Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya (1998)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Sohail Khan

Writers:

Sanjeev Duggal (dialogue)
Sohail Khan (story)

Release Date:

27 March 1998 (India)

Plot:

Muskaan (Kajol) is an orphan girl living on a farm run by her overly-protective older brother, Vishal (Arbaaz Khan) and their 'Chachu' (Dharmendra)...

Plot Keywords:

Female To Male Footsie Playing | Footsie Under The Table

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Salman Khan	...	Suraj Khanna
Kajol	...	Muskaan Thakur
Arbaaz Khan	...	Vishal Thakur
Anjala Zaveri	...	Ujala
Dharmendra	...	Thakur Ajay Singh (Chacha)
Kiran Kumar	...	Akash Khanna
Kunika	...	Mrs. Khanna
Aashif Sheikh	...	Brother of Thakur Vijay Singh (as Asif Shaikh)
Nirmal Pandey	...	Thakur Vijay Singh
Tiku Talsania	...	Principal (as Tikku Talsania)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Anand Balraj
Dinesh Hingoo		(as Dinesh Hingo)
Razak Khan
Ashish Balram Nagpal
Ashok Saraf	...	Tadkomal
Apurva Shah
Harpal Singh		(as Harpal)

Also Known As:

Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya (India: Hindi title) (alternative spelling)

Runtime:

India:162 min

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

India:U

Filming Locations:

Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India

Company:

G.S. Entertainment

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Bachna Ae Haseeno (2008)

Soundtrack:

Odh Li Chunariya Tere Naam Ki

Romantic Comedy at its best

Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya? Another boring love story you think? Oh no my friend, not this time. The story although far from original is nevertheless quite entertaining. Coming from the Khan brothers' camp, PKTDK comes with alot of publicity and hype. The story is pretty simple and old, rich boy meets poor girl, they fall in love, parental opposition but ultimately love triumphs. Woops! Hope I didn't give too much away!

But PKTDK is much more fun than it seems at first. Muskan (Kajol) lives in a small village with her overly protective and severe brother Vishal (Arbaaz Khan, boy does he look scary) and loveable 'Chachu' (Dharmendra). Also in the extended family is a strange cook, a best friend (Anjala Zaveri) and her extremely eccentric father. Muskan's life is quite strange, due to her brother. Every time he shows up on screen, there this eery music in the background just in case your bunny slippers didn't already run away after seeing Vishal's face. But anyway, so everything is normal until Muskan asks to go run with the times by going to a college in Mumbai. Being Rakshabandhan (brother-sister day), Vishal agrees reluctantly.

So Muskan is off after much bidding. At college she meets Suraj (Sallu miyan...Salman Khan for the less aquainted) and his strange friends. Eventually they fall for each other, but Big Brother shows up and discovers the situation and takes Muskan home. Suraj saheb is not far behind. Suraj soon makes friends with Chachu and enters Muskan's home to try to win the family's hearts (DDLJ anyone?) Of course there are some obstacles such as local gundas trying to get Vishal's land. Vishal. Suitors for Muskan. Vishal. Umm...did I mention Vishal? From here the story progresses not so peacefully to its finale. But all ends well in film land as always.

Now, before you run around the room doing the 'I told you so dance', let me finish. Hold on to your pantyhose! I give you Salman Khan, well known to take of his shirt, not so well known for acting. He is a great surprise here. Donning his 'I'm a silly fool' getup, he is just a riot! Whether its on purpose or not, is anyone's guess. All the noises, facial expressions and body movements are awesome. This is physical comedy at its best. Kajol is good as usual. She gets a little scope to perform her silliness. Arbaaz Khan is quite grim and mean as he should be. Dharmendra is reliable. The rest of the cast supports well. Music is wonderful, especially Deewana Main Chala and Tum par hum hai atke, where we get to see more silliness.

So bottom line, Silliness is cool! And so is this movie. If you are a Vishal (aka Shaitaan..ahem..Bhaijaan: gonna have to watch the movie to find out), don't watch it. Otherwise, definately give it a watch, leave your brain at work and enjoy a few hours of fun and Shirtless Salman. (just joking, he doesn't take it off that much, well......just watch the movie!)