Ishq (1997)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Director:

Indra Kumar

Writers:

Rajeev Kaul (screenplay)
Rajeev Kaul (story)

Release Date:

28 November 1997 (India)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Drama | Musical | Romance

Tagline:

Romancing with music

Plot:

Harbans Rai and Ranjit Rai are two wealthy businessmen who absolutely *loathe* poverty and poor people ...

Plot Keywords:

Poverty | Parental Interference In Romance | Statue | Fake Knife | Broken Engagement

Cast

Aamir Khan	...	Raja
Ajay Devgan	...	Ajay Rai
Juhi Chawla	...	Madhu
Kajol	...	Kajal
Dalip Tahil	...	Harbans Lal
Johnny Lever	...	Ranjit's brother-in-law (as Johny Lever)
Mohan Joshi	...	Kajol's Uncle
Deven Verma	...	Behram
Tiku Talsania	...	Gaitonde
Deepak Shirke	...	Damliya
Shweta Menon	...	Dancer
Sadashiv Amrapurkar	...	Ranjit Rai
Sunil Dhawan
Kamaldeep	...	Doctor Sarjan (as Kamal Deep)
Anant Mahadevan	...	Brijesh

Also Known As:

Romance (India: English title) (literal title)

Runtime:

India:161 min

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

India:UA | UK:PG

Filming Locations:

AVM Studios, Madras, India

Company:

Baba Films

Trivia:

Aamir Khan and Juhi Chawla were a hit screen pair involved in hit films such as Qayamat se Qayamat Tak and Hum Hain Rahin Pyar Ke, but because of a prank Aamir played on her doing the filming of this movie, Juhi refuses to do any more projects with Aaamir Khan.

Movie Connections:

References The Exorcist (1973)

Soundtrack:

Ishq Hua

It just falls flat in the second half

After making three romantic dramas DIL , BETA and RAJA , Indra Kumar attempts to merge comedy , romance and melodrama together in a single movie and makes ISHQ . The first half is full of loud acting , slapstick comedy , romance and is immensely enjoyable . However in the second half the movie changes into a tear-jerking loud melodrama which ruins the viewer's mood .

Raja (Aamir Khan) is poor , Ajay (Ajay Devgan) is rich . They are bosom buddies . Ajay's father Ranjit Rai (Sadashiv Amrapurkar) hates the poor and so disapproves of their friendship .

Madhu (Juhi Chawla) is rich and Kajal (Kajol) is poor . They are best friends too . Madhu's father Harbanslal (Dalip Tahil) disapproves their friendship for the same reason as that of Ranjit Rai .

One day Ranjit Rai and Harbanslal accidentally bump into each other and realize that they are long-lost childhood chums . So they plan the marriage of Ajay and Madhu . But meanwhile Ajay falls in love with Kajal at first sight . Raja and Madhu bicker and quarrel initially , but later fall for each other .

Now their fathers do not want these unions of the rich and the poor , hence make numerous attempts to separate the lovers . This forms the over-dramatised second half which ruins what might have been a good comedy .

All the actors ham from the word go , which becomes really irritating after a while . Story is nothing new and the screenplay utterly predictable . Tanveer Khan's humorous dialogues are nice , but very vulgar in the second half . Indra Kumar handles the first half well , but loses control in the final reels .

Aamir Khan and Juhi Chawla just burn the screen with their chemistry so much that even real-life couple Ajay Devgan and Kajol are relegated to mere bystanders . Sadashiv Amrapurkar and Dalip Tahil are loud villains , so keep the ear plugs ready . Music (Anu Malik) has nothing exciting to offer but easy on the ears .

This movie is watchable only for the first 100 minutes or so . Skip the rest completely .