Maine Pyar Kiya (1989)

User Rating:

7.8/10   

Director:

Sooraj R. Barjatya

Writers:

S.M. Ahale (story)
Sooraj R. Barjatya (dialogue)

Genre:

Family | Musical | Romance

Plot:

Karan (Alok Nath) lives in a small house with his only daughter, Suman (Bhagyashree). He decides to travel overseas in Dubai...

Awards:

4 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Salman Khan	...	Prem Choudhary
Bhagyashree	...	Suman
Alok Nath	...	Karan (as Aloknath)
Rajeev Verma	...	Kishen Kumar Choudhary (as Rajiv Verma)
Reema Lagoo	...	Kaushalya Choudhary (as Rima Lagoo)
Ajit Vachani	...	Ranjeet (as Ajit Vachhani)
Harish Patel	...	Rahim chacha
Deep Dhillon	...	Laal Miyan
Huma Khan	...	Gulabiya (Milk delivery maid)
Handsome	...	'Handsome' Pigeon
Pervin Dastur	...	Seema
S.C. Makhija
Rakesh Shrivastav		(as Rakesh Srivastava)
Dilip Joshi	...	Ramu
Sushil Johri

Also Known As:

I Fell in Love (International: English title) (literal title)
Kaadhal Oru Kavithai (India: Tamil title) (dubbed version)
Prema Paavuraalu (India: Telugu title) (dubbed version)
When Love Calls (International: English title) (dubbed version)

Runtime:

192 min

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

4-Track Stereo | Stereo

Filming Locations:

Ooty Lake, India

Company:

Rajshri Productions

Goofs:

Continuity: When Prem's father tells Suman to leave his house she is wearing a shiny yellow and gold sari but when she brings her suitcase down her sari has changed to a plain yellow sari which is completely different to the sari she was wearing before.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Aisi Bhi Kya Jaldi Hai (1996)

Corny and Cheesy? Sure. But still, MPK is good fun.

This is back when Sooraj Barjatya knew what he was out to make(unlike HSSH or the nightmarish MPKDH). Some people criticize his movies for their ultra sweet characters, but I disagree. That's far from the case in his first two movies where the affection is genuine. MPK is actually a lot like his 2nd blockbuster, HAHK. The only difference being it is much more simplistic(or low key) in its presentation this time. Which would make sense considering this is Sooraj's directorial debut. I think we all know what the story is abt, so I'm just gonna move on to the performances, music, and of course, SALMAN KHAN.

Aside from the magical pairing of the lead hero-heroine, what people to this day remember most abt MPK is its melodious music-which is stupendous and the Lata-Subramaniam combo as usual is in fine form. The regular family characters which we've seen numerous times by now in other flicks also provide fine support.....but the biggest reason Y MPK works is still the chemistry between newcomers Salman Khan and Bhagyashree. Young, sweet and energetic, they are just dynamite on screen together. Sooraj does a fabulous job of portraying classic "puppy love". U'll have no problem falling in love with these two and will root for 'em till the end. This was Salman's beginning to stardom, and the physical difference between today's SK and back then is huge....and believe me, u'll like this version. He was more of an actor here in MPK, and less of the male-slut we see today. There was such honesty in his eyes, and passion in his delivery. He was an actor who actually cared abt what he was doing. MPK was just a smashing debut for Salman Khan and if there is one reason why u wanna watch this movie, it's because of him.