Mohabbatein (2000)

A film about the battle between love and fear, between two stubborn men and their opposing beliefs and the outcome of the love stories of 3 couples.

Director:

Aditya Chopra

Writers:

Aditya Chopra (dialogue), Aditya Chopra (screenplay)

Stars:

Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Uday Chopra

12 wins & 22 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Amitabh Bachchan	...	Narayan Shankar
Shah Rukh Khan	...	Raj Aryan Malhotra
Uday Chopra	...	Vicky
Jugal Hansraj	...	Sameer
Jimmy Sheirgill	...	Karan (as Jimmy Shergill)
Shamita Shetty	...	Ishika
Preeti Jhangiani	...	Kiran
Kim Sharma	...	Sanjana
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan	...	Megha (as Aishwarya Rai)
Anupam Kher	...	Kake
Archana Puran Singh	...	Preeto
Saurabh Shukla	...	Sanjana's Father
Helen	...	Miss Monica
Amrish Puri	...	Maj. Gen. Khanna
Shefali Shah	...	Nandini (as Shefali)

Storyline

National Award winner, Yash Chopra and Aditya Chopra's MOHABBATEIN is a film that portrays the battle between love and fear - A battle between two stubborn men and their opposing beliefs. Raj Aryan (Shahrukh Khan), who stands for love, he would go to any lengths for it. Narayan Shankar (Amitabh Bachchan) - voted the Millennium star in the BBC polls) a strict disciplinarian as the head of India's most prestigious educational institute who stands for fear, he believes that love leads to pain and weakness. It is also the story of 3 young men and women who have to learn to follow their hearts against all the odds and the outcome of their love stories that will decide what will finally triumph. .. love or fear.

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Plot Keywords:

love | student | music teacher | suicide | principal | 

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Taglines:

Some love stories live forever

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Genres:

Musical | Drama | Romance

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Yash Raj Films

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

27 October 2000 (India)

Also Known As:

Love Stories

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

$4,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Yash Raj Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

216 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Director Vipin Handa wanted to direct a film titled "Mohabbatien" in 1997. It was to be Muslim social starring Twinkle Khanna, The film idea got scrapped.

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Goofs

In the movie, the festival of Holi occurs before valentines day. A sequence which is not possible.

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Quotes

Narayan Shankar: I don't like changes.

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Connections

Referenced in Dulha Mil Gaya (2016)

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Soundtracks

Chalte Chalte
Written by Anand Bakshi
Composed by Jatin Pandit and Lalit Pandit
Performed by Ishaan, Manohar Shetty, Sonali Bhatawdekar, Shweta Pandit,
Udhav Ohja and Preetha Mazumdar
Courtesy of Saregama HMV

User Reviews

Lives up to its hype...

Probably the one serious complaint against Mohabbatein is that the movie just goes on and on and on and on... lasting for more than 3-and-a-half hours! (not that its completely a bad thing..) in fact, most of the movie is actually quite enjoyable. what really makes the movie kinda drag is the tacky ending, in which narayan shankar (an excellent amitabh bachchan) gives this exceptionally long lecture about him losing to love. aside from that, everything else in the movie is of supreme chopra quality! all six newcomers (though jugal hansraj isnt technically a newcomer) have managed to give decent performances, and have stood their ground in front of amitabh and shah rukh.

the movie is reminiscent of several other blockbusters of the past, such as dilwale dulhaniya le jayenge (also directed by aditya chopra), kuch kuch hota hai, and dil to pagal hai.. in fact, mohabbatein steals many of the elements of these previous classics! yet, the audience comes out of the theater feeling full and satisfied. though not as emotionally gut-wrenching as DDLJ, mohabbatein is still a gem of a movie..

P.S. if you still don't know about the famed special appearance of this mega-actress, then i suggest you not try to find out yourself.. trust me, it's intended to be a surprise!