Ishq (1997 film)

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Ishq
File:Ishq 1997.jpg
Promotional Poster
Directed byIndra Kumar
Produced byGordhan Tanwani
Written byTanveer Khan (dialogues)
Screenplay byPraful Parikh
Rajiv Kaul
Story byPraful Parikh
Rajiv Kaul
StarringAamir Khan
Ajay Devgan
Juhi Chawla
Kajol
Music bySongs:
Anu Malik
Background Score:
Surinder Sodhi
CinematographyBaba Azmi
Edited byHussain A. Burmawala
Production
company
Baba Films
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • 28 November 1997 (1997-11-28)
Running time
170 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹10.4 crores[1]
Box officeest. ₹500million crores[1]

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$7.0 million) worldwide.

Plot[edit]

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[edit]

Production[edit]

Development[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

Box office[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Ishq – Movie". Box Office India. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  2. "Top Hits 1997". Box Office India. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  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.

External links[edit]

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