...Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya (1997)

The Kapoors are a wealthy family. There is grandpa Kapoor; Grandma Kapoor; their son Kailashnath Kapoor, and his daughter Ashi. As Ashi has come of age, the Kapoors are now on the look-out ... See full summary »

Director:

Rahul Rawail

Writers:

Honey Irani (screenplay), Rumi Jaffery (story)

Stars:

Bobby Deol, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Shammi Kapoor

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Bobby Deol	...	Bobby Oberoi
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan	...	Ashi Kapoor (as Aishwarya Rai)
Shammi Kapoor	...	Grandpa Kapoor
Anupam Kher	...	Kailashnath Kapoor
Shammi	...	Grandma Kapoor
Beena Banerjee	...	Gayetri Oberoi (as Beena)
Priya Tendulkar	...	Mrs. Malhotra
Avtar Gill	...	(as Avtaar Gill)
Aashif Sheikh	...	(as Aasif Sheikh)
Jami Jaffery
Ravi Malhotra
Darshan Sandhar
Ashok Lath
Preeti Chawla
Dimple Inamdar

Storyline

The Kapoors are a wealthy family. There is grandpa Kapoor; Grandma Kapoor; their son Kailashnath Kapoor, and his daughter Ashi. As Ashi has come of age, the Kapoors are now on the look-out for a suitable groom. They meet with the Malhotras, as Mr. Malhotra has been a childhood friend of Kailashnath, and his wife. Their son, Rohit Malhotra, has also come of age, and they would like to marry Ashi with Rohit. Kailashnath tells his parents about this, and they all approve of the match. Ashi is very headstrong and wants to check out Rohit, and she travels to Switerland, where Rohit has a garment business. There she meets with Bobby Oberoi, and mistakes him for Rohit Malhotra. Bobby and Ashi fall in love with each other. Bobby makes a clean breast of the misunderstanding. The Kapoors meet with Bobby's mom, Gayetri Oberoi (Beena), and a marriage date is set. Shortly before the marriage, the Police investigate a large sum of money by Kailashnath. Gayetri, who is a bank manager, is approached ...

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Plot Keywords:

love | india | fashion designer | cgi | mistaken identity | 

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Genres:

Family | Musical | Romance | Comedy | Drama

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Details

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

15 August 1997 (India)

Filming Locations:

Mumbai International Airport, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

147 min

Sound Mix:

DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

"Meri Sanson Mein"
Written by Javed Akhtar
Composed by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Performed by Udit Narayan
Courtesy of Saregama HMV

User Reviews

Lovely to look at, but it also has some very familiar clichés and an insane ending.

I do not think "...Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya" is a bad film--as it's current rating of 4.3 would seem to indicate. On the other hand, the film certainly has its flaws and is really no more than an incredibly nice looking time passer. It should have been better.

The story in "...Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya" is a bit confusing and is a bit like snippets of several different love stories all tossed together. It begins with a young woman, Ashi (Aishwarya Rai Bachchan), being told that her family was arranging a marriage for her. However, a friend recently learned that her arranged husband was horrible--and Ashi is afraid this could also happen to her. So, she gets her family to agree to let her travel to Switzerland to meet him and determine what sort of man he really is. And, as part of her plan, she will not initially tell him who she is. Once there, she meets a very handsome man but with all his lying and her lying, it really does get a bit confusing. And, out of the blue, several STRANGE twists occur--leading to one of the dumbest endings I've seen in a film. MUCH more occurs in between--but because our reviews need to be under 192392341 words (or something like that), I'll get to what I thought of the film...

On the positive side, this is one of the most beautiful films I have seen in ages. Part of it are the stars--Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Bobby Deol. Rai Bachchan in particular is absolutely gorgeous (as always). And, when you put these two handsome actors in the scenery of the Swiss and Bavarian Alps, you can't help but be enthralled. I loved the mountainside scenes (which looked a lot like the setting for "The Sound of Music"). It was a pretty, pretty film. But, on the other hand, the writing was second-rate. In particular, I really hated Rai Bachchan's character for much of the film. She played a VERY clichéd sort--the woman who is angry for no apparent reason! I've seen this in quite a few Indian films, but American ones sometimes use this cliché--one that makes it hard to really like the heroine. Here, she storms around in a perpetual petulant mood for the first half of the film and she was angry that Bobby lied to her---after CONSTANTLY lying to him and behaving terribly. Additionally, the film ended horribly. Not only was the airplane scene stupid and irresponsible (no one can do THAT at the airport without facing years in prison!!), but it was done sloppily. Sometimes the plane was a 747, other times it switched to a different plane! But worse was the CGI used in the climax--it was horribly ugly and looked 100% fake. And, when a film ends this badly, it's bound to leave a lasting impression. Overall, a very flawed film but one you can still enjoy provided you aren't expecting much. But a 4.3?! I don't get such a ridiculously low score.