacks Ajay and Madhu while they are in a car. He pretends to be about to rape Madhu but Ajay saves and comforts her.

The police beat Raja. Kajal pleads the fathers to release him. They agree, but on the condition that Kajal and Raja leave the country for good. She agrees and Raja is freed.
The wedding is about to start when Ajay's uncle shows them pictures of he comforting Madhu after he seemingly saved Madhu from Raja's supposed attack taken out of context.

This proves that Raja attacked them to recreate the situation he and Kajal had been in. The two are proved innocent and that the fathers were behind the attack on Kajal. Kajal's uncle also confesses that he lied out of bribery.

Angry and heartbroken, Ajay almost chokes his father to death but his conscience stops him. He then tries to kill himself but Madhu stops him. They rush to the shipyard and succeed to stop Raja and Kajal from leaving the country.

Ajay and Madhu ask for forgiveness and the lovers get back together. The fathers arrive, having realized their grave mistake, and also apologize for their deeds. The lovers forgive them and they sing and dance to a song.

==Cast==
'''Main cast'''
*[[Aamir Khan]] as Raja Ahlawat— Ajay's childhood best friend; Kajal's namesake brother; Madhu's lover
*[[Ajay Devgan]] as Ajay Rai— Ranjit's son; Lambodar's maternal nephew; Raja's childhood best friend; Madhu's ex-fiancé; Kajal's lover
*[[Juhi Chawla]] as Madhu Saxena— Harbans's daughter; Brijesh's paternal niece; Kajal's friend; Ajay's ex-fiancée; Raja's lover
*[[Kajol]] as Kajal Jindal— Krishabh's paternal niece; Raja's namesake sister; Madhu's friend; Ajay's lover
'''Supporting cast'''
*[[Johnny Lever]] as Lambodar Mehra— Ajay's maternal uncle; Ranjit's brother-in-law
*[[Sadashiv Amrapurkar]] as Ranjit Rai— Ajay's evil and arrogant father; Harbans's friend; Lambodar's brother-in-law
*[[Dalip Tahil]] as Harbans Lal Saxena— Brijesh's brother; Ranjit's friend; Madhu's antagonistic evil father
*[[Mohan Joshi]] as Krishabh Jindal— Kajal's paternal uncle
*[[Razzak Khan]] as Nawaab naadin Dhinna Changezi
*[[Shwetha Menon]] (dancer in song "Humko Tumse Pyar Hai")
*[[Ghanashyam Nayak]] as ACP Ghanshyam Gulati— Harbans's partner
*[[Achyut Potdar]] as Barrister Chandranath Gokhale
*[[Deepak Shirke]] as Damliya
*[[Tiku Talsania]] as Bank manager Gaitonde
*[[Deven Verma]] as Behram
*[[Anant Mahadevan]] as Brijesh Lal Saxena— Harbans's brother; Madhu's paternal uncle
*[[Veeru Krishnan]]

==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 film)|Raja]]'' 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 movie to not star Madhuri Dixit as a female lead and second movie with Aamir Khan after 1990's ''[[Dil (1990 film)|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. It earned {{₹|53.2 [[crore]]}}, against a budget of {{₹|10 crore}}. Its gross is equivalent to {{INR|{{#expr:45.61125*(2009760660/249325000) round 0}} crore}} adjusted for inflation in 2019.<ref name="boi">{{cite web |title=Ishq – Movie |url=https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=2627 |website=[[Box Office India]] |access-date=15 January 2019}}</ref> It was Super HIt & third highest-grossing [[List of Bollywood films of 1997|Hindi film of 1997]], behind ''[[Dil To Pagal Hai]]'' and ''[[Border (1997 film)|Border]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Top Hits 1997 |url=https://boxofficeindia.com/hit-down.php?txtYearlyData=1990-1999&year=1997 |website=[[Box Office India]] |access-date=1 April 2020}}</ref>

==Music==
The music was composed by Anu Malik. The ''Ishq'' [[soundtrack album]] sold 3{{nbsp}}million units, making it the year's sixth best-selling [[Bollywood soundtrack]] album.<ref name="boi90s">{{cite web|title=Music Hits 1990–1999 (Figures in Units)|url=http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=284&catName=MTk5MC0xOTk5|website=[[Box Office India]]|date=2 January 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100205042906/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=284&catName=MTk5MC0xOTk5|archive-date=5 February 2010|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The tune of the hit track '"Neend Churai Meri" was copied from the [[Linear (group)|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]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.storypick.com/amaal-responds-to-anu-malik/|title="It'll Always Be My Tune," Anu Malik Miffed With Amaal For No Credits In 'Neend Churai' Remix|date=2017-10-25|work=Storypick|access-date=2018-09-17|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ibtimes.co.in/amaal-mallik-breaks-his-silence-ongoing-controversy-uncle-anu-malik-over-golmaal-again-song-747208|title=Amaal Mallik breaks his silence on ongoing controversy with uncle Anu Malik over Golmaal Again song credits|last=Gaikwad|first=Pramod|work=International Business Times, India Edition|access-date=2018-09-17}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! 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 Bhattacharya|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, [[Sushma Shrestha|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==

{| class="wikitable"
! Ceremony !! Category !! Recipient(s)/Nominees(s) !! Result
|-
| [[43rd Filmfare Awards]] || [[Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role|Best Villain]] || [[Sadashiv Amrapurkar]] || rowspan="3" {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[Zee Cine Awards|1st Zee Cine Awards]] || [[Zee Cine Award for Best Actor – Male|Best Actor]] || [[Aamir Khan]]
|-
| [[Zee Cine Award for Best Actor – Female|Best Actress]] || [[Juhi Chawla]]
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=0133024|title=Ishq}}

{{Films directed by Indra Kumar}}

[[Category:1997 films]]
[[Category:1990s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:1990s buddy comedy films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Films shot in Ooty]]
[[Category:Indian buddy comedy films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Indra Kumar]]
[[Category:Films scored by Anu Malik]]
[[Category:Hindi films remade in other languages]]
[[Category:Indian romantic comedy-drama films]]
[[Category:Films shot in Mumbai]]
[[Category:Films set in Mumbai]]
[[Category:1990s romantic comedy-drama films]]
[[Category:Foreign films shot in Switzerland]]
[[Category:Films scored by Surinder Sodhi]]
[[Category:1997 comedy films]]
[[Category:1997 drama films]]

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